JustOneWay said:

That’s Mostly False. Illegal immigration during Trump’s administration was higher than it was during both of former President Barack Obama’s terms.

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"Figure 3. There is a lot of variation from month to month, but the foreign-born population grew much more slowly during Trump's presidency than during Obama's or Biden's. (January 2010 to February 2022, in millions)"

Apples and oranges. In fact, the number of illegal immigrants has been dropping for decades:

The largest drops were under Bush and Obama.

SavedByGrace3 said:

Amazon.com

"In general, the higher relative humidity and ambient temperature, the higher amount of water will be produced by Lekocyco A20L atmospheric water generator.The estimated 24 hours water production of A20L depends on the relative humidity and ambient temperature. A20L can produce up to 20 liters of pure water from the air based on 30C and RH 80%. The operating environment condition range for A20L is RH from 30% to 99% and temperature from 15C to 45C. By considering optimal, cost-effective and safe use, A20L must comply with the following conditions: 1) A20L must be positioned at least 30 cm from any walls or other structures from all sides, such as by placing in the middle of the long wall for optimum air circulation in the space. 2) It is still necessary to supply fresh moist air, choose the location wisely, such as lobby, corridors, halls, auditoriums, covered terraces and roofs, kitchen, the dining room and forced air change, or high concentrations of relative humidity, such as gyms, winter gardens etc. Otherwise it may cause dry air in the room and improper machine operation. 3) A20L must not be installed next to radiators or heaters."

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500 watts is going to make your water far more expensive than the one coming out of the faucet.

I'm strongly convinced this tech is based on heat exchanger tech, the same stuff found inside your fridge and A/C.

I live in the tropics and ironically, we collected the water runoff from our 750 watts A/C on a 20 liter pail. The pail would be full after 48 hours of continuously running A/C. We used that water for the garden plants.

It doesn't make as much water as the linked product because an A/C is supposed to be run in an enclosed room which means the humidity in the room is going to be lower than outside.

The product is essentially an A/C unit at its core it won't actually take a lot of modification to make it both generate water and cool your room at the same time and maybe more energy efficient to use the product in such manner.

BPPLEE said:

Ripping a shirt off seems rather tame compared to twerking

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They out weirded the republicans. Whodathunkit?

FEE-bee in old Greek
FEE-vee in modern Greek

Ana the Ist said:

Yeah I saw that...obviously people prefer the idea that Palestinians don't support or like Hamas because that gives the left here more room to imagine themselves as not supporting terrorists.

The reality though is that the people of Gaza really strongly support Hamas and everything they stand for. They're for the destruction of Israel....and the genocide of the Jewish people worldwide. That's just the reality of the situation.

I think many people don't understand that the people raped, murdered, and kidnapped on October 7th weren't randomly chosen....they were chosen by Palestinian workers from Gaza. Israel allows Palestinians into their nation to do work (which is really generous considering the number of times these opportunities were used for terrorist attacks) and those workers reported on the vulnerability of their employers, who was likely to be home, who had children that could be executed or kidnapped and held hostage, who had a wife or daughter who could be raped....and these instructions/intel was found on the bodies of dead October 7th terrorists.

Israel made a mistake when returning Gaza to the Palestinians and frankly, it's not a mistake they should repeat.

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Let's be real, Israel made a mistake thousands of years ago when God commanded them to utterly wipe out the Canaanites and not make covenants with them and they didn't. God knew they'd be a problem until the end of this age and gave Israel the opportunity to prevent a lot of heartache .. and they didn't obey God.

Yes, Joshua is a really incredibly hard read because it's hard to imagine a loving God basically commanding Genocide.. but He saw what would happen through time that they'd lead Israel astray and be a terror to Israel for thousands of years if they didn't.

I know this is a sensitive topic but sometimes we have to admit that God is right and we are wrong even if what God commands seems outright cruel. Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son, and was only stopped at the last moment and because Abraham believed God.. God was willing to sacrifice His own son for us.

DaisyDay said:

Is this true?

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If I am about to shoot (or otherwise murder) any head of state and there are none of my family‘s lives at stake, I’m not behaving rationally.

How? She’s a political chameleon.

