tturt said:

Friend of ours is in a similar situation. His dad gets sicker everyday, calls on this child lots more than other family members, etc. Says he'll set up the legal paperwork for what was agreed on several years ago concerning the land but doesn't. He was in the hospital for several days recently. Now it seems he's too sick for them to bring up the topic. Earlier the in-laws moved legally going against what this dad wanted - well, sure you can fill in the blanks.

Plus if he had to go into a nursing home with the land in his name, it could bring on numerous financial consequences.

Yes, praying for you and your family

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Grafted In said:

Go visit a tent city. Perhaps pitch a tent and live there for a time.

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Grafted In said:

Go visit a tent city. Perhaps pitch a tent and live there for a time.

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I'm thankful everyday to have a roof over our heads. We've been getting a lot of storms. I thank God each day because, as hard as this is, this is currently the only thing standing between us and homelessness. Water leaks in when it rains, so we have to put old towels in front of the doors, but at least it's not raining on us. Our kitchen sink isn't working properly right now but until we get a plumber in here we're eating out more which means I don't have to cook (and I love cooking, I just can't right now). This was always meant to be a temporary solution. It's a very very small place. Our family needs a house and we make enough to afford one. We're just trying to figure out the best solution because our situation is a little unique. We don't want to make another mistake.

Hallelujah!

God has a will. If it is the will of God that someone should be completely healed then that is without question holy. However, I think it is not always the will of God for everyone to receive complete healing in their lifetime. What has been helpful to me on this topic is reading about the life of the Saints, blessed and venerable who served God in their life through different challenges. Some like Saint Marcel dealt with depression and Jesus had great words of compassion for him. Saint John of the Cross faced his own challenges with his mental health as well. Some Saints were also challenged with health challenges. They were all holy as well. I bought myself a book called Saints with disabilities by Pia Matthews which has been very healing for me to read.

GTW27 said:

When one is given eyes to see there is a weeping within. A sadness for the state of man. When The Lord was here there was nothing hidden from His eyes. So it is with those who see.

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Indeed.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Good for him. I got a big chunk of mine forgiven back in the day too and I know how nice it is to have that monkey off your back.

Jesus Christ is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was with God in the beginning, and he is our creator God, and he is the Word of Life (see John 1:1-36). And he left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and was born as a human baby to a human mother, but he was conceived of the Holy Spirit. So while he lived on the earth he was fully God but fully human (God incarnate).

And during his time of ministry on the earth he healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, performed all sorts of miracles, fed the hungry, and comforted the sorrowful. But he also preached repentance for salvation from sin and self-denial, dying to sin daily, and walks of obedience to him as required for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God. For he died that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matt 7:21-23; Matt 26:26-29; Lu 9:23-26; Lu 17:25; Jn 1:1-36; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 8:24,58; Jn 10:27-33; Jn 20:28-29; Rom 5:8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 9:5; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 11:23-32; 1 Co 15:1-8; 2 Co 5:15,21; Eph 4:17-24; Php 2:5-11; Col 2:9; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 1:8-9; Heb 2:14-15; Heb 4:15; 1 Pet 2:24; 2 Pet 1:1; 1 John 3:4-10]

Now God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – is light (truth, righteousness) and in him is no darkness (sin, wickedness) at all. So if we say that we are in fellowship with him, but while we walk (in conduct, in practice) in darkness (sin), we are liars who do not practice the truth. But sadly this is where many professing Christians are today, claiming Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and heaven as their eternal destiny, but while they continue in deliberate and habitual sin against God, for they are believing the lies.

But if we walk (in conduct, in practice) in the light (Jesus Christ, truth, righteousness, the gospel), as God is in the light, then we are in fellowship with God and with other believers in Christ who are also in genuine fellowship with the Lord via walks of obedience to his commands in holy living and in the forsaking of our sins, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ. And the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from all sin. We are not cleansed from all sin if we are still walking in the darkness (sin).

