An Australian doctor received the "Life Saving Cross" for his work in saving the life of a Lithuanian adventurer when he amputated one leg underwater in the Franklin River in Tasmania. He accepted it on behalf of everybody else who was involved in the rescue.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda presented Jorian "Jo" Kippax with the Life Saving Cross at the presidential palace in the country's capital on July 6, the country's Statehood Day.

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The Lithuanian bloke is tough. He still wants to go back and do the Franklin River trip again, even if he's mssing part of one leg.

This might seem a bit odd as a news item on the Forum, but it's better news that Russians and Ukrainians, or Israelis and Palestinians killing each other.

I think some of you had heard of the poisonous mushroom case in Victoria, Australia.

The court case has been dragging on for the better part of two years, but a guilty verdict was handed down today.


I presume there will be an appeal, psycholgical and psychiatric evaluation and so on, but Erin Patterson will spend her first night in prison today. Sentence has not yet been passed.

If we are serving the Lord Jesus Christ with our lives, and if we are following him in his ways, obeying his commands, living for him and for his will and purpose for our lives, by the grace of God, in the power of God, by faith in the Lord Jesus, we are going to have enemies, even among those who profess faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord. Even within the gatherings of the church (or the false church) we will have professing Christians who will oppose us and who will want nothing to do with us because of our faith.

For we live in a day and age like the Bible tells about where..


But it isn’t just that, but it is that, too. But many who are following the Christian faith and doctrine, as they were taught it, have been brainwashed into rejecting some biblical truth, and thus they have also been trained to reject certain people who are teaching that truth, too. For the modern gospel being taught today does not require death to sin and walks of obedience to the Lord and surrender of our lives to Christ to do his will and purpose for our lives. But they teach a friendlier version of the gospel, pleasing to flesh.

They teach a “nice” version of the gospel which is more appealing and less offensive to the ungodly so that they can “draw in large crowds of people from the world” into their gatherings. They don’t want to offend people with the truth of the gospel as Jesus taught it, and as his New Testament apostles taught it, in the correct biblical context, so they alter it to make it more user friendly. So they don’t stress the importance of death to sin and obedience to the Lord, but rather an altered “friendlier” version of God’s grace.

So many of them now make it their practice to teach certain Scriptures out of their biblical context so that they can make them say what they do not say if taught in the correct context. And so they end up twisting the words to make them say what they want them to say, and from that many of them are teaching a false doctrine of salvation, which has many followers, but which is sending people straight to hell on the promise of heaven. But if you teach the truth, you are called a heretic or legalistic or a false teacher.

And they make it their practice to ignore many Scriptures which do not fit in with their philosophy and to focus only one ones that they can make support their false gospel messages. Obviously those who make this their practice are not following Jesus Christ in truth and in righteousness. Many of them are “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who have entered the sheepfold by another way other than by the way of the cross of Christ. And they are lying to the people and leading them to reject the truth and to believe the lies.

So, if you are a servant of the Lord Jesus, who is teaching the truth of the Scriptures, in their correct context, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to the best of your understanding, as a diligent and dedicated student of the Scriptures who is a seeker of truth, you will be opposed by these charlatans and their followers who have been convinced that the truth is a lie, and that the lie is the truth, because it makes no requirements of them that they must cease with their sinful practices and now obey God with their lives.

But the Lord is our strength and our helper and our deliverer if we are on his side, which is the side of truth and righteousness, death to sin, and walks of obedience to our Lord in surrender to his will. So we can take refuge in our Lord when we are opposed, criticized, called names, cast aside, rejected, unwanted, and thought badly of. And he may not deliver us physically from some of this opposition, but he will deliver us spiritually and emotionally from their impact on our lives so that we have courage to keep obeying God.

And sometimes this opposition may turn into some serious persecution, and we might, at times, feel as though we are at death’s door, or as though we have lost all hope, or as though the enemy is gaining victory over us. But we must call upon the Lord for help, to be our strength, believing that he is fully sovereign over every aspect of our lives and that nothing can happen to us unless God allows it, and if he allows it, that he will carry us through it, even to our deaths, in some cases. For he will fulfill his purpose for our lives.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

All Through the Night

Based off Various Scriptures
An Original Work / December 7, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Blessed are you when you’re persecuted
Because of your faith in Jesus Christ.
Blessed are you when people insult you,
And falsely say what leads folks to doubt.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is
Great in the heavens. You’re not alone.

When you are persecuted in one place,
Flee to another. God will be there.
You will be hated by all the nations
Because you testify of God’s grace.
Many will seize you and persecute you,
And put to death the foll’wers of Christ.

