Mark Eleven:
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God.
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,
‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
25 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone,
forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.

Here is Jn 11 35 :

35 Jesus wept.

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i guess Jesus is weeping over Adam and men's fall, but not sure.
What do you think, please ?

This is from my sisters' minister. He used to call himself a prophet. Anyway it goes for a bit over 2 minutes.

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He says that God's voice is "quiet, calm, still, and small" based on 1 Kings 19:12:

"After the earthquake a fire came. But the Lord wasn’t in the fire. And after the fire there was only a gentle whisper."

What do you think? Could the voice of God that you hear sometimes not be "quiet, calm, still, or small"?

Apologies in advance if any of this info is repetitive. My wife's younger sister is oblivious to the fact that she's entrenched herself in an abusive relationship (verbally and emotionally we know for sure, unsure if it's abusive in any other ways). She's been with this guy maybe three years and has an 18-month-old daughter with him. She's nominally Catholic, only going through the religious motions because of how hard my wife is trying to bring her back into the Church. My wife and her parents are trying to get her to see how messed up this relationship is. He's 11 years her junior (23-24, so he's immature but also just not smart in any conceivable way). They were living together in Los Angeles when he decided he was going to move back to Arizona and finish getting his commercial pilots license. He wanted to move her and their daughter up here where we live ~500 miles north of LA. He rented them a one bedroom apartment about a mile away from us so she has our support in a lot of ways, she's completely dependent on him financially. He pays the rent, the bills, food, etc. But he weaponizes that responsibility by threatening to withhold if she does something he disapproves of (like finding a job of her own).

For a long time my wife and I were trying to encourage them to get married for their daughter's sake and in hopes that he would convert to Catholicism and my SIL would revert/convert as well. But as times gone by things have just deteriorated instead. We're suspicious his motives behind this current arrangement (I'm cynical so I assume he "sent her away" and moved to Phoenix so he could philander) cause as far as we can tell he hasn't re-entered flight school.

She's taken a gig nannying for a family who just moved to town and joined our parish. The upside is the mom is very disciplined, especially with the faith. For example, she gave my SIL a list of prayers she wants her to pray with the kids whenever she's watching them. These are things my SIL wasn't even aware of, that's how poorly she's formed in the faith (really not at all).

Anyway, I dunno what the point of me putting this whole story out there is other than context for the prayers I'm asking for. I mean, obviously God's will be done. IMO I think she's given the relationship a fair shot and it's just getting more toxic, to the point where it could start harming their daughter. I think she needs to be freed from it, then maybe she'll have the space in her life to really discover the faith and meet someone based on the morals and values that come from the faith rather than her own backwards secular values. Which I would think would be best for both of them.

If you guys have any thoughts or advice as well, I welcome it.

Thanks all.

Hello, my name is Thomas!. I've been a active seeker in god for over 14 years now. I am glad to be here. I have posted my testimony in the testimony section for those who are interested in it. My journey is a bit personal. I am diagnosed with schizoefffective disorder, which intertwines into my faith. I believe in Jesus christ, who came to earth 2000 years ago, to free us from sin. I see us as our Redeemer, because Adam and Eve sold humanity into slavery of sin for the knowledge of good and evil. And jesus had to be our kinsman redeemer by taking human flesh and blood and paying the price (death) to free us and redeem us from the price of the apple's price!
you can find my testimony here.

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Let me set the Story. 14 years ago, I'm in my early 20's. 21/22 yrs old. (My birthday is today! Jan. 16th 36 years old) At that time, I have a "general" belief in Jesus and God, but not deep enough to search him or read the bible. Just a empty faith. My babysitter when I was a toddler, took me to church. I attended Awana's as a pre-teen/young boy. And in high school I attended a church with a girl, because I had a crush on her and her parents invited me to start going to church with them. Those parents even set up a "fellowship group", that got us high schoolers together at hangout spot. It had good Christian intentions, and at times there was Christian messages at the group, but it was mostly a hangout spot for kids supervised by parents. Then after high school, I attended an Apostolic Church for a year with my dad. So I was predisposed to the Lord, but I was young and my heart wasn't committed/fully invested. I believed, but I lacked "Depth".

