Hasan Chokr threatened children and their parents at a daycare center at a Jewish synagogue in Dearborn Michagan. This happened in 2022. After threatening people at the synagogue and spewing antisemitic slurs, he went to a gun shop and handled several weapons. He decided to buy a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol but a background check blocked the purchase. Chokr had been convicted of theft in 2017 and had a pending assault charge against him. He was out on bail.

Chokr has now been sentenced to 34 months in prison on Federal charges.
This is one case where background checks worked, they did what they are supposed to do. I do wish the sentence had been longer.

Sources
Dearborn Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Firearms after Antisemitic Tirade Against Parents and Preschoolers at Local Synagogue

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/man-plotted-mass-shooting-at-jewish-preschool-in-michigan-says-us-prosecutors/

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-868642

What percentage of your income are you willing to give for life, so the nation can have ‘free’ healthcare?

Hi, please bear with me, I may be wrong on this and I'm not in the mood to explain why I'm asking this.

Say you're struggling with something and someone tells you "Only God can fill in that void..."

No offense to anyone but I can't stand this statement anymore and if it weren't for me being already friends with someone who said this, I'd remove them from my life completely. I can't handle this statement anymore. If this is the best statement that someone can come up with instead of actually solving the problem, then I don't know what to do anymore.

This statement is bleeding into Catholic circles.

I may regret making this thread, later, but once I hit that Post Thread thingy, oh well.

Not Physical or Life Science; more like technology. In any event, with AI becoming ubiquitous, here's an easy experiment: Ask an AI about something concrete but obscure that you're 100% certain of without any shadow of a doubt. Not anything "gotcha" like 11 + 11 (22 decimal; 110 binary). Just something straightforward. Which AI you ask doesn't matter.

I tried this, and the results were less than impressive. The only thing it got correct was the name of the event and when it happened. A supposed participant wasn't there. The specific event that triggered it wasn't mentioned, nor was the aftermath. Most of the response was fluff worded to pass for something authoritative. It didn't work. It read for all the world like a grade school student trying to bluff his way through an essay question.

In picking something concrete but obscure, you're asking the AI for something there's not a lot of info online to train it. No telling how many words are written about, oh, Washington crossing the Delaware, or calculating the value of Pi, and what AI regurgitates might be passable. Might. Something obscure isn't going to have many words online about it, and what AI comes up with can be questionable. It might be questionable even if there's a lot of words written about it, because it has no reasoning to fact check itself. This experiment is sort of looking at boundary conditions that evaluates the accuracy of AI.

Add to the mix topics that people debate. Add to it things that some people consider as not concrete. And consider that AI has no reasoning to evaluate its own responses.

Now consider the posts that show up on CF that are essentially "AI says." Then consider that if AI can't be relied on when it comes to the obscure, how can we rely on it for anything where it has to imitate "general knowledge?"

I've been reading about these different eschatological views, I was going to ask for a summary of the main ones, but I know the gist of them, and in any case there seems to be variations on each.

I remember saying to someone about a church I was going to attend and they said to me "Oh...They believe in Pre-wrath" Well the main eschatological position I was exposed to during my teens was Pre-trib., Pre-millenialism. So maybe they thought it might be a shock to me to sit under Pre-wrath teaching. But in other churches I have been to I can discern no clear position - except one which seemed like the Pastor was Preterist in one of his sermons. I explored some of the others views as I got older, such as Post-millenialism and Protestant Historicism. My issue with some of these views, are that they seem to interpret the seven years literally. And are the four horse men not symbolical of events that have taken place all through history - such as the two World Wars, the famines in Africa?

In addition to this as can be seen occasionally on these threads the focus can become too much on Anti-Christ, rather than on the Person of Jesus Christ. I think Anti-christ is a spirit or a principality of evil. Even in the churches I believe this can be felt from time to time.

Full-preterism seems to deny the Christian Hope, and collapses into a sort of christianised secularism. If I am mistaken about what Full-preterism teaches please inform me of what it believes about the Resurrection? And what this Scripture refers to :

"They have left the path of truth, claiming that the resurrection of the dead has already occurred; in this way, they have turned some people away from the faith." 2 Timothy 2:18 (NLV)

Whenever I read this passage of Scripture in Isaiah 55, it reminds me of Jesus’ words to the church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:18-19:


So, what does it all mean? For this is speaking largely figuratively and not of literal food and drink and garments and salve, etc. What is the spiritual condition of the people in Isaiah’s passage? In the passage in Revelation? And how can we apply these messages to our lives and to the church and to the world today? How can we relate the times in which we now live to the messages God was giving to the people through Isaiah and through John?