Timeless truths will not forsake
Working now to souls awake
Sinners needing cleansed from sin
Holy Spirit live within

Knocking, knocking at their door
Getting them to sin abhor
Finding Jesus now their hope
Live with Him, now life they cope

Timeless truths now dwell within
Helping us to Christ live in
Teaching us to walk each day
With our Savior, not forsake

Listening to His every word
Following closely what we’ve heard
Living with Him, pure within
Walking daily free from sin

An Original Work / November 19, 2020

This song is about being willing to obey Jesus Christ, to be his witness, to love others with his love, to know his power and working in our lives, and to be transformed into his likeness.

As well, it is a prayer and a call to God for the Holy Spirit of God to come in power, and to change our hearts within this hour in which we now live, so that we may be like Jesus always, and to be that light that shines in the darkness, so that others can come into the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I think we have probably all heard the saying, “God does not need our abilities, what he wants is our availability.” He doesn’t want what we think we should do for him. He wants our lives surrendered to him, our all on the altar, willing and ready to follow him wherever he leads us.

Willing

An Original Work / August 17, 2011

I am willing to obey You;
Have Your Spirit live within me;
Know Your power; be Your witness
To a world who needs You greatly.

Love within me spread to all men,
So that they might come to know Him;
Know His power; His forgiveness;
Be transformed into His likeness.

Holy Spirit, come in power,
Change our hearts within this hour.
May we be like Jesus always;
Be a light that shines in darkness.

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Nithavela said:

Newer reports state that the food situation has improved significantly in the past week or so.

‘It’s not proper French cuisine’: Mixed reviews for food court at Paris Olympics village

Paris Olympics organisers' ambition to cut the carbon footprint of catering at this year's eco-friendly Games has run into a problem: the appetites of meat-loving athletes.

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This issue should have never happened in the first place, but hey, at least situations are improving. Woo, yeah.

This was a letter penned by the apostle Paul, as carried along by the Holy Spirit. The letter was from Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. So this was not an institutional church like we have today, associated with specific church denominations, incorporated as not-for-profit incorporations (businesses) under the state (the government), being marketed to the world just like any other businesses of human origin. And it was not a building called “church.”

The church was and is all who are of genuine God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, who have died with Christ to sin and have been raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to righteousness. We are all who have repented of our sins, who have turned from our sins to obey the Lord and his commands. We are all who are walking in fellowship with the Lord under the direction of the Holy Spirit in doing the will of God for our lives, for the glory of God.

But that doesn’t make us perfect people, nor does it mean that we will never sin again. But the Scriptures do make a definite distinction between those who merely give lip service to the Lord and those who are of genuine walks of faith in the Lord. It teaches us that if sin remains our practice, and if righteousness and obedience to our Lord do not become what we practice, that we do not know God, we are not born of God, we are not in fellowship with Jesus Christ, we are not saved, and we don’t have eternal life with God.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]

Now these words were spoken to a very specific group of people, commending them and thanking the Lord for them and for their walks of faith and obedience to the Lord Jesus. So we can only apply these words to our own lives if this is how we are living, in truth, and in practice.

So, what specifically are the apostles thanking the Lord for here? They were thanking the Lord for the church’s (the people’s) work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. Wow! That goes against what so many preachers are teaching the people today. For so many are teaching a gospel of salvation absent of all works, even if they are works of faith and labors of love of the Spirit of God in obedience to the Lord in ministry to the body of Christ and to the people of the world.

For they love to quote Ephesians 2:8-9 which tells us that we are saved by God’s grace, which is God’s gift to us, as is the faith to believe in Jesus. For it is also through faith that we are saved, which is of God, and which is not of our own doing, and not of our own works lest any of us should boast that we somehow did something in ourselves to earn or to deserve our own salvation. But not one of us can even come to faith in Jesus Christ unless God the Father persuades us to repent of our sins and to obey the Lord.

And since the faith to believe in Jesus is persuaded of God, and not of our own doing, then we don’t get to define what that faith looks like. God does. His word does. And if we read the next verse, verse 10, it says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” So our faith is not absent of works, they just have to be the works of God which he prepared in advance that we should walk in them (in practice).