In the college school year of 2011-2012 I start dating a Girl named Rachel. While dating, I have a vision. This vision I forget about until about 6-8 months later when I have my 2nd experience that unlocks the memory of this vision. So its like a flashback memory. But the memory came to me so vividly, that I remember details about this vision, as if I lived it and actually experienced it.

So the first experience/vision.....I visited my father one weekend from college. While staying at his house overnight, I get up to use the bathroom. When i finish and pass my dad in the living room. (He slept on the couch), he was awake and told me to sit next to him. He then explained to me he wasn't my father, but he was really Gabriel. He placed his hand on my forehead. Immediately air rushed into my lungs and i sneezed with my mouth. At the same time, I felt the sensation of warm water being poured over me. I was then pulled out of my body into a separate "realm" that was above. This realm was pure black. Out of the blackness a Silvery/Blue face appears, and says "Thomas, I swear by my great name you are mine". He then asks me several times what I want, and I keep changing my answer. First it was to "live lives", then it was "for my mothers healing", then it was "just to be happy", then it was "to get out of the military", then finally I answered "I wanted to marry Rachel". I was sent off to bed, and as I laid in bed I heard a voice say to me, "My dad was going to die".....so I pleaded with the voice and said "Give my dad, mercy" (meaning his soul). [side note, 14 years later. he is still alive (but his life collapsed around him and changed majorly and he is doing really good now)] I fell asleep and forgot about this vision until my 2nd experience happened. I place this vision happening just before the Holiday Season 2011. I interpret this as a baptism of water and spirit.

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Fast forward to Summer break. Rachel and I had broken up at the end of the school year, and i wasn't dealing with my emotions properly. I buried them, refusing to think about the pain and heartbreak. I started a job as a flagger for the oil and gas industry and we had plenty of downtime. Enough downtime where I had hours and hours to just sit and think. During this time my thoughts began to wander towards God, and missing not having a girlfriend. So I decide to pick up the Bible and read it at work. I read the Bible from cover to cover in 3 months for the first time on my own. During the timeframe I was power-reading the bible for the first time. I was sitting with a group of friends hanging out one day. When all of a sudden, i have the thought that God himself is going to smite me dead on the spot. This feelings of utter terror washes over me, and I am paralyzed with fear. The only thing I can do, is start crying loudly in front of everybody (seemingly random to everybody) and start praying in Glossolalia. (something I learned to do by only hearing my Dad do it once, Apostolics do it). While crying and praying in tongues in front of my friends, I felt the feeling and emotion of terror wash away from me, to be replaced with the feeling of Peace and Comfort and Reassurance. As I felt this way, my mind took control of itself. Thoughts were planted into my brain forcefully, and at the same time I heard a voice accompany them. This voice wasn't a whisper. It was loud and audible to me. The thoughts and the voice said "Thomas, You are the lonely sparrow, but I have given you wings, oh what mighty wings they are, spread them and fly." The feeling and voice disappeared and my mind relaxed, and I was left with my friends staring at me wondering what just happened.

Today, I equate this experience with Solomon's verse "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom". …9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.…

About another 4-5 months after the "Fear of the Lord Experience". I am reskimming the New Testament. I come across this verse where Jesus commands the Rich man to give away all his possessions and follow him. I took this seriously. Seriously enough to get a hold of a local church and give all my possessions away. ALL MY CLOTHES. I gave away all my electronics. EVERYTHING, but my vehicle, which was owned by my dad. I even called my boss and quit my easy flagging job. I literally owned nothing but my Dad's vehicle, my bed, my pillow, my blanket, the clothes on my back, and the socks and shoes on my feet. I still had a little bit of money in my bank account, not much. Less than a few hundred dollars, but if I had thought about it at the time, I probably would've emptied my bank account too, but that thought didn't cross my mind. At the time, I believed I was taking a leap of faith that God would provide for me. …

20“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?” 21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” 22When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.…

My Dad catching wind of this, takes me to the hospital. I am diagnosed with Schizoaffective-Bipolar Type 2. Schizophrenia runs on my mothers side of the family. My grandmother had it, and my mother had it so bad, my parents were forced to divorce when i was age 3 for my safety concerns as a child. I interpret this moment of my life as "denying myself, and taking up my cross (schizophrenia).