In both cases these messages were spoken to people who professed to be of God, to be his people, but who were not living up to God’s standard of righteousness. So God was calling them to repentance, to have a change of mind and heart and behavior consistent with one who is following Jesus Christ with his life. This was a call to leave their fleshly lives behind them and to now live holy and morally pure and upright lives for the glory and praise of God and for genuine salvation from sin and eternal life with God.

In our world and church today this would be speaking of people who give lip service to God only but who do not follow him in walks of obedience to his commands and in holy living. Or they may be those of genuine faith in the Lord who have wandered from the truth, or who have fallen back into sin, or who have become spiritually lazy and slothful and nonchalant about their relationships with the Lord and their walks of faith and obedience to him. So they need a fire lit under them to bring back that passion for the Lord.

This is a call to full surrender of our lives to Jesus Christ, to walk in his ways and in his truth and righteousness, and to leave our lives of sin behind us. And this is a call to walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands and to no longer walk in sin or to play with sin, gambling that God will still let us into his heaven even if we live for the flesh and walk in sin and ignore him and his commands. And we need to take this to heart, for if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

We, as God’s holy people, are to be those who hunger and thirst after righteousness and holiness, and who long for the Word of the Lord that we may walk in his truth. We are to be diligent in persevering in our walks of faith and obedience to our Lord and to not be slothful and nonchalant. Our lives are to be committed to walks of obedience to our Lord and to no longer walking in sin, and to letting the Holy Spirit lead us each day in his truth and in what our Lord would have us do in service to him for his purposes.

We should be passionate about God’s word and about obeying our Lord and about living the truth of the gospel and about sharing that truth with others so that they can come to know him, too. And that truth is that Jesus died and was raised from the dead that we might die to sin daily and walk in obedience to his commands in holy living. That is the essence of the gospel message, but it includes the fact that if obedience to our Lord is not our practice, but if sin is still our practice, we will not enter the kingdom of God.

Now, with regard to the words, “without price” or “without cost,” we should not take these words to mean that there is no cost to us at all if we decide to believe in Jesus Christ and to follow him with our lives. While it is true that Jesus Christ paid the price with his death on that cross for our freedom from sin, it is not true that nothing is expected of us or that there will be no cost to following Jesus with our lives. Can anyone of us come to faith in Jesus Christ of our own accord? No! Only as God the Father draws us to Christ.

For all throughout the New Testament, Jesus and his NT apostles told us of the cost of following Jesus with our lives. We will be hated and persecuted as Jesus was hated and persecuted. And if truly we are obeying our Lord in doing what he says we are to do, as his followers, we are to be speaking the truth of his word to each other, in love. And we are to be telling all people that they must die to sin and obey our Lord, in practice. So, we are going to be rejected, cast aside as unwanted, and even killed for our faith.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21]

Biblical faith in Jesus Christ means to be persuaded of God. And what does God persuade us to do? He persuades us to deny self, die daily to sin, and to follow him in walks of obedience to his commands. For, if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity, regardless of what our lips profess. But if for Jesus’ sake we deny self (lose our lives), die daily to sin, and follow him in walks of obedience to his commands, by the grace of God, we have the hope of eternal life with God (see Luke 9:23-26).

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Living Water

An Original Work / November 21, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Based off Various Scriptures

My people have forsaken Me,
Their Savior, who died on a tree;
Made idols, and they worshipped them;
So empty, they will ne’er fulfill.

Lord, You are the hope of Your chosen ones.
Those who turn away from You will be shamed;
The Spring of Living Water left behind.

Living Water satisfies.

The thirsty, let them come and drink;
Believe in Jesus as their King;
The gift of Jesus given them,
So they will never thirst again.

Indeed, the Living Water flows within.
It springs up like a fountain cleansing sin.
Eternal life in heaven promised them.

Living Water glorifies.

Oh people, won’t you come to Him?
Obey Him and repent of sin.
Let Jesus come and live within.
Surrender all your life to Him.

My people, won’t you turn your hearts to Me?
Forsake your idols and then you’ll be free.
Won’t you come now to Me on bended knee?

Living Water sanctifies.

