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LoricaLady · Thursday at 11:56 AM

A pastor's daughter was shot by persecutors but has survived. Tribal spirit worshipers in a remote part of the DRC demanded that a Christian pastor hand over his church's instruments for their occult practices. When he refused, they returned later to kill him. He wasn't there, but his 21-year-old daughter Odette was. The attackers severed two of her fingers and told her to kneel so they could execute her. They shot her above her left cheekbone, and the bullet exited through the right side of her jaw. Read More.
Feb. 12, 2026 | Central Asia
Discouraged Pastors Need Prayer
[7] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for pastors in Central Asia.

Pastors in Central Asia need prayers for encouragement amidst hardship. One pastor told a front-line worker that he felt lonely and discouraged. "He realized he needed to say ‘no' to some things that he can't take on and to delegate more," said the worker. "He also longed for the opportunity to share his feelings and weaknesses with other pastors but knew they would tell him he shouldn't be sharing his weaknesses with them." Another pastor who serves in the region reported that his entire flock of chickens had been wiped out by disease. Read More.
Feb. 12, 2026 | Yemen
Widow of Christian Martyr Receives Support
[5] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Yasmin and her children.

A Christian widow and her four children have been cared for by the global body of Christ after her husband's martyrdom. Nasr's decision to become a follower of Christ angered Muslims in his neighborhood, so Islamists affiliated with al-Qaida in central Yemen attacked him, dragging him out of his home and forcing his wife, Yasmin, and their four children to witness his execution. Read More.

Michie · Thursday at 11:46 AM

Just over a week after U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that faith-based organizations that meet evidence-based addiction recovery standards can apply for federal funds, his agency is now inviting those organizations to begin submitting their applications.

Responding to recent questions from The Christian Post about how the faith community has been responding since Kennedy’s announcement, an official with the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said they look forward to partnering with the faith community to advance public health.

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HHS encourages faith-based addiction recovery orgs to apply for federal funding

Just over a week after U S Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that faith-based organizations that meet evidence-based addiction recovery standards can apply for federal

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Michie · Thursday at 10:33 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A disruption in reimbursements to states for disaster relief costs. Delays in cybersecurity response and training. And missed paychecks for the agents who screen passengers and bags at the nation’s airports, which could lead to unscheduled absences and longer wait times for travelers.

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Homeland Security officials voice concerns about looming shutdown

Homeland Security officials are highlighting the potential impact of a shutdown. Among the concerns are delayed reimbursements to states for disaster relief costs and missed paychecks for the agents that screen passengers and bags at the nation's airports.

apnews.com

Jonnas · Thursday at 10:23 AM

FireDragon76 said:
I'm suggesting the whole line of thinking isn't particularly morally serious in the first place.

That's your own subjective opinion, it looks like. Everyone can have his own subjective opinions about anything, but it is only the objective truth as revealed in the Bible that matters in the discussion.

RamiC · Thursday at 10:21 AM

Questioning Brother said:
Blink again and you will be 50 (trust me I know). I too believe the pain can't be compared to the pain. God cannot possibly have enough to make up for this pain.

What is it God cannot have enough of to "make up" for the pain?

fli · Thursday at 9:49 AM

Firstlightdawn said:
We have to love everyone in Heaven by definition. What if our "enemy" is in Heaven? Corrie Tan Boon had an encounter with the worst guards of the camp she was in. With God's help, she was able to forgive him. I had a friend who was thrown into a Polish prisoner of war camp when he was 12 years old. Even a guard knocked out one of his eyes. He wore a patch over that eye. He was kind of paranoid, but with God's help people can straighten themselves out.

1 John 2:5 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. NKJV

The end result of our sanctification is to make us perfect. Yes, we will love everyone in heaven with the love Jesus gifted us with.