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

I feel as if I "lost my life" for his sake, when the oath was given to me "I swear by my great name you are mine". Because in the following year that followed that oath, i lost my position at ROTC in college, lost my girlfriend, dropped out of college, kicked out of the National Guard, lost my ambition and then I gave away everything i had to a church, and diagnosed with a mental illness that ran in the family. I effectively "lost" my current life. Now it has been around 14 years since those 3 experiences. A major reason why I chose to seek god during my time as a flagger, was to address my loneliness and the emptiness I felt over the breakup with Rachel. While dating Rachel, instead of the pet names "baby" or "sweetheart". I choose the name "Sunshine" to call Rachel. And I used that name pretty much exclusively, and for her only. Even years later, when I dated other girls. I always reserved that name for her. Even though the emptiness and pain didn't completely go away after we broke up, I attempted to move on and date other girls. But as time and the years passed, i kept finding that I still loved Rachel. And over these past 14 years, I have never stopped wrestling with Theology and my internal Thoughts and feelings to seek and find God. I settled into this "wrestling mindset" and even saw myself as a Biblical Jacob Archetype (once I realized the love for Rachel would never go away), wrestling with God.

Why did Christ give us some as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers? It wasn’t so they would do all the work of the ministry, so that they would be regarded as “THE ministers,” and so they would be the ones doing all the preaching (prophesying). He gave them to us so that they would train us for the work of the ministry, but not with worldly means and methods and marketing schemes, but via the Word of God and what God instructs his church, the body of Christ, that we should all be doing.

“The Church” not only is not a building, and not a place you go to and then you leave until you go to it again, but it is not a place where the bulk of the body of believers in Christ sit as spectators while a handful of “professionals” do all the “ministering.” It should not be like going to a theatre. For the biblical church is the universal body of believers in Jesus Christ, and all of us are necessary to the proper working of the body, as EACH PART does its work. And our gatherings are to be participatory, not stage productions.

All of us who are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ, who have died with him to sin and who have been reborn of God to walk (in conduct) in obeying him and his commands, have been given spiritual gifts of the Spirit of God, and we have been assigned our body parts by God, and we each have a part in the proper working of the body of Christ. And we are to be speaking the truth of God’s word to one another, in love, for the spiritual growth of the whole body of Christ, which happens when EACH PART is working PROPERLY!

We speak the truth of God’s word to one another so that those who believe in Jesus will no longer be influenced and led astray by some humans who in their cunning, craftiness, and deceitful scheming teach false doctrines and altered gospel messages which do not teach the truth. We speak truth so no believer will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, too. And we are to stir one another up to love and good deeds. As well, we are to be helping fallen brothers and sisters in Christ back to biblical relationships with our Lord.

[Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20]

Servant of the Lord

Based off Romans 1:1-17
An Original Work / July 26, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Servant of the Lord;
For the gospel you’re set apart.
Promised through the prophets of old:
Jesus, Son of God.
Through Him, and for His name alone,
We receive His grace
To call people, Him to obey;
Coming from their faith.
Servant of the Lord,
For the gospel you’re set apart.
Promised through the prophets of old:
Jesus, Son of God.

You belong to Christ;
Loved by God, and called to be saints;
Serving God with whole heart and mind;
Preaching Jesus Christ;
Always praying for others’ needs;
Helping hand to lend;
Giving courage to others’ faith,
For the praise of God.
You belong to Christ;
Loved by God, and called to be saints;
Serving God with whole heart and mind;
Preaching Jesus Christ.