[Hebrews 12:1-2; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18]

And all throughout the New Testament we are told that we must die to sin and walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands and live holy lives pleasing to God if we want to be saved from our sins and to have eternal life with God. And this is not working in the flesh to try to earn God’s grace, but it is walking in the grace of God and in the salvation that our Lord provided for us via his death on that cross so that we can die with him to sin and live to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce (say “No!” to) ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return. For Jesus 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,” the “good works which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (see: Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-9)

So, it is not true that God requires no works or that works have nothing to do with our salvation. We are saved to do the good works of God which he prepared in advance that we should walk in them, by his power. And the New Testament is loaded with instructions to us regarding the good works that we are to be doing, too. And the Scriptures make clear that if we refuse to do the works of God and to obey his commands, but we continue to live in sin and for self, that we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[John 15:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Galatians 5:6; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:9-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12; 2 Timothy 2:21; Titus 2:11-14; Titus 3:8; James 2:17]

So, we are to be the people of God who do the works that God prepared for us to do, and who are engaged in the labors of love which he has called us to do, and who are steadfast of hope in the Lord Jesus Christ and of his gospel message, which is that Jesus died that we might die with him to sin and now live for him and to his righteousness in obedience to his commands. For to this we have been called of God to his service and to obedience to him and to do his will for our lives – all in his power and strength and wisdom.

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Words by Adelaide A. Pollard, 1907
Music by George C. Stebbins, 1907

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting, yielded and still.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Search me and try me, Master, today!
Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,
As in Thy presence humbly I bow.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Wounded and weary, help me I pray!
Power, all power, surely is Thine!
Touch me and heal me, Savior divine!

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Hold o'er my being absolute sway.
Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see
Christ only, always, living in me!

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John G. said:

Your feelings of remorse speak for themselves. Confess your sin to God and thank Him for Jesus who paid the price for it
Satan has a way of nagging Christians for past sins. Remind him it's under the blood.

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Well somtimes down the road it may be revealed. His Holy Spirit directs us in all truth and conviction. He may be sparing you a deeper consequence later on if you don't reconcile now. Blessings.

Grafted In said:

Joseph G, we share much in common in that I was introduced to the Feasts of The Lord very soon after salvation and there seems to be no limit to the revelations through studying them.
I was shunned by many in the Pentecostal church I belonged to and I was so eager to share, yet few showed much interest.
Thank you for what you are doing and I very much look forward to reading more of what you want to share.
A couple of things I discovered were not mentioned here, but like I said, they are so plentiful, I never run out of new light revealing more and more over the last 45 years. One was the word Hosanna, shouted by those in the croud as they laid palm branches before Him.
I'm told that word means "Save us".
Also, after my youngest daughter married, she and her husband bought a very small parcel of farm land that had been a dairy farm at one time.
The owners had several donkeys and offered to leave them with the land if they were interested. They were and I soon learned that all donkeys have a cross on their back.
It's likely these small details were already know to you and since there is so much to point to that teaches, you could very easily have forgotten to mentioning them.
I have in my mind's eye a picture of this very subject, that there are nuggets of gold burried everywhere you look and they are not being hidden from me but preserved for such a time that I simply push my shovel into that rich ground and with little effort, I have new understanding as I pull up the dirt preserving another nugget that shines more light.
Thank you for what you are doing on this thread and I look forward to seeing what you have discovered that I've yet to find.

Bill

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Hey, Bill, I would love to take credit but I merely stumbled across this young lady's studies and copy/pasted on CF. Her name is Heather at Promise Land Ministries. More of her and her colleagues studies can be found here: promisedlandministries.wordpress.com
Unfortunately, it looks like the site became dormant a few years ago but still remains for the next stumbler to find.

I join you in awe of the intricacies and interwoven nature of this grand tale that the Author above all authors is telling through His written Word and in all creation. You are so right, it is just one gem after another every single day - our true spiritual food!

I'm really enjoying everyone's insight and sharing. And yes, I have a very good friend who was raised around donkeys and told me about the crosses!

God bless, brother!

Anonymous9090 said:

All Praise, Glory, Honor, Victory & Thanks to Jesus Christ for freeing innocent hostages held captive in Russia via prisoner exchanges

The deal that freed Evan Gershkovich was more than a prisoner swap

It freed Russian prisoners of conscience as well as Westerners taken hostage by Vladimir Putin

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Amen to this. God can overcome.

Michie said:

LEESBURG, Virginia — Black faith leaders featured in "The 1916 Project," a documentary about Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and her influence on society's views on sexual morality, urged black pastors to oppose abortion during a segment of the film highlighting Sanger's views on race and eugenics.

White Rose Resistance screened "The 1916 Project" last Monday at the Cornerstone Chapel, one of many churches nationwide planning to screen it this year.

The documentary's title refers to the year Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States. It is also an allusion to The New York Times' "The 1619 Project," which critics argue presents an inaccurate, anti-American view of history.