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess (own up to, agree with God, align with God about) our sin, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. But this must be read in the context of the previous verses which make it clear that if sin is what we practice, and not righteousness, and not obedience to the Lord, then we don’t have salvation from sin, and we don’t have eternal life with God and cleansing from all sin.

For it is not enough to just give lip service to the Lord and to just make a verbal confession of sin, but we must align with and agree with God with regard to our sin which means that we must deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience to his commands, in practice, for us to be in fellowship with God and for us to be actively being cleansed from all sin. For this is not a one-time deal and we are good to go to heaven. We must die daily to sin and walk in obedience to our Lord to have eternal life in him.

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

Our Eyes on Jesus

An Original Work / April 23, 2012
Based off Hebrews 12:2-13

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.
Our faith starts and grows in Him,
Who for the joy set before Him
Endured all our sin.
Scorning the shame of the cross,
He sat down beside God above.
He was willing to die for us,
To save us, in love.

Think about the opposition
He endured from sinful men,
So when you go through life’s trials,
You stay strong within.
Knowing all He went through for us
Helps us not grow weak of heart;
Not grow weary; don’t give up;
And not from Him depart.

In your struggle against sin’s ways,
Resist not to shed your blood.
Have you forgotten the words
God spoke to us in love?
“My child, don’t ignore it when
The Lord corrects you; do faint not,
Because the Lord disciplines those
That He loves, of God.”

God rebukes us all for our good;
Share with Him in holiness.
It produces a harvest of
God’s own righteousness.
Therefore, strengthen all within you
That is weak and might give way.
Stand firm in the faith God gives you;
Trust Him and obey.

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Korban (Sacrifice) in Hebrew and Arabic has the similar pronunciation. The purpose of offering sacrifices is to bring oneself closer to God.​

April 23, 2012

I was praying through some present situations in my life. I was feeling weary, and I was losing heart over the situations, so I prayed for renewed strength. Then, I pulled out the Bible study we were doing in our ladies’ Tuesday morning Bible study, and I read Hebrews 12:2-3:

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

Wow! That immediately spoke to my heart, and to the situation I was going through, and God began to fill me with his peace and joy. Then, as I prayed for words to a tune the Lord had given me, he led me back to this passage of scripture, and once again he encouraged my heart to rely on his strength.

Our Eyes on Jesus

An Original Work / April 23, 2012
Based off Hebrews 12:2-13

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.
Our faith starts and grows in Him,
Who for the joy set before Him
Endured all our sin.
Scorning the shame of the cross,
He sat down beside God above.
He was willing to die for us,
To save us, in love.

Think about the opposition
He endured from sinful men,
So when you go through life’s trials,
You stay strong within.
Knowing all He went through for us
Helps us not grow weak of heart;
Not grow weary; don’t give up;
And not from Him depart.

In your struggle against sin’s ways,
Resist not to shed your blood.
Have you forgotten the words
God spoke to us in love?
“My child, don’t ignore it when
The Lord corrects you; do faint not,
Because the Lord disciplines those
That He loves, of God.”

God rebukes us all for our good;
Share with Him in holiness.
It produces a harvest of
God’s own righteousness.
Therefore, strengthen all within you
That is weak and might give way.
Stand firm in the faith God gives you;
Trust Him and obey.

