Dear MAGA: 20241006 Open Topic

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On this day and every day –

God is in Control
. . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . .
Keep Looking Up


Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.

“This day is holy to the Lord your God;
do not mourn nor weep.” . . .
“Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared;
for this day is holy to our Lord.
Do not sorrow,
for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”


The True Light

The apostle John opens his Gospel with a systematic, 18-verse introduction to the Lord Jesus Christ. A key aspect of Christ’s nature that John highlights is that He is the bearer of light. Jesus brings the revelation of God’s life and light into a dark world (verses 4–5). In John 1:6–9, the apostle explains that John the Baptist was merely a witness to the light, but Jesus is the true light: “There was a man sent from God whose name was John [the Baptist]. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”

John the Baptist’s message was illuminating, but he was not the true light. Jesus is the true light, the real thing, the genuine article—God in the flesh. He alone reveals God’s glory in the world because He is God incarnate who “became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14; see also 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 John 1:1–2; 4:2).

By stating that Jesus is the true light coming into the world, John directly connects Him to Israel’s Messiah as the prophets foretold: “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned” (Isaiah 9:2; see also Isaiah 49:6; 60:1–2; Malachi 4:2).

Jesus is “the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being” (Hebrews 1:3). He beams forth the light, truth, and life of God to the world and into the hearts of men and women. Jesus Himself declared, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12; see also John 9:5). At Christ’s transfiguration, Peter, James, and John caught a glimpse of the true light as Jesus’ “face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light” (Matthew 17:2). In the book of Revelation, John describes Jesus’ face “like the sun shining in all its brilliance” (Revelation 1:16). He is the “bright Morning Star” (Revelation 22:16).

Jesus is the true light of God for those who partake of His salvation. When we receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, He makes God’s “light shine in our hearts” so we can “know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6). Those who trust in Jesus and “believe in the light” become “children of light” (John 12:35–36, 46). As children of the light, we are called to bring His “salvation to the ends of the earth” (Acts 13:47). Jesus said, “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).

Several elements are necessary to sustain human life: light, air, water, and food are among the most critical. Jesus is the true light means He is our essential source of life. Without light, it is impossible to sustain life of any kind on earth. If the sun ceases to shine, everything will die. Not only is Jesus our light, but He is also the spiritual air we breathe. By His Holy Spirit, He breathes on us the “breath of life” (John 3:8; 20:22). Jesus is also the “living water” who, by His Holy Spirit, becomes in us “a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:10–14; 7:37–39).

Jesus declared Himself to be “the true bread from heaven” (John 6:32). He is the genuine “bread of life” (John 6:35). He is our life-giving, life-sustaining source. He fully meets all our needs and perfectly satisfies our souls. In John 15:1–17, Jesus revealed that He is “the true vine,” and His Father owns the garden. Christ’s followers are described as fruit-bearing branches. They are the true believers who “abide in the vine.” Jesus is everything we need for life because He is God, “the fountain of life” (Psalm 36:9).

Jesus is the true light is John’s unequivocal way of stating that Jesus Christ is the ultimate, one and only, genuine self-disclosure of God to man. The Word of God became flesh and blood, and Jesus Christ is “the light of the world.” In Him, there is “no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). His light is our “light and our salvation” (Psalm 27:1). Jesus Christ is the true light of God sent into the world to pierce through the darkness. Through His life, ministry, and message, Jesus brought the light and life of God to bear on everyone He encountered. That light continues to shine on earth through His Church (Ephesians 5:8; Philippians 2:15).
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pgroup2

Seriously, we really should watch our steps also.

cthulhu

I think overall situational awareness is called for….

https://i.chzbgr.com/full/6227393792/h0FD12C98/situational-awareness

singingsoul1

Amen

TheseTruths

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pgroup2

Have you noticed that we are both ‘wolf’ commenters now?

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Congratulations to the both of you!

It’s probably going to take me a LONG time to get there.

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TheseTruths

Congratulations! 🎉

TheseTruths

Musk Launches PAC to Back Candidates Focused on Secure Borders, Free Speech, Sensible Spending

Business mogul Elon Musk has launched a new political action committee (PAC), called America PAC, to endorse candidates aligned with a set of values, including secure borders, sensible government spending, and free speech.

“This is the PAC that I created to support candidates who believe in the core values of America,” Musk wrote in a post on X on Oct. 5.

America PAC’s mission statement, posted on social media, outlines its focus areas: secure borders, safe cities, a fair justice system, self-protection, and free speech. The group highlighted its agenda by emphasizing that the issues it advocates for are those that impact Americans’ daily lives and that voters care about them deeply…

The PAC has also been vocal about illegal immigration, pointing to data on the rise of illegal border crossings in recent years…

The group endorsed former President Donald Trump as the only presidential candidate capable of addressing the PAC’s priorities…

scott467

“self-protection” is the 2nd Amendment. He said at the DJT rally yesterday that the 2nd Amendment is needed to guarantee the first 👍

singingsoul1

He gets it 🙂 We immigrants know why we came to the USA 🙂

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

AMEN!!!

TheseTruths

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scott467

That’s perfect… 😁

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Absolutely!

TheseTruths

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I keep reading that Trump and Commala are tied in the polls. I know the polls skew Dem, but I don’t see how this could be.

They need to make it look as if she has a lot of support so the cheating they do won’t be so obvious, but things don’t add up, IMO.

TheseTruths

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I can’t verify it, but someone said that was the view from Trump Force One as PDJT flew in.

TheseTruths

The people aren’t afraid. I’m sure they wanted to scare off Trump supporters.

cthulhu

I hear that he started his portion of the proceedings by throwing up a familiar slide on the monitors, with his first words being, “….as I was saying….”

https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/10/05/legendary-trump-opens-his-return-rally-in-butler-pa-with-a-brilliant-line-for-the-ages-n2401811

eilert

eilert

kalbokalbs

Didn’t add up in 2020 either.

Election night and what followed in the “count” made no sense. Courts made no sense.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

IMO Kamala can’t *actually* win – but the DS and Demmunists will try to make the cheat look like it, as the Demmunists scream that they won.

TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

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I wasn’t one of the ones watching on X. I watched it on RSBN, and no doubt a lot of others did too.

Last edited 2 months ago by TheseTruths
eilert

It was actually 22.7 million when DJT was on stage.

TheseTruths

One man, 14 months, four iconic pictures. Incredible

TheseTruths

I Saw This Young Kid Crying Because He Wanted To Get Elon Musk To Sign His Picture Of A Cyber Truck. So I Told Him Come With Me & Brought Him Over To Elon & Got It Signed. Thanks Again, Elon. This Kid Will Never Forget This Moment.

cthulhu
Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

This is a CLASSIC example of what has happened to our POLITICIZED science.