Yet do not fear what humans may do to you,
For I’m with you all through the night.
I tell you, love your enemies with my love,
And forgive as I forgave you.
Pray for those who do evil against you.
Rest in my love and grace from above.

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I Cried to My God for Help
An Original Work / July 7, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” she began. “We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial executive while embracing an imperial judiciary,” she added.

Someone needed to say it.

Do you know anyone that thinks they will Vote for Elons America party?

I strongly suspect the vast majority of people will say no
it is very common to think 3rd parties simply don't work even if they would want them to and a vote for Musk just helps the Democrats
if you want to help Democrats just vote Democrats.

I haven't really decided if I should stay at my local parish or retain membership at the Diocesan Cathedral (I don't know anyone at the local parish except the RCIA director, sort of) but I'll probably do the latter even if I sometimes attend the former. Anyway, a new priest got assigned at the local parish and I'm so impressed with his homily for this Sunday. He's down to earth but he's so on fire for God and so motivating that I could not help but feel profoundly moved. I think I really like this one. I was saddened by the departure of the most recent Parochial Vicar but this new Parochial Vicar seems great. I don't know how welcoming he is on an individual level, yet. I know that PVs don't stay that long. The regular priests in our Diocese tend to stay at a parish, once they've been assigned, unless they're young, lol. (That's what it seems to me)

Looks like I'll be wiping the dust from my feet and moving on soon.

Anybody interested in staying in contact, believer or genuine seeker, my email is joegunlock@gmail com.

There is power in the Name of Jesus to save, keep proclaiming His Name - everywhere without fear!

God bless and always praying for all here. Please pray for me.

Joseph
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Looks like I'll be wiping the dust from my feet and moving on soon.

Anybody interested in staying in contact, believer or genuine seeker, my email is joegunlock@gmail com.

There is power in the Name of Jesus to save, keep proclaiming His Name - everywhere without fear!

God bless and always praying for all here.

Joseph
biblegateway.com

This year marks 500th anniversary of movement's founding




2025 is a year of anniversaries. From the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed to the 80th anniversary of VE Day, there are many milestones to reflect on. Another one is the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Anabaptist movement — a chapter in Christian history that is not so well known.

Who were the Anabaptists?

The Anabaptists were radical reformers who emerged during the Protestant Reformation. Unlike other reformers who sought to revise the existing church structures, Anabaptists envisioned an entirely new kind of Christian community — one rooted not in state power or tradition, but purely in the radical teachings of Jesus.

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Guess no one likes that a large population of another country changing the dynamics of the locals' way of life. Who would have guessed? Here I thought it brings enrichment. And here they said no enrichment in the literal sense of it.

Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry called it a historic step, and quoted Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi as welcoming the decision as “a good example for other countries.”

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 following the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces. Since then, they have sought international recognition while also enforcing their strict interpretation of Islamic law.

Now the context of this is the signs of the end of the age and the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. There will be many false prophets and teachers, some of whom may proclaim that they are the Christ, the long awaited Messiah, while others might just act as though they are gods to be worshiped above God. But many will be misled by these false teachers to believe an altered gospel message intended to suit the sinful desires of the flesh and to ignore God’s requirements of death to sin and obedience to his commands.

And then there will be wars between nations. And evil people, some of them disguising themselves as followers of Christ, will deliver up true followers of Christ to persecution and to tribulation and to death, on account of their walks of faith in the Lord Jesus and their obedience to the Lord, and because of their testimonies and their witness for the Lord Jesus and for sharing the true gospel message that many do not want to hear or believe. And some of us will be betrayed to the death by those pretending to care about us.

And God will judge his idolatrous and adulterous church which has largely gone the way of the world and has given their loyalty and devotion to what is not of God, but what is of human flesh. And there will be great tribulation beyond what many of us have never experienced before. But for the sake of the elect, this time of tribulation will be cut short for the salvation of human lives. But we are to be so guarded against false prophets and the lies which they spread. We must be very discerning people so we don’t get trapped.

Now, not one of us knows when this is going to take place, but we should be able to discern when the time is getting near when we see the signs being fulfilled before our eyes. And we are to take this very seriously and not think that we can just live however we want, like many people are believing that they can do and still end up in heaven. For our Lord made it quite clear that we must forsake our sins and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands or we will not inherit eternal life with God, but we’ll end up in hell.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

And we learn in 1 John 1:6-7: “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” And in 1 John 2:4-5: “The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected.”