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What do we give?
我们奉献了什么？
Sunday morning or if pushed, Wednesday nights...
周日早晨或者如果有人催的话，周四晚间…
Hit a nerve yet... Good!
触到痛处了吗…好！
Why then aren't the pastors screaming a warning to their people?
为什么牧师们不对他们的人大声警告？
WAKE UP!!
醒来吧！
Every prophet in the OT sought to tell the people of Israel what?
旧约里的每个先知都在试图告诉以色列人民什么呢？
WAKE UP!!
醒来吧！
The Christian life is a battle zone. It is filled with daily battles, persecution, and fighting our own flesh.
基督徒生活是一个奋斗领域。它每天都充满斗争，迫害，以及与肉体的争斗。
The Christian doesn't belong here on Earth; we are strangers and pilgrims. We have a home and we belong there. When we identify with our Saviour, the world will hate us. it hated Him and will hate us. He made that clear.
基督徒不属于这个地球，我们是互不相识者和朝圣者。我们有家，我们属于那里。当我们确认了我们的救主，世界都会恨我们。世界恨他，也会恨我们。因他使一切清晰可知。
Life is all about Him! Jesus is our life, Jesus is our love, Jesus is our Lord!
生命关乎他！耶稣是我们的生命，耶稣是我们的爱，耶稣是我们的主！
It's time to show the world that Jesus lives in us.
是时候向世界展示耶稣活在我们之中了。
Penn Gillete is an atheist who said:
Penn Gillete是一个无神论者，他说道:
"If you truly believe that people are going to hell and you don't tell them, how much do you have to hate them not to tell them?"
如果你真的相信人会下地狱，并且不告诉他们，你有多恨他们才不会告诉他们？
Let me say:
而我说:
If you won't sacrifice for Christ,
If you won't obey Christ's commands,
If you won't read His Word,
If you won't spend time with God in prayer,
如果你不为基督牺牲，如果你不遵守基督的诫命，如果你不读他的话语，如果你不在祷告中花时间与神一起，
Then you have a serious problem my friend!
那么你有严重问题了我的朋友！
The book of 1 John has a series of questions; look at that book and test yourself to see if you are in the faith - 2 Cor 13:5.
约翰一书有一系列问题；看看那页书检验你自己是否在信心中-哥林多后书13:5
Keith Green, my dear brother, once said this in one of his songs:
吉思格林，我亲爱的哥哥，在他的一首歌中曾经写道:
"Jesus rose from the dead, and you won't get out of bed."
“耶稣从死中复活了，而你却没起床”
I go back to what that young man said at the start. If you can't or won't match his devotion, don't waste God's time. If he is so devoted to his ideology, why can't we be as devoted to Christ?
返回到那个年轻人起初所说。如果你不能或不会和他的奉献相比，不要浪费神的时间。如果他奉献给他的意识形态，我们为何不能奉献给基督？
It doesn't matter how long you have gone to church, what matters is:
不管你多久去一次教堂都没关系，重要的是:
Jesus said, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
耶稣说，“如果你爱我，你就会遵守我的诫命”
Please feel free to share this.
请抽时间分享这篇
Written from my heart,
来自我内心的话
KK