Michie · Thursday at 9:48 AM

They don’t mind tooting their own sexual preference horns. Let someone else point it out…*gasps and pearl clutching*

Michie · Thursday at 9:44 AM

chevyontheriver said:
What will the poor Democrats do now?

lol! Something will replace it. Reliable or not.

Michie · Thursday at 9:41 AM

Little is known about Kim’s daughter, Ju Ae, who made her first public appearance in 2022 but appears set to be her father’s successor.

South Korea’s spy agency believes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is preparing to designate his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, as his successor, increasing the agency’s earlier assessment of the teenager being the “most likely successor”.

The National Intelligence Service in Seoul informed legislators of the news during a closed-door briefing on Thursday, according to South Korea’s official Yonhap News Agency. Their intelligence agency’s findings were later shared with the media by South Korean politicians Park Seon-won and Lee Seong-gwon.

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un sets stage for daughter as his successor: Seoul

Little is known about Kim's daughter who made her first public appearance in 2022 but appears set to be successor.

www.aljazeera.com

Christsfreeservant · Thursday at 9:30 AM

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” (Colossians 3:16-17 NASB1995)

“…but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:18-19 NASB1995)

As followers of Jesus Christ, and as his body parts, we all have a God-given responsibility to be ministers to the other parts (members) of the body. For the “ministers” are not just the “pastors,” but all of us are to be ministers of Jesus Christ and of his gospel message and to one another within the body of Christ, the church (the only church). For all of us of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus have been given spiritual gifts, of the Spirt, and we have been assigned our body parts (ministries) by God to be put into practice.

We are all to be speaking the truth of God’s Word in love to one another, teaching, encouraging, lifting up, warning, counseling, and admonishing one another. We all are to help one another to grow to maturity in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord’s commands, and to not be led astray by the deceitfulness of people in their cunning and craftiness who teach a false grace gospel and not the Gospel of Christ. And we are to exhort one another every day so that none of us may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

[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]

In addition to all of that, we are to be students of the Scriptures who study them in their correct and proper biblical context, who are seekers of truth and righteousness, who desire to know, in truth, what God’s Word teaches us, because we want to obey the Word of the Lord, and our Lord. For we don’t want to be those with head knowledge only, who can recite Scriptures, and who can instruct others. But we want to be those who are putting the truths of the Scriptures into practice in our everyday lives, by the Spirit.

So, what we teach others we should be living ourselves, and if we are not, we should be honest about it, and then correct the areas where we are in error so that we don’t end up being hypocrites trying to teach others what we ourselves are not living. But that should not be our only reason for changing how we live. We should do what is right in the eyes of God because we love God, and because we want to obey our Lord and to live holy lives, pleasing to God, free from slavery to sin, for the glory of God, in his power.

And then we read here that, with all wisdom, we are to be teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. And we are to be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. But when do you see that happening in the gatherings of the church? For a “worship service” where one person picks out all the songs, and where a select few lead us in singing many songs which are not psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, is not what is meant.

We are to be teaching ONE ANOTHER with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs which teach the messages found in the Scriptures, which are to help us to grow to maturity in Christ, and to be encouraged in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord in holy living, which is what many of the old hymns of the faith do, but which (it seems) few of these modern-day “worship” songs actually do. So this is about us ministering to one another such songs as which help us to walk worthy of the calling of the Lord in our daily lives.

So, I am going to add this on here that, beginning in 2011, the Lord gave me a gift of writing such songs as what are mentioned here, and for the very purpose of what is being taught here. These are not for show. They are not for entertainment. They are not flashy and well-orchestrated and produced. They are simple songs of faith written very simply and sung by an old lady whose voice has seen better days. But they are for the encouragement of the body of Christ, which you will see if you read the lyrics.

And they are often included with my daily devotions, which is for your encouragement, not to entertain you. And they are examples to you of what these passages of Scripture are talking about. We need more of this in the gatherings of the church, and less showmanship and empty lyrics that do nothing to lead you to walk in faithfulness to your Lord in holy living. And if you are not familiar with the old hymns, see if you can get a copy of an old hymnal and read the lyrics. They are not all great, but many of them are!