And in 1 John 3:7-8,10: “Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.” “By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.” So we need to take this to heart.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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We Must Be Ready
An Original Work / July 6, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Can you guys please pray that God gets me pregnant & let's me know if I am pregnant this month. Please and thankyou!

Peace in Christ.

Do men gather…collect…grapes (literally, a cluster of grapes) from thorns or figs from thistles?

Mat 7:16-18 KJV
(16) Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
(17) Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
(18) A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

While the “thorns” and “thistles” should remind us of Genesis 3:18, the gathering of grapes and figs should remind us of the 12 spies sent by Moses into the “land of Canaan”….that is, the EARTH of Canaan (meaning “to bring down into subjection.” )

In Christ, we are to gather all things in heaven and in the earth (the land of Canaan) into subjection under the Head of Christ.

Moses sent out 12 spies to “spy” out the land of Canaan…but only 2 (Joshua and Caleb…the good trees) had a good report while the others the (corrupt trees) brought forth a bad report of the land of Canaan.

Let me guess who the “two” men were who were able to bare the “cluster of grapes” between them upon a staff? Could it have been Joshua and Caleb?

Num 13:23-24 KJV
(23) And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
(24) The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

What is the response of the people of the outside world toward us…His people…today?

Are they strong or weak toward us…are they good or bad to us….are they in tents or in strong holds before us? Are they lean or fat towards us?
If we are following a false prophet, then the people of the outside world are strong against us...they are bad towards us....they live in strongholds....they are lean towards us.

A "bad tree" will always bring forth bad fruit from the outside world. You shall know that you are following after false prophets from the fruits that the world brings forth towards you.

Num 13:17-20 KJV
(17) And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
(18) And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
(19) And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
(20) And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

The “bad trees” …the other 10 spies….bring forth bad fruit as the outside people of the world are bad towards them…they are strong towards them….they bring forth “thorns and thistles”. The outside people of this world “eat up the inhabitants”. They are stronger than them. The people of the outside world see us in their sight as "grasshoppers"...they look down at us when we are following false prophets.

Num 13:30-33 KJV
(30) And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
(31) But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
(32) And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
(33) And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

But if we are “good trees”…then the LORD delights in us and will bring us into this earth (land) and give it to us. This earth will then flow with “milk and honey” rather than produce “thorns and thistles” towards us.

Num 14:6-9 KJV
(6) And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
(7) And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
(8) If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

The people of the outside world are “bread” for us. Their “defense”…that is, their shade or darkness…departs from them and the LORD is with us. His presence is then with us…His light shines towards the people of the outside world who will then bring forth good fruit towards us.

(9) Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Num 13:27 KJV
(27) And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

Their “defense”….their darkness…shall depart as His light shine from us to them. The glory of the LORD shall arise upon us…..and the earth will then flow with “milk and honey” as the people of the outside world will come to that light. They will not treat us badly but will come to us...the forces of the nations shall come unto us.

Isa 60:1-9 KJV
(1) Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
(2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
(3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
(4) Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
(5) Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
(6) The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
(7) All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
(8) Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
(9) Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Please pray that if it is God's will my husband Robb and son Jakeb both have a happy healthy day and that there is nothing seriously wrong with either of them. I'm so worried. I ask in the name of Jesus. God bless you and thank you. Carmen.

Martinez first came to the United States as a minor in 2008. He’s attempted to attain citizenship since turning 18, a process his wife, Maria Pacheco, describes as “very difficult.” He’s been living in Helena with Pacheco and their four children since July 2022.

“The long version is federal marshals and HP task force officers were hunting for a guy that had a felony warrant. During surveillance, they saw a male that essentially one of the federal agencies said, ‘Hey, this might be the guy. He matches a description. He’s getting in a red truck. He’s leaving,’” said Lt. Adam Shanks, of the Helena Police Department. “So they looked at the red truck. They ran the license plate. It came back as an expired license plate. That’s when they requested our assistance.”

[After being let go with a traffic summons by local police,] he was stopped again – this time by a combination of the U.S. Marshals Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Border Patrol, with assistance from the Helena police.

Even as Martinez was continuing citizenship paperwork, Pacheco was surprised how “quick and in the dark” his detention was.

“They took my husband without any rights, with nothing,” she said. “They took him in a van that wasn’t even labeled. The people that took him were dressed in black, had no logo on their clothes either. He didn’t get a chance to talk, he didn’t get his right to have an attorney during the time he was held. The way they just stopped him because he looks similar to one of them, and just automatically sent him to ICE makes no sense to me.”

“Mr. Martinez was arrested and detained by Helena police and federal authorities based on what appears to be racial profiling,” said Andres Haladay, an attorney with Upper Seven Law [representing him]. “Consistent with normal court procedure and the federal Constitution, the Montana District Court ordered federal authorities not to transfer Mr. Martinez out of Montana while we challenge those actions.

Haladay said even communicating with his client has been difficult.

“We got notification that he was there,” said Haladay. “Lewis and Clark County was relatively unhelpful in not confirming his presence, confirming his presence, agreeing to let us speak with him and then preventing us from speaking with him. In all of that, another unmarked vehicle with Washington plates arrived and took him away from the detention center while we were still trying to secure access to him.”

850 rescued in Texas flooding; pastors across Texas call for prayer

At least 27 girls remained missing early Sunday after floodwaters devastated Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas. As search and rescue efforts entered a third day, the disaster was already among the deadliest in the state’s recent history, with pastors across the state urging prayers for affected families.

Officials said 27 girls from the camp, which hosted around 750 children, had not been accounted for after the Guadalupe River rose nearly 25 feet in 45 minutes on Friday, sweeping through the campgrounds and the surrounding Hill Country, where at least 850 people have been rescued and dozens confirmed dead, according to Texas Public Radio.

Camp Mystic was founded nearly a century ago by a University of Texas football coach along the banks of the Guadalupe River, with the goal of providing young girls with a “wholesome Christian atmosphere.” Campers are encouraged to live up to three guiding principles: to become better individuals through their time at Mystic, to let the camp bring out their best qualities, and to experience spiritual growth.

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I believe we are in “The days of Noah” in our present day and time, not that Noah is living and building an ark today, and that God is going to send a flood, but that we are living in days like then where so many people are giving no heed to God’s teachings and warnings, but they are living for the flesh, to please the flesh, and not to please God. Even so many who profess faith in Jesus Christ are living very worldly lives, for their own pleasure, and not to please God, and not in obedience to God and to his commandments.

So many are worshiping that which is not God but which of the flesh of man, including certain people who are being raised up to God-like status and who are being followed as though they are gods to be worshiped and believed without consideration that they may be working for the devil, and that they may be feeding us a pack of lies, and that their goal may be to trap us in their schemes or to put us to death, and not to do us good as they promise. So many people are lacking in true biblical discernment in these matters.

So much of what is called “church” these days are creations of human beings, and they are businesses incorporated (merged, combined) with the state (the ungodly), which are being marketed to the world just like any other businesses. And God demands that we come out from among them so that we don’t share in their sins and in their punishment. For so many of these “churches” are being led by the flesh, and not by God, and with the goal to appease human flesh, and not to please and obey Our God.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2-3; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

But the biblical church is not these man-made businesses being marketed to the world. The church is the people of God, the body of Christ, made up of all who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ, who have died with Christ to sin and who are walking in obedience to his commands, and no longer in sin. And Jesus Christ is to be our head, not human flesh, and the Scriptures are to be our guide, not marketing schemes and tricks which are being used to attract the ungodly to the gatherings of these “churches” (businesses).

But these “churches,” which are institutions of man, and not of God, are very popular among the people. And so many of them are teaching a very diluted gospel which permits their adherents to continue living in sin and in disobedience to God without consequence just because they “prayed the prayer,” or just because they made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. And many are teaching their people that they do not have to repent of their sins and that they do not have to obey God, for they call that legalism.

So what we have are a whole lot of people professing faith in Jesus Christ who have not died with Christ to sin, and so they were not raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. And so they are not “in Christ” by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ. And so they are not saved from their sins, and heaven is not their eternal destiny, because they deny Christ by how they live their lives for the sinful pleasures of the flesh and not for God.

And since “the church” is now mostly undistinguishable from the world, as are many “Christians” who say they believe in Jesus Christ. And since so many are living worldly lives for the pleasures of the flesh, and not for God nor according to the teachings of the Scriptures taught in their appropriate context, and so many people are following the ways of the world, and not the ways of God, then we are living in “The Days of Noah,” which will be followed by the judgment of God on his adulterous and idolatrous people.

So, while you still have today, because tomorrow is not guaranteed, surrender your lives to Jesus Christ. Die with him to sin, and now walk in obedience to his commands, by the grace of God, in the power of God. For if you do not do this, and you keep on living for the pleasures of the flesh, you will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what your lips profess.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

For Our Nation

Professionally recorded in Nashville, TN
Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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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The Days of Noah
An Original Work / July 6, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I will be with you
My friend
Every single day
Supporting you daily
That is not a lie
We are both good friends
And we have
The same believes
I can't hardly believe that
Also we treat each other with respect
We never once mistreat each other
Because that would be the wrong thing to do
And we don't deserve that
We need to work on our friendship
Because I want it to last a long time
We would be lost in the world
If we didn't had each other

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Please pray for healing and for my relationship with Jesus thank you

So everyone wants to blame Israel for starving Gaza...looks like it is Hamas...