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We had a lady who came to church quite infrequently. She moved out of Nanjing, and her son "E" came with her to church, and I shared with him.
我们中有位女士极少去教堂，她搬出了南京，于是她的儿子和她去教堂，我与他一起交流。
He is now a member of CCP "Young Pioneers..."
他现在是共产党“青年先锋队员“。
This is what he wrote on one of his WeChat groups:
以下是他在他的一个微信群里所写的:
I am a member of the Chinese YP I swear under the banner of the team. I love the CCP, love the Motherland, love the people, study hard, exercise well, prepare, contribute to the cause of the CCP.
我是中国青年先锋队员，我在队旗下宣誓，热爱党，热爱祖国，爱人民，努力学习，好好锻炼，时刻准备着为党奉献。
This has had a profound effect on me, as there are millions of young pioneers... millions of CCP members trapped in this.
这件事对我有着深刻影响，因为这里有数以百万的青年团员，以及众多共产党员。
We have heard of many thousands of Muslim leaders who have come to Christ, but who prays for these young people? Please pray for the millions of CCP members and the young pioneers.
我们曾听说成千上万的穆斯林领袖来到基督面前，但有谁为这些年轻人祈祷吗？请为这众多党员和青年团员祈祷吧。
This is a special appeal to pray for them.
为他们祈祷有特别的吸引力。
How is God going to work? He speaks sometimes through supernatural means such as dreams and visions, but He tells us to preach the Gospel and pray. Please pray earnestly and fervently.
神是如何工作的？他有时通过超自然方式讲话，诸如梦和异象，但他要我们传扬福音并祈祷。请诚恳而热烈地祷告吧。
Finally, why can't we show as Christians the same commitment to the cause of Christ?
最后，我们为何不能展示作为基督徒，因基督的原因而做出相同承诺呢？
Let me re-write this for you:
让我为你重新讲述一遍:
I AM A MEMBER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST - Scripture
我是基督身体的一部分-经文
I WILL SERVE MY FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN SELFLESS AND HUMBLE SERVICE - JOHN 13:1-17
我将以无私谦卑服务于我的弟兄姐妹们。约翰福音13:1-17
I LOVE MY FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS - 1 JOHN 4:19-21
我爱我的弟兄姐妹们-约翰一书4:19-21
I LOVE MY HEAVENLY HOME - Scripture
我爱我天上的家-经文
I LOVE THE WORLD WITH THE COMPASSION OF CHRIST - Scripture
我用基督的怜悯爱这世界-经文
I WILL STUDY AND SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES TO BE A WORKMAN APPROVED OF GOD - 2 TIMOTHY 2:15 AND 3:16-4:2
我将学习研究圣经，成为神认可的事工-提摩太后书2:15和3:16-4:2
I WILL KEEP MY BODY UNDER SUBJECTION - 1 COR 9:24-27
我将使我的身体顺服-哥林多前书9:24-27
I WILL PREPARE WELL BY SPENDING MUCH TIME WITH GOD - Scripture
我将准备好与神更多时间相处-经文
I WILL SEEK EVERY DAY TO MAKE A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD - Scripture
我将寻求每一天为神的国度做独特的贡献-经文
My question is: If people who are trapped in an ideology that is false and a false religion that gives them no hope, and show such devotion it, then why can't I/we as Christians show true devotion to the One who bought us be His own precious blood and saved us from sin, death and hell?
我的问题是:如果人们陷入错误的意识形态以及毫无希望的错误宗教，并为此敬拜，那么我/我们作为基督徒，为何不能向那以珍贵宝血买了我们，并救赎我们脱离罪，死亡和地狱的那位表达真实的敬拜呢？
They spend every penny on spreading their false religion, every hour seeking new converts, and every breath telling people a lie!
他们花每一分钱传扬他们的错误宗教，每个小时寻求新的转变，每次呼吸都在讲述谎言！
I remember years ago; I visited my brother in Canada. He took me to see my favourite ice hockey team, the Ottawa Senators, play their big rivals the Toronto Maple Leaf's. I sat next to a guy, a leaf's fan, who had travelled many miles to be there; he had sacrificed his time and money just to see his team play. But will we sacrifice anything; Wednesday nights if it's raining, will we go to prayer meetings or if it's raining on a Sunday morning, will we skip church?
我记得多年前拜访加拿大的兄长，他带我看最喜欢的冰球队，渥太华参议员队，对阵他们的主要竞争对手，多伦多枫叶队。我坐在一个伙计旁边，他是枫叶队球迷，旅行许多英里来到那里；他牺牲了时间和金钱只为看他的球队比赛。我们也会牺牲任何事吗？周四晚间如果下雨我们会参加祷告聚会吗？或周日早晨下雨，我们会不去教堂吗？
We sit there and do nothing; maybe we do a little. If we showed half of the commitment of the Mormons, Muslims and even this young man, then maybe the Gospel would have reached many more than it has.
我们坐在那里无所事事；也许我们做了那么一丁点事，如果我们表现出有摩门教徒，穆斯林们甚至这个年轻人一半的承诺，福音也许就会比目前传给更多人。
We need a subtle kick in the pants. Me included! We do just enough to get by...
我们需要不露声色的下点狠功夫，包括我，需要做足够多…来获得。
Some Christians can't read 4 verses; we feed on scraps, and expect to be fed by our pastors. We are not infants! We are adults. Adults feed themselves. Some of you reading this, have:
一些基督徒不能读4节经文，我们吃着残羹剩饭，期待着被牧师牧养，我们不是婴儿！我们是成年人，成年人自给自足。你们中一些人读过这个:
Never read through the Bible in a year.
从不曾在一年内通读圣经。
Never spent any more than two minutes in prayer.
从不曾在祷告中花费超过2分钟
Never shared the Gospel one to one.
从不曾一对一分享福音。
Never stayed still and listened to God for any more than 2 minutes.
从不曾安静待着聆听神超过2分钟。
This young man will do everything to extend the role of the CCP. He will go to any lengths; he will give all his money, all his time, and all his effort!
这个年轻人会做任何事来扩展共产党的职能。他会不择手段，他会奉献所有金钱，时间和他的努力！

