"Prior to October 12, 2018 (the date of the gun purchase), the defendant took photos of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia on his phone," the Justice Department said in a court document released Tuesday.

The federal minimum wage is currently set at $7.25 an hour, though a number of states have set their own requirements. In California, the minimum wage rate is currently set at $16 an hour, though it is slightly higher for fast food and healthcare workers.

Who said Democrats were not doing anything to fix the economy?

Jesse Hernandez of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office shot up his vehicle after the acorn struck the hood during the Nov. 12, 2023 incident. His partner, Beth Roberts, also opened fire on the vehicle after Hernandez yelled “Shots fired!” and said he had been struck by gunfire.

The handcuffed suspect inside the car, Marquis Jackson, was not struck by any of the bullets.

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I'm grumpy! I'll snap out of it, but I'm spoutin' off. I HAVE TO ORDER A LOT OF THINGS ONLINE














































I'm aggravated. I get over things rather easily, but I just want to complain. I hate having to order things online. I hate having things arrive and not be what I expected. Because I don't drive, shoes and clothing will come and not fit right. And I end up with millions of catalogs and boxes. Right now I'm really aggravated that I got a new flashlight and I can't make it work. There aren't any directions. I'm not looking for advice or solutions. Just say "I hear ya!" Thanks...I got that off my chest.

For an administration inclined toward bad energy decisions, this one is hard to top. The pause on permits out of the U.S. Department of Energy risks preventing other countries from realizing the significant emissions reductions the United States has achieved from natural gas and could ultimately leave America’s allies in the dark.
But the president’s blatantly political decision in an election year fits a broader trend: This will make it harder for American companies to produce natural gas and oil. At nearly every turn in the past three years, the administration has erected regulatory barriers to oil and gas infrastructure improvement or creation.
Such decisions damage our environment and our country's economy.

This is a warning against adultery, but this can be applied in a much broader way other than just to the subject of marital infidelity. For the “forbidden woman” could be the adulterous church or the market-driven and flesh-driven “church” (businesses incorporated under the state) of today here in America. Or the “forbidden woman” can be a false teacher or preacher or a politician or a nation’s government or the news media. For the “forbidden woman” is anything that lies to us and leads us away from our Lord.

But if we are easily led astray by whomever or whatever it is usually because of what is stored up in our hearts. For the Scriptures teach us that “out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person” (see Matthew 15:17-20; cf. Luke 6:45). So it is the human heart which leads people astray and which tempts them to sin and to do what is evil in the sight of God.


But sometimes it is just plain ignorance, i.e. lack of knowledge and understanding of what a person is really made of and what he/she is really all about. And here I am not speaking of knowingly being led into what is obvious sin, but I am speaking of us being deceived into giving our loyalty and devotion to another person or to a political party or to a government or to an institutional “church” (the forbidden woman) because of what we have always been taught and because of our upbringing, etc.

So, before we go giving our loyalty and devotion to another person or to a group of people or to a nation’s government or to a political party or to a particular politician or to a news source or to a preacher, etc., we should bathe these decisions in much prayer and in the study of the Scriptures seeking the Lord’s counsel and wisdom and understanding of who these people are and regarding what they are really all about and what the Scriptures teach us regarding putting our trust in other human beings.

For, again, the “forbidden woman” is not just an adulteress leading people into sexual sin, although that is a huge problem in America today, even within the gatherings of the church and among professing Christians. But the “forbidden woman” is anyone or anything that leads us astray from our pure devotion to the Lord Jesus and that leads us into any kind of sin or that leads us to be followers of other human beings over and above being followers of Christ and of the teachings of his word (the gospel).

So, we need to be people of God who use good judgment and discernment and who pray and seek the Lord regarding these matters so that we are following the counsel of God and his wisdom and discernment and so that we are not taken captive by the seductress (the forbidden woman) who would lead us astray to follow after the gods of this world, instead. And there are many preachers who fall into this category, so we need to be very discerning about who we listen to, and we should test everything that we hear.


Much of this covers what was just talked about in the section above. But this is a warning against rejecting the wisdom of God and of the teachings of the Scriptures, and this is a warning against using your own fleshly judgment and discernment and going by your feelings rather than to seek the counsel of the Lord and to listen to his warnings and to obey his commands. For if we ignore God and his word and we choose to go our own way, instead, despite the warnings, then we are definitely on dangerous ground.

But many foolish people ignore God’s warnings and they go their own way, instead, and they end up following the wrong people while ignoring wise counsel, for they think they know better. But they are unwise and worldly and self-indulgent and reckless, and so it will not end well for them. For by ignoring godly counsel and by following after these “forbidden women” they end up “going down the toilet,” i.e. they become useless, good for nothing, because their lives are wasted on the flesh, for not in submission to God.

And many are they who profess faith in Jesus Christ and who give off the appearance of being righteous while they are not, in truth, but it is just a performance. And they may be people who proclaim loyalty and devotion but who desert and depart from the faith, instead. For they portend one thing while they live another. And they reject godly counsel, and so they continue to head down the toilet, for they are the self-indulgent who are senseless, and if they remain on that path it will be the death of them, not life eternal.

