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the devil must be so happy that I'm always too tired to read the Bible :(

The best is to get a walkman and put both Scriptural music and audio bible on it. This way you can put the walkman in your pocket and listen to it while you are going about your chores.

And have a happy Christmas sister.
 
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The best is to get a walkman and put both Scriptural music and audio bible on it. This way you can put the walkman in your pocket and listen to it while you are going about your chores.

And have a happy Christmas sister.
Thank you Jeshu, Merry Christmas :)

I would prefer a walkman without a radio. My last MP3 player died, and it's been months upon months since I replaced it because I don't like to listen to much music anymore unless it's Scriptural.
 
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I think the Union of Yosef and Judah represent the Mashiach, as Ezekiel 37 say, the stick of Judah and Ephraim will be united again and be One.

Zechariah 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

So everyone can be David, be Yosef, nowerday.
 
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i have three excellent resources for you

All sing out of scripture and have composed beautiful music along with it.

Sons of Korah

Sherri Youngward

Scripture lullabies
Thank you Jeshu, I will look into it. This question will sound silly to most people but maybe not to you. Is it OK to throw away secular music that might be considered very talented but does not make you feel good? What if you regret it later?
 
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Thank you Jeshu, I will look into it. This question will sound silly to most people but maybe not to you. Is it OK to throw away secular music that might be considered very talented but does not make you feel good? What if you regret it later?
I think secular music is also ok, if you are tired of secular music, you would like religious music more.

Here is a Japanese song: <<tomorrow>>
 
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Thank you Jeshu, I will look into it. This question will sound silly to most people but maybe not to you. Is it OK to throw away secular music that might be considered very talented but does not make you feel good? What if you regret it later?

i did not do away with good secular music, only those singers with the bad songs. i don't think music is inherently bad, it is a form of art, that we may enjoy. i believe good art is allowed to be enjoyed even if it is not Christian just for the sake of good art.

So i thank The Lord for good music that i can enjoy albeit i love Christian songs far more than secular songs.

i bumped into Apologetix a Christian group who makes parodies from secular music. i do enjoy some of their songs where the music is the original song but the lyrics are now Christian.

For example
The sounds of Sirens.

Hey Jude.

Narrow Way to Heaven.

Hotel Can't afford ya.

So no don't throw good music away rather thank God for the enjoyment you get out of it and for the musical skills the people had who made it. If you do feel bad try and see if Apologetix made a parody of it, then you can enjoy the music and also the words. They have done 700 of them, most from ex hits.

Peace
 
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I think the Union of Yosef and Judah represent the Mashiach, as Ezekiel 37 say, the stick of Judah and Ephraim will be united again and be One.

Zechariah 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

So everyone can be David, be Yosef, nowerday.

Yes indeed brother, spiritually this is really true. For in your heart love for God rules David's house within you. Just like Scripture says to David at the time - your kingdom shall always have one of your descendants on the throne.

Psalms 132:11
"The Lord swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke: “One of your own descendants I will place on your throne."

So yes spiritually all the Saints take shape in our spiritual life for our spiritual life (our kingdom in Him, ) descends from Above.

Spiritually our lives are in the shape of eternal life as described in Scripture with the 144,000 Chosen ruling beside Christ over our inner world of being.

i have often marvelled at the clarity of eternal life within me. When i understood what it meant to be in the image of God i begun to understand my reality as my inner (universe,) world of being and i saw all God's promises coming true on me who had suffered the wicked and fought them all my life, as well as see God's curses come down on the heads of the wicked. Those who had ruled a rule of terror in my life.

i never understood that election was of the heart first of all and have watched the rider on His white horse with awe. For He fell all my enemies, also those i could never overcome by myself. Seeing His Kingdom established in my heart had me enter His peace and am loving Him more now than ever.

Our Heavenly Father is so incredibly good to those who have suffered the wicked, but woe to those wicked ones, who tricked and ruled me their misery so often, Jesus destroyed them all. Every single one of them has lost control over my being as His loving truth set me free.

This is an ongoing process, as i grow in Him, the wicked diminish more and more in power, as well as presence, which suits me really well for i have learned to hate the wicked.

Isn't salvation an awesome story brother. The story of Jesus and Him Crucified Resurrected to Rule forever and ever over our lives.

Peace.
 
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i'm feeling thankful and have a God praising heart. He has been so good to me. He is a Lord of acclaim for who else can overcome depressive minds. My mind is still ill i still get depressed but Jesus gets me through it. Once i have learned the lessons i have to learn i believe my illness will be nothing of significance. It is certainly unable to stop me from loving Jesus for getting me out of that horrible pit.

Today our new minister came for a visit. He is a young man of about 31-32 i guess. Just from Seminary, as green as grass. He will be pasturing 400 souls. My prayers go out to him.

Luckily he seemed very aware of his need for Jesus to help him do his job. i loved that. He repeated it on several occasions. A humble spirit, not text book driven. That much was certainly clear. i love that of him. We can always hope can we not? First impression were very good. He was observant, humble, and asked all the right questions to show they came from an open loving heart.

