I personally believe there is a connection between Jesus Christ asking Peter 3 times if he loved him and Peter’s 3 denials of our Lord when Jesus was falsely arrested and put on trial and then put to death on that cross for our sins. Since he had denied our Lord 3 times, even after Jesus had warned him that he was going to do that, but Peter thought he knew better, I believe the Lord Jesus was having Peter reaffirm his love for the Lord 3 times.

With regard to the “more than these,” we don’t really know what the “these” were, but it doesn’t matter. The point is, in all practicality to our lives, do we love Jesus more than anything and anyone else? Does he get top billing in our lives? Is he truly our Lord (owner-master)? Do we follow him in obedience? Is he in first place in our lives? Or are there other things in our lives we love (prefer, seek after, long for) more than him?

Now Jesus told Peter that if he loved him that he was to feed his sheep. Now he is talking of those who love the Lord, who are listening to him, and who are obeying him (John 10:27-28). We are the Lord’s sheep. And to feed them/us is not with physical food but with spiritual food. But this is not for just people who are in full-time ministry or who are in positions of pastor, elder, deacons, and evangelists, et al. We all are to feed our Lord’s sheep.

For we read in the Scriptures that we, as the body of Christ, are to care for one another. And the Spirit has gifted us with spiritual gifts to minister to the body of Christ, and God has given each one of us an assignment within the body of Christ, as a whole, which he intends for us to fill, which are our body parts. And so we are to help one another to grow to maturity in Christ by speaking the truth in love one to the other. And this will help us to not be led astray by people in their deceitful scheming, but to grow up in Christ.

And then we are to address one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, like for instance the Lord may put it on my heart to share a song with you and it may be the Lord would minister to your spirit in that way. And we are to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom. And we are to exhort one another every day so that none of us may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. And we are to stir up one another to love and good deeds, and to encourage one another, and all the more as we see the Day drawing near, which we are indeed seeing.

[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]

Do We Love God More?
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February 2, 2023

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My Sheep

An Original Work / June 24, 2012
Based off John 10:1-18 NIV

My sheep hear me. They know me.
They listen to my voice and obey.
I call them and lead them.
They know my voice, so they follow me.
They will never follow strangers.
They will run away from them.
The voice of a stranger they know not;
They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that
I am the gate, so you enter in.
Whoever does enter
Will find forgiveness and will be saved.
Nonetheless whoever enters
Not by the gate; other way,
He is the thief and a robber.
Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,
Who laid his own life down for the sheep.
I know them. They know me.
They will live with me eternally.
The thief only comes to steal and
Kill and to destroy the church.
I have come to give you life that
You may have it to the full…

They know my voice, so they follow me.

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Many of us have loved ones we care about who are professing faith in Jesus Christ but who are not living what they profess. We are concerned for them for we can see the damage they are doing to their lives, and we know that there is a better life for them if they will repent of their sins and walk with God. So, this is a letter to our loved ones:

Darling, Where are You?

Darling, where are you tonight?
Has your heart now taken flight?
Business as usual? Tell a fib?
Pretending righteousness?
Is that your gig?

Dearest, what love now pursuing?
Are you cruising for a bruising?
Tell tale signs of something not right
Suggesting truthfulness
Is not in sight.

Dear one, what’s your temperature?
Are you cold and unconcerned?
Are you hot to trot on this night
To engage in what you
know is not right?

Darling, when will you awake
To the fact you’ve made mistakes
That are costing what you could have
If you’d do what is right
And not do bad?

Dearest, there’s a life for you
Better than you’re going through.
Freedom is being offered you
If your sins you’ll leave and
Abide in truth.

Dear One, please take this to heart,
So, from your God you not depart.
Surrender your life all to HIM.
Turn now from your sins and
Live in freedom.

An Original Work / June 26, 2021

An Original Work / June 12, 2011

Teach me, Lord, to walk in Your ways,
And observe all You command.
May I ever hasten to You,
And desire to not offend.
Teach me how to follow Your steps,
Gently guiding me each day.
May I love and serve You always,
Loving others, this I pray.

Teach me, Lord, to listen to You
Speaking Your words to my heart.
May I never stray from Your truth,
And from Your law ne’er depart.
Teach me how to instruct others
In the way that we should go,
Leading them by my life witness,
So that Jesus they should know.

Teach me, Lord, to be a light in
This dark world of grief and sin.
May I always care for others;
Share their burdens; help to mend.
Teach me how to share with them that
Jesus came to set them free,
So that they could be forgiven;
Live with Christ eternally.

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Ignatius the Kiwi said:

Oh right. Antifa doesn't exist to libs. Do you agree with your Golden Idol that all Trump supporters are garbage?

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Not addressed to me but no I don’t. But I personally know one that is disgusting, vile and posts gross and lying memes about Kamala almost daily, most of what he posts comes from things Trump has said.

linux.poet said:

As far as I know he never moved in or committed to any of the early 100.

After that season of world traveling and sexual gallivanting, he did decide to get married to one woman, though, so he should stay with his current marriage.

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He's probably okay but I'm not absolutely sure.

There's a lot of gray areas in Genesis 2:24. For example if he's no longer living with his parents when he fornicated with many women.

And what about "what would Jesus do?" Jesus held marriage to higher standards than they had in the Old Testament.

There are three outcomes, either he's totally okay or should leave the woman he is married to now (their marriage would be void) and go find the first woman he fornicated with and marry her. If that woman is already married or otherwise unavailable for marriage for any reason, then he should continue his life as celibate if he were to live right in the eyes of the Lord.

DaisyDay said:

90 days? That's it?


People who enforce the laws really ought to have to obey the laws themselves.

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But...but....that's fascism!!!

Isn't it???

-- A2SG, I admit, I'm beginning to wonder if that word means anything any more.....

probinson said:

Interesting. Of course, no matter who wins, they'll have to have their plans approved by congress.

I also often wonder the specifics of projections like this. For example, I suspect much of the tax savings for lower income people on the Harris side would come from an increased child tax credit, something that only benefits you if you have children.

Looking at the graphic, if it's accurate, at my earning level I'll probably see the same increase no matter who is elected. Although I will be genuinely shocked if I see ANY increase regardless of the outcome.

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It's the negative impact of the proposed tariffs and deportations.

Michie said:

I must respect the moral discernment

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Nisnomer...much!

Oompa Loompa said:

Well, he is definitely ill-informed because he believed the propaganda and false journalism that claimed that Trump made the comment. When in fact, it was a rip comedian who also ripped numerous other attendees. Regardless, Trump denounced the comment. I agree with the left that misinformation is a threat to democracy.

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They are in desperation mode. They see the handwriting on the wall, saying Trump will be #47. At this point, nothing would surprise me. Lord, protect this man from the forces arrayed against him. He is not perfect and definitely needs some work. But these people are trying to destroy him, and I believe he is the man for this hour. Help our nation and return it to a right and fair vessel for your work.

Ora pro nobis

God bless them.

As they should. The law is very clear. Only American citizens can vote in national elections. No brainer.

Glory to God!

Dave Darling said:

I drove it off the lot and then 2 days later I hit a deer! It did a lot of damage, they gave me an estimate of $5000 to fix it, I will have to do it.

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Remembering you in prayer †

Hi Jzjules, nice to meet you!

Heavenly Father, please give Jzjules peace and joy through Jesus Christ †

RileyG said:

Depends how you define that

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I know how we defined things, but I do not know how your generation does it. I hope you do better than we did at fixing all the broken pieces.

ViaCrucis said:

3) Then we get the Hebrew version of the flood story, which relates to the problem of evil; but the twist in the flood story is that the problem of evil never gets fixed with the flood. No sooner than the flood waters recede, Noah steps onto dry land and builds an altar, that things immediately falls to pieces. It's very strange, that if the purpose of the flood was to eradicate evil from the world and leave the only truly righteous people that existed to start over again, that it didn't do that. Noah and his family aren't, as we read, exactly all that righteous. Noah gets so drunk that he passes out naked in his tent, then Noah's son comes in and Noah in a drunken rage pronounces a curse on his own grandson. In fact, the story's next bump is about how after people multiplied again they were so arrogant that they thought they could build a tower to heaven, they thought they could build their way up to godhood. So read strictly literally, the flood story seems like a total failure on God's part. If the point was to cleanse the world of evil and create a new lineage of righteous people, that definitely isn't what happened. But it does make sense if the point of the flood story in Genesis is to show that the problem of evil can't be fixed by destroying the world and eradicating all the bad people. Because "the knowledge of good and evil" exists in every person, including "righteous Noah", and that means so-called "righteous people" are not entirely all that righteous. Instead, the real solution, the actual answer to this problem, begins when the story finally narrows down again to the son of Terah, a nomadic pastoralist named Abram, and his barren wife Sarai. Because that's where the narrative of Genesis has been trying to get us to all along. Because ultimately it is about a story of a God of faithfulness who will call this Abram from "the land of the Chaldeans", establish a covenant promise, which leads to the story of Israel and Israel's redemption from Egypt, and Israel's identity as the people given Torah. The Christian reading of this story goes further, because all the way back here we see all the flags pointing to Jesus.

And, from a Christian perspective, worrying about mountain tops and if there was a literal global flood seems really trivial in comparison to the main focus and theme: the Good Creator God who intends to work in the midst of history to ultimately heal and restore the good creation, through the story of Abraham, Israel, and ultimately the Messiah: Jesus.

-CryptoLutheran

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Great points - especially 3!
Also - ever since God promised Eve that there would be a serpent-crusher - we're looking for this person. Is it Noah? He's the 'saviour' floating on the chaotic waters - our last hope. Oh - he's rolling around drunk. Nope. Not him. He was 'a' saviour - but he's not THE saviour. Is it Abraham? Is it this judge or that judge? Is it King David? King Solomon? On and on we go - waiting for the serpent crusher.... great point!

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is embarking on a spiritual journey through the lives of revered saints, from Joan of Arc to John the Baptist, with his latest docudrama series, “The Saints,” premiering in November.

Releasing on Nov. 17 on Fox Nation and hosted and narrated by Scorsese, the docuseries spans nearly two millennia, tracing the lives of eight historical figures whose radical devotion to their beliefs shaped and transcended their eras. Set to be unveiled in two parts, the first four episodes will air weekly from November to December, while the concluding set will roll out in May 2025, culminating in the Holy Season.

According to the 81-year-old filmmaker, “The Saints” is the product of a lifelong fascination with the saints.

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Michie said:

What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one.”

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Amen!

Lady Bug said:

Hi, things have gone to the dogs today. The easiest way for me to explain is to bullet-point it:
- My dad fell (softly) in the shower and the cold water was killing him and I couldn't get in the bathroom because he locked the door and I couldn't pick it
- The paramedics came and had to use the hammer-like device to break down the door and even they had trouble doing it
- They took him to the hospital (not sure it was necessary but it was a formality)
- He's been there but I haven't been there because I had not slept for 20 hours and the last time I did get sleep, it was only 3 hours. My brother has been keeping tabs on him because the hospital doesn't allow two contacts at a time for whatever reason
- As heartless as it sounds I had to sleep (at home) through much of his hospital stay so far because I'm only one person and I'm human and my body is not an eternal autopilot
- I'm filthy but "taking care of that" makes me more tired, so I'm kind of torn about that
- I don't have authorization to get into my dad's bank accounts
- I'm panicking about everything
- I'm off my meds and my PMDD (severe PMS) is way more difficult having to go through it raw. I've been crying irrespective of this situation but the side effects are worse than the condition I'm going through - well, I don't know. Both are bad.
- The way things are going, I don't know if I'll make it to an All Saints Mass

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These are things as far as bank accounts, etc., that need to be taken care of. Your name should be on the accounts as well. He should have a medical power of attorney too. Your name should always be on his hippa lists with his doctors. He should never lock the doors where nobody can get in to help. Eventually these things will have to be worked out. As far as Mass, even if it were a Holy Day of Obligation, the circumstances you find yourself in would be a valid excuse not to attend imo. It sounds like it’s time to see your doctor again to get things worked out where you can function more easily.

timewerx said:

I'm sure it's meant to serve as an example.

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Yeah. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. Isaiah 46:10

essentialsaltes said:

Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering.

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When you are too racist for Laura Loomer you should be worried.

Jesus is the:

Way, Truth and Life....