So, be cautious about who you believe and who you follow, for not everyone is who they say that they are. For many are liars, deceivers, and manipulators who deceive the naïve and the undiscerning who too easily follow others and believe others without taking the time to test what they say and do in prayer and in the study of the Scriptures. And definitely do not go against what you already know is wrong (sinful) just because you are tempted to do so. Learn to say “No!” to sin and “Yes!” to God.

For the Scriptures teach us that if we walk according to the flesh, and if sin is what we practice (obey), and if we do not walk according to the Spirit in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in holy living, then it doesn’t matter what we profess with our lips. We will die in our sins and we will not have eternal life with God. We will not enter into God’s heaven just because we call Jesus “Lord” and we do “good deeds” done in the flesh. But it is those who obey the Lord who have heaven secured for them.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Galatians 5:16-21; Galatians 6:7-8; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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To everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

• A time to be born and a time to die.
• A time to plant and pluck up that which is planted.
• A time to kill and a time to heal.
• There is a time to break down and a time to build up.
• A time to weep and a time to laugh.
• A time to mourn and a time to dance.
• A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together.
• There is a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
• A time to get and a time to lose.
• A time to keep and a time to cast away.
• A time to rend and a time to sew.
• A time to keep silent and speak, a time to love and hate, a time of war and peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Many of us pray and fast at the beginning of the year, seeking God's divine direction for the days ahead. You may have missed this time in January; no worries, the next season is here! You can participate in the season of Lent.

What is lent? Lent is forty days from February 14 (Ash Wednesday) to March 28, 2024 (High Sabbath day). Lent is a time of self-reflection and repentance as we continue cultivating a deeper relationship with our Lord and Savior through fasting, prayer, and reading the Word.

It's a time when we journey to the cross—preparing to celebrate the Passover feast, which serves twofold- remembering the exodus and the crucifixion of Jesus. These times remind us of God's faithfulness in delivering His people from physical bondage and eternal death. It's a time to thank God for giving us eternal life through His son, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Take time to share the gift of Love with others.

Jesus said, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Father, teach us your ways as you change our lives by the power of the Holy Spirit. We desire to do your will.

Make each day a great day when you study the living Word.

Here is how grocery prices have changed since 2021.

I really appreciate all of your help, True Believers. Humbly, after asking God about this, please let me know your honest thoughts.

I. I am a Worship Leader of a certain church, for years.

Many pastors and people have told me I sing excellently, I am anointed, all glory and credit belong to our God because He empowers me. I alone am unworthy.
People constantly tell me they cry when I sing, or they are touched or blessed. In my heart, I do my best when singing heartfeltly in church. And my exhortations are brief but I try to make them deep and what the Bible really says (turn away from sin, etc.) and not just "Come on church, let's sing the Chorus!"

But the people are NOT SINGING. (only very few). Is it my responsibility to make them sing?

1. Aren't they so spoiled? They ARE RESPONSIBLE in worshipping God on their own, intimately. It's their relationship with God personally! There are I think many non-Christians allowed to enter the church, by the way. We are a big church.
2. Who knows, they could be worshipping God, just not through singing. I see some people raising their hands, closing their eyes in prayer. Why do I have to make them sing? They can just listen and soak in the lyrics, you know?

II.
So I am a Worship Leader of the above church and it does seem to be an Apostate church.

So days ago, I finally talked to my Pastor and told him everything. Why does the church seem to be so afraid of offending the carnal churchgoers? Is it because they might lose the income? Why are Repentance and turning away from sins not preached?

Why are the exhortations always "feel good", to tickle the itching ears?

I told him the Truth in the Bible against OSAS and that God will be angry at those who continue in the practice of sin...

I told him a person who lusts after a woman in his heart is already committing adultery.

I was shocked! My Pastor listened! He will tell this to the other Pastors as I have detailed their words. And awhile ago at the service, my Pastor repented in front of everyone!!! And his preaching involved holiness and turning away from sin!!!

Also, before him, God was able to use me to convince some people in this very church to turn away from sin and live holy for Christ.

What shall I do? Can I stay in this church? I am happy using my singing abilities and God can use me to lead them towards Righteousness??

Thank you so much Brethren. Be continually blessed. I appreciate you.

Heb 6:13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” 15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. 17Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the [f]immutability of His counsel, [g]confirmed it by an oath, 18that by two [h]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we Hebrews 6 NKJVmight have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.

19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

The Christian hope is sure and enters behind the veil where Christ, as our forerunner has gone. The place where Christ has entered is the place of our hope. That we too will enter where he has gone as our forerunner.
If this hope is to enter behind the veil where Christ as our forerunner has gone, how does this happen?
How can we enter into the most holy place where he has gone so that we may follow him?
How can we obtain eternal redemption as he has, and to die no more like him?