Servant of the Lord;
Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;
For salvation, power of God
To those who have faith.
In the gospel find righteousness:
Being right with God.
Turn from sin, and trust Jesus Christ.
By faith, live in Him.
Servant of the Lord;
Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;
For salvation, power of God
To those who have faith.

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An Original Work / January 30, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Im 20 years old and recently I bought myself my first car. Its a small 1992 pickup truck. Low milege, 16km on the odo, and its in pretty good shape! I was overjoyed! My parents gave me a no-interest loan to help pay for it, which was greatly appreciated, as I didnt want to have to deal with financing through a dealership/bank loan. I got the truck and it was losing power, turns out it had a clogged fuel filter and then shortly after the battery died. Two pretty cheap and easy fixes I was able to do myself. Its been running perfect since. (last three weeks). Anyhow, I was praying, thanking God for His providence of the truck (parents helping, good condition, cheap fixes) and I got this DEEP wordless sense in my gut that said something akin to "That wasnt me/my providence" and now im confused. Ive BEEN confused, for three weeks. I dont even know how to explain it, it was this "knowing" of what was being said, there were no words attached. Was this God? Im honestly lost and I am unable to ask a christian elder irl right now.

I can sense God is near, and has been near me through the problems. That is the problem he has stood by and, at the very least, let the problems happen. I honestly think ALL counseling does is try to make you feel better. It does nothing to actually help. I can feel His presence, but it is in no way any kind of help. Comforting is 100% not help. I don't want to feel better about going through something. I want the situation to actually improve. I prayed and begged for Him to provide actual help, and He chose absolutely useless comforting instead. So why should I desire his presence, since it does nothing to change the situation?

When we moved down here to Alabama, we had no idea what the new climate would be like. As it turned out we can't plant in the summer time because its so hot no plants will grow. This surprised us.

Its zones 9a and 9b where we are at.

So we planted in the winter instead and our plants have been growing just fine! Go figure. We have actually received a bumper crop this past winter and have eaten nearly everything we have grown. I guess we have learned that being in a climate that gets as hot and humid as ours does, we have to always plant in the winter to avoid the really harsh heats that will kill all of our plants.

I mean, this has never happened to us anywhere we have lived. Its like we have to garden in reverse just to get anything. Does gardening in the winter sound strange to you? Because it does to me.

Canadian born actress and screenwriter Catherine O'Hara has died at her home in Los Angeles, following a brief illness, according to her agent and manager. She was 71 years old and was known for absurdist comedy. She enjoyed a six-decade career in TV and film playing sometimes over-the-top, but endearing characters.

In one of her most memorable roles, O'Hara played the freaked-out mom of rascally son Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) in two Home Alone movies. Later, she portrayed the self-centered, whiny matriarch in the riches-to-rags TV sitcom Schitt's Creek — a role for which she earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award in 2020.

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A pedestrian was injured after being hit by a vehicle outside of Fremont High School during a student-led demonstration, officials said.

At one point, a few students entered the street, officials said. A student was hit by a car that stopped in front of the crowd, then began moving.

[As some of the footage shows, the driver had gotten out of the car, gets back in, and then accelerates straight forward, hitting the girl hard enough to knock her up and off her feet.]

Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood released a statement after the incident.

"This is not what we do in Nebraska - this is not ok. The video of the girl being hit by a car at the school protest is disturbing. While initial reports say that the girl was alert and talking when she was taken away, we are praying for her and her well-being. The incident needs to be fully investigated by law enforcement. It is critical that our country preserve the ability of people to safely protest," Flood said.

Members of the organizing group [Faith in Action] sat on the floor of the Hart Senate Office Building and carried banners that read "Do Justice, Love kindness, Abolish ICE."

A U.S. Capitol Police spokesperson said "it is against the law" to demonstrate inside congressional buildings and that 54 demonstrators were arrested.

Richard Mitchell Jr., 62, of Hanover, and Sara Tresnak, 51, of York, have both been charged with ethnic intimidation following the fight, which happened Jan. 10 at the Hanover Eagles on 105 Park Street in Penn Township.

The victim reported that the couple had asked where she was from, and she answered Baltimore.

They then asked what her ethnicity is, and she said her dad is Black and Puerto Rican, and her mom is Italian, according to police.

The man reportedly told her that “Hanover is a redneck town” and “She wasn’t going to make it here,” police wrote in an affidavit.

The victim said that during the assault, the man called her the n-word, said she “didn’t belong here,” “this is a redneck town,” and “this is a MAGA town.”

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Shalom!

If the soul is well, the body is well (3. Joh 2).

Heavenly Father, I ask you to grant me health, body, mind and soul in Jesus name because you are happy when your children are healthy!

Thank you and God bless you with health too in Jesus name Amen.

How can you truly know the person you’re planning to marry? Can you actually have peace going into the marriage? In the most recent episode of their podcast, Jinger Duggar Vuolo and her husband, Jeremy, discussed how they navigated their fears on this topic prior to marrying each other.

“I was so afraid of not knowing who that person was going to be deep down. I always had this lingering fear of like, ‘Oh no, if I enter a relationship with someone and if I’m married to them, how will I ever truly know who they are?’” Jinger said. “I think a lot of that stemmed from fear of what I had been through, you know, even just seeing people make choices that were really painful and hard and not knowing exactly who that person was. It was scary for me.”

How Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo Navigated Pre-Marriage Fears​

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Can You Really Know the Person You’re Marrying? Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo Weigh In

Jinger Duggar Vuolo and her husband, Jeremy, discussed how they navigated their fears about marriage prior to marrying each other.

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The video shows Oz being driven around a section of Van Nuys where he says that about $3.5 billion worth of medicare fraud has been perpetrated by hospice and home care businesses, claiming that “it’s run, quite a bit of it, by the Russian Armenian mafia.”

At one point in the video, which was posted Tuesday on the agency’s official social media accounts, Oz stands in front of a sign for an Armenian bakery and says, “you notice that the lettering and language behind me is of that dialect and it also highlights the fact that this is an organized crime mafia deal.”



In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Newsom called on the agency to investigate “Dr. Oz’s baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California.”

Movses Bislamyan, the owner of the store whose sign is pictured in the video, told ABC7 News that he saw about a 30% drop in business the day after the viral video was posted.

“I am really disappointed,” he told the station. “Recording my signs, my location, and talking about some kind of fraud going on here. We have nothing to do with it.”

Hey, but your sign has weird looking letters on it. Turkish Americans going after Armenian Americans. Such great optics! And really, what is this celebrity video supposed to do? As Oz himself says "CMS and law enforcement will keep doing the actual work: going after fraudsters, period.” Well, let them get on with it, then. Have they done as much as the state of California?

Since 2021 the state Department of Justice has charged 109 people with hospice-related fraud and filed 24 civil suits related to hospice fraud. In the last two years, 280 hospices have been shuttered with their licenses revoked, according to data from the California Department of Public Health, which oversees licensing.

A small word with a deep spiritual meaning.

Christians (as well as Jews and Muslims) around the world say the world "Amen" countless times a day, both in personal prayer and the liturgy. For a large number of people it has become second nature, uttering the word without ever giving it a second thought.

Unfortunately, for many people the word doesn't have a particular meaning and is said simply because it is at the end of a prayer.
However, the prayer has a deep spiritual meaning, one that is easily overlooked.

Biblical roots​

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Former CNN host Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal authorities on Friday over his involvement in the viral protest by anti-ICE agitators at a Minnesota church.

Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X, "At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."

Lemon was apprehended in Los Angeles while covering the Grammy Awards, according to his attorney, Abbe Lowell.

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"Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done," Lowell said in a statement. "The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable. There is no more important time for people like Don to be doing this work."

He continued, "Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful Minnesota protesters, the Trump Justice Department is devoting its time, attention and resources to this arrest, and that is the real indictment of wrongdoing in this case. This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court."

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Is this what democracy looks like?