To My Beloved

Based off I Peter 5:6-9; Ephesians 6:10-20; James. 4:4-10
An Original Work / November 14, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Be strong in the grace of Christ, and
Put on His full armor in your fight
Against the enemy of your souls,
And resist him with all your might.
Take up the shield of your faith within you.
Salvation’s helmet – you put it on.
Put on the belt of truth,
And walk in the Spirit,
And you’ll not be ashamed.
Love your Lord Jesus; call His Name.

Call on your Lord and Savior, Jesus, and
Make Him Lord and King of your hearts.
Obey all of His teachings He has given
To you to follow in all His ways.
Repent of your sins. Return to your God.
Follow Him where’er He leads you now.
Humble yourselves in full
Surrender to His will
For your lives today.
Bow before Him, and humbly pray.

Be strong in the grace of Christ, and
Obey your Lord in ev’rything, always
Keeping His teachings in your hearts near you.
Walk with Christ in ev’ry way.
Resist the devil. He will flee from you.
Draw near to God, and He’ll be near you.
Wash your hands you sinners
And double minded.
Weep and wail o’er sin.
With Christ, your new lives begin.

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Ministers to The Body
An Original Work / February 12, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

linux.poet · Thursday at 9:23 AM

FireDragon76 said:
You can make Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) projects for LLM's to use. They are called CustomGPT's in OpenAI's ChatGPT system, and Projects in Anthropic's Claude.

Hmm. Are we at the point where videos can be used to train A.I.? Maybe we could just upload the Bibleman episodes as training data for how it should act. If a video doesn’t work, maybe a transcript could be used.

I do think that this thing should eventually be built on an open-source base or just developed by itself with no commercial dependencies. Having it dependent on a commercial subscription or system gives Satan some obvious attack vectors to take it out: the Christian operator’s wallet or just the commercial system itself. However, I am willing to tolerate some messiness and incomplete development solutions along the way to a more resilient structure.

Eventually I want to own my own server rack, in spite of the constant security babysitting they require. Programming an A.I. to manage the firewalls and attack vectors into that system would be helpful, and throwing intruders out with Bibleman lines would be the icing on the cake.

U.N.I.C.E also runs physical security for the Biblecave, detecting intruders and having a laser security system. So a crude start would likely have some sort of LLM base model, an Alexa-like system to allow it to listen and talk the way U.N.I.C.E does, and some sort of Nest-like home management system all hooked together like string cheese, throwing in a security camera system and a modified drone. It would seem to require a lot of hacking. Not sure that is possible yet - and even if it was, I might need 50 more server racks to run it, unlike the simple website hosting rack I had planned. I’m just starting to think about feasibility.

I mean, programming an A.I. for spiritual cyber warfare and to follow Christian ethics may not be such a bad idea. Might as well employ the technology to help humans rather than exploit them. And we do actually have a personality base model to work with. I think it’s exciting.

Hans Blaster · Thursday at 9:06 AM

stevevw said:
OK you have lost me with all the corporate law stuff and who owns who.

Are you saying that whatever the connection is that makes a third party connected or interested in the content that is put out. Don't have a say or cannot have a say in what content is put out. That they cannot complain if they disagree.

It is my understanding that when companies make large ad buys on TV networks (ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox) they pay a rate based on the number of viewers who are expected to see the ad and the demographics of the viewers. The higher the ratings the higher the fees. Advertisers do have preferences and sometimes do pull ads from specific shows in "controversies". (One recent example was on cable with the Tucker Carlson where there was a period where there were virtually no ads on his show.)

stevevw said:
Ok, I thought it was the bosses of the organisations that were connected to the TV shows.