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Listen to God and Eat What is Good
An Original Work originally posted on October 15, 2024
Reposted (with slight editing) on October 5, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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In Canada , Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are travelling across the country this weekend to receive their sentence in Ottawa on October 7th. The crown wants 7 years in prison for Tamara Lich and 8 years in prison for Chris Barber.
It's vindictive and wrong. Please pray they don't have to go to jail, thank you. God bless.
(The Freedom Convoy was a series of protests that began in late 2021 and continued into 2022, primarily in Canada. It started as a response to government measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccine mandates and restrictions on travel. The protests grew significantly, with large numbers of trucks and supporters gathering in Ottawa and other cities, leading to widespread disruptions and debates about freedom of expression, public health policies, and the rule of law.)

Harvard University used to be the envy of the world---now, it's nothing more than a sick, pathetic joke.

How the mighty have fallen. I'm sure that Harvard's founders are spinning in their graves like they're on some sort of nuclear-powered rotisserie.....and meanwhile, the Chinese and the jihadists are laughing at us with hysterical mirth. Good Lord.

Harvard hires drag queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ as visiting professor in gender and sexuality studies

Tufts Professor Kareem Khubchandani will teach courses on queer ethnography and drag politics at Harvard as the 2025-2026 F.O. Matthiessen visiting professor.

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"BREAKING: Pete Hegseth BLASTS Harvard for Hiring Drag Professor “LaWhore Vagistan” — “This Isn’t Education, It’s a Circus!” - News Social

BREΑKING: Pete Hegseth BLΑSTS Harvard for Hiriпg Drag Professor “LaWhore Vagistaп” — “This Isп’t Edυcatioп, It’s a Circυs!”

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When it comes to ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ at Harvard, I’m not even outraged — it’s hilarious

Harvard hiring a professor who goes by the drag queen name LaWhore Vagistan to teach a course on Rupaul shows the absurdity of academia.

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Trump plan would limit Social Security disability benefits for older Americans​

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul of the federal safety net for poor, older and disabled people that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits, according to people familiar with the plans.

In late July and early August this year, researchers from campaign group Global Witness set up four accounts on TikTok pretending to be 13-year-olds.

They also turned on the platform's "restricted mode", which TikTok says prevents users seeing "mature or complex themes, such as… sexually suggestive content".

Without doing any searches themselves, investigators found overtly sexualised search terms being recommended in the "you may like" section of the app.

At its most extreme, the content included explicit pornographic films of penetrative sex.

These videos were embedded in other innocent content in a successful attempt to avoid content moderation.

Ava Lee from Global Witness said the findings came as a "huge shock" to researchers.

"TikTok isn't just failing to prevent children from accessing inappropriate content - it's suggesting it to them as soon as they create an account".

They informed TikTok, which said it had taken immediate action to resolve the problem.

But in late July and August this year, the campaign group repeated the exercise and found once again that the app was recommending sexual content.

A woman has been arrested after a church in Austell, Georgia, was burned, and officials say she sent messages threatening to kill the pastor and his wife. She faces multiple felony charges, including arson and making terroristic threats.


Investigators say the blaze consumed the congregation's building late on Monday, destroying roughly 20,000 square feet and leaving the structure in rubble, CBS News reported, citing court documents.

Fire crews fought flames for hours after they were called to Prayer City Eagles Chapel. Authorities found a plastic container of ignitable liquid at the scene and say the suspect entered the building without permission.

Pastor Raphael Grant said he learned of the blaze after a leader called him, and he drove immediately to the scene.

Continued below.

Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 4 signed the first apostolic exhortation of his pontificate, the text of which is expected to be released next week.

The Vatican said in a press release that Leo signed the exhortation "Dilexi te" in the library of the Apostolic Palace. The Holy See did not reveal the text of the document, which it said will be presented on Oct. 9 by the Holy See Press Office.

The focus of the document was also not officially announced, though it is reportedly expected to focus on the poor. It was signed on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

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Hello

I need a prayer for my family. Specifically my children.

I don’t wanna go into details. I’m sure the holy men and women here will be guided rightly.

Thanks in advance.

Christianity is not supposed to thrive/be busy by dispute, is that not partly why there are different areas for different discussions, but how can teaching of law, commandments, sabbath, belong in a general area, and not where people who seek that, go to, exactly as the attempt to curcumcise and keep the law were rejected. If these subjects are not put away, it shows a different judgement to Gods seen below again..


Acts 15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:


Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.


Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Trials can be of a personal nature, or they can be those that many people are having to endure collectively. I believe that the citizens of the USA are going through a trial right now with all the craziness that is going on within our government and military heads, and the decisions they are making for the people of our nation. And I believe that true followers of Jesus Christ are also going through a trial and a testing of our faith, for it seems that the majority of professing Christians are rejecting the purity of the gospel.

So many people now are teaching a cheapened and shortened and diluted gospel message which makes full provisions for the self-indulgent and the addicted to sin to continue to walk in sin and not in obedience to the Lord. They can continue in their sexual immorality and in their carousing, revelry, and riotous behavior, for they are led to believe that they are now free to continue in sin, only now without feelings of guilt. Decency, morality, and honesty are no longer required. They feel they are free to do as they want.

For the gospel message has been rearranged to make room for the self-indulgent and the habitual sinner to continue to live however they want as long as they make a verbal confession of Christ as Lord and Savior of their lives. It makes room for spiritual apathy and laziness to exist within a person’s life who professes faith in Jesus Christ. And so they are able to live in unrighteousness, moral corruptness, and dishonesty, in spiritual apathy and laziness, without conscience, because they said they believed in Jesus.

So, if you are one who believes in the gospel taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and so you are teaching that we who believe in Jesus must die with Christ to sin, and we must walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands for us to be of genuine biblical faith in the Lord, then you are likely to come under scrutiny and to face much rejection, even by pastors of “churches” and by others who profess faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

For, it appears the majority of what are called “churches” today are these institutions (businesses) created by humans which are being marketed to the world and which are incorporated under (combined, merged, partnered with) the state (the government), all of which God forbids. And since they are targeting the world with their “product,” and they want to attract the world to their gatherings, they have also altered and diluted the gospel to make it less offensive and more appealing to the ungodly of the world.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

But 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).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

So, if that is what you are believing, and putting into practice, and teaching to others, don’t be surprised if you are being met with much opposition, even from the “Christian” community and from “the church.” For, the church partnered with the world and with the government is promoting the altered gospel intended to appease and to please the flesh and to not offend the ungodly of the world. So don’t get discouraged if you lose friends or if many professing Christians no longer accept you, but they reject you, instead.

We are to consider it all joy when we encounter such trials, for we are going through these trials to learn endurance so we can grow to maturity in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord. And the biblical gospel is definitely under attack right now in the USA, and Christians are being hated more because of the bad name many people in power are giving to the name “Christian.” But we are to be those who persevere through it all, for in the end we will receive the crown of life God has for those who love him.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 9:23-26; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-17; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Ephesians 6:10-20; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

What the Lord Says

Based off Isaiah 43:1-44:5
An Original Work / February 24, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This is what the Lord says to you:
Fear not, for I have chosen you.
I have summoned you by your name.
You are mine. I died, you to save.

When you go through your trials, so deep,
I will be with you; you will not sink.
You are so precious always to me.
Trust in your Lord, Savior and King.

This is what the Lord says to you:
He who gave salvation to you;
Who delivered you from your sin;
Takes your burdens now upon Him:

Forget the former things of your life.
Give of your heart not now up to strife.
See all the new things I have for you.
Walk in vict’ry. Trust in what’s true.

This is what the Lord says to you:
He who made you; who will help you:
Do not fear what humans may do.
Walk in freedom. Follow what’s true.

Drink of my Spirit given for you.
Trust in my mercy, for I love you.
I have a plan for all of your life.
Follow my ways. Do what is right.

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When We Encounter Various Trials
An Original Work / October 5, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Crucifixion timeline forms a perfect cross on a modern clock when Jewish & Roman times are aligned. This alignment between the Crucifixion Timeline and the Time Clock is a strikingly precise match.

The 3rd Hour (3) → 9:00 AM → Right Side of the Horizontal Beam

According to Mark 15:25, Jesus was crucified at the 3rd hour.
When the Crucifixion timeline is aligned onto the 12-hour time clock, the 3rd hour (Jewish time) corresponds to 9:00 AM (Roman time).
This places 9:00 AM at the right end of the horizontal beam, aligning it perfectly.

The 6th Hour (6) → 12:00 PM → Top of the Vertical Beam

According to Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, and Luke 23:44, darkness fell over the land at the 6th hour (12:00 PM).
On the time clock, the 6th hour (Jewish) corresponds to 12:00 PM (Roman).
This directly aligns with the top of the vertical beam, reinforcing the divine connection between time and the cross.