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Thursday
周四
China people groups, languages and religions | Joshua Project

140 million are unreached. The size of the task is huge, to walk down a street is to be overwhelmed by this mass of humanity. Please pray that every person in China, would hear the gospel.
一亿四千万人未领受福音。这项任务数字巨大，走在街上都会被大量民众所征服。请祷告中国每个人将听到福音。

Friday
周五
Many millions are trapped in Buddhism (500 Million), Communist Ideology (130 Million) and Atheism (500 Million). These ideologies are deep strongholds for the Chinese people and can only be dismantled by fervent and persevering prayer. Especially pray for the leader of China and the members of the CCP.
几百万人陷入佛教（5亿），共产主义（一亿三千万）和无神论者（5亿）。这些意识形态是中国人信仰的主体，仅能通过热切而持久的祷告来废除。尤其为中国领导者和共产党员祷告。

Saturday
周六
Please pray for Revival of the church in China, it is only the power of the gospel, that can release China from the power of darkness. Consistent and fervent prayer is needed, please pray that the Chinese church would be filled with power and boldness and would by the preaching of the gospel, CHANGE MANY MILLIONS OF HEARTS IN CHINA.
请为中国教会复兴祷告，它是福音的唯一力量，能将中国从黑暗的权力中释放出来。持续和热切的祷告是需要的。请祷告中国教会将会被力量和胆魄充满，也将被福音的传播充满，因而改变中国几百万人的心灵。

Are you willing to join us?
你希望加入我们吗？

These requests are guidelines, please use the books Operation World and Operation China for more detailed information.
这些请求是一些指南，请使用书籍-世界运作和中国运作，获得详细信息。
For news of persecution in China, please go to
Voice of the Martyrs and Open doors

获取中国关于迫害的新闻，请到，殉道者的声音和开放之门。

2 Thessalonians 3
帖撒罗尼迦后书第3章
Finally, brothers,[a] pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honoured,[b] as happened among you, 2 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.[c] 4 And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
1弟兄们，我还有话说：请你们为我们祷告，好叫主的道理快快行开，得着荣耀，正如在你们中间一样；2也叫我们脱离无理之恶人的手，因为人不都是有信心。3但主是信实的，要坚固你们，保护你们脱离那恶者。4我们靠主深信，你们现在是遵行我们所吩咐的，后来也必要遵行。5愿主引导你们的心，叫你们爱神，并学基督的忍耐。

Sunday
周日
Please pray that the Chinese church, would be filled with purity, power and boldness as it meets today. Please pray for the pastors as they preach, for boldness and empowerment. Please pray for the protection of all services.
请祷告中国教会，就像今天一样充满洁净，权柄和胆魄。请在牧师传道之时为他拥有胆魄、允准而祷告。请祷告所有侍奉都得到保护。

Monday
周一
Please pray as the church is 80-90% women. Men need to be challenged and activated into leadership. Please pray that each church would have a group of godly men, who fear nothing but God, and who are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the gospel.
请为教会80％-90％的女士祷告。男士需要经历挑战并活跃在领导岗位。请祷告每个教会都将有一群神的仆人们，他们除了神无所惧怕，也准备好为福音奉献自己。