We actually had a boss of a corporation threaten to pull funding because they did not like certain points of view. It happens. I think the corporate world is a bit murky. They have a lot of influence but not many checks and balances.

stevevw said:
Not enough for him to sort of admit he offended a lot of people. Thats why he had to do the whole fake tear performance as part of coming back.

I don't know what you are talking about. I watched it on YT (my local station was owned by one of the local owners that wasn't airing it) and saw no such thing.

stevevw said:
They certainly did after he made that remark.

You need to watch your use of pronouns. The only "he" in the sentence you were replying to was Kirk.

orbiter · Thursday at 8:55 AM

Peace in Christ.

It is appointed unto men once to die.

Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. He did not die multiple times for each of us as His one-time sacrifice covers us all who will believe.

Christ already mortally died once for me…and for each of us…. 2000 years ago. My appointment for death was made His. We now do not have to die mortally for Christ already did that for so we might live. His one mortal death is the substitution for many. His resurrection in the mortal flesh gives life now to our mortal bodies.

Heb 9:24-28 KJV
(24) For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
(25) Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
(26) For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world (age) hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

We cross over from death to life now. We do not come into the judgment. The judgment for our sins is death...death to the mortal body for the wages of the sin is the death. If we live after the flesh, we shall mortally die. This is the judgment: to die once because of our sins. Our body is good as dead because of sins...but the one-time sacrifice of our Lord has rendered death idle for us now who will hear and believe Him.

(27) And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after (Greek: meta = with, accompaniment) this the judgment:

We now die to the sin. That is the “death” that we are to die in this mortal body. We do not mortally die for Christ already did that for us 2000 years ago. His life shall appear in our mortal flesh when we die to sin…..being without sin…unto salvation. We keep His death in our mortal bodies...dying to sin...so that His life shall be made manifest in our mortal flesh unto salvation. He died once for us 2000 years ago, He now appears the second time in our mortal bodies when we keep His death in our mortal bodies.

(28) So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

We die to sin…..bearing about in the body (the mortal body) the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body…in our MORTAL flesh. This is having an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”) in our mortal body which will not mortally die.

2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

If the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in us, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also make alive our MORTAL BODIES by His Spirit that dwells in us. This making alive our mortal bodies is the receiving of an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”). We do not mortally die but will continue to live to the very end of this age (the “last day” of this age) where we will then have this mortal body changed into immortal.

Rom 8:10-14 KJV
(10) And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
(11) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken (MAKE ALIVE) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
(12) Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

If we continue to live after the flesh (after receiving His Spirit), we shall die….mortally. The wages of the sin is the death….death of our mortal bodies under His judgment.

But if we do mortify (deaden) the deeds of the body, we shall live…..an age-lasting life. We are to die to sins so that His life shall be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

(13) For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
(14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

We are to hear His word and believe on Him that sent Him. He comes to give us an understanding. We have all been deceived by false prophets…but the Son comes to give us the Word of Truth…and we are to hear and believe in what He says.

Hearing is active. Faith is doing. We who hear and believe on Him that sent Him to speak to our hearing ears have an age-lasting life and shall not come into judgment but is passed from the death to the life. He already mortally died for us so that we do not die but shall live an age-lasting life. We pass from the death to the life NOW in this mortal body.

Joh 5:24-25 KJV
(24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth (present tense) my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath (present tense) everlasting (age-lasting) life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment); but is passed from death unto life.

Some will hear and do good (dying to sin) towards what they hear and receive an age-lasting life in their mortal bodies while others shall be contentious and do evil (living after the flesh) towards what they hear Him saying.

(25) Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

All that are in the graves….the graves of the man-based churches who are preaching their covenant with death and their agreement with the grave…shall hear His voice.

Some will come forth and do good towards what they hear Him saying. They will be resurrected to life now in this mortal body while those who will do evil towards what they hear Him saying will stand up to judgment.

Joh 5:28-30 KJV
(28) Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
(29) And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
(30) I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

When we are “dead” to sins, we should live unto righteousness. Our mortal bodies shall live.

