We should be thankful to the Lord in all circumstances, in pain and suffering, as well as in times when all is well. For he allows us to go through hard times as well as good times, because the difficult times are for our good, to humble us, to mature us, and to make us more like Jesus in character, in word, and in deed. And we need that pruning to change us and to mold us into the likeness of Christ so that we follow our Lord in his footsteps, and we do what he commands, and we live for him to do what pleases him.

But our thanks and our praise to God for what he has done should be shared with other Christians, and non-Christians, too, for their encouragement. For we all have our good times and bad times because we are human and we live on this earth, and so we are subject to all that is going on all around us, too. Like if the economy goes bad, and so prices soar, if we are not wealthy people, but we live on limited incomes, well we are definitely impacted by that. And that is just one example. So we need encouragement.

But if we are to make known God’s deeds among the people, well at the top of the list should be the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We should be sharing with others how Jesus Christ, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – left his throne in heaven, came to earth, was born as a baby to a human (virgin) mother, and was conceived of the Holy Spirit, and not of man. So he was not born with a sin nature as we are. And he never sinned, not once the whole 33 years of his life on this earth.

Jesus left his throne in heaven and came to earth with the ultimate purpose of putting our sins to death with him on a cross, and then being raised from the dead, so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and live for God and for his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, in the power of God at work within us. He did not give his life up for us on that cross just so we will verbalize faith in him but while we continue to live in deliberate and habitual sin in disobedience to our Lord. Please know this!

And to seek the Lord and his strength, and to glory in his name, and to sing praises to him, and to speak of all his wonders should never be done superficially and in form only. What we speak of and sing of should come from the genuineness of our hearts in thanksgiving to our Lord for his salvation (deliverance) from our addiction to sin so that, in his power, we can now serve him with our lives in surrender to his will in walks of obedience to his commands. For if we don’t live it, we don’t mean it with all sincerity.

For seeking the Lord is not just about giving him our requests, hoping that he will grant them. Seeking the Lord has to do with us wanting to get to know him, and to know his will and purpose for our lives, so that we will now do what he requires of us in thought, word, and deed – all in his power and strength and wisdom. If we are truly seeking the Lord we will be drawing closer to him in walks of surrender to his will and purpose for our lives, because we love him, and because we want to do what is pleasing to him.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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Glory in His Holy Name
An Original Work / November 28, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This holiday season, it is not your duty to educate Aunt Susan.​

We didn’t used to think of the holiday dinner table as a flashpoint for heated family disagreements about health care, abortion, and Donald Trump. But somewhere along the way, we began to…or maybe we were taught to. In 2022, the Biden White House released talking points for correcting your wayward relatives over the holidays. A decade earlier an ad with a young man clad in a plaid onesie who came to be known as “Pajama Boy” was part of a “Healthcare for the Holidays” campaign by Organizing for Action, which was intended to encourage young adults to leverage family gatherings to talk Obamacare with their relatives. The implicit message was this: someone’s humanity now hinges on whether they are on the correct side of the all-seeing eye of History. And, conveniently, that eye always looks out from the side you already occupy.

The holiday that once signaled the beginning of a season of gratitude now signals the time to air our grievances with all of the very wrong things those people across the table from you represent. After the 2024 election and right before holiday gatherings last year, Jimmy Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, spoke on the ‘We Can Do Hard Things’ podcast about how she struggles to deal with her conservative family. “I’m in constant conflict. I’m angry all the time, which isn’t healthy at all,” she admitted. “When I see these terrible stories every day, I’m immediately mad at certain aunts, uncles, and cousins that put him in power. I wish I could deprogram myself in some way.” Sadly, she says she is now estranged from a number of relatives.

McNearney suggests her relatives have been deliberately misinformed even as she says they truly believe what they believe. Yet the broader truth is universal: in a highly polarized environment most everyone is usually adamant that it’s the other side that’s deceived, never themselves, making self-examination a perpetual challenge.

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After spending a year and a half in the hospital, a family in Queens, New York, is thrilled to finally bring their little girl home in time for Thanksgiving.