Tuesday
周二
Plese pray for the next generation, most of the church is made up of middle-aged people. Please pray that there would be an influx of young people and children into the church. The next generation is only interested in the latest fashion and cell phone. Please pray for the children of China, who are under severe pressure to achieve a good score at school.
请为下一代祷告，绝大多数教会是由中年人组成，请祷告教会有年轻人和孩子们进入，下一代仅对最新的时尚和手机有兴趣。请祷告中国的孩子们，他们在学校为了获得好分数面临严重的压力。

Wednesday
周三
Persecution is real, but we can and do share the gospel. Please pray that God would open up opportunities to share the gospel. People are in great need. Many people have mental problems, the society seems stable, but people are hurting very deeply. Please pray that the church, would be salt and light.
迫害真实发生，但我们能做的就是分享福音。请祷告神将开启分享福音的机会。人民有巨大需求。许多人有精神问题，社会看似平稳，但人们内心被深深伤害，请祷告教会将成为盐和光。

Liaoning Province
辽宁省

Southern most of the three provinces of Old Manchuria, bordering on North Korea.
是东北三省中最南端的省份，与朝鲜接壤。

Thank God that he has worked mightily in this province, with the church growing much recently. Continue to water these roots with prayer..
感谢上帝在这个省份中行使了大能，教会最近有了很大的增长。继续用祈祷滋润这些根基。

Korean believers make up a large proportion of the church, continue to pray that the work amongst the Korean diaspora.
朝鲜基督徒在教会中占很大比例，继续为在朝鲜侨民中的事工祈祷。

Liaoning is on the frontline for people escaping from North Korea, please pray for all those refugees that they would find safety and most importantly Jesus.
辽宁是从朝鲜逃离的人们的前线，请为所有那些难民祈祷，愿他们找到庇护，最重要的是接触到耶稣。

The Manchu number over 13 million, they ruled China for 300 years, they are a proud people, who have lost their identity. Please pray that many would come to faith in Christ.
满族人口超过1300万，他们统治了中国300年，是一个骄傲的民族，但已失去了他们的身份认同。请为许多人能信服基督的祈祷。

It is God who has made us. He is the one who formed us in the wombs of our mothers. All the days that were formed for us were written in God’s book before any of them came into being. We would not even be here on this earth if God did not create us. And he created us for a purpose, that we should serve him with our lives and honor him as Lord. All of us who believe in Jesus Christ were predestined of God to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ and that we should be holy and blameless before him.

[Jer 1:1-19; Psalms 139:13-16; Acts 26:18; Rom 1:6-7,18-23; Rom 6:15-21; Rom 8:28-29; 1 Co 1:9; 1 Co 12:1-31; Gal 5:13; Eph 1:3-4; 1 Thess 4:1-8; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 10:26-31; 1 Pet 1:14-16; 1 Pet 2:9; 2 Pet 1:3]

We who call Jesus Christ our Lord are not to live independent of our Lord and of his guidance and direction in our lives, for he created us for a purpose. He has a plan for each one of our lives which can only be fulfilled in his power and strength and wisdom, as we yield control of our lives over to his control. So we must come to that place in our lives when we not only acknowledge his rightful place in our lives, but when we submit to his will and we surrender our lives to his control to do what he created us to do and to be.

And then we must rely upon the strength and wisdom of God to guide us every step of the way, and we must also give him all the glory for all the good that he accomplishes in and through our lives for his glory and purposes. For we can only be his and do his will in his power and strength, and not in our fleshly strength and wisdom. For all that we have that is good has been given to us by God, and we can only do the will of God in his power and strength. So he is the one to be exalted as head above all.