1Pe 2:24 KJV
(24) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Rom 4:24-25 KJV
(24) But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
(25) Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

NewLifeInChristJesus · Thursday at 8:51 AM

Minister Monardo said:
I cannot explain it any different than what I just posted.
What is God's purpose in salvation?
To fulfill the Law by doing no harm to a neighbor, or to love one another fervently?
In 6-7 years on forums, I have heard "Love God and love neighbor" as if
that is a defining doctrine of Christianity.
This grossly misconstrues God's purpose in Christ.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;
as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Thank you for the explanation.

mourningdove~ · Thursday at 8:37 AM

I can only imagine ...

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linux.poet · Thursday at 8:26 AM

FireDragon76 said:
I set up a custom project in Claude to analyze my own games. I gave it a few classic chess strategy books (Aron Nimzowitsch's My System and Jeremy Silman's works) and I showed it a bunch of my own games and asked it to look for patterns that needed improvement. The results were surprising and not what I expected, that's partly what lead to my interest in developing better chess analysis in the first place.

Interesting. Perhaps A.I. has improved some since GothamChess pitted all of the major LLM A.I.’s against each other in a chess tournament with comically bad results.

I do believe that giving A.I. the correct training data is important -that’s way Leela and Alpha Zero play incredibly competent chess while ChatGPT and Grok have a habit of disappearing pieces and regenerating them with illegal moves.

Firstlightdawn · Thursday at 7:19 AM

Zceptre said:
The book of 1 John calls us "little children" multiple times to drive the point that we are not all fully mature and we are learning and growing.

Children can be mature. There was a program on TV Are You as Smart as a Fifth Grader? A lot of people were not.

John Bauer · Thursday at 6:59 AM

Tellyontellyon said:
Paul talks about how it's the Christians who are the truly circumcised people because they have made themselves right with God. So, in the context of the new covenant, are the Christians now God's chosen people?

Let’s assume that “Christian” refers only to those who are truly saved.

First, Christians have not made themselves right with God. Jesus Christ has made them right with God by his life, death, and resurrection. Circumcision of the heart is by the Spirit (Rom 2:29; Deut 30:6), and righteousness is received, not self-produced (Php 3:9; Isa 64:6). And yes, he did this because they are God’s chosen people (elect).

Second, the Israel of God (Gal 6:16) has never been defined by ethnicity; it has always consisted of those inside and outside ethnic Israel, so believing Gentiles do not displace his people (cf. Isa 56:6-7). Scripture distinguishes between ethnic Israel and the elect within Israel (Rom 9:6-8). The Abrahamic promise—indeed, even the Edenic promise (Gen 3:15)—was always teleological, the focus being the Christ and all those chosen in him (Eph 1:4; Gal 3:16, 26-29). The promised seed is and has always been Christ and those he represents. This is covenantal fulfillment, not ethnic displacement (Acts 15:14-18; cf. Rom 11:25). The church is the expansion and fulfillment of Israel in Christ; the olive tree remains one (Rom 11), as it always has: Unbelieving Jews are broken off, believing Jews remain, and believing Gentiles are grafted in. One people of God, one root, one covenantal structure, one faith, a cruciform promise fulfilled in Christ.

Third, one should keep in mind that this is how God has always worked. This pattern of judgment, exile, and restoration is repeated throughout the Old Testament. Israel is unfaithful (unbelief), they are judged and exiled (broken off), a faithful remnant is spared (remain in the olive tree), and there is a promise of restoration (grafted back in).

From the Old Testament to the New, there has always been a visible covenant people within which are God’s chosen people, the elect united to Christ by the Spirit in due time.

johnnypapa · Thursday at 6:34 AM

Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. (Mk. 7:14-15)

Recently, my adult children convinced me to watch the pop culture movie “Wicked.” As hesitant as I was to see it, I will say, the movie captured my attention. The songs were catchy and well sung, and the plot was engaging. For those who haven’t seen the movie, suffice it to say the story is a about how the wicked witch of the West came to be so…well, wicked. She didn’t start out that way, so the story goes. It wasn’t her. It was her circumstances.