It becomes evident, that to pass through the veil as he has, is to gain the promise of eternal life through him. In other words, to be heirs with him of God’s promises, we must pass into the Most Holy Place where he has first gone, and that he, that is to say, his flesh, is the door though whom we must pass. Just as Jesus has inherited a life which “dies no more”, we too may inherit that same life when we too, like he, has passed trough the veil.
What does the veil of the Most Holy Place represent?
The writer says the veil is his flesh. In other words, when the curtain was placed to separate the Most Holy Place, from the holy place, it represented Christ’s flesh. So, just as he has overcome the flesh and received eternal redemption, we too can overcome the flesh/ veil as he has and enter into the Most Holy Place as he has and therefore follow him.

Heb 10:19Therefore, brethren, having boldness[f] to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

If we have faith enough to enter where Jesus has entered as our forerunner, we too will receive the reward of eternal life as he has and be heirs according to the promise and enter after him.

If the veil represents his flesh, then we must, as he has, overcome the flesh, so to pass through the veil as he has And obtain eternal redemption like him.

We pass through the flesh by believing in him and putting to death the deeds of the .flesh.


Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For 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, 4that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6For to be https://biblehub.com/nkjv/romans/8.htm#footnotescarnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7Because the [c]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9But 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. 10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies [d]through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Heb9:6Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; 8the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience—

What stands between us and entering into the Most Holy Place where Christ has entered? It is the flesh!
It is because he has been accepted of God to enter into the Most Holy Place by overcoming the flesh that we to, through him, may also enter that place in heaven.
We need a mediator between God and us in order to enter into the Most Holy place where he has gone because God has only accepted his sacrifice as the means.

Orthodox only please.

I read this today:

And am trying not to be scared.

Which one was harder to build:

Noahs Ark or Tower of Babel and why?

If you had to choose one which one would you rather see back in the bible days?

Elijah being taken up by chariots of fire?

Or

Three men being thrown into the fiery furnace and coming out alive?

A push to let physicians prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients is getting major attention in statehouses this year, with lawmakers in 19 states considering bills to allow the practice.

These bills typically allow people with six months or less to live to request prescriptions from a doctor that they can take at home if and when they decide to end their lives. Doctors can only prescribe the drugs to patients they deem mentally competent.


Having watched both my father and aunt struggle and suffer through the final months of cancer... I, for one, see these moves as a good thing.

I think more and more, people have seen first hand how nasty "dying naturally" can be in certain circumstances, and while the common theory is "oh, well there's end of life drugs that can help keep people comfortable", I think until someone sees first-hand how that actually plays out in many cases, they don't realize that the claim of "hospice care will keep them comfortable" is exaggerated. (what I saw certainly didn't look like any resembling comfort)

On this particular topic, we're actually more humane to pets/animals than we are to family members. If a person's dog has cancer, can't eat, and is in tremendous pain, people don't hire a dog nurse to stop by the house every 3 hours to pump it full of morphine until it throws up while the family stands around and watches, it's viewed as the compassionate thing to do to have the dog put to sleep. Yet, the described scenario is how we send off many of our fellow humans.

Do we have confirmation Iran has nuclear weapons?

Did China develop a new virus?

Three police officers were injured Wednesday while responding to a shooting in southeast D.C., officials said, as the suspect remains barricaded in a home.

"All three suffered non-life threatening injuries," the D.C. Police Department said on X, formerly Twitter. "The scene remains active."

A fourth officer, who was not shot, was transported to a local hospital to be treated for "minor injuries," police also said.

The suspect is barricaded inside of a home and is continuing to open fire as of noon local time, according to NBC Washington.

WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, released an unusual statement Wednesday warning of a "serious national security threat" without providing additional details, pre-empting what the White House said was a planned briefing for congressional leaders.

"Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has made available to all Members of Congress information concerning a serious national security threat," Turner wrote in the statement.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan addressed Turner's statement at a press briefing a short time later and suggested he was perplexed by the congressman's statement because they already had a briefing planned for Thursday. A U.S. official confirmed that the Thursday briefing is related to the threat highlighted by Turner.

A Democratic source familiar with the threat told NBC News: "This is a serious issue that could lead to a destabilizing situation and a national security threat."

The source described it as a “potential foreign threat” but would not identify where the threat is coming from.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, said that there's no reason to panic.

When God made man, he made only 1 sex: Man. As Adam was hanging out and having fun, filling his days but getting lonely, God saw it'd be good for him to have a mate and he made Eve as part of Adam.


My question:
Does that mean that God only created one gender for all the other animals as well and because of the fall half of all these animals spontaneously changed genders OR did God make both genders for all other animals but only one "man"?

I haven't come to a logical conclusion on this and it's vexing me.

Hello brothers and sister I am happy to be back to the community after some month of absent due to soul winning in the field of Africa be from brother phi

I have a coworker (R.J) I am not comfortable working with and he is following me to the new job I got hired at. Can you pray that this coworker can find happiness somewhere else at another different job even at a higher pay or position as long as hes not working with me and not following me to the new job I recently got hired at Amen

Should we confess past sin we did in the past to people we have wronged or should we just confess it to God and not do it again if it doesn’t affect that person today ?