BURIED LEDES happen all the time now. The actual story – the big story – has to be hidden under a “vaccine-friendly” – or at least vaccine-neutral – story.

smiley2

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💖thank you, bakocarl💖

pat frederick

oh smiley…how beautiful!

smiley2

💖

pat frederick

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eilert

This is how out of touch they really are:
Begging Bush and Romney to endorse Kam-Com.
When these two endorse her that would mean the total transformation of the GOP from Country Club RINOS to MAGA.

Former Biden Spox Jen Psaki Now Basically Begging George W. Bush and Mitt Romney to Endorse Kamala Harris (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

Former Joe Biden spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who now has a show on MSNBC for some reason, is basically begging George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, and other Republicans who have been demonized by Democrats for years to endorse Kamala Harris.

In other words, they want the men who they used to call Hitler to speak out against the man they’re currently calling Hitler.

……………..

cthulhu

So much for pretending there isn’t a Uniparty.

TradeBait2

^^^ This. IT IS THAT SIMPLE.

They all self identify. You are known by the company you keep. With politicians you add the votes they make in handling the business of We the People’s as well as the sources of donations, book deals and trips they take to stay in power and become wealthier.

I Corinthians 15:33 – Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Psalm 1:1,2 – Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Proverbs 13:20 – Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Brave and Free

Amen, they’ll be known by the fruits of their labor.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

In other words, they want the men who they used to call Hitler to speak out against the man they’re currently calling Hitler.

Love this spin. Because yeah – that’s what it is.

pgroup2

Oh Lord, please make it so. Those men have been strangers in a land not their own for so long. Help them get home to where they belong.

TheseTruths

Mighty compassionate of ye…😅

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It would be really hard to get them to Phobetor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_B1257%2B12_C

But it or the other two planets, Draugr and Poltergeist would be perfect places, orbiting a neutron star and being blasted with instantly lethal radiation hundreds of times per second.

Take your sunscreen and sunglasses. That way we’ll know where you were standing for a fraction of a second.

Last edited 2 months ago by SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA
singingsoul1

In God’s time they will. Maybe they need to see and experience what they have helped to create by saying nothing. That is punishment

scott467

They should do it, so everyone sees the traitors they are.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

They won’t, because they don’t want to add nine of the last ten billionths of a percent of certainty to that fact.

smiley2

TS Milton, western Gulf…heading east…

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Current Storm information, here…(models, etc)..

link…

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/#14L

already very rainy, now, in Florida…southern GA..

real-time radar loop…

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this thing is slow-moving but rapidly intensifying…some predictions are for it to stall & hover as it approaches the Florida Gulf coast…stalling is not good.

anyway, here’s the latest Key Messages from NOAA..

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cthulhu

That’s nuts — it’s only been days since the last time GA/FL was at maximum alert.

smiley2

this time of year, this is peak season for hurricanes, and they usually follow these paths, either straight up from Cuba, thru the Keys, north…or churning eastward thru the steaming hot Gulf waters from The Bay of Campeche, slamming into Fl…or sometimes veering into Texas/Louisiana.

it’s almost always nuts during peak H season (eventually drove me outa there!)…but, under the present circumstances, one can’t help but wonder what kind of “nuts” we’re talkin about.

cthulhu

Yeah, I seem to vaguely remember Houston getting three in two months some time back.

I just hope that Sally Q’s complex rides this one out as well as it did the last one.

PAVACA

smiley2
Thank you. Looked at https://spaghettimodels.com/default.htm for Milton.
It appears that the GEFS models have at least one track just skirting SC / NC at the shoreline.
This, to me, indicates that there is potential for the hurricane to shift more towards the north and west.

smiley2

yes, you’re welcome…these storms are tricky, sometimes we never know what/where til they’re almost at the door.

most of the tracks I’m seeing are showing agreement on cutting thru Florida as a Cat 3 or Cat 4, about dead center along the Gulf coast.

but we’re still a few days out…

gonna be tons of more rain for Florida, serious flooding before it even gets there.

as for anywhere north of Florida…omg…

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eilert

Infowars called this day one. They drugged Biden in Vegas then flew the puppet to Delaware where he was kept drugged for eight days. Even Pelosi admits, his resignation letter was fake. When the Democrats stole the election in 2020 America was already under the coup. With the installment of Harris it’s now all out in the open.

smiley2

mashed POTATUS & graveyard ghouls

😱

smiley2

here’s a discussion/report on TS Milton at Just Weather….

kalbokalbs

Even Intel Slava reported Trump and Elon in Butler.

pat frederick

the stuff goes by too fast for these eyes to catch…emhoff is the largest investor in one of the companies that owns the mining company that has rights to the lithium in NC? and the approval for the mining comes from vp harris. the estimated profits from this mine is $250BILLION YEARLY (i wouldn’t even know how to verify this crap sorry)

smiley2

thanks for posting this…something going on, for sure.

bears looking into, imo.

pat frederick

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smiley2

lol c’mon man 😂

Tonawanda

Curious thing: shortly after 7 AM I saw through my back eastward facing window a “vapor” trail being created. The jet (presumably, I cannot see it) creating the trail was making an ascent of a perfect 45 degrees. I watched for several minutes as it climbed slowly in the sky. The vapor trail was bright, but at some point it faded somewhat, not completely, and then the jet sped up way faster than it was going, judging from how quickly the trail then started to be caused. It resumed its brightness. The jet went very high in the sky and was still at the 45 angle when I could not see it because of trees in my yard.

Then I noticed another vapor trail which crossed the first one near the point where the first one started from my pov. I watched as the second presumed jet slowly created this second “vapor” trail about at a 20 degree angle. It was hidden behind trees much faster than the first.

Twenty-five minutes later the “vapor” trails are holding steady with just slight dispersion.

I remember the good old days (?) when I would not have wondered about what our government is doing to us now.

smiley2

I see those chemtrails a lot, up here in NE Ohio esp early in the morning…commercial jets fly much higher and leave a very thin whispy jetstream plume in their wake that dissipates rather quickly..

unlike the chemtrails which are much lower and much thicker and hang in the sky longer as they also expand…I counted 10 a few days ago, all crisscrossing each other.

Tonawanda

Then these were definitely chemtrails. I wonder if the pilots of these jets have ever been heard from.