Key Takeaways:​

• A preemie who weighed just over one pound at birth is now joining her family at home, after 18 months in the hospital.
• Leah Hope Montayes Macias battled many complications, including a heart defect, a brain bleed, pulmonary hypertension, and chronic lung disease.
• One of her doctors said that her success is a reminder that even the smallest infants have a chance to thrive.

The Details:​

Leah Hope Montayes Macias was born at 24 weeks gestation, weighing just over one pound. Since her birth, the little girl has been at three different hospitals, receiving treatment for a variety of complications related to her early delivery, including a heart defect, a brain bleed, pulmonary hypertension, and chronic lung disease.

That long journey finally came to an end last week when Macias, who is now 18-months old, went home with her family for the first time.

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Kid's can learn Bible stories in Kid's Bible
Have a blessed day for all.

“Many Catholics find themselves between two bad options: Silencing or Skewering”​

Most practicing Catholics can admit they have struggled with particular decisions or statements coming from Church authorities, or with the perceived priorities of the hierarchy that might seem out-of-step with the life of the faithful “on the ground.”

Loving the Church doesn’t mean being blind to the way she’s in need of reform. Nor does it mean ignoring them. But loving the Church doesn’t mean a kind of destructive criticism either, feeding bitterness, resentment, or rebellion.

So the question becomes clear: how can Catholics of good will, desiring holiness and wishing to see the Church become more holy, engage?

This week some continuing studies gave me occasion to revisit a classic, Cardinal Yves Congar’s “True and False Reform in the Church.”

The book remains unusually relevant.

Written in 1950 and influential for many Council Fathers, including Pope St. John XXIII, the text illuminates the spirit of reform leading into Vatican II, and the perennial question of how the Church discerns and grows. Above all, it offers principles for pursuing reform in a way that actually strengthens the Church’s fidelity to her mission.

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The ruins of a Roman basilica submerged in a lake in Turkey have resurfaced after spending more than 700 years underwater, revealing a major site from the early Christian world. The structure, long hidden beneath Lake Iznik (Lake Ascania in antiquity), now stands exposed as the lake continues to retreat due to climate change.

A landmark of early Greek Christianity​

The basilica, known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, marks the ground where the First Council of Nicaea met, only 12 years after Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire.

In AD 325, Constantine the Greatconvened the council in the ancient Greek city of Nicaea (Greek: Νίκαια), a major Greek city of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). A total of 318 bishops debated for two months before drafting the Nicaean Creed, a Greek-language declaration of faith that remains central to Christianity. Pope Leo XIV visited the site on Friday to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the council.

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At 35 weeks pregnant Nadia Howlader became homeless, living on the streets of Sydney, Australia, but all of that changed when she was given a key to a new apartment by Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 16 on the ninth World Day of the Poor.

Continuing a tradition begun by Pope Francis last year to combat homelessness and bring hope to vulnerable families during the 2025 Jubilee year of Hope in 13 countries, Pope Leo blessed 13 keys — one of which symbolized the key to Howlader’s new apartment in a Sydney suburb, faciliated by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Australia.

Howlader, and her daughter Alisha, traveled to Rome with members of the society for an audience with the pope where she received the blessed key from Pope Leo and thanked him for the generous gift.

The “13 Houses” campaign was inspired by the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s patron, St. Vincent de Paul, and his decision in 1643 to use an endowment from French King Louis XIII to build 13 small houses near the Vincentian headquarters in Paris to care for abandoned children.

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A towering Christmas tree now stands in the center of St. Peter’s Square, after the spruce arrived at the Vatican on Thursday morning.

The 88-foot-tall spruce tree from Italy’s Bolzano province was erected next to the ancient Egyptian obelisk which stands in the middle of the 17th century Baroque square designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

This year, the northern Italian municipalities of Lagundo and Ultimo gifted the Christmas tree to the Vatican. The tree was harvested in the alpine valley of Ultimo.

In an Oct. 20 interview published on the Vatican State website, Bishop Ivo Muser of the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone said the tree reaffirms the local church’s “spiritual and emotional bond” with the pope.