The 9th Hour (9) → 3:00 PM → Left Side of the Horizontal Beam

According to Matthew 27:46, Jesus cried out and gave up His spirit at the 9th hour (3:00 PM).
On the time clock, the 9th hour (Jewish) corresponds to 3:00 PM (Roman).
This places 3:00 PM at the left end of the horizontal beam, again aligning perfectly.

A look at the pictorial depiction of the convergence of The Roman and Jewish Timelines:



The convergence of Crucifixion timelines form a perfect Cross: The ultimate symbol of Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Salvation

I feel sorry for people who have anxiety. That being said, she should get some basic financial counseling. It if foolish to pull money out of retirement funds because of what might happen in the future. The government has only been shut down for days and she has not missed a paycheck!

The Law, as revealed by God and fulfilled in Christ, serves as a moral compass and pedagogical guide for the Christian faithful. It includes the Mosaic Law, especially the Decalogue, and finds its perfection in the New Law of the Gospel. “The Law has become our tutor unto Christ” (Galatians 3:24), and its enduring moral precepts are reaffirmed by the Church as binding. The Catechism teaches that “the Old Law is a preparation for the Gospel” and “remains necessary for man” as it “denounces and discloses sin” (CCC §1963–1964).

The Ten Commandments, given to Moses on Sinai (Exodus 20:1–17), are “fundamentally immutable” and “engraved by God in the human heart” (CCC §2072). They express the natural law and are reaffirmed by Christ, who deepens their meaning in the Sermon on the Mount (cf. Matthew 5–7). The Commandments are not abolished but fulfilled in charity: “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). They are the foundation of Christian moral life, guiding the faithful in their duties toward God and neighbour.

For the Christian in this world, the Law and Commandments are not burdens but paths to freedom and holiness. Grace enables their fulfilment, and the Spirit writes them anew on the heart (cf. Jeremiah 31:33; CCC §1965–1966). The faithful are called to interiorise the Law, living it not merely by external observance but through love: “Love is the fulfilment of the law” (Romans 13:10). Thus, the Commandments remain essential, not as relics of legalism, but as living expressions of divine wisdom and the way of life in Christ.

He just recently had a kidney removed and has suffered complications as you can see here: Brother in law having cancerous kidney removed and in surgery now. Requesting prayers.

He had another emergency surgery last night.

He is intubated in ICU now and they suspect septic shock.

Please pray he pulls through this.

Do Not Boast



We, as followers of Jesus Christ, should see our lives as under the control of Almighty God who is sovereign over all things. And we should never assume that the next minute, much less the next day, is going to be promised to us. Certainly we have to make plans for the future, but we should always consider and allow for God to do according to his will and his purpose for our lives, which might alter or change entirely what we had in mind.

And yes, we do not know what our lives will be like tomorrow. I certainly did not anticipate what my body has been going through the past couple of weeks, and I have no assurance that I will still be here tomorrow. I have to consider that every day is a gift from God, another day which he allowed me to live on this earth where he has given me the opportunity to share with the people of world what he is teaching me from his word each day.

I have a series of medical tests scheduled for next week, but there are no guarantees that I will live to have the tests done, or that the tests won’t get cancelled because the world is falling apart. Every moment of every day of our lives is in the hands of God, and we just need to pray for God’s will to be done in our lives, and in our circumstances, no matter what may come our way. For he has a plan and a purpose for it all. So we just need to trust him.

Do Not Worry


This is so true! And worrying and fretting over our circumstances, or over the “what ifs” of life, is lack of faith in our God, number one, and it only makes us sick, number two, and it never makes anything better, number three. So we just have to put our lives and our circumstances in the hands of the Lord and trust him that he is going to do what is for our best, according to his will and purpose, and not according to our human flesh.

And so it is best not to spend much time at all feeding on the news media and what they are saying is happening or is about to happen, for in the USA the media cannot be trusted to tell us the truth, not that everyone lies to us, but many do. And there is so much deception going on, coming from the mouths of our government heads and via the media, including social media. And so we need to be very discerning people and not gullible or fearful.

For so much of what goes on in our news is just drama, drama, drama. So much is faked and AI generated with lies upon lies upon lies. Even the ones who are partially telling us the truth may also be bating us, or they may be withholding half the truth because they want us to believe them, or they want us to respond so that we go on record as aligning with “so and so” and with “such and such.” So much is deceptive and manipulative these days.