PAVACA

Tonawanda
Those “vapor trails” (chemtrails) are all over the place in northwestern Durham County, NC. The planes that spray them fly so low that sometimes the sound wakes me from a sound sleep — this is around 4AM – 5AM. These chemtrails take hours to dissipate; and when they do, they “fluff out” into VERY LOW-HANGING “clouds” that resemble threads of cirrus clouds.

pat frederick

same here in northern PA

PAVACA

Here’s a photo Yours Truly took of chemtrails in the sky above my property a couple of months ago:

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smiley2

exactly !

hideous looking, so many of them.

totally bums me out, too.

😩

Tonawanda

Hideous is the perfect word.

TradeBait2

And just like that – we no longer have them in east TN. We are within 20 miles of metro Knoxville’s airport plus air NG facilities. Would see them all of the time. No more.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2024/03/20/tennessee-senate-passes-bill-banning-chemtrails-what-to-know/73027586007/

It scared the clowns so much they immediately came with their fact checkers.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/27/instagram-posts/a-tennessee-bill-doesnt-prove-chemtrails-are-real/

PAVACA

TradeBait2
Good for your area. Still happening around here, sometimes 3 – 4 days out of the week.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Does the bill have teeth? MEANING – if a plane leaves a nasty trail, can the flight be identified, and the plane then DETAINED and INSPECTED?

Because THAT would explain why you might not be seeing such trails.

Assume, for the sake of argument, that the trails have nothing to do with geoengineering, but also that they do have a purpose, possibly classified, possibly military, possibly defensive.

If there is a real reduction in trails after the legislation, there must be an explanation. That’s basic science. It means there ARE flights that are knowingly leaving trails that are not simply “normal” contrails. IMO.

cthulhu

It may be that the same engine with the same fuel might leave or not leave trails depending on whether it’s running in “eco-mode” or something.

The trails could be cheaper for the airlines or mandated by some regulation.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Along that same line of thinking, it could just be seasonal – perhaps a temperature or humidity effect.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

As I understand it contrails are just the plane creating conditions that cause water vapor to condense. Sometimes they form off the wing tips and not the engines.

Brave and Free

It seems like Mr. Johnson has learned well from the Turtle.
Playing his part very well.

https://www.emerald.tv/p/the-colorado-gop-sounds-the-alarm

kalbokalbs

Certainly hope CO GOP was not surprised. Not that CO GP is anything to brag about.

At ALL levels, GOP / RNC sucks AND is Not to be trusted.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Yes and no. They’re under continuous assault from RINOs. The RINOs mostly fail with the organization (that process is controlled by the grass roots at assemblies), but have been eminently successful at bypassing the grass roots as far as selecting candidates, because there are two routes to the nomination: 1) go through the assembly, and with 30 percent of the assembly’s vote, get on the primary ballot. 2) ignore the assembly and petition on to the primary ballot.

What happens is that people who couldn’t possibly get through the assembly petition on and then outspend the grassroots candidate, winning the primary.

I’m sure the state organization won no points with the RINO RNC establishment by giving incumbent RINO Ortagnon a thorough stomping when we elected our woman RNC committeeperson, too.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Dave Williams, the state chair, ran for congress in the 5th congressional district (Colorado Springs and most of the county it is in, El Paso County). He won the vote at the assembly hands down, but of course people petitioned on to the primary ballot and he lost the primary (this is the route the RINOs take: Petition on and then outspend the grassroots candidate). This did NOT work in the 4th district (eastern part of the state including a large but thinly populated part of El Paso County), where Boebert won the assembly AND the primary.

barkerjim
mollypitcher5

para59r

kalbokalbs

April 28, 2008 Suffolk VA. EF3, so not a huge tornado. 20 mile path. Went through our hood and surrounding area. Several adjacent blocks with homes reduced to foundations. Four days before we could get back in our homes. ~Seven days before they turned gas back on.

Driving home from work, had to park on the side of the road. Ran the final two miles to our home. Debris everywhere. Plenty of overturned cars. DW safe at home with, twin eight month Grandsons. Counted out blessings.

Within four or five days, everyone that sustained damage, had a $500 check from Red Cross with a letter, stating how to apply for an additional grant. Not a fan of Red Cross, but that helped. Several nights in a hotel. All fully booked with no reduced rates.

  • Hope Red Cross or the like is passing out grants, cash cards…

Our damage ~$4K, so we ate the repair costs and did not use homeowners insurance. Didn’t want to give them an excuse to raise our insurance rate.

No idea what if anything FEMA did.

BTW. Another case of no calls connected for several hours. Text messaged did.

Tonawanda

kalbo, I have not figured out what DW means.

TY so much for your observations.

kalbokalbs

DW. Dear Wife. Bride. Wifey. Better Half. 😎

Aubergine

Genesis 1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

Is this Jesus, given to us by God in the beginning?

Fascinatingly, I also read recently that the Hebrew word Bereshit, which is translated in the Bible as “In the beginning,” can also be translated as “through the firstborn,” or “on account of the firstborn.” (This link is a pdf):

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.fusionglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TPG-Beresheet_5782-EDITED.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjJ2tvd9vmIAxVxEUQIHTpFASgQFnoECBMQAw&usg=AOvVaw3yUGT-qZ-2-FazAsEpJDAz

Tonawanda

There is an immense amount of discussion about what the Bible means exactly. That is a beautiful thing, not a criticism.

Chuck Missler said the best way to “interpret” the Bible was to see Jesus on every page, and that insight is an amazing key.

To me, the simplest way to understand the Bible depends on a single factual question. Was Jesus an actual human being who lived amongst us?

If He was, than the rest follows, including all the interpretations. A simple totally logical pov. True, it is a key to understanding, and requires application. IMO the application, given the underlying truth of the human existence of Jesus, answers every question. We see/understand things the way Jesus saw them.

All of life is full of ambiguity and seeming contradiction. Most especially words and descriptions. Even inspired words, because those words reflect God’s cooperative plan based on human beings.

For instance, how did Judas die? No one knows exactly, and it is not necessary to know. How anything happens/happened is a realm of factual certainty constituting the normal limits of human understanding.

Do I really need to know? Or is there something more important? If Jesus was sent by the Father, that is all I need to know.

Every man’s living pov is based on some faith. Faith, necessarily, is the fundamental pov of every man. Faith is the bedrock of how every man understands things. There is no human being, save Jesus, who knows better than any other man. That is just the way things are.

And every man choses his own faith, a choice which reflects the heart of every man, what he wants things to be.

cthulhu

Does a “In the beginning” in the woods?

Aubergine

Naughty!

duchess01

Verse of the Day for Sunday, October 6, 2024

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” 

Matthew 5:6 (KJV)

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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!

duchess01

PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD

Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.