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Here’s what those verses actually mean, and why they aren’t about LGBT people:

1. “Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind.” — Leviticus 18:22 / 20:13
These verses are part of the Holiness Code, a set of purity rules given to ancient Israel.
Important context:

The laws were meant to separate Israel from surrounding cultures, not to comment on sexual orientation.

The Hebrew terms focus on male dominance, ritual purity, and idolatrous temple-sex practices, not loving relationships.

Christians today don’t follow the same code (it also bans mixed fabrics, shellfish, trimming beards, etc.).
So this is not about consensual LGBT relationships as we understand them today.

2. The story of Sodom — Genesis 19
The issue in the Sodom story is attempted gang rape, violence, and violation of hospitality norms — not sexuality.
Even the Bible itself explains the sin of Sodom elsewhere:

Ezekiel 16:49 says the sin was arrogance, greed, and neglecting the poor.

Nothing in the text condemns loving LGBT relationships.

3. “Against nature” — Romans 1:26–27
Paul is talking about idolatry in pagan temples and people acting against their own nature, meaning going against their own desires as part of cult rituals.
Key points:

The word “nature” (“physis”) in Greek doesn’t mean “universal law” — it means “someone’s individual nature.”

Paul is describing people who were heterosexual engaging in ritual acts that violated their own orientation.

Paul had no concept of sexual orientation as we understand it today.
So this isn’t a blanket statement about LGBT identity or relationships.

4. “Arsenokoitai” and “malakoi” — 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10
These two Greek words are often translated poorly.

Malakoi means “soft” and was used to describe laziness, decadence, or sometimes male prostitution — not gay men.

Arsenokoitai is an extremely rare word that likely referred to economic or sexual exploitation, such as trafficking or abuses of power.
There’s no evidence i
t refers to consensual same-sex relationships.

Also, Jesus never mentioned LGBT being wrong. And why would a god create people who are born to be naturally LGBT if he didn't want anyone to be LGBT? It makes no sense why God would create them and then hate it.

Two Texas pro-lifers are launching a health care plan that embraces Catholic life ethics, creating an ethical option for Christians.

Health insurance companies often cover things that are in tension with Catholic Church teaching or a Christian pro-life ethic, such as abortion, contraceptives, or assisted suicide.

Daniel Cruz and Bob Hogan founded the FortressPlan by Presidio Healthcare because they wanted a pro-life, Christian alternative.

“FortressPlan,” which launched in November, does not cover any health care offerings that go against Catholic teaching.

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Speaking to U.S. military members on Thursday, Trump praised the recent actions "to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers," involving strikes against boats allegedly carrying narcotics, and a significant military build-up in the Caribbean.

But Trump hinted at more direct action against Venezuela on Thursday. He said his campaign had hampered the drug trade by sea, "and we’ll be starting to stop them by land also," adding: "the land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon."

In October, CNN reported that the Trump administration produced a classified legal opinion that justified lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.

However, U.S. lawmakers had also been told this month that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said there was no legal justification for strikes inside Venezuela itself or any other territories, according to CNN.

Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea on Friday in the Turkish city historically known as the birthplace of the Nicene Creed, calling Christians to overcome “the scandal of divisions” and to renew their commitment to unity.

The pope spoke during an ecumenical prayer service held at the archaeological site of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos on the shore of Lake Iznik, southeast of Istanbul. The gathering marked one of the most symbolic moments of his apostolic visit to Turkey, which has focused heavily on ecumenical and interreligious outreach.

“We are all invited to overcome the scandal of divisions,” he said, urging Christians to nurture “the desire for unity for which the Lord Jesus prayed and gave his life.”

Pope Leo and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, considered first among equals among Eastern Orthodox bishops, were welcomed by two senior Orthodox bishops before proceeding to a platform beside the submerged ruins of the basilica. The two leaders stood before icons of Christ and of the council and lit candles together.

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Consider the following:

Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is water.
Of that, approximately 2.5% is fresh.
Of fresh water, very little is carbonated to the point where it releases CO2 when shaken.