The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the transfer of the men who had been put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan. That meant that the South Sudan transfer could be completed after the flight was detoured to a base in Djibouti, where they men were held in a converted shipping container. The flight was detoured after a federal judge found the administration had violated his order by failing to allow the men a chance to challenge the removal.
The liberals have cost this country a lot of money.

But according to Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, "Apparently, anything a criminal claims is accepted as truth by the mainstream media and the crumbling Western judiciary."

Bukele provides video of Kilmar's tortured stay while in El Salvador prison. https://x.com/i/status/1940913751219200257

There are multiple passages of Scripture, both in the Old Testament, and the New Testament, which speak of the signs of the end of the age. The entire chapter of Matthew 24 is dedicated to that subject. And I personally believe that these verses 9-14 describe well where we are presently in the world.

Although Christian persecution has been ongoing ever since Jesus Christ was put to death on that cross, and rose from the dead, and ascended back to the Father, and sent his Holy Spirit to indwell his followers, I believe it is spreading more rapidly in our present age, and that we even have people purposely giving a bad name to Christianity in order to increase Christian persecution throughout the world (my observation).

And although many Christians throughout the world are suffering tremendously for their walks of faith in Jesus Christ, more in physical ways, often resulting in death, Christian persecution exists even in nations that tout themselves as “Christian nations.” But this persecution is less on a physical level, for now, and is primarily on the level of hate, rejection, mockery, false accusations, and the casting aside of the unwanted.

For, a more diluted and altered and “user friendly” gospel is now what is so popularized and widely accepted. So if you are a Christian who still holds to the tenets of the faith, as Jesus taught them, and as his New Testament apostles taught them, in the correct biblical context, you are likely to be in the minority and among the persecuted who are largely being ignored, cast aside, rejected, falsely accused, and treated as “not worth the time.”

And this includes the fact that many who profess faith in Jesus Christ, or who used to profess faith in the Lord, are not living for the Lord, many who never did, but they are still walking according to the flesh, in sin, and many of them have yielded control of their lives to the flesh, and to the devil, and they are deliberately hating and betraying those of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus, often while pretending love, concern and care, which is a lie.

And false prophets, teachers, preachers, and evangelists are numerous in our day and age, some of them teaching very weird and outlandish stuff, while others have just altered and diluted the gospel of Christ to make it more appealing and acceptable to human flesh and less offensive to the ungodly of this world. For so many are not teaching God’s requirements for death to sin and obedience to God as necessary for faith which saves.

Therefore lawlessness has definitely increased, because so many are not being taught that Jesus Christ put our sins to death with him so we will now die to sin and live for God in walks of surrender to him in obedience to his commands. And so many are being coddled in their sins, and sinful rebellion abounds, even within the gatherings of “the church,” and even in the lives of some pastors, because the sinners are being pampered, not confronted.

And so the love of many has grown cold because they are not in tune with the Holy Spirit, and their lives are not committed to Christ, but they are still living to please the flesh. And then we live in a culture that is entrenched in the media – television, the internet, social media, movies, videos, the news, gaming, and the like. And those who indulge in these sources of information and entertainment often will take on the character of what they consume.

And I am not saying that all these things are all bad. I look at news stories and some videos, and I get on social media and read people’s posts, and I play Scrabble and cards with family members sometimes. But I am not consumed by them, and my life and my values are not directed by them. And I am not claiming that has always been the case, either. But by the grace of God my life is being directed by God. But I am not perfect. Yet, to the best of my understanding, I am walking in obedience to my Lord.

But the love of many has grown cold because their lives are not dedicated to the Lord but they are still living worldly lives to please their flesh. And this is why it is so critical that we be sharing the truth of the gospel of Christ with the people of the world so that many will turn from their sins, and they will now walk in obedience to the Lord, by the grace of God, in the power of God, as being led by God and no longer by their human flesh.

And when this says that those who endure to the end will be saved, this is speaking about us continuing in Christ, in death to sin, and in walks of surrender to God in obedience to his commands, in holy living, as what we practice. For if sin is still what we practice, and not obedience to God and to his commandments, then we don’t know God, we are not in fellowship with Christ, and we will not have eternal life with God regardless of what we say.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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