I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.

Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.

With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.

Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me. 

Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

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duchess01

BE MY VOICE

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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CHILD NOT CHOICE

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

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duchess01

Light of the World Art Prints by Michael Dudash Artist | Jesus pictures …
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O Christ who art the light and day – William Byrd, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers

LYRICS:

O Christ who art the light and day,
Thou drivest darksome night away;
We know thee as the Light of light,
Illuminating mortal sight.

All-holy Lord, we pray to Thee,
Keep us tonight from danger free.
Grant us, dear Lord, in Thee to rest,
So be our sleep in quiet blest

Let not the tempter round us creep,
With thoughts of evil while we sleep.
Nor with his wiles the flesh allure,
And make us in thy sight impure.

And while the eyes soft slumber take,
Still be the heart to thee awake,
Be thy right hand upheld above
Thy servants resting in Thy love.

Yea, our Defender, be Thou nigh
To bid the powers of darkness fly,
Keep us from sin, and guide for good
Thy servants purchased by thy blood.

Remember us, dear Lord, we pray,
While in this mortal flesh we stay;
’Tis Thou who dost the soul defend,
Be present with us to the end.

All praise to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to thee.
Whom with the Spirit we adore,
Forever and for evermore. Amen.
(Compline hymn ‘Christe qui lux es et dies’, tr.R.R.Terry)

Lighten our Darkness
The service of Compline has inspired many incredibly beautiful compositions and this collection gathers together 18 of the many lovely a cappella choral motets written to adorn the evening worship of the church. Composers include Byrd, Guerrero, Rachmaninov and Sheppard, alongside such less well-known masterworks as Rheinberger’s Abendlied and the four great Marian motets of Victoria.

John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1981) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.

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duchess01

Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing 

#psalm91 #psalms #prayer

Pray Everyday

https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html

Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.

#faith #god #psalms

Pray Everyday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKUPiqPMs8M&t=2s

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!!  ❤️❤️❤️



eilert

GA/FL

What a wonderful way to end a rally and to pay tribute to the lives lost at the last Butler rally.

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eilert

You cannot hate the Propaganda Stream Media enough.
They are now calling Butler “Quasi-Religious Site”

Tonight, CNN launched a wide-ranging, haphazard attack on 

@elonmusk

 for his support of Trump, and his visit to the “quasi-religious” site of Butler, PA.

Not a single mention of Musk mobilizing his companies and resources to aid victims of Hurricane Helene. Not one.

A summary of the attacks, which go on for a whopping four minutes:

– Musk likes Trump’s authoritarianism

– Musk constantly posts fake information

– Musk responds to Trump’s strongman tendencies

– Musk is visiting Butler because it is a quasi-religious site that made Trump “the target he always wanted to be”

– Musk “bought into the emotion” of the Butler assass*nation attempt

– Musk is using the Trump relationship to aid his companies that are under investigation

– Musk turned X into an echo chamber

– Musk posts propaganda on false claims

– Musk wants a job in Trump govt

– Musk seems to have too much time on his hands because he posts a lot of false information

– Musk posts too much to be able to run his companies and get anything else done

There’s throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks, and then there’s whatever this pile of hot garbage is.

Again — not a single mention of the work Musk is doing to aid hurricane victims, while the federal government flails.

Do you really hate legacy media enough?

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pgroup2

Who could possibly think that Musk wants a job in the soon-to-be Trump Administration? Doesn’t he have enough to do already?

These people need serious psychiatric intervention.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Possibly the same motivation Trump had.

Trump was plenty busy before he decided Something Had To Be Done.

pgroup2

Well … yeah but the reference was to a CNN hit piece directed to ‘normal’ leftists [if there is such a thing]. Therefore, I was responding in kind to that message. Even if Elon thought in the way DJT did, it would not necessarily be to get a job [the premise articulated in the hit piece].

Clear as mud.  😂 

GA/FL

Talking points from their overlords

singingsoul1

CIA propaganda machine at CNN. They have no shame lying to we the people.

scott467

Quasi?

I thought it was already declared a national religious heritage site.

CNN needs to get with the program.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Be careful, or someone might declare the Butlerian Jihad.

Robert Baker

I enjoyed that trilogy.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It’s at least six books now, plus spinoffs and you name it.

Robert Baker

I first read Dune by Frank Herbert and then the first prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert that includes the Butlerian Jihad. I have not read any of the Children of Dune books or other of the Brian Herbert books.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I am not talking about Brian. The following are all by Frank.

1 Dune
2 Dune Messiah
3 Children of Dune
4 God Emperor of Dune
5 Heretics of Dune
6 Chapterhouse Dune

Robert Baker

I thought you were talking about Brian because you mentioned The Butlerian Jihad.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It was mentioned here and there in the Frank books. I also have a “Dune Encyclopedia” which has an entry for it…whether fanfic or something Frank developed as background, I don’t know.

Valerie Curren

Son Brian Herbert & co-author(s) with decent prequels too.

Valerie Curren

Ka-Boom! Priceless!!! 😎

PAVACA

bakocarl
Thank you so much for this!

para59r
singingsoul1

Love the poem 🙂

duchess01

LIVE: “How Can I Know: How Can I Know Christianity Is The Right Religion?” | October 6 | 9am CT
First Baptist Dallas Church

Streamed live 78 minutes ago

Almost every religion in the world claims to offer the exclusive way to experience a relationship with our Creator and the assurance of life after death. Today, we are going to discover three reasons we can say with confidence that Christianity is the “right” religion.

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pgroup2

I let this comment sit for quite awhile before I clicked the ‘post’ button. I really don’t want to offend people if it can be avoided. 

I disagree that there is a “right” religion. I think all of them are man-made and therefore false by definition. Yeshua did not come here in physical form in order to start a new religion. He came to bring the truth in its simplest form. Man has complicated that truth with religious requirements. 

Do I believe that Yeshua is the Christ – the Son of the Living God who is the Messiah that will rescue us? That He was crucified, died, and was resurrected by His Father? That He paid all of our sin debts via His sacrifice?

Yes. 

Beyond that, very little else is necessary other than to obey His command: follow Me.

As I was struggling with the question of whether to post this comment, I read a link that barkerjim had posted from the burning platform that said the very same thing.

This is confirmation from Heaven. So here it is.

litenmaus

Bravo pgroup! No offense taken, very well stated. :0)

pgroup2

Thank you for your kind words.  😍 

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barkerjim

Our relationship with God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit is our own. No one else’s.

Alison

Thank you.

singingsoul1

Amen

Linda

Amen, pgroup!