Therefore, in terms of carbonated water, the Earth is most definitely flat.

Trump Announces Halt On Migration From ‘All Third World Countries’

President Donald Trump announced that he will "permanently pause” immigration from all Third World countries and “remove” anyone who is not a “net asset” to the United States.

From Truth Social:

A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World, for being “Politically Correct,” and just plain STUPID, when it comes to Immigration. The official United States Foreign population stands at 53 million people (Census), most of which are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels. They and their children are supported through massive payments from Patriotic American Citizens who, because of their beautiful hearts, do not want to openly complain or cause trouble in any way, shape, or form. They put up with what has happened to our Country, but it’s eating them alive to do so! A migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation, which is essentially not even a country for lack of Government, Military, Police, schools, etc.

Even as we have progressed technologically, Immigration Policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many. I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country, end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization. These goals will be pursued with the aim of achieving a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations, including those admitted through an unauthorized and illegal Autopen approval process. Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation. Other than that, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for — You won’t be here for long!

Is Christ in Christmas?
Is this His business?
Is this His witness?
Christ now within us?

And does this matter?
Not empty chatter,
Not meant to scatter,
Nor faith to shatter.

Yes! It’s important,
So not leave dormant,
Remain informant,
The truth to warrant.

Christ not in Christmas.
It’s not His witness.
For in His strictness,
For truth He bids us

To know His teachings,
His truth now seeking,
Be we not sleeping,
His Word now reading.

Christ has a purpose,
Be in His service,
Not live on surface,
Your life He purchased.

Not follow idols,
Your sins now bridle,
Know what is vital,
Be His disciple.

If Christ to worship,
Do what He tells us,
What He compels us,
Not what world sells us.

An Original Work / November 27, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

In context, the one who warned them on earth was Moses. He warned the Israelites who had escaped slavery in Egypt, but who were wandering in the wilderness, against living in idolatry, adultery, immorality, drunkenness, revelry, grumbling against God, putting God to the test, craving evil things, and disobedience to God and to his commandments. But most of them did not listen, and they continued in their sins, and so God put them to death, and they did not get to enter his eternal rest because of their disobedience.

The things that they did in rebellion against God happened as examples for us, and they were written down for our instruction, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. And we are warned in the Scriptures to not be like them, and to not commit the same kinds of sins which they did, and which they refused to repent of, which brought about their deaths and their eternal separation from God. And we are told that if we hear God’s voice, we must not harden our hearts as they did in disobedience to God.

For, under the Old Covenant or the New Covenant, we must not walk in sin and in disobedience to our Lord or we, as well, will not enter into God’s eternal rest, i.e. we will not inherit eternal life with God. And all throughout the New Testament we are warned against disobedience to God and making sin our practice, that if we do that, we will not have salvation from sin, and we will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. For we can’t just call Jesus “Lord,” but we need to be doing (obeying) what he commands us to do.

And God is now using them as an example to us to not be like them or we will face the same result. He is the voice warning us from heaven. And he is showing us that if we do what they did that we will suffer the same punishment that they did, too. For unbelief is not just a failure to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord. Disobedience to God and to his commands is unbelief. And faith in Jesus Christ is obedience to our Lord in dying to sin and now living to God, doing what is pleasing to God.

But all of this comes from God, and is not generated in our own human flesh. Our faith comes from God, it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die to sin and to obey our Lord and his commandments, by the grace of God, and in the power of God, according to the will of God for our lives. Not one of us can be saved from our sins via our own human effort, but faith in Jesus requires death to sin and obeying God.

So please understand here that our salvation from sin and eternal life with God are not promised to us based upon a profession of faith in Jesus Christ only. God warns us in the Scriptures many times over that if we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and if obedience to our Lord’s commands is not what we practice, that we will face the same punishment as the Israelites in the wilderness who ignored God’s warnings. We will die in our sins, and we will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. Please believe it!