Been struggling quiet badly with depression this year. Not near as much anxiety so that was nice. Yet this year has been a shocker. They took my freedom away from me and found an invisible enemy to attack me with. i hate that reality badly. The Merchants of the book of Revelation are casting their spells even now deceiving the nations. Socialism will enslave us to rules upon rules ruling and strip us of everything we own.

Wishing everyone a blessed 2021. Praying that God's kingdom grows in all of your hearts, and the peace of God rules your minds daily into His pleasant places.

(It looks like a Thunderstorm is coming our way. Lets hope we wont get a lighting strike on our block. It is dry and windy.)
 
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It Thundered all night, luckily it rained as well, it is still raining now though the thundering has stopped. We are expecting dry weather later on today and tonight. We're having a BBQ tonight so lets hope it is nice.

i wanted to wish everyone a blessed 2021. Lets pray 2021 will be a better year than 2020 was.

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i'm feeling concerned. About two weeks ago i increased my AD from 7.5 mg to 15mg on advise of the doctor to try and see if it can lift me somewhat for my moods have been so low.

Any way my mood is beginning to improve but i also have had an increase in psychotic symptoms. Voices twice and a full on psychotic spell of about 30 seconds. Plus intrusive thoughts galore.

Now i'm scared that the increase in my AD is causing this to happen. It has happened many times before that is why i was on such a low dosage to minimise the risk of mania but help me sleep for that is an other affect this AD has.

If it is not the AD doing this then i'm getting sick again that much is certain. i haven't had these symptoms for near 20 months, that is why i'm worried it is the Ad doing this. Just when i was beginning to feel better.

i'm not sure what to do. Should i go back to half a tablet or persist and see if it goes away again? Now i still know what i'm doing, if i wait to long then i run the risk i'm going to be to far gone.

Might have to make another appointment with my doctor if these symptoms persist.
 
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i'm feeling concerned. About two weeks ago i increased my AD from 7.5 mg to 15mg on advise of the doctor to try and see if it can lift me somewhat for my moods have been so low.

Any way my mood is beginning to improve but i also have had an increase in psychotic symptoms. Voices twice and a full on psychotic spell of about 30 seconds. Plus intrusive thoughts galore.

Now i'm scared that the increase in my AD is causing this to happen. It has happened many times before that is why i was on such a low dosage to minimise the risk of mania but help me sleep for that is an other affect this AD has.

If it is not the AD doing this then i'm getting sick again that much is certain. i haven't had these symptoms for near 20 months, that is why i'm worried it is the Ad doing this. Just when i was beginning to feel better.

i'm not sure what to do. Should i go back to half a tablet or persist and see if it goes away again? Now i still know what i'm doing, if i wait to long then i run the risk i'm going to be to far gone.

Might have to make another appointment with my doctor if these symptoms persist.

Yes, you will have to see your doctor if these symptoms persist Jeshu. I really hope & pray you sort this out so you can have quality of life again free of this torment. God be with you and restore peace in your mind and may peace & goodness prevail in your life always!
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I'm feeling hot & tired, but otherwise not too bad. :hot:
 
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i'm feeling concerned. About two weeks ago i increased my AD from 7.5 mg to 15mg on advise of the doctor to try and see if it can lift me somewhat for my moods have been so low.

Any way my mood is beginning to improve but i also have had an increase in psychotic symptoms. Voices twice and a full on psychotic spell of about 30 seconds. Plus intrusive thoughts galore.

Now i'm scared that the increase in my AD is causing this to happen. It has happened many times before that is why i was on such a low dosage to minimise the risk of mania but help me sleep for that is an other affect this AD has.

If it is not the AD doing this then i'm getting sick again that much is certain. i haven't had these symptoms for near 20 months, that is why i'm worried it is the Ad doing this. Just when i was beginning to feel better.

i'm not sure what to do. Should i go back to half a tablet or persist and see if it goes away again? Now i still know what i'm doing, if i wait to long then i run the risk i'm going to be to far gone.

Might have to make another appointment with my doctor if these symptoms persist.
have you heard of Wim Hof? he is this crazy Dutch dude with like 26 records of various feats. he has developed a breathing exercise and does things like cryogenic therapy I guess it is called. scientist have done lots of tests on him, he has found a way to tap into the systems in our body that scientist used to think are impossible to willfully tap into. he describes a lot in this hour-long podcast S3 E35: Wim Hof and Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson | Jordan Peterson

it seems that the body can trigger a powerful immune system response. these methods of his reduce inflammation and stress which of course are two major problems for Humanity. this guy has basically figured out how to more fully activate all our natural systems that keep us healthy and protected from bad things. I highly recommend it I listened to it yesterday and it seems like one of the most important things I've ever heard. if you listen to it you should try the breathing exercise when they do it on the podcast.
 
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Thanks for bringing this to my attention. i find it very interesting. i've heard some vague rumours about his techniques before but didn't know his name or what he has done.

i can't do his breathing technique because i can't hold my breath for 90 seconds. 45 seconds just, but no longer than that and then i have to breathe a lot more than one big breath holding for 15 seconds when i'm done. i faint if i do that i reckon. My lungs are in a poor condition from years of smoking.

i have heard of the iceman but didn't think he had this scientifically worked out. Great work though. Cold has always been known to work on inflammation but Wim Hof brings that understanding to a new level.

How have you been doing lately otherwise?
 
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