Aubergine

My pastor said today that being a part of our church does NOT mean you are sanctified.

P, I think what you are talking about is true. But in this context, I must also point out that your very comment makes the case that Christianity, however it is practiced or followed, is the “right” religion.

Christianity is the only religion that accepts that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. Islam doesn’t; neither does Buddhism, Hinduism, or any other.

The “truth in its simplest form” is only present in Christianity, if one is speaking of religion. Which they are, in the video.

Is “religion” a requirement to be a follower of Jesus? Of course, it is not. But if a person wants to have a religion, then Christianity is the “right” one.

pgroup2

Why are there so many different sects within Christianity?

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Because following is hard, and everybody wants a formula for following – about which there has to be disagreement.

scott467

“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. [30] Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.” (Acts 20:29-30, KJV)

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“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.” (2 Peter 2:1)

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“Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. [8] For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
 
[9] And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” (Mark 7:7-9, KJV)

Robert Baker

It seems to be the nature of all faith traditions to divide into interpretations specific to a particular culture or historical period. There are major divisions in most (if not all) faith traditions that reflect the evolution of their sacred texts and response to interpretations and heretical developments. There is no reason to believe that Christianity would be different.

Aubergine

Wolfmoon has the PERFECT response to this, just under you.

WSB

Simply, IMHO, The Catholic Church became corrupt. Henry VIII needed a divorce, broke with the Catholic Church and then compromised creating the Church of England.

My ancestors made it to the American continent with the Dutch reform, and the rest is just more division.

The US realized it could not accept a government religion, thus The Church of England was persona non grata as was the Catholic Church. Thus, the Episcopalian Church was formed. Not my cup of tea, but it was there as a form of C of E. When JFK was running for office, EVERYONE was wary of the Catholics (Government Christianity)..

I have been a Methodist, Congregationalist. Presbyterian. I also attend the Reformed Dutch Church.

Take your pick! All have their own dialects! Congregational Church or DR are the closest to the Puritans who arrived here due to religious persecution.

WSB

PS The Methodists don’t drink, so I have avoided them since the age of 18.

Presbyterians are better.

WSB

PPS Presbyterians dance, and they have scotch.

WSB

Not certain if I should place an /s because I actually really mean it!!!
LoL!!!

Amen.

scott467

Without God’s Word, we wouldn’t know that Jesus came into this world in physical form.

Without God’s Word, we wouldn’t know Jesus was the Christ, or why His sacrifice for our sins was needed. Without God’s Word, we wouldn’t even know what sin was.

Without God’s Word, there are only a couple other historical references (including Tacitus) that Jesus was crucified, and if they were the only references, nobody would even know who it was that was being referred to.

Without God’s Word, we wouldn’t know that Jesus rose again on the third day.

Without God’s Word, we wouldn’t know any of the things we know about God.

So if we only know all of those things because of His Word, because He chose to reveal them to mankind in His Word and because He chose to preserve His Word, why should we ignore everything else in His Word?

It’s not just a Greatest Hits record, it has all 66 albums collected together in one Super Deluxe box set 👍 😁

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scott467

“Beyond that, very little else is necessary other than to obey His command: follow Me.”

____________

How can we follow Him, apart from examples He gave and learning what He would have us to do, from His Word?

And if we are going to reference His Word for how to follow Him, how are we going to pick and choose which parts to follow and which parts are safe to ignore?

I mean, if God — Who created the universe and everything in it, including us — chose to reveal His Word and preserve it for all time, that makes everything in His Word important by definition, doesn’t it?

pgroup2

Yes, and the command to ‘follow Me’ encompasses the Scriptures. He did say to the Pharisees, have you not read the Scriptures.

This clearly implies that reading the Scriptures is part of follow Me.

pat frederick

h/t filly
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eilert

Welp There You Have It, Straight From Local Law Enforcement, DO NOT Donate To FEMA For Hurricane Helene Victims

“Please do not donate to FEMA. They are hindering a lot of what people are trying to accomplish out in the western part of the state.”

“By now, everyone’s heard about what’s going on in the western part of Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, Florida, Georgia. Donate. 

Please donate what you can, try to find a nonprofit to donate to. Uh, church, local PD. A lot of those are taking donations, sheriff’s departments. 

I know my department is running a bunch of stuff to the western part of the state to help donate, but please do not donate to FEMA. 

They are hindering a lot of what people are trying to accomplish out in the western part of the state.”

“FEMA doesn’t understand that these Appalachian people are built differently. I’m very familiar with them. They are not gonna stand by idly and have government officials tell them what to do. FEMA’s playing a game of FAFO because free men don’t ask for permission. Again, please donate and help these people out. They need us now more than ever.”

pgroup2

This is the most insane situation I’ve ever encountered.

singingsoul1

We do not need to give to FEMA because we support them not willingly through our taxes
They stole our taxes shame on them

Aubergine

Ok, I don’t want to hear any more bullshit about how I am a “conspiracy theorist” because I think FEMA isn’t doing its damned job.

Looking at you Tracy Beans, over on Twitter.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

OMG, don’t tell me – is she defending FEMA?

Aubergine

She is deriding people who are posting that FEMA isn’t doing anything. She is trying to pretend they are not doing what they are doing, obstructing.

scott467

FEMA only provides aid to Ukraine.

That’s why it should be called FUMA.

barkerjim

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SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

The resistance has the potential to affect current events.

One might even go out on a limb and say it has the capacity to induce change.

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kalbokalbs

Shannon Bream fact checks Tampon Tim…multiple times.

para59r

mollypitcher5

That’s got to be one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever heard. These people are truly sick.

kalbokalbs

Horrifying to listen in on. Pure Evil.

Aubergine

They talk about this as if they are euthanizing an animal or something.

Actually, they would probably have more compassion for a dog.

This makes me want to throw up.

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

It’s basically how to murder a baby.

Kam-Com was clearly picked because she can LIE LIKE A RUG.

scott467
Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

THE CACKLER

Aubergine

Nasty.

pgroup2

His tampon needs to be changed.

barkerjim

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SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Those make pretty good telescope collimation tools…i.e., making sure the mirrors line up properly. Poke a small hole in the exact center of the bottom of the thing, and it will slip into a 1-1/4 inch eyepiece receptacle. You can then point the telescope at something bright like Venus (not the moon and certainly not the sun!) and adjust your main mirror’s tilt and centering until the diffraction pattern looks right.

cthulhu

….if you can even find one any more….

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Brick and mortar camera stores. If you can find one of those.

And yes…there is a chain in the Bay area, albeit far away from you, that also exists here…and they still sometimes work with photographic plates.

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TheseTruths

Elon Musk:

Incredible crowd today at the rally in Pennsylvania

TheseTruths

The Vigilant Fox:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1842316192914055561.html

10 Shocking Stories the Media Buried Today

#10 – @glennbeck exposes how useless FEMA is in Asheville, NC.

First, he discovered that the FEMA crew was stationed OFF the main road, making them hard to find.

Next, FEMA admitted, “We got here yesterday,” a full week late.

Then, a FEMA crew member told Beck that they have a “great” app, but nobody has internet in the area.

Beck asked how victims are supposed to find FEMA’s location, and they replied, “That would be the news media’s job.” The thing is, nobody has functioning TVs.

Then FEMA urged residents to listen to the radio in their cars for updates, the same cars that were washed away from the flood.

One crew member told Beck, “We actually go door to door.” Beck then asked, “When will that start?” The crew member replied, “That’s way above my head. Do you want to talk to my crew lead?”

Finally, the crew leader comes in and admits to Beck, “We don’t necessarily go door to door.”

THIS is what failure looks like.

Earlier today, @ElonMusk said, “FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!”

Musk posted this after a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina wrote to him, “The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping.”

TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

This ex-Bernie Sanders supporter has an excellent message. 5:40 long.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

And now you know what it takes to cure YSM-induced TDS.

You have to shut the TV off for a fricking YEAR.

A year to get past the fact that even though there is ZERO actual evidence that Trump is a racist, it has become a “fact” to many people through repetition.

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Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

Totally agree. Shutting off the YSM is wonderful. I remember that first year. It was like I suddenly gained brainpower doing NOTHING AT ALL.

pgroup2

I could use her eyelashes to strain things out of liquids.

TheseTruths

I used to only see those in theatrical productions.

scott467

They’re VERY popular in the WNBA (wokeNBA).

I have no idea why.

Same with gigantic fingernails (all the better to poke Caitlin Clark in the eye with).

TheseTruths

I can’t imagine dribbling a basketball with huge fingernails.

Aubergine

I hate those spidery things! They remind me of this:

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pgroup2

Tammy Faye! We’ve missed you!  😉 

TheseTruths

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TheseTruths

Of course, and 😂.

Ohio court declines to issue arrest warrants for Trump, Vance over comments on Haitian migrants

After a nonprofit filed a criminal complaint against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, for their remarks about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, an Ohio judicial panel determined there was no reason to issue arrest warrants for either of them.

IMO the nonprofit people should be charged or fined or whatever is legally allowed for bringing false charges and wasting the Court’s time and taxpayers’ money.

pgroup2

NO!

Free speech includes annoying wastes of time and money, also.

Unless it was done with malice intent, with the perps knowing it was bullshit.

TheseTruths

Unless it was done with malice intent, with the perps knowing it was bullshit.

Or done out of willful ignorance. I’m sorry, but IMO that level of selfish stupidity is worthy of some penalty. People should know better. They should have common sense and know our rights under our Constitution. If we had an entire population of pearl-clutching, offended imbeciles, our court system would be backlogged with cases like this.

[Stepping down from the soapbox] But I do see your point. 😅

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

That’s basically anti-lawfare, and I approve!!!

Those who knowingly bring losing cases as a form of harassment need some kind of judicial punishment. It borders on perjury, false accusations, and hoaxing.

TheseTruths

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pgroup2

This is likely the best of all the memes created using this pic.

TheseTruths

Brenden Dilley:

They really shouldn’t have f*cked with Donald Trump…

They’ve awakened a sleeping giant.

scott467

Can’t happen soon enough.

TheseTruths

Paramedic Who Cared For President Trump Gives Moving Speech at Butler, PA Rall- “I thanked him for loving our country and for fighting for our freedoms.” (Video)

Sally Sheri was a first responder in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13.

Sheri, an ER paramedic at Butler Memorial Hospital, cared for Trump following the harrowing ordeal and said she witnessed his “deeply rooted bond with his family.”

Sheri spoke on Saturday at Trump’s historic return to the rally site.

“That evening, I witnessed a man with a deeply rooted bond with his family. I heard him speak with his wife, his children, and his grandchildren. He let them know that he was safe and that he was being taken care of.”

“I heard his daughter say ‘Only by the grace of God you’re here.’”

She also sharply contrasted the man she cared for that day with the twisted caricature of him pushed by the media.

“What I saw was a man, that in the aftermath of one of the most terrifying experiences of his life, showed resiliency. He showed strength and courage. He showed that his family was at the forefront,” she said.

“He was compassionate and grateful. He was kind and humble. Several times I stood and stared at him with tears rolling down my cheeks.”

“I held the hand of that man who sends out the mean tweets and I thanked him for loving our country and for fighting for our freedoms.”

Sheri spoke of the passion of her calling, which included work in the aftermath of 9/11. She shared that she watched President Trump answer his calling on that fateful day.

“When I look back to the date of July 13, I see our first responders and our soon-to-be 47th president doing just that: Answering their calling,” she said.

rayzorback

Helene Rescue update for Grindstone Ministries near me.
Doing the Lord’s work.

kalbokalbs

Kakala. Spewing clueless bullshit…

Aubergine

It’s the same circular pattern as the wrap-up smear, only in word-salad form:

“The work that we have done in the region led to the work being done in a fashion that led to work being done in the region.

para59r

Update! 😮
You should watch the lower one first for context incase you haven’t seen it.

mollypitcher5

Her original spew was very clear. Nothing needed to be “twisted” to make it worse.

kalbokalbs

Nope. Nothing humorous, including dark humor. POS then AND now.

para59r

para59r

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

By the looks of it this guy isn’t FEMA, he’s a local LEO.

So we don’t have a situation of FEMA versus your local sheriff, many of them are on the wrong side, too.

kalbokalbs

Decrepit Sheriff needs to be arrested also.

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Alison

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/10/06/untapped_relief_fema_is_sitting_on_billions_of_unused_disaster_funds_1063217.html

Gov’t budgeting and financial disclosures are SO arcane, even a retired finance/accounting professional like me has trouble discerning “where’s the money” but this certainly comes to the forefront as we watch the DC Swamp deliberately turn away from these state disasters of our own citizens.

Alison

our techies here will understand these Starlink distinctions even if I don’t.

pgroup2

It means your cell phone will pick up Starlink just like your regular phone usage, as long as it’s set to roaming.

This is essentially an experimental stage of Starlink’s capabilities. IOW, this will provide valuable data to Starlink to see if there are any problems.

At the same time, it is a tremendously kind and caring thing to do.

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duchess01

EVENING PRAYERS
Gratitude Prayers
Prayer of Daily Thanks

Heavenly Father, as the sun sets, I want to pause and say thank You. For the little things like a warm cup of tea to the big things like my family’s laughter, I’m grateful. Each moment of this day has been a gift, and I thank You for the blessings, both seen and unseen. Let my sleep be a thank you, my dreams be praise, and my night whispers echo with gratitude. Amen.

A Prayer for the Gifts of Life

Dear Lord, under the evening sky, I come before You filled with appreciation. For the breath in my lungs, the food on my table, and the love in my home, I am truly thankful. Help me to always notice the countless gifts You provide and to never take them for granted. I rest in Your care, grateful for today and hopeful for tomorrow. Amen.

Thanksgiving for Enduring Love

Gracious God, as I lay down tonight, I reflect on Your unending love and care. Thank you for guiding me through this day, for the smiles shared, and for the kindness I received. Your love is a constant in a world that often changes, and for this steadfast love, I give You thanks. As I close my eyes, I feel the peace of a grateful heart. Amen.

Evening Gratitude for Strength and Guidance

Lord of all comfort, I am thankful tonight, not just for the good but also for the strength You gave me in challenging moments. Thank you for the wisdom in decisions and the courage in facing my fears. Your guidance is a lantern to my feet. As the stars appear, I thank You for lighting my path today and every day. Amen.

Sunset Thanks for Life’s Journey

Almighty Creator, every sunset reminds me of Your glory and the journey You’ve laid out for me. I am grateful for the paths I’ve walked today, the lessons learned, and the growth experienced. Thank You for being my compass and my companion. As the night unfolds, I count my blessings, and atop the list is Your unwavering presence in my life. Amen.

https://enlightio.com/evening-prayers-for-today



cthulhu
duchess01

[HRC] Panics, Narrative Control Lost, Trump Says Prepare For Bombs Before Election Day – Ep. 3468
 October 6, 2024  x22report

https://x22report.com/hrc-panics-narrative-control-lost-trump-says-prepare-for-bombs-before-election-day-ep-3468/

The experts are now saying that EVs can be used as a weapon, since they are connected to the internet and they have millions of lines of code, hackers can hack into them. The market is pushing towards more volatility. It is very easy to move from a [CB] currency to a people’s economy. [HRC] is panicking, she is now sending the message that the [DS] is losing control of the narrative. If they cannot censor and the social media platforms do not censor then they lose control, is she signaling a communication blackout. Trumps says they will drop all sorts of bombs before the election, these are not physical bombs they are October surprise to try to cheat in the election. The people are remembering who they are, they remember we are Americans. The plan is working.

Ep 3468a – The Move From The [CB] Currency To An Alternative Currency Can Be Done
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3468a-the-move-from-the-cb-currency-to-an-alternative-currency-can-be-done/

Ep 3468b – [HRC] Panics, Narrative Control Lost, Trump Says Prepare For Bombs Before Election Day
https://x22report.com/aiovg_videos/ep-3468b-hrc-panics-narrative-control-lost-trump-says-prepare-for-bombs-before-election-day/

kalbokalbs

J A B

FTA

  • This past year Taylor has dealt with more pain and suffering than most people do in a lifetime.

TikTok Star Taylor Rousseau Grigg Dead At 25, ‘Sudden and Unexpected’ 
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/tiktok-star-taylor-rousseau-grigg-dead-at-25-sudden-and-unexpected/

scott467

From OT:

Hillary Clinton Wants Increased Censorship and Control Over U.S. Social Media Platforms
October 6, 2024

SD: “First, we need background context.

The latter part of 2010 through 2011 was a key period in the Obama presidency. On the cusp of a midterm election shellacking, with domestic focus on the issues around Obamacare, the Obama team and Hillary Clinton team were also intent on fueling the “Arab Spring” and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya and Egypt.

With background research provided by the U.S. State Dept and Rivkin Project in France, a petri-dish dish experiment to see if French culture could be diluted and enhanced with “brotherhood-style” multiculturalism, Hillary and Barry then fine-tuned the mechanics. Secretary Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice quickly convinced President Obama to help leverage his Silicon Valley allies.

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As a workaround to stop Hosni Mubarak and Muamar Kaddafi from controlling information flow and putting down the protests, the social media platforms of Twitter and Facebook were enlisted to assist the Brotherhood in Egypt and Libya respectively. The U.S-designated Brotherhood partners were given support, communication and influence through Twitter and Facebook to organize their protests.

In 2011 the official merge of U.S. social media platforms to assist the U.S. State Dept foreign policy agenda was created. In many ways this merge was the inflection point for government to begin controlling social media, Libya and Egypt were the BETA test for what would later be deployed domestically.

Seeing the success and influence of the Arab Spring experiment, in 2012 President Obama signed HR-5736, with an addition to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, contained within the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2013, eased some restrictions so that media produced by the U.S. Agency for Global Media and intended for foreign audiences could be distributed domestically upon request, according to its text. Prior to its passage, the propaganda content was banned from being disseminated in America.

This move made it possible to deploy the same social media tactics domestically. Within the Twitter Files, you will note how 2012 and 2013 are key periods when the Dept of Homeland Security began exploring their new influence partnership in social media.  For the next ten years, that partnership created various sub-set silos within the government.

DHS, FBI and Intelligence Community offices now had direct communication lines into Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Google, WhatsAp, etc. However, Telegram and TikTok were not around and not part of the partnership. What two platforms have been targeted recently?… Just a coincidence, I’m sure.

The Arab Spring was the BETA test, the proving ground. Then they went domestic with the same operation.

The results of the domestic operation, the public-private partnership, later became stunningly visible in the COVID-19 censorship operation as well as the government influence operation in the aftermath of the 2020 election. However, most recently there has been some pushback from both originating entities; Twitter – via Elon Musk, and Facebook – via a regretful Mark Zuckerberg.

Remember, Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State when this entire system was originating.

This is the fullest context to absorb the video soundbite below. Hillary Clinton is upset that control over social media platforms is slipping away. Hillary Clinton now saying, ‘we lose total control’ if we don’t ‘Moderate & Monitor’ social media more. WATCH:

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Hillary Clinton is frustrated because from her perspective so much progress had been made.

Now, suddenly, with increased scrutiny and a more awakened public seeing the consequences, it is harder for the government to execute their domestic propaganda operations. Even the labeling and categorization through “mis-dis-mal-information” does not appear to be working.