[1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2,18-29; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 10:19-39; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

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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Do Not Refuse Him
An Original Work / November 27, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Please pray for my son Jakeb again. He still isn't feeling well. Please ask God to heal him and help him be happy and if it is His will let me hear him talk to his friends or laugh tonight. Please pray that there is nothing seriously wrong. I ask for healing mind and body. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen.

Hey, 1 & 2 Peter with Kretzmann's commentary with added ESV tooltips, notes, and cross-references has been added to Luco!



Blessings!

I am so grateful for all of you and the prayers you say for my family and me. I pray that you have a blessed happy day with your loved ones. I pray that anyone feeling sad or ill is healed by Jesus. I pray that you find comfort. Thank you for your kind prayers and being here for my family and me. Much love and God bless you all!

Peace in Christ.

Again…and repeated again, the keeping of His “daily” sacrifice (ALWAYS bearing about in our mortal body of the dying of the Lord Jesus) manifests His life in our mortal bodies….in our mortal flesh.

This is the revealing/manifestation of the Son of man to the world of which the people of the outside world may then see Him (through us) and believe and be saved.

2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

But right now, His life is being cut off from this earth by false prophets so that the Son of man is not being made manifest to the people of this world. The Son of man goes away from this earth ….sinking out of view…as He is being given up into the hands of sinners. Matthew 26:24 .

False prophets are actively removing the keeping of His “daily” sacrifice from those they are deceiving and are are having their congregations instead keep a man’s handwriting of church ordinances/dogmas rather than keeping His commandments which are written upon our hearts and minds. No flesh is being saved among the man-based churches as a result.

The man-based churches are serving the sin instead of dying to it and all the while they are white-washing their “wonderful works” with “Lord, Lord” and deceiving many to join along with them in their gatherings.

Mat 7:21-23 KJV
(21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

They are judging others supposedly in His name….that is, in His authority… with their church handwritings of ordinances being used as a basis for.

They cast out others as “devils” who do not agree with and do their works. There is only One Lawgiver…One Judge. We must not put ourselves in His sole authority as Judge by supposedly being a “judge” for Him... judging others (supposedly in His authority) according to our own "lawgiving:" our church handwritings of ordinances.

(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

They work the iniquity and so do not receive the promise of His presence in their mortal flesh: "depart from me you that work the iniquity." They mortally perish instead as they work THE iniquity. Professing "Lord, Lord" will not help whatsoever if we do not do the will of the Father in Heaven. Let us not keep the will of the church fathers but only the Father in Heaven.

The wages of the sin is the death...our mortal death. That "sting" of sin comes with death....that we had all the while on this earth had been serving the sin as we were deceived by false prophets into doing so. What a "sting" that must be at that realization that we had been serving the sin all along while we were alive on this earth as we went to "church" and thought we were doing the right thing for attending their gatherings.

(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Their “churches”…their earthly tabernacles…are an “image” as they are built upon their handwritings of ordinances/dogmas (their images)….such as a “statement of faith” which is by definition a handwriting of dogmas (of what one believes is true.) The churches are structured solely on their handwritings and not on what is written upon our hearts and minds.

Moses built the tabernacle according to the pattern that God show to him in the mount where the priests did serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things and not the true reality of them.

Heb 8:5 KJV
(5) Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

But what do earthly-minded men do?

They build their churches according to their images…according to their statements of faith that they wrote for themselves to self-govern and self-judge... by which the whole organization is structured.

They do not have Christ as the Head of the church as they keep and serve their fleshly-minded handwritings instead. Their whole church is an “image” built upon their handwritings. When we go to them, we submit ourselves to their "image worshipping" gatherings. We are forgiven for this...but we must depart from them and be separate from them and no longer be attached to the unclean who are continuing to worship their "idols"...their images.

Col 2:14-23 KJV
(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

The man-based churches are judging others according to the “shadow of things” to come rather than keep the reality of heavenly things that are understood with the mind of Christ. They are not the living body of Christ but a "dead body" that we must not be attached to.

