KevinT said:

Well, one effect was that the town people came out, saw their dead pigs, and asked Jesus to leave. So the demons seemed to be trying to play a chess game, and the pigs were pawns in their power play. However, Jesus sent the freed demoniac into the town and he spread the news of what God had done for him -- circumventing the attempt to keep people on that area from learning of the life and love that Jesus offers.

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but remember He went back to that area and healed their sick. But I remember that’s all they wanted.

Lord have mercy!

BobRyan said:

From your article

Zuckerberg’s election spending was ‘carefully orchestrated’ to influence 2020 vote: ex-FEC member

A former federal election official called the $400 million-plus that Mark Zuckerberg spent a “carefully orchestrated attempt” to influence the 2020 vote.

nypost.com

"A former federal election official on Thursday called the $400 million-plus that Mark Zuckerberg spent to help finance local elections a “carefully orchestrated attempt” to influence the 2020 vote — and recommended that all states ban private funding of election offices."

Mark spent $400M in 2020 to try and influence the elections - but this year he is not promoting democrats so the assumption is he will not be doing the same under-the-table influencing as he did in 2020... because Republicans don't work that way.

'This is not normal': Behind the decisions at Facebook and Twitter to deplatform Trump

The Facebook and Twitter suspensions were a landmark moment for America's social media giants and the most visible demonstration yet of their absolute power.

www.nbcnews.com

And your question is "will his 400$M in influencing" be missed in our election process.

I suggest it will only be missed by those who prefer election meddling...

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I Agree Bob, just a small part showing how large donors have been stopped through the legal channels including Mark Zuckerberg

To think Zuckerberg created a shell organization to control the 2020 elections $400+ million with strings attached, and he pulled it off in your face election meddling, something the average Joe is completely unaware of

Tom Fitton Judicial Watch has sued many states and voter roll cleanup has been seen in many states, dead, moved, etc

Police in the Indian state of Goa are on the hunt for a Hindu man who allegedly publicly disrespected St. Francis Xavier and disputed the saint’s title as protector of the state, leading to complaints from the state’s Christians, who deeply venerate St. Francis.

Catholic news outlet UCA News reported that Subhash Velingkar, a former state-unit chief of the powerful Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, publicly questioned the authenticity of the relics of St. Francis Xavier housed in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa.

The relics are only exposed for veneration every 10 years. The next period of exposition and veneration is due to start on Nov. 21 and end on Jan. 5, 2025.

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Using dreams in my writing is the obvious clear way to have surreal scenes included. But with use of fantasy there can be other surreal scenes anyway, which I do include in my writing.

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He is evidently Muslim, but does not say it. He came in under Obama. I asked about if there's a problem over there by saying 'there was a problem in North Africa' and he said no.

Him and another woman [and another] all from Algeria, talk to family and send money.

OTOH the folks who came here who live near Russia [one came from Crimera when Putin took over under Obama] say their family is concerned because Putin loves weak democrats because he gains more area.
Is communism the fall of mankind? Does Russia spread their errors?
Indeed democrats are weak.

So although Bishops are calling for our charity, people coming from all over are not necessarily refugees.

I checked and Haiti is not at war.
So why are we bringing them in?

The problem with Haitians is they are Catholic in name but their culture allows voodoo.

There are no refugees.
They are immigrants who are by passing our system to conform to our language and laws.

However; democrats like to say refugee... but if the whole world is a mess right now, they need the Lord and not leave their countries just to send money out of our country.

As I work with mainly 90% 'immigrants' I am not finding any who were desperately leaving.
Except maybe the lady from Crimera.
So democrats are lying to the Church.

Just change the name to refugee.

The English translation of the prayer to St. Michael leaves a little to be desired.​

The Romans, as any first-year Latin student can tell you, were in the practice of ending their sentences with verbs. Regina agricolam amat, for example—literally, “The queen the farmer loves.” Unless you are Yoda, however, you would speak this sentence in English this way: “The queen loves the farmer.” (Something tells me this relationship is not going to work out.)