So, when we believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, this means that we surrender control of our lives over to him, and now we are his to serve him with our lives. Our lives are no longer our own to be lived however we want to live them, in our flesh, but now we are to live for God’s will and purpose for our lives, in his power, by his grace. And it is God’s will that we should live holy lives, pleasing to him, and that we should no longer walk (in conduct) in sin, but that we should now obey his commandments.

For our Lord takes pleasure in uprightness. For the grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce (say “No!” to) ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return. For Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works, the works God prepared in advance that we should walk in them (Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10).

So, our service to the Lord should be done with uprightness of heart and mind, with all sincerity, and in truth and in righteousness. For the Lord knows who is faking it, and who is doing service for the wrong reasons or from selfish motives, and not to give glory to God, but to themselves, and so that people will like them. He knows who is walking in the flesh and who is walking according to the Spirit and who is being led by the Spirit and not by the flesh. For they are those who are submissive to his will and purposes.

And it is good for us if we regularly examine our own hearts and motives to make certain that they are of God, and not of the flesh, and that our dependency is in the Lord alone, and not in the flesh. And the prayer of our hearts should be that the Lord would keep forever his purposes and thoughts in the hearts of his people, and that he would direct our hearts always towards him to make certain that we are doing his will, and that we are doing it in his strength and wisdom, and not in our own fleshly strength.

For if God has called us to himself, he is the one to empower us with the strength and wisdom to do what he has called us to do. For it is not of him if we go it alone without him. It is important, thus, that we realize our dependency upon the Lord and on his strength and wisdom in order to follow him on the path on which he has marked out for us to take. For then the power and wisdom come from him and not from our flesh, and then he is the one who gets all the glory for all that he accomplishes through our lives.

[Matt 5:13-16; Matt 28:18-20; Jn 4:31-38; Jn 13:13-17; Jn 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18; Acts 26:18; Rom 10:14-15; Rom 12:1-8; Rom 15:14; 1 Co 12:1-31; 1 Co 14:1-5; Eph 4:1-16; Eph 5:11-27; Php 2:1-8; Col 3:16; Heb 3:13; Heb 10:23-25; 1 Pet 2:9,21; 1 Jn 2:6]

Jesus, Hold My Hand

By Albert E. Brumley

As I travel through this pilgrim land
There is a friend who walks with me
Leads me safely through the sinking sand
It is the Christ at Calvary
This would be my prayer, dear Lord, each day
You help me do the best I can
For I need Thy light to guide me day and night
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

When I wander thru the valley dim
toward the setting of the sun,
Lead me safely to a land of rest
if I a crown of life have won;
I have put my faith in Thee, dear Lord,
that I may reach the golden strand,
There's no other Friend on whom I can depend,
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand.

Jesus, hold my hand
'Cause I need Thee every hour
Through this pilgrim land
Protect me by Thy power
Hear my feeble plea
And O Lord look down on me
When I kneel in prayer
I hope to meet You there
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

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Jordan Peterson and Alex O'Connor have completely different epistemologies, coming from different places. So it's not a simple question to answer. Nobody has a time machine to go back there and look. Peterson rightly is more focused on the power of the story in shaping a group's consciousness, whereas O'Connor is operating from a positivist view of history and religion.

My own personal opinion, based on reading historical critical scholarship, is that the Exodus represents historical memory, similar to a legend. We know that Egyptians did enslave Canaanites from time to time, and sometimes these slaves escaped across the marshlands of the Nile delta, particularly during the Bronze Age Collapse when the Egyptian empire was in decline. It likely contains historical elements, mixed with contemporary concerns that came after the fact.

Amsterdam and the US is like comparing apples and oranges. With such a complicated social problem, I think it's premature to draw hasty conclusions about decriminalization. The US has deep-seated structural problems in the economy. Homelessness rising may be fueling drug abuse, especially with cheap drugs like fentanyl. And in turn, homelessness is rising due to government policies that consistently favor rent-seeking over an equitable distribution of productivity and wealth.

Taking your son for a "job shadow" in the US parliament.