(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

The “angels”…the messengers…are Moses and the prophets. They intrude into the Scriptures (which were written by the messengers...Moses and the prophets) and incorporate the ceremonial laws of Moses into their handwritings…and then judge others with them because they thought it was "wise" to do so. They want you to humbly submit to their ceremonial worshipping of the messengers (such as Moses.)

(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Their churches are just “images” themselves. They are not holding the Head …the mind of Christ.

(19) And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

If we are dead with Christ from the “rudiments” of the world…the founding principles as written by the hand of man for self-governing and judging, why as though living in the world, are we subject to ordinances…dogmas?

Our governing writing is within our hearts where God has written them. Do not let a man bring you into the bondage of keeping and serving man’s handwritings instead of keeping and serving His commandments. Why subject ourselves to them? Why go to an image-worshipping body of people who are all doing the same thing: serving the sin rather than dying to it?

(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances (DOGMAS),
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;

We perish with the using of the handwritings of men. Their handwritings are commandments and doctrines of men. This is “image” worshipping when we go and keep and serve man’s handwritings by which the whole church is structured. We are to keep ourselves from "idols"...images...from man-based churches that are images themselves as they are built upon their handwritings (their images.)

(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

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CHRISTIAN FAMILY HOSTAGES NOW IN HIDING.

On Aug. 27, 2025, at 1:30 a.m., a group of armed men took a Christian family captive, threatened to bring blasphemy charges against the family and demanded the family pay more than $150,000 to prevent the accusations. They also threatened to destroy everything the Christians owned. “You will be the next Jaranwala,” the abductors said, referencing a riot in August 2023 when Islamic extremists destroyed 26 churches and more than 80 homes in a Christian area after Pakistani Christians were falsely accused of destroying a copy of the Quran. Front-line workers said this family escaped from their abductors but have since gone into hiding. “The threat of blasphemy is such a weapon,” said a front-line worker. “Threats and false claims that someone has committed blasphemy are being used against Christians all over the country. Please pray for all Pakistani Christians to be safe and have wisdom as they serve Christ.”

EVANGELISTS WITH SOLAR PROJECTORS

Despite repeated and ongoing attacks on churches from radical Islamist groups, evangelists continue spreading the gospel throughout the country, most recently through solar-powered projectors. VOM front-line workers delivered the projectors to show the JESUS film and other Christian resources and provided training for 16 outreach workers to operate the projectors. “All were very happy to receive these projectors,” said a front-line worker. “And they were very happy to have the JESUS film in Fulfulde [the language spoken by the Fulani people].” The evangelists were also given Christian resources in multiple languages that can be shared with children and entire families. Front-line workers ask for prayer that God will bless the evangelists’ efforts and protect them as they travel in dangerous parts of Burkina Faso.

STUDENT RETREAT RELIEVES BUDDHIST PRESSURE

As Christian students are forced to participate in Buddhist practices in school, an upcoming retreat will encourage and strengthen their faith. In Bhutan, the king regards himself as a divinely appointed defender of Buddhism, and stringent laws are in place to restrict Christianity, forcing students to join Buddhist practices at school even when doing so is contrary to their faith in Christ. Pray that the upcoming retreat will give persecuted Christian students a reprieve from this pressure and encouragement to remain strong in their faith and witness. Pray that they will be equipped to stand firm in Christ despite forced practices and that, through these students, the Lord will raise up a new generation of leaders for his church.

Donald Trump and Alina Habba face $1M in penalties for Hillary Clinton lawsuits


A federal appeals court upheld nearly $1 million in penalties against President Trump and Alina Habba for filing “frivolous” lawsuits against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), former FBI Director James Comey and others.

William Pryor Jr., the chief judge for the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, wrote Wednesday that the president and Habba committed “sanctionable conduct” by filing suit against the parties in 2022.

The president filed suit against Clinton, the DNC, Comey and 25 others more than three years ago, alleging they conspired to undermine his 2016 presidential campaign by accusing it of colluding with Russia.

Pray Willing & Capable Opposition political parties, judges, & civil bureaucrats keep check-and-balances against India's Hindu Nationalist politicians: