Gracious Heavenly Father and Our Lord Jesus,
Please help relieve Carmen’s anxiety regarding her health. Show her that You have made every cell, every blood vessel and tendon, and that they are all well until You choose to take her home to be with You.
In Christ’s Name,
Amen

Gracious Heavenly Father and Our Lord Jesus Christ,
Help this person to see that what You have for him is better than the sin he desires.
In Christ’s Name,
Amen

Dear Lord Jesus,
Help this one to bring his fear into the present, to allow fear to be replaced by anger. Help this man to protect his daughter, whom he loves, and show him the path to do so. Bring people into his life who can show him the way, Christian lawyers who are willing to help. Get the Christian legal aid, please, Father God, this is a case for them! Go forth!
In Christ’s Name,
Amen

Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation​

U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead.

The ruling. Looks like the red states will also benefit from the move from blue states to combat this autocratic overreach from Trump 2.0.

Two Christians are struggling with health problems as they wait for their court cases to be resolved. Soon after Murad became a follower of Christ, he was active in telling others the Good News and eventually became a pastor. The Algerian government took notice of his Christian activities, arresting him and charging him with numerous violations of religious laws. If he is convicted, Murad could face several years in prison. He has appealed his case to the Algerian Supreme Court, but the stress of his legal ordeal has created some serious health complications. A member of his congregation was also arrested, and his ongoing court case has also created health problems for him. Front-line workers ask for prayer for the health of these two Algerian Christians to improve. They also ask people to pray for resolution of the court cases that does not include prison time and will enable churches to operate freely within Algeria.

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On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, armed Islamic terrorists attacked a church outside of Fada N'Gourma in eastern Burkina Faso, killing two members. As church members were inside holding a prayer meeting, the terrorists entered the building and killed two men, allowing women and children to flee. The attackers entered the pastor’s nearby home and ransacked it, then burned four motorcycles, several motorbikes and two carts vital for local transportation. One of the murdered men was a church elder named Amadou Thiombiano, who is survived by his wife and three children. The second person killed was 18-year-old Jeremi Thiombian. Front-line workers are taking steps to care for Amadou’s widow and children. They request prayer for that family as they process and grieve what happened and for all who were affected in this deadly assault.

Click here to find out about Christian persecution in Burkina Faso and learn how to pray.

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Several Syrian churches have received threatening letters from anonymous Islamist groups that urge Muslims to attack Christians in a religious war. One note said, “Muslims, do not stop destroying the homes of Christians, slaughtering their children … Rush to jihad today, not tomorrow.” Another note said, “Let us make them taste torment and turn their homes into graves.” A third included the line, “Burn the bodies of the slaves of the cross.” In response to the threats, the new Syrian government has sent armed guards to protect the churches. Syrian pastors ask for prayer from the global body of Christ, specifically for “strength and protection as the church continues to be a witness in a society that lacks the values of our Savior,” and that “the church would remain a light of peace, remembering the words of the psalmist: ‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.’” Psalm 46:1

Click here to find out about Christian persecution in Syria and learn how to pray.

Chesterton said:

...the universal condemnation of Jim Acosta. "Sick", "disgusting", "nightmarish"...the adjectives are flowing from the left, the right and middle.

Public Horrified by Jim Acosta's Latest Stunt

Former CNN anchor and chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta drew near-universal criticism for conducting an astonishingly tone-deaf "interview" with an AI avatar of one of the victims of the 2018 Parkland school shooting. On Monday, Acosta aired a clip of him speaking to the AI, which was...

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To see a snippet of the so-called interview, I've cued the video to some of it:

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As for the deceased's parents who had this AI created, I think we can cut them some slack. I feel sorry for them, they're grieving parents, and people can sometimes do unusual things while in grief. But to play along with this for your podcast is utterly perverse.

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I would have been blissfully unaware of this, had you not started this thread.

Opining upon the stupid can also spread the stupid, just sayin’.

iluvatar5150 said:

10.25%? Dang that’s like rubbing salt in his wounds.

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Maybe Ammon will try his next shenanigans at the Fed.

Grand Canyon ‘Megafire’ Explodes in Size and Is Now Creating Its Own Weather​

The Dragon Bravo wildfire has been burning for over a month, and U.S. firefighting agencies are too understaffed to stop it.

The northern Arizona “megafire” is now the largest active blaze in the continental U.S. and the largest of 2025 so far.
[The Gifford Fire in California may be catching up.]

With wildfire season in full swing, federal agencies that fight wildfires are navigating devastating staff cuts. Under the Trump administration, the Park Service has lost 24% of its permanent workforce, according to the National Parks Conservation Association. A recent ProPublica investigation found that over one-fourth of the Forest Service’s firefighting jobs were vacant as of July 17.

Pray The Holy Spirit ensures Islamist political parties in Malaysia lose support, & pray for protection of racial, ethnic & ethnoreligious minorities:

Color me surprised!

The producers should be ashamed of themselves! Ugh!

Welcome!

Bturknett said:

Hi everyone. I'm not a new Christian. I've been a Christian since I was around 8 years old.
Today is my 24th wedding anniversary (25 together). I'm a mom to 3 young men (1in heaven) and Nano to 8 grandchildren with a granddaughter expected this December.
I'm a crafter and go to markets and trade days on the weekend selling the items I make.
I'm also a painter but I haven't painted anything in about a year. I'm severely ADHD and bipolar 2 and it interferes with every single aspect of my life.

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Welcome and happy anniversary!

God's will is shown earliest. Change in ways from what God showed earlier accommodates fallen people, and often is a compromise to bring people to God as they are, while not in God's will which is perfect.

Made it to the General Audience today. I’ll write more about it….and everything else when I return next week, but here are the basics:

No tickets required for General Audiences in August. Everyone goes on vacation, no one wants to be bothered with the paperwork, I guess.

Got there early to get a good seat near a railing. I have to say that in this heat I was not at all envious of the special folks who sit up in the special sections with the Pope – including greeting time, they were up there for at least three hours, with no shade. The newlyweds even more, since they are greeted last. When I walked any at 12:30, the Holy Father was still going strong, greeting those couples.

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Praying, Lord protects over you.

Praying for the Church in Germany that they embrace true tradition!

May God have mercy on his soul!

God is three divine persons. These three divine persons have divine names corresponding to their relationship with each other. Their divine names are Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, respectively.

The Son is also a human being, and so he was given another name, Jesus, aka Jesus Christ, which means "Yahweh saves" or "the Lord is salvation." Matthew 1:21

Jesus commanded his apostles to make disciples for him by baptizing them in God's three divine names, not in his human name alone.

Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. See also Acts 10:48.

Why did Peter say to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ?

John the Baptist had previously preached the "baptism for the repentance of sins." Peter was now preaching the "baptism for the forgiveness of sins." This new baptism became known by its idioms to differentiate it from John's baptism. Acts 13:24

One of the idioms that was used:

Acts 19:3-5 And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.” 4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Other idioms that were used:

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?


When the apostles actually baptized people, they called upon his divine name, Son, along with the other two divine names, Father and Holy Spirit, according to Jesus' command in Matthew 28:19. They did not baptize using the idioms.

Et tu, EWTN?