Paidiske said:

I just read some data saying 36% of Australian households are currently experiencing food insecurity. I wonder whether this will be enough to make any dent in that...

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Unfortunately we're caught between a rock and a hard place. If wages were increased more there is a risk the extra spending will push inflation up with a negative impact on mortgage interest rates and rents. We appear to be catching up with wage stagnation and the coming tax cuts may help. Putting the squeeze on Coles and Woollies to shame them into being a little more cautious about price increases may also help.

There seems to be broad agreement among economists that the current minimum wage increase is unlikely to drive inflation, but a bigger increase may put us back on the inflation treadmill.

OB

"But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall." Mal 4:2

hislegacy said:

It is not the Right who were the ones who rioted on Trump's inauguration -

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I confess I totally missed these riots…have you a link for them?

Michie said:

Just putting the info out there.

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Thanks, anyways, have a good night.

The Liturgist said:

Yes I know. I wouldn’t purchase a Sun for that purpose. I do love their hardware however.

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Interesting stuff. Send a photo of your setup when your are done building your Mistral AI machine.

Curiousmind said:

Hi,

So after some observations, some claims they hear the voice of God, but now I have my doubts,

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"Test all things; hold fast what is good." (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Curiousmind said:

sometimes some of them say that to put themselves above you, they kinda imply: " I can hear the voice of God you not, so you better listen to me"

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"nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock." (1 Peter 5:3)

Part of our example is >

"be clothed with humility" (in 1 Peter 5:5)

Curiousmind said:

I am honest to myself, I never really heard the voice of God, what I do is, I read the bible and listen to other people and then I formulate what I think the voice of God is.

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Well, the voice of God might have told you to do this!

But he does not mean for you to get isolated with your own understandings and ways and possibly then getting bitter that others don't accept what you are saying.

Curiousmind said:

Some things are easy, do not steal, do not fornicate, do not murder etc, some things are not that easy,

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What is really good is not only "hard", but it is impossible without God.

Curiousmind said:

like the 3 topics mentioned below.

Topic: how should the church be organized ? what is God's opinion regarding this ?
possibilities are: elder board, one man at the top decides everything, democratic meaning the members of the church decides etc etc.

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Most of all, we need example leaders, as Paul describes in 1 Timothy 3:1-10. And be sure to pray about what God's leaders have us doing . . . be willing, if they are of God. And God will encourage and guide us to obey leadership which He approves.

Curiousmind said:

Each type of church organisation claiming they heard the voice of God, really I have my doubts now.

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God is our Father; so He is personal with each of us . . . not silent, but He is gentle and humble and quiet. So we need, then, to not let noisy stuff in us keep us from hearing and *sensing* Him in us.

Curiousmind said:

Personally I think elder board is best church organisation.

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It *can* be.

Curiousmind said:

Another Topic: Should churches publish financial transparancy what happens to the collected money ? what is God opinion regarding this ?

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That can be lording over, plus not trusting their people.

Curiousmind said:

Another topic: which denomination is right, which denomination has heard the voice of God ? Every denomination claiming they have heard right from God, the others wrong.

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In a group naming Jesus there can be the ones who make noise, and who claim they speak for everyone in their group. Meanwhile others grow and mature in Jesus, and then they discover so better than what their group told them, that they were able to believe while they were immature enough to be fooled.

So, wherever you are, be ready to discover who the mature example people are. They could be sitting in the back row.

Vambram said:

Read the article. There are others besides Dershowitz. By the way, according to Dershowitz, he has never voted for Trump. Dershowitz has always in the past voted for Democratic Party politicians if I recall correctly what I have heard him says.

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Dershowitz is a defense attorney. He isn't a prosecutor. He's never been a prosecutor. So, it's hardly a surprise to find he sides with the defense in any legal analysis.

Besides...it would behoove him to curry Trump's favor. You never know when Trump will need a new defense attorney. Especially one who handles appeals as often as Alan has.

-- A2SG, do the hustle....