It's a name, not a title. Duke is a title, but God is a name.
There is only one God. Therefore, God is a name. A saint who has been cleansed from sin by Christ becomes deified. This means God and Man, as Jesus Christ is.
One can misappropriate God's name, becoming an idol. This is what satan did.

....another first. A sitting president sues his own government:

"President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump family business on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department over the leak of their tax information to news organizations during the first Trump administration.

The lawsuit, filed in Florida’s Southern District Court, seeks at least $10 billion in damages on the grounds that the two departments did not properly safeguard the tax returns “from unauthorized inspection and public disclosure.” Trump is suing the government in a personal capacity, not as president."

Pray that whatever military confrontation that takes place between the US and Iran does Not become a disastrous out-of-control war

First off, what does it mean to be a “prisoner of the Lord”? Well, for Paul it meant two things, I believe. From what I understand, he was literally imprisoned at the time in which he wrote this, and he was imprisoned because of his service to the Lord Jesus and because he preached the gospel of Christ and of his salvation. Many of his writings, I believe, were during times when he was being held captive in some kind of imprisonment for the gospel of Christ. But somehow his letters were able to get to the people.

And some of you who are reading this may presently be being held in some kind of prison, or you may have friends and family members who are being held because of their declarations of faith in Jesus Christ and because they are sharing the truth of the gospel without shame or fear of reproach. Or you may be ostracized from people who now think of you as odd because you serve the Lord faithfully with your life, and so you may not have many friends, and so you feel isolated from people, which is kind of like prison.

But the second way in which he was a prisoner of the Lord was the same as we should be also, if truly Jesus Christ is Lord (Owner-master) of our lives. For we are no longer to claim ownership over our own lives, but we should now serve as servants of the Lord to do his bidding. Now he takes ownership of our lives, and we now live for him to follow him wherever he leads us. We no longer see ourselves as free to live however we want, for we were bought back for God (redeemed) by the blood of Christ, shed for our redemption.

Therefore, as those who now belong to God, in his service, no longer to live for the sinful pleasures of the flesh in deliberate and habitual disobedience to our Lord and to his commands, we are to walk (in conduct, in practice) in a manner worthy (suitable and fitting) of the calling with which we have been called. And that calling is the one Jesus gave to all who desired to follow him, that we must deny self, die to sin daily, in practice, by the Spirit, and walk in obedience to his commands, if we are to have eternal life with God.

And “with all humility” is lacking in pride and in self-importance. And “with gentleness” is with meekness, which is not weakness, but which is controlled and gentle strength, like Jesus modeled for us. And patience and tolerance are not to be accepting of sinful lifestyles in those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, for we are to exhort and encourage one another daily so that none of us is led astray by the deceitfulness of sin. And we are to speak the truth of the gospel to one another in love so that we all follow Jesus Christ in truth.

And being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace is not in encouraging one another to follow and to obey “wolves in sheep’s clothing” disguised as ministers of the gospel who are teaching lies to the people and who are trying to get the people to conform to the ways of human flesh rather than to conform to the ways of God and to the teachings of the Scriptures. Too many “pastors” are businessmen who are marketing “the church” to the world, so they are compromising the gospel message.

So, test the spirits to see which ones are of God, and test them against the Scriptures taught in their correct biblical context, and then obey God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

Fit for Service

An Original Work / October 5, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Holy Spirit, come within us.
Cleanse our hearts,
and from sin free us.
Make us holy vessels fit
for service to the King.
Fill us with Your love and power.
Anoint us within this hour
To be living witnesses
For Jesus Christ, our King.
Our praise to Him bring.

Father God, our heart’s desire,
Come and speak to us in power.
Revive our hearts to obey You;
Live for You always.
May we love and serve You only,
Walking with You;
Not a phony.
May we always tell the truth,
And show integrity.
Your true servants be.

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.
Purify our hearts within us;
Be transformed into Your likeness,
Holy unto You.
May we always listen to You
Speaking Your words
Now within us.
May we heed Your counsel to us;
Follow You today.
Do all that You say.

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Worthy of The Calling
An Original Work / January 30, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love