Using Excuses in the Moral Life - Catholic Exchange

Hard situations explain anger or resentment, but they never excuse them. The heart’s hidden evils can defile us—our responses matter.

catholicexchange.com

johnnypapa · Thursday at 6:27 AM

You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not let the salt of the covenant with your God be lacking from your grain offering.

That was God’s instruction in Leviticus (2:13). Salt was poured on the offering to prevent decay and corruption. It prevented the ancient Hebrews from giving the Lord a second-rate and therefore unacceptable sacrifice.

For several centuries, up until 1970, blessed salt was placed in an infant’s mouth by the priest at baptism. It was the infant’s first taste of blessed food, a precursor to the Holy Eucharist, and prepared the salted infant to be a living sacrifice to God.

"Look Me in the Eye:" Abortion Survivors, Super Bowl Scandal, and the Salt of True Witness - Catholic Exchange

In a world that turns from Christ, we march as color guard for His cross; the salt the earth, offering sacrifice, and sharing the gift of God with others.

catholicexchange.com

johnnypapa · Thursday at 6:19 AM

Why I'm a Hebrew Catholic (w/ Debbie Herbeck)

After growing up in a house never hearing about Jesus, Debbie Herbeck reveals her powerful conversion story into the Catholic Church.

She reflects on hearing Christ speak to her heart, discovering Mary as the perfect model of a Jewish mother, and how her faith journey became beautifully intertwined with her love story and marriage.

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wing2000 · Thursday at 6:17 AM

...another brilliant decision by Pete H and our DHS:

Another official said the FAA did not know how long the Pentagon’s counter-drone operation would last, and it appears the agency is still gathering information from defense officials. Use of the laser system was temporarily transferred to the Department of Homeland Security with approval from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, three officials said.

Who has time for the FAA's red tape when there's a new laser system to deploy?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2026/02/11/el-paso-us-airport-texas-faa-restrictions/

Valletta · Thursday at 3:46 AM

"Strengthening United States National Defense with America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet," states, "The United States must ensure that our electric grid … remains resilient and reliable, and not reliant on intermittent energy sources," calling the grid "the foundation of our national defense as well as our economic stability."
It adds, "It is the policy of the United States that coal is essential to our national and economic security."

Trump directs military to strike new deals with coal-fired power plants: ‘Going to be buying a lot of coal’

Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing the Department of War to purchase coal power for military installations, calling coal "essential" to national security.

www.foxnews.com

A good step forward for our country.

Christsfreeservant · Thursday at 3:44 AM

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:3-8 NASB1995)

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are the body of Christ, the church (the only church). And as the body of believers in Jesus Christ we are to minister to one another within the body of Christ, and we are to be taking the message of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world. This is our mission. And we are not to do this out of selfish ambition or empty conceit, looking out for our own personal interests without thought and consideration of what others need, where they are in want, where they are hurting, and how we can help.

The Lord has reminded me here of how he put it on my heart, and on the heart of my husband, to open our home to college students and to college age adults for a weekly Sunday night Bible study back in January of 1999. Two of our four children were in college at that time, but we asked all of our kids to invite their friends, and some (or all) of them did. We began small, but it wasn’t long before we had 25 to 30 young adults in our home for Bible study every Sunday night, and we fed them dinner, too, every week.

And then the Lord put it on our hearts to purchase musical instruments for them to play so we could sing songs of worship of our God together. And then we added on a game night. And we added on a Wednesday night bible study where we separated male and female, and I taught the women, and my husband taught the men, but we gathered together for singing and for fellowship and meal time. And some of the best times were when we all gathered around the kitchen and everyone had someone to talk to.

Our times together were very participatory. My husband didn’t just preach sermons, but he taught lessons and he asked questions, and the students were able to talk about what they were getting out of the Scriptures, and no one fought with anyone else. And we were forming together into a family. And everyone who wanted to participate, in various ways, was given the opportunity, either to sing or to play an instrument or to cook a meal or do clean up or whatever. We were ministering to their needs, out of love.

Now, not everything went smoothly, and we weren’t perfect in everything that we did, and this was a learning and a growing experience for us, as well. But for 7.5 years we did this weekly, mostly out of our home, although we did partner with several institutional churches for a time. But God closed the doors to those partnerships one after another after another. For that is not where he wanted us. He wanted us in the home. But the young adults graduated, and/or they got married, and eventually this all ended in 2006.

By this time I was already about 1.5 years into what God had called me to do in 2004, which I have continued to do ever since then. So, when one door closed the Lord just opened more doors for me and for the ministry to which he had called me. So, why am I telling you all of this? Well, it is what the Lord put on my heart to share, so I did share it. But I believe it is also a lesson in what it means to do nothing from selfish or empty conceit, but with humility of mind to regard one another as more important than yourselves.

For when my husband and I ministered to those youth for 7.5 years, it was not out of any selfish ambition that I am aware of, but it was out of love for the students and the young adults and their needs. We didn’t get paid money for what we did. We didn’t charge anyone anything, either. Toward the end we were working toward turning this into a church plant, so a few people gave their tithes to the ministry, but that was the exception, for sure, and it was not at our request. For what we did we did free of charge.

And the same has continued with the ministry the Lord has given me which I do full time. And my husband and I are not wealthy people. We live on Social Security. But we have all that we need. And we have enough to where we can give to others, too. And this has nothing to do with bragging, okay? The Lord is just using this as an example here of what it looks like to care more about others and their needs and to not look for some kind of monetary or otherwise recompense. It is a model, not a self pat yourself on the back.

We who are followers of Jesus Christ are to be ministering to the body of Christ and to the people of the world in showing them the love of Jesus and in sharing with them the truth of the gospel of our salvation, without looking for anything in return. And, if we are called of God, God will meet our needs. And if we have to, we can go without some things in order to minister to others free of charge. For we are to empty ourselves, and we are to humble ourselves, and we are to lead others to walks of faith in obedience to God.

Ministers of Our God

An Original Work / June 21, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Ministers of our God,
harken to hear Him speak.
Have you given Him
your hearts and souls today?
Hasten to give all to Him.
Let Him cleanse your hearts from sin.
Cast yourselves on His altar.
In your lives do not falter.
Ministers of our God,
harken to hear Him speak.
Have you given Him
your hearts and souls today?

Ministers of our God,
flee from all your idols.
Remove them from your lives.
Be transformed today.
Listen to the words I say.
Give your all to Christ today.
Let him rule within your hearts,
cleanse from sin, His grace impart.
Ministers of our God,
flee from all your idols.
Remove them from your lives.
Be transformed today.

Ministers of our God,
won’t you come to His cross?
Die to sin and yourselves.
Penitently pray.
Humbly accept Him today.
Let Him wash your sins away.
Receive Him into your hearts.
His mercy and grace impart.
Ministers of our God,
won’t you come to His cross?
Die to sin and yourselves.
Penitently pray.

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An Original Work / February 12, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

BNR32FAN · Thursday at 2:54 AM

truthuprootsevil said:
Enough, if you refuse to see him supporting what Rittenhouse did is supporting him having a gun at a protest - you just keep blindly viewing facts.

goodby

Right so even when I quote every word Trump said in the videos you posted you still can’t admit when you’re wrong. Then you accuse me of not seeing what you can’t even prove by the very videos that you posted by just pointing to exactly which statement he made that supports your claim even though I typed everything he said for you in my post just to make it as simple as possible for you.

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