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Black preachers condemn Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood: 'Nothing is more racist in America'

Black faith leaders featured in The 1916 Project, a documentary about Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and her influence on society s views on sexual morality, urged black pastors to oppose

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God bless these black preachers who oppose Sanger's project. We need more pastors who oppose this stuff.

Ace777 said:

Light reflected is only half the story. Light gets filtered before it gets reflected. I work with crystal, transparent and semi precious stones all day. They crush them, polish them and then I use them for hobby type stuff that some people call art. Also I work with rhinestone that allows light to pass through. The different between precious and semi precious are the facets. It is still all in the way they handle the light. In Heaven the Streets are paved with Gold. The gates of the city are made with precious gems. Only those that are qualified can enter in.
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Cool stuff, however, as @Occams Barber and @The IbanezerScrooge and @Ophiolite have said, this is not meant to be a thread for religious discussion. I do like your art though. Maybe, I can make a purely scientific post next time about glass that contains metal nanoparticles (dichroic glass). With that, I am sure all of us here would enjoy learning about glass. It is pretty earth shattering stuff, pun intended.

HARK! said:

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Criticism of Google includes concern for tax avoidance, misuse and manipulation of search results, its use of others' intellectual property, concerns that its compilation of data may violate people's privacy and collaboration with the US military on Google Earth to spy on users,[1] censorship of search results and content, its cooperation with the Israeli military on Project Nimbus targeting Palestinians[2] and the energy consumption of its servers as well as concerns over traditional business issues such as monopoly, restraint of trade, antitrust, patent infringement, indexing and presenting false information and propaganda in search results, and being an "Ideological Echo Chamber".

Criticism of Google - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Google has long been known for their unlawful practises. The fact that they dropped the motto "Don't be evil" a long time ago says it all. Meta is no different. When something is free know that you are the product. Google and Meta have been selling our data without our consent. Even after you have read their terms and conditions they can change said terms and conditions in the future and retroactively apply them.

Tjufsen said:

I`m homosexual

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Christ teaches to follow him we must deny ourselves (Mat 16:24). our "self" is the thing(s) that we identify as that we often refuse to let go of and can look like many things. It could be the identity as a parent, as a spouse/partner it could be our job, education, race, or social standing, and yes it can be our sexuality too (and it often is), which includes heterosexuality and celibacy as well as homosexuality. There is no pre-set list but whatever it is you refuse to let go of, Christ calls us to deny if we are to follow him. This is the rite of passage for every follower of Christ, it is also a daily practice.

Curiousmind said:

Only legal moral way is pray to God for death, like Samson, Job and Elijah did.

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Again, Job wasn't praying for death.
He was frustrated but in the last chapter regrets his words.

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Judges 16:30
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

He wasn't wishing for death but instead to take them down he resigned to facing his own death.

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David lamented, but he also killed his friend.
So we do not necessarily follow their lead, but understand LAMENT is different than actually saying "Ok now, kill me."

This is a Catholic forum and so in the interest to see if you read a single thing I wrote I am letting you know that you cannot debate in here.

OY!

okay said:

I thought both were referring to the violence committed by Jehu and his folks. But I have been wrong many times in the past! Could you please explain?

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Good question. See Jehu destroyed the House of Ahab according to God's word, but then Hosea condemned Jehu's house. Why? and follow up there

chevyontheriver said:

Our bestest ally.

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Xeno.of.athens said:

The Lord, Jesus Christ, proclaimed that the truth would set you free. In declaring Himself as the Truth of God, He also referred to the universal nature of truth, as all truth originates from God. However, we encounter a challenge here: what we often label as truth can be mere opinion, propaganda, or even falsehood. The question then arises: how do we distinguish the truth amidst a thicket of opinions, propaganda, and falsehoods?

And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free.
(John 8:32 DRB)

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God's Word is truth John 17:17

Yes, the earthy sanctuary was a miniature of God's heavenly sanctuary Heb 8:1-5 Rev 11:19 and the scriptures teach the sanctuary shows His blueprint for salvation. There is a pretty deep study on the sanctuary if anyone is interested PM and I can send it to you.

Psa 77:13 Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary;

Great post!

I'm not a big fan of hydroelectric power. It may sound like a "clean" source of energy but it actually destroys natural ecosystems and may contribute to the extinction of many valuable species of animals.