In any case, Latin word order often (not always) proceeds this way: subject, object, verb. In English, word order often (not always) proceeds this way: subject, verb, object. Because Latin nouns are declined—that is, they are assigned distinct endings for how they function in a sentence—it is easy to identify the subject and the object.

The Church preserves the practice of ending sentences and clauses with the predicate. Indeed, here is a sentence from Benedict XVI’s renunciation of the Petrine Office.

Nunc autem Sanctam Dei Ecclesiam curae Summi eius Pastoris, Domini nostri Iesu Christi confidimus sanctamque eius Matrem Mariam imploramus, ut patribus Cardinalibus in eligendo novo Summo Pontifice materna sua bonitate assistat.

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And here it is in English:

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Trump vows to ‘remove the Jew haters’ if reelected during event commemorating October 7 attacks​

"We’re going to remove the Jew haters who do nothing to help our country, they only want to destroy our country,” he said during the event at his golf course in Doral, Florida.

"I will tell you that [anti-Jewish hatred is] not in the Republican Party,” the former president added.

The former president said at an event last month that he had not been “treated properly by voters who happen to be Jewish” during the 2020 election and said Jewish voters would hold some responsibility if he is defeated this year, while touting his record on Israel.

This is a repeat of the old conspiracy theory used by white supremacists,
that crime is caused by people who have "bad genes".

The unspoken part of the argument of the eugenecists, is that it is the
non-white peoples, who tend to have these bad genes.

For some reason, Trump can't keep away from completely discredited
eugenics theories.

For a much more intelligent coverage of why people do terrible crimes,
try reading...

DaisyDay said:

Perhaps the situation is like the bipartisan border bill to these Maga folks: the problem is worth more to them than a solution.

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It's exactly that.

Something had to fill the void left with the overturning of Roe v Wade.

BCP1928 said:

Wow, you really are bitter. But whoever is forcing you to pretend that it's OK obviously isn't doing a very effective.job. And the ILA still doesn't have as good a contract as the ILWU. The automation part of it still hasn't been worked out, though, so we'll see. Harry Bridges, founder of the ILWU once said, "Even if it comes down to one person pushing one button to run a whole port that person will be union, and the richest SOB in the world..”

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It's because the kinds of stuff the dockworkers union(s) are pulling, is what a lot of people advocate for as a model to be emulated much more broadly because see it as some sort of noble economic populism just because "workers got a win over corporate". (when, in fact, it's not, they've made it clear that they'd be perfectly willing to screw over other laborers both union and non-union in order to carve themselves out a sweet deal...and the model they have wouldn't be even remotely sustainable if expanded to several other sectors)

Advocates for labor shouldn't be cheering this if they have any vested interest in seeing organized labor as a sustainable entity.

Stuff like that is what eroded public support for unions in the past.

Growing up in the northeast Ohio area, I had multiple relatives who worked at the plants in Cleveland (one still does).

The kinds of things they used to brag about were the kinds of things that turned the public against them. They used to gloat about playing cards with their buddies on the job (and taking turns checking the machines they were overseeing), sneaking way to the "gentlemens clubs" for extended lunches (those ones that used to be all up and down Brook Park Road), bragging about how they can tell plant management to <bleep> off with no repercussions when the "suits" would get on them about their frequent smoke breaks... which may have gotten some laughs at first, but as car prices started increasing and the Japanese car companies started kicking our butts, people started becoming less enthused with the stuff that was going on.

They had to curtail that sort of stuff (it's different environment in those factories now from what I hear)...but it took a long time for them to claw back that public support.

The Fifth Trumpet Angel

Rev 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Rev 9:1 And the fifth (Trumpet) angel sounded (authoritative participation), and I (John) saw *a star (righteous angel) fall (descend) from heaven unto the (tribulation) earth: and to him (star) was given (by Jesus) the key (symbol of authority) of the bottomless pit.

Rev 8:6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

*Righteous, Chosen, and Serving Angels

• Rev 1:16 And he (Jesus) had in his right hand *seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Rev 8:6 And *the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
• Rev 10:1 And I (John) saw another *mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Rev 16:1 And I (John) heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to *the seven angels, Go, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

Different Keys

*Rev 1:16 And he (Jesus) had in his right hand seven stars (Seven Serving Righteous Angels): and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Matt 16:19 And I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever you (apostles) shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Luk 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key to knowledge: you entered not in yourselves, and they that were entering in you hindered.

Rev 1:18 I am he that lives, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Rev 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall (descend) from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.

Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Bottomless Pit Opened (King of locusts Rev 9:11)

Rev 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as (parallel) the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Rev 9:2 And he (a star Rev 9:1) opened *the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

The Bottomless Pit

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and *darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Dan 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the highest God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

Rev 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.

Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon.

Rev 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Rev 17:8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Locusts from the Smoke

Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke (demonic) locusts upon the (Tribulation) earth: and unto them (locusts) was *given (by Lucifer Rev 13:2) power, as (parallel) the scorpions of the earth have power.

Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: *and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Unsaved Dwelling upon Tribulation Earth

Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; Rev 6:16, 17 Rev 17:5 MYSTERY, Babylon

Rev 6:8 And I looked and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts (leaders) of the earth.

Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the, works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Rev 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, sorceries, lewdness, nor of their thefts.

The Scorpions

Rev 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.

Rev 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

Deu 8:15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein werefiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;

1Ki 12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father has chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Locusts Harm Unsealed Humanity (those sealed Rev 7:2,3)

Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

Rev 9:4 And it was commanded (Jesus) them (locusts fallen angels Rev 12:4) that they should not hurt (damage) the grass of the (tribulation) earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not *the seal of God in their foreheads.

The Seal of God

• Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, *having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them who were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty four thousands of all the tribes of the children of Israel. (144,000 thousand)
• Rev 7:5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
• Rev 7:6 Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
• Rev 7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed twelve thousand.

Rev 7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

Humanity not to Die (repent not Rev 9:20,21)

Rev 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.

Rev 9:5 And to them (locusts) it was given (by Jesus Rev 5:2) that they should not kill them (unsealed humanity), but that they (locusts) should be tormented five months: and their torment was as (parallel) the torment of a scorpion, when he (scorpion) strikes a man.

Note: Demonic Locusts (Rev 9:3) possess authority (Rev 9:4) to harm Individuals (Rev 9:4-6, 11:17, 9:20,21, 11:18, 16:9,11,21) in the same paralleling way of a scorpion (Rev 9:10) stinging an Individuals upon Pentecostal Earth causing extreme pain, swelling, and sickness.

Matt 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, what have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? are you come hither to torment us before the time?

Phl 3:18 (For a large group of individuals walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: (the cross is a weapon against evil)

Different Time Lengths of the First Forty-two Months of the Seven-year Tribulation of Earth

First Forty -two Months Rev 11:3 I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Five months of the Fifth Trumpet Rev 9:5,10

An hour, a day, a month, and a year of the (6th Trumpet Rev 9:15

Different Time Lengths of the Second Forty-two Months of the Seven-year Tribulation of Earth

Rev 12:6 the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Rev 12:14 to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Rev 13:5 there was given unto him a mouth speaking important things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

No Death for Five Months

Rev 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Rev 9:6 And in those days (5 months) (1) shall men seek death (2) and shall not find it; (3) and shall desire to die, (4) and death shall flee from them.

Four Steps to not Dying

Those Days in the Seven-year Tribulation

Trouble of Jacob Jer 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he will be saved out of it. Math 24:21 Rev 2:2

The vision Hab 2:2 the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that reads it. Rev 7:14

Joel 1:3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

The appointed time Hab 2:3 For the vision is out for an appointed time, but at the end it will speak, and not lie: thought it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Dan 8:17, 12:9 Isa 13:11 Hour of temptation Rev 3:10 Dan 9:27

Corrupt Individuals of Earth

Rev 1:7 he comes with clouds; every eye will see him, and they also pierced him: and all kindreds of earth will wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Rev 9:20-21 the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorcery, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Rev 11:18 the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.

Rev 16:9 men were scorched with intense heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which has power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

The Shapes of the Locusts

Rev 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

Rev 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts (fallen angels Rev 12:4) were like (similar) unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as (similar) it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as (similar) the faces of men.

Note: Demonic Locusts (Rev 12:7,8, 9:3-5) retain sharp transfixes forming circlets upon their heads (Rev 9:11), paralleling Golden Crowns upon Pentecostal Earth, and the sharp circular transfixes lacerate the hands of Individuals grabbing Demonic Locusts by their heads (Rev 9:8).

Note: Golden Crowns identifies a parallel explaining sharp golden circular transfixes upon the heads of Demonic Locusts identifies their Restricted Authority (Rev 9:3,4) during the Five-months (Rev 9:5) of the 5th Trumpet upon Tribulation Earth. (Restricted Authority of Four Fallen Angels Rev 9:17-19, Restricted Authority of the Seven Remaining Capital Cities Rev 12:3 17:3,7,9-11, and Restricted Authority of Ten-kings of the Ten-king Confederacy).

Four Demonic Angles of the 6th Trumpet prepared for war

Note: Shapes of Demonic Locust (Angels Rev 12:7,8, 9:3-5) is similar to war-horses (parallels Rev 9:17) prepared for battle having a larger front chest area (Rev 9:17) tapering toward the tail (Rev 9:5), heavy colored materials (Rev 9:9) hanging from their bodies, withstanding hard direct hits (Rev 9:8-10).

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Rev 9:15 the four (fallen) angels were loosed, that were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

Fallen Angels of Tribulation Jerusalem

Rev 18:2 he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Three Demon Frogs of the Sixth Vial Prepare for War

Rev 16:13-14 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the entire world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

The Hair and Teeth of the Locusts

Rev 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

Rev 9:8 And they (locusts fallen angels) hair as (parallel) the hair of women, and their teeth were as (parallel) the teeth of lions.

Note: Demonic Locusts (Rev 12:7,8 9:3-5) retain long black (Rev 6:5,12 17:3-5) hair paralleling long hair of women (Rev 2:20) upon Pentecostal Earth.

Note: Long hair (paralleling teaching Rev 2:20, 17:3-5) of Demonic Locusts (Rev 9:3-5) becomes entangled in the body parts of Individuals (Rev 11:7-12 9:20,21, 11:18, 16:9,11,21) making it difficult for Individuals to get away from torment caused by the Demonic Locusts.

1Cor 11:14,15 Does not even nature itself teach you (Saints), that, if a man has long hair, it is a shame unto him (Rom 1:24-27 homosexuals)? [15] But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her (John 12:3 wiped feet of Lord with long hair): for her hair is given her for a covering (Gen 3:16 desire of wife to husband 1Pet 3:3 1Tim 2:9 adornment of woman).

Teeth of Demonic Locusts

Rev 9:8b (Apostle John describes Rev 9:1) and their (Demonic Locusts) teeth were as (parallel) the teeth of lions.

Note: Apostle John discloses sharp scissoring eyeteeth and strong grinding cheek teeth of Demonic Locusts (Rev 12:7,8 9:3-6) parallel sharp scissoring eyeteeth and strong grinding cheek teeth of lions piercing, cutting, and shredding flesh of Individuals upon Tribulation Earth.

Note: Apostle John discloses teeth of the Four Horses (Rev 9:17), similar to lions’ teeth, paralleling the scissoring eyeteeth and strong grinding cheek teeth of Demonic Locusts (Rev 9:3-5).

1. Isa 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that will not profit them.

JesusFollowerForever said:

Mr, Spock, true pure faith is superior to logic anytime.

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Heartily agreed. The word "logic" is merely another word for "words". Its use is as a synonym for "reasoning", and Christ the Lord did not respond encouragingly to "reasoning" between people who are not God. Rather, He simply delivered the words worthwhile to have faith into. I shall prefer His example.

FredVB said:

God is love. God loves you. We each all have a purpose, as God made us with the purpose for us. We have value from God with that, this is what having rights really means.

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I would hope most all the household of faith would agree with that. Myself, the emphasis on 'purpose' weighs heavily on strength. Esp if the agreement of a gift surfaces without envy.

Really glad you reached out for prayer.

We - and I do mean we - have to get our thinking in line with Scripture. God will help us renew our minds. The Holy Soirit guides us to truth (John 16:13). Our part is to take every thought captive (II Cor 10:5). That means when we have thoughts that are not in line with Scripture, we immediately focus on Him and His Word, the truth, such as
-The spirit of God made you, and His breath gives you life. Job 33:4
-"The Lord your God is in the midst of you and He is mighty; He saves, He rejoices over you with joy; He will joy over you with singing." Zep 3:17.
Encourage you to locate some favorite Scriptures and SAY them when when thoughts go off track.. Repeat this process as neccessary.
You may be wondering why SAY them because our words need to line up with Scripture.

Repent to Him about having unforgiveness & asks Him to bless them. That hurt needs to be healed. Asks Him for complete healing in the name of Jesus.

Also, we put on Mighty God's armor. "Put on the whole armour of God...." "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God..." We need every piece of His armor including prayer (Eph 6:10-18). Encourage you to ramp up praising and thanking Him. Can always put on select music to help.

Glad you realize that God is the answer. We're lifting you up in prayer to Him.

Tempura said:

V came to mind right away. Also...Age of the Tripods, if I got the name right. Good stuff, good stuff brother. 90's can claim Star Trek TNG, so it gets pretty close.

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Ahhh "V" - I remember that show. And the other one you're after was just called "Tripods" Login to view embedded media

JohnB445 said:

I look at people like David Wood, he is a Christian Apologist, And I look at people who are Biblical scholars. If this can help me gain more understanding in what I believe I would like to pursue it. I don't care if I make little I know I can be happy with $45,000 a year, and I live a very simple life. Right now my career is in business, and although I make a good living, I don't find myself any happier once my income goes above $55,000 a year, I have everything I need already, and can get by just fine. But currently I do not like my job, find it very boring and very stressful.

I may even have plans to give it all back through charity if I don't have anyone to pass my wealth too. The Bible is the most interesting to me, I have been reading and studying it since I was 20, I'm 26 now, and my interest is growing more and more I am hungry to know. I have no more interest in making any more money, I find the deeper I connect with the Bible and prayer the more empowered I feel, not wealth increasing. I want to do everything I can and what God wants me to do before I pass away, I cannot take any material riches with me when I'm gone.

I really like the history side of Christianity, I can imagine myself being a professor at a university teaching religious studies. I remember my 2nd year at college, it was required we take some kind of social studies class, and I chose Religion 101, where the professor introduces you to all the world religions and we learn all about them. That was one of the most fun I had when it came to studying a subject at college. That and also history.

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John,

Just an added word of encouragement. Your attitude is spot on. God gave you the gifts and interests you have - for the sole purpose of what your heart is intending - bringing glory to His Name, using the wages received to minister to others, being content with modest living, storing up treasures in Heaven, and bearing fruit for His Kingdom. Whew!

Be prepared, then, for God to give you the desire of your heart. Add to your prayer life a simple petition, wait patiently for Him to guide you in His time and unique way (the route might not always make sense), but expect Him to say "Yes!" - and you will know it!

He has to me, He will to you. There is nothing more satisfying than knowing He is fulfilling your destiny.

Simple prayer:

Psalm 90:17 NIV

"May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands."

God bless!

Indeed, anyone who preaches a false Gospel other than the one delivered to us by the Apostles by word and tradition (2 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Corinthians 11:2) is to be anathema (Galatians 1:8-9). The true Bishops and Presbyters are those who teach the Gospel delivered once to the Apostles, which is consistent with the Nicene Creed, rejecting Arianism, Docetism, Gnosticism, Sabellianism and all other doctrines that deny that Jesus Christ is God Incarnate, the only begotten Son and Word of God, of one essence with the Father, who has also become of one essence with us in the Incarnation, and thus becoming fully man and fully God, without change, confusion, separation or division, and thus, having assumed our fallen human nature, Christ was able to restore and glorify it on the Cross, remaking us on the sixth day of Holy Week in the divine image, just as He had made us in the divine image on the sixth day of the first week, before resting, in both cases, on the seventh day, when, following His passion, our Lord reposed in a tomb, before rising from the dead, trampling down death by death, on the eighth day, so that when the myrhh-bearing women arrived shortly after dawn, they encountered an empty tomb and our Lord risen in the flesh.

And after forty days, during which time He proved His resurrection, Christ ascended to Heaven, and then nine days later, God the Holy Spirit descended on the eleven surviving Disciples and St. Matthias the Apostle, whom they had elected to replace Judas Iscariot the traitor, and the events that followed captivated the attention of the Jews and led to a vast multitude of Jews and Gentiles from around the world converting in every century that followed.

Why is it that the progressive Left Woke ideology which is suppose to be all about love, kindness, making whole and fullfilled seem to be the opposite where its about cutting off body parts, breaking up fetus's, breaking up families and relationships and dividing communities against each other.

We have been sold a lie.

So, what was the situation here? The apostle Paul was encouraging the Christians in their walks of faith and obedience to the Lord Jesus. He let them know that he loved them and that he was praying for them, too, for their walks of faith and for their maturity of faith in the Lord Jesus, that they would live holy lives, pleasing to the Lord, in the righteousness of God.

And then he shared with them how God was using for good what Satan had meant for evil in his life. Even though he was being hated and mistreated for the sake of the gospel and for his testimony for the Lord Jesus, the Lord was turning it around for good, for the spreading of the gospel message, and for the glory of God, and for the salvation of human lives from bondage to sin, and for empowerment of God to live holy lives in accord with God’s word.

But Paul was not ashamed of the truth of the fulness of the gospel of Christ Jesus, nor was he afraid to suffer because he taught what is truth and not the lies. He asked for prayer, and he was confident that through those prayers and the help of the Holy Spirit that he would not be ashamed of Christ and of his gospel message but that he would have full courage and that Christ would be honored in his body (in his life and life practices).

Even though he was certainly prepared and ready to be with the Lord, for whenever the Lord decided to call him home, he was also willing to remain on the earth for as long as God wanted him to remain so that he could continue to be an encouragement to the followers of Jesus Christ, for their progress and joy in the faith. For this was his mission from God, not just to teach the gospel, but to disciple the believers in Christ to maturity in Christ.

For when we believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, if our faith is of God, and not of the flesh, we are then crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. Sin is no longer to be what we obey, for if sin is what we obey, it leads to death. But if we obey obedience to God, its end is eternal life with God.

And this is why Paul then stated what he said, that they should let their manner of life be worthy (suitable to, fitting to) of the gospel of Christ. And Jesus taught that if we want to come after him that we must deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience, and if we do not, that we will not have life in him, but that we will lose our lives for eternity. So for our manner of life to be worthy of the gospel means to do what Jesus said.

So, if we, as the body of Christ, are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, it needs to be the full gospel message as taught by Jesus and by his NT apostles, and not this popularized diluted half-truth gospel that so many are passing off as the true gospel message today. For we are not saved from our sins and on our way to heaven if sin is still what we practice and not obedience to our Lord.

But if this is true of our lives, that we are genuinely standing on the truth that Jesus and his NT apostles taught (in the full and appropriate context), the majority of those claiming Jesus as their Lord and Savior are not going to embrace us and include us, because so many of them are embracing the lies which do not require of them that they deny self, die daily to sin, and walk in purity of obedience to our Lord and to his commandments.

For so many of them are totally rejecting the idea that we must repent of our sins and now follow Jesus in obedience, to have the kind of faith which is of God and which saves. And even if they teach repentance and obedience, so many are teaching them as optional, that “we should” do those things, but not as though they are required of God. And many are giving the “believers” free license to continue living in sin without having to feel guilt.

So, I encourage you to study the Scriptures in their full context so that you know what they are really teaching, that you surrender your lives to Jesus Christ to do his will, that you die with him to sin, and that you now walk in obedience to his commands, by his grace, and in his power. And then I encourage you to be telling others that true faith in Jesus requires that we die with him to sin and that we now walk in obedience to his commands.

[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 2:3-6,15-17; 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]

Teach Them

An Original Work / May 24, 2012
Based off various scriptures

Open up the blinded eyes of
Those who walk in sin’s darkness.
Turn them to the light of Christ
And to His righteousness.
Turn them from the pow’r of Satan.
Turn them to the peace of Christ,
So they may receive forgiveness
And eternal life.

Teach them to put off their old selves
And their former way of life,
And to put on their new self,
Reborn to be like Christ;
To not copy worldly customs;
Be transformed in life and mind;
Obey freely His word in them,
Pleasing unto God.

Teach them how to love their neighbors
Truly as they love themselves;
Be a witness; share the gospel;
Satan’s lies dispel;
Comfort all who mourn in sadness;
Share Christ’s love and joy today.
Do this through your life and witness
For your Lord always.

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It is the story of Joe Kennedy, a 20-year Marine Corps veteran, who was an assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Washington state. Inspired by the movie “Facing the Giants,” Coach Kennedy began praying in the center of the field after each football game. Over time, he was joined by many of his players, along with players and coaches from opposing teams. Kennedy continued the practice for seven years, but the school board only learned of the practice after an opposing team commented positively that the district was allowing it to happen.
Based on a true story. I bet this movie will not be popular with the left.

The apostle Paul was a follower of Jesus Christ in the purest sense of the word “follower.” His life was totally transformed of the Spirit of God on that road to Damascus when he (then called Saul) was on his way to persecute even more Christians for their walks of faith in Jesus Christ. There Jesus Christ called (assigned) him to open the spiritually blinded eyes of both Jew and Gentile, “so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” (see Acts 26:12-18)

And this is the essence of the gospel message that Jesus taught and that his NT apostles taught. For Jesus said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to (save) our old lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if for the sake of Jesus we lose our lives (deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience), then we have life in him. For, he said that not everyone calling him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING God’s will (Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

And since Paul taught what Jesus taught, he was also persecuted as Jesus had been, and as he once had persecuted other followers of Jesus Christ. And if we are following Jesus Christ with our lives, in humble surrender to the will of God, and we also are sharing or teaching the truth of the gospel that Jesus and that his NT apostles taught, and with/to others, we should expect that we also will be persecuted as they were, if not yet physically, then verbally, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. We will be hated, rejected, ignored, cast aside as unwanted, and perhaps even slandered.


Although what we are sharing or teaching is in line with the Scriptures (in context), according to the expressed will of God (in the Scriptures), and we are living under the control and direction of the Holy Spirit, and not in deliberate and habitual sin, but in walks of holiness and in obedience to his commands, we are often treated as though we are the scum of the earth to be stomped on and thrown away. We are treated as though we have a disease and we need to be avoided at all cost. And if we are female, and not male, we are often discarded altogether as though God did not choose us.

But you know what? God has called many men to do what Paul did in taking the truth of the gospel to the people and in discipling them to walk with the Lord in faithful surrender to his will, and in walks of obedience to his commands, but they have gone AWOL, instead. They have ignored and rejected God’s calling on their lives, and instead they are living for their own selfish pleasures, to do what their hearts desire, rather than to obey God and to do his will. And so God is calling some women to do what the men should be doing but many (or most) are not doing. And we females are not always well received.

But it isn’t just a male/female thing. Many people are bound to rally around those who have college and seminary degrees, and who have official credentials from official religious organizations, and who thus have titles. So, if you do not have such degrees, titles, credentials, and thus status, and especially if you are female, and not male, you may be ignored, cast aside, rejected, and treated as though you are a nothing. And if you are teaching what Jesus taught and not what is so popularized today which tickles itching ears, there is an even greater chance that you will be treated unjustly.

For there is a great movement among us today, part of which is fairly new called “Unite Us,” or which is called “missional,” which is not teaching the gospel as Jesus taught it, nor as his NT apostles taught it, but in a way that appeases human flesh and does not require death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God. And some of what they term as “missional” is just being “good deed doers” and being “nice” and friendly to the people of the world, but which is not confronting them with sin and calling for death to sin and obedience to God.

And what I am seeing, and have been seeing for a long while now, is this massive global movement toward global unity (unitarian universalism), which is a one-world all-inclusive religion which is of Satan, not of God. For they have partnered with the world in cutting short the gospel to where it can include all religions, for it requires no real allegiance to God, but uses God as a stepstool to heaven. This new movement “Unite Us,” which I have not yet researched in full detail, seems to me that it may be moving in this direction, too, for they are speaking of national unity and world unity.

So, we must be followers of Jesus Christ who are teaching what Jesus taught and what his NT taught (in full context). We need to teach that God’s grace is not a free ticket into heaven while we go on living in sin and not in walks of obedience to his commands. We are given God’s grace and his salvation and faith as a gift from God, but the gift is that of deliverance from bondage to sin and of submission to the will of God, and it is empowerment of God to walk in obedience to his commands. This is what we must all receive. For receiving Jesus is in obeying him. It is not in lip service only.

[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 2:3-6,15-17; 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]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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In war torn Myanmar, thirteen villages are all that remains of the Bayingyi, a proud people who were once known for producing the finest artillerymen in Southeast Asia. They are the descendants of a long line of servants to Kings—and, indeed, of Kings. The Bayingyi are the Portuguese of Myanmar: a forgotten, forsaken people of Portuguese origin and Catholic faith, still soldiering on after five centuries of solitude. Their story is extraordinary in glory, as well as in pain.

This lost tribe of Portugal has suffered bitterly in recent years. A cruel wave of attacks—bloody pogroms that have wreaked havoc among Myanmar’s Luso-Catholics—began shortly after the military coup of 2021. In December of that year, as the community prepared itself for Christmas, the country’s corrupt, oppressive military, the Tatmadaw, invaded the tiny village of Chaung Yoe. The attack was entirely unprovoked; its sole motivation was anti-Christian hatred. Over the course of six months, the Tatmadaw’s men destroyed 280 of Chaung Yoe’s homes. In Chan-tha-ywa, another Bayingyi settlement, regime soldiers reportedly “ransacked homes, killed animals, and imprisoned the elderly and sick who could not escape.” The horror was denounced by former East Timorese President and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta, who decriedthe arbitrary killings of innocent Christians, the destruction of villages, and the many thousands of Bayingyi who had been forced to become refugees.

The stubborn Portuguese of Myanmar​

Continued below.

Jehovah Rapha, we pray Your will heal Somebodysangel and ease her pain, in the Name of Jesus. Amen and Amen.