Do Not Assume


Yes, Lord, teach us to number our days that we may present to you a heart of wisdom, humility, submission, surrender, and obedience to you and to your commands. For so many people these days seem to not take into account that we are not promised tomorrow, or even the rest of the day, and so many people are living wicked and immoral lives apart from God and his word in direct and willful disobedience to our Lord and to his commands.

And this goes right along with not receiving the grace of God in vain. And how does that happen? Well, God’s grace is not a free ride to heaven based on a profession of faith only. God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is teaching us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. But if sin remains our practice, and not obedience, we don’t have life with God.

For Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in him, we will now die to sin and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, in daily practice, in the power of God. For Jesus died and rose from the dead, not just to forgive us our sins, but to free us from our slavery (addiction) to sin so we will now serve him with our lives in surrender and in submission to his perfect will.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

What the Lord Says

Based off Isaiah 43:1-44:5
An Original Work / February 24, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This is what the Lord says to you:
Fear not, for I have chosen you.
I have summoned you by your name.
You are mine. I died, you to save.

When you go through your trials, so deep,
I will be with you; you will not sink.
You are so precious always to me.
Trust in your Lord, Savior and King.

This is what the Lord says to you:
He who gave salvation to you;
Who delivered you from your sin;
Takes your burdens now upon Him:

Forget the former things of your life.
Give of your heart not now up to strife.
See all the new things I have for you.
Walk in vict’ry. Trust in what’s true.

This is what the Lord says to you:
He who made you; who will help you:
Do not fear what humans may do.
Walk in freedom. Follow what’s true.

Drink of my Spirit given for you.
Trust in my mercy, for I love you.
I have a plan for all of your life.
Follow my ways. Do what is right.

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Do Not Boast, Worry, or Assume
An Original Work / October 4, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Olá irmãos e irmãs em Cristo,

Meu nome é Matias, e estou aqui do Brasil! Tenho acompanhado as discussões aqui há algum tempo e tenho sido muito abençoado pela comunidade. Decidi que era hora de me inscrever e me apresentar.

Um pouco sobre mim: sou desenvolvedora independente de aplicativos por profissão. Há alguns anos, senti um forte chamado para combinar minhas habilidades em tecnologia com minha fé. Desde então, minha missão pessoal se tornou tentar tornar a Palavra de Deus mais acessível e fácil de usar nos dispositivos que usamos todos os dias. Acredito que a tecnologia pode ser uma ferramenta poderosa para o estudo quando é simples, rápida e focada.

Então, passei os últimos anos criando alguns aplicativos bíblicos diferentes para Android — alguns em meu português nativo e, mais recentemente, uma versão em inglês da versão KJV com áudio completo e recursos offline.

Não estou aqui para enviar spam de links ou algo do tipo, mas queria ser transparente sobre minha paixão e meu trabalho desde o começo.

Espero realmente me conectar com outros crentes, aprender com suas discussões e ouvir o que vocês buscam em ferramentas digitais para sua jornada de fé. Estou especialmente interessado em receber feedback no futuro sobre como posso tornar meus projetos mais úteis para a comunidade.

Estou ansioso para conhecer todos vocês!

Deus abençoe.

# 1 WE BELIEVE //. PIOSTEUO. , is. in. the PRESENT TENSE , which means RIGHY NOW. , in. the ACTIVE VOICE , means that Christ. is behind it

is. a PARTICIPE , in. the NOMINATIVE CASE , in. the Plural

# 2. THAT THOLUGH //. DIAS , is. a PREPOSITION

# 3. THE //. HO , is. a DEFINITE. ARTICLE. , in. the GENITIVE CASE , in. the SIGULAR

# 4. GRACE //. CHASRIS. , in. the GENIOTIVE CASE , in. the SIGNULAR

# 5. OF THE LORD // KYRIOS , in. the , GENITIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR

# 6 JESUS // IERSOUS. , in. the GENIOTIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR

# 7. WE SHALL BE SAVED //. SOZO , in. the AORIST TENSE , in. the PASSIVE VOICE

# 8. EVEN AS // TROPOS , in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR.

# 9. THEY. //. KAKEINOS in the PLUJRAL

And we know from Acts 15:1- and on. that circumcision. was a big issue

#. 1 They were all LAW KEEPERS

# 2 And what does Peter. . means . here and. we shall be SAVED as THEY ??

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