Within the recent WEF discussion, Secretary Kerry outlines how freedom of speech is a ‘threat to the global democracy‘ because the governing officials have a difficult time controlling information. Kerry goes on to posit how the next administration, presumably in his hope Kamala Harris, will forcefully structure all the tools of government to stop Americans from using the first amendment to freely speak about issues.

Governing is too challenging, according to Kerry, when the government cannot stop people from seeking and discovering information that is against their interests. Effective governing required compliant adherence to a singular ideology. Against the backdrop of COVID-19 and a host of similarly related government narratives, if people are free to find alternative information and think for themselves, they become increasingly more difficult to control. Yes, this is said quite openly. This is the mindset of those in power.  WATCH: 
 

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On a positive note, millions of people now accurately understand why it is so important to refute the terms “mis-dis-mal information.” When CTH initially warned about the labeling, most people did not understand; however, as the consequences begin to surface, I would argue almost a majority of people now understand.

…”There is no such thing as “disinformation” or “misinformation”. There is only information you accept and information you do not accept. You were not born with a requirement to believe everything you are told; rather, you were born with a brain that allows you to process the information you receive and make independent decisions.”… 

The absence of control creates fear.”

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TheseTruths

…”There is no such thing as “disinformation” or “misinformation”. There is only information you accept and information you do not accept. 

I disagree with him. Those are perfectly good words that have their own definitions. If you recognize that something is either disinformation or misinformation, that informs your decision whether to accept it or not.

Disinformation is used among governments to mislead the enemy:

false information, as about a country’s military strength or plans, disseminated by a government or intelligence agency in a hostile act of tactical political subversion

Misinformation is

false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to mislead

Some internet influencers spread misinformation for a variety of reasons. The mainstream media does it regularly. We need to be able to recognize it as such.

By having a name for these things, we can more readily recognize them and push back on them.

It doesn’t matter if there are layers involved, as in someone telling you something is misinformation when in fact what they are saying is misinformation. The principle still stands.

I tend to object when someone tries to change the language.

cthulhu

Disinformation and Misinformation need to be assessed by individuals, not by authorities.

Otherwise rare glimpses of reality will be blocked by “terminological inexactitudes”.

TheseTruths

Yes, of course. Otherwise people would be force-fed more misinformation by authorities.

scott467

I understand what you mean. I have regularly wondered why SD doesn’t clarify what he means.

I think he’s trying to simply the issue in order to make it so every time the rogue, renegade outlaw administration says ‘misinformation’ or ‘disinformation’, his readers will automatically reject the concept or see through it, because it’s just a lie the way TCTB use the terms.

Or to say it another way, TCTB are trying to redefine the terms, and SD is trying to expose what TCTB are doing.

TheseTruths

In attempting to answer without letting off too much steam, I’ll say that, speaking for myself, I don’t need SD “simplifying the issue” for me. In attempting to do so, he actually muddies it.

SD:

When CTH initially warned about the labeling, most people did not understand;…

Give me a break.

…however, as the consequences begin to surface, I would argue almost a majority of people now understand.

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The Left constantly takes words and terminology that has had an understood meaning for ages, and tries to redefine them. We have known this for years. Therefore, if they try to convince us that something is misinformation, we know that a) they’re probably lying and b) our own definition stands.

We don’t need someone telling us to throw out perfectly good words because they think we have to do that in order to understand a concept that we’ve grasped for a very long time. Talk about condescending…

TheseTruths

IT HAPPENED: Norway just REJECTED cashless agenda

Good news coming from Norway.

They have now rejected the cashless agenda. From the 1st of October, all shops are required by law to accept real physical cash as a form of payment.

As long as payments are under NOK 20.000 ($1871), shops cannot refuse cash payments. Those that do so will risk being fined.

The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection even recommends people to have some amounts of cash at all times in case digital forms of payment stop working.

Just recently that was the case, after a software update caused computers all over the world to crash, affecting banks, airports, supermarkets and more.

As many as 600.000 Norwegians are not digital, especially many elderly people.

With the World Economic Forum having pushed a cashless agenda, Norway is going the opposite way.

It is important to have cash. Because in a cashless society, it would be very easy for a tyrannical government to control who can buy and sell, monitoring every transaction.

We are already seeing banks that are monitoring people’s purchases to calculate their C02 emissions. How long until this would be used as a form of social credit score?…

scott467

“We are already seeing banks that are monitoring people’s purchases to calculate their C02 emissions.”

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If the banks are so curious about people’s CO2 emissions, people should stop by the bank after a big bean burrito dinner and leave a sample.

Just have a long line of people outside the bank, each person walks in, leaves a sample, and walks out.

That way the bank can sample the CO2 emissions of the whole town.

PAVACA

Hurricane Helene severely damaged the Baxter International facility near LAKE LURE / CHIMNEY ROCK, NC, where most of the IV FLUIDS SUPPLY for the country is made. This facility produces IV SALINE FLUID, IV STERILE WATER, AND IV CARBOHYDRATE FLUIDS.

The BBC’s story on this:

http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz04nl32e7yo

On top of that — this disaster at the Baxter International facility could also affect NON-hospital supplies and use of IV fluids — at places like stand-alone kidney dialysis clinics; VETERINARY clinics; EMS supplies; etc.

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scott467

That must be reason #324 why monopolies are bad, and why keeping all of your manufacturing capacity in ONE area is bad.

Leave it to the corrupt traitors in gov’t and the insatiable greed of multinational corporations to enure never ending boondoggles and breakdowns in society.

K1tt7-fzn

scott467

I would love to sign, but when Linda Yaccarino-Hitler took over, I was banned for ‘hate speech’, for writing “tranny” instead of ‘transgender’, as if abbreviations are against the law now.

para59r

She does an excellent job putting the destruction into prospective.

She starts a discussion on the possibility of HARRP. Good prospective nothing deep.

From here the HARRP stuff starts to take off. What is disinfo, misinfo, truth is very hard to see but there’s lots being posted right now. I’m tempted to leave some samplers to let you sort through but it might be better for someone else to sort through or just leave alone. As crazy as it sounds leaving it alone works fine by me as just the specter of Deep State or maligned state actors doing this stuff will not bode well for the people who want Kamala to win so there’s no need to get confused with all this stuff.

K1tt7-fzn

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PAVACA

The latest GEFS models for Hurricane Milton over at https://spaghettimodels.com/default.htm now show at least 2 tracks of the storm running into SC and up into some of NC.

PAVACA

OK, ready for some blood-boiling stuff to read? This is about that POS “FEMA doesn’t have enough money to last the hurricane season” MAYORKAS:

http://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/10/06/hunger-games-hit-dhs-head-shops-in-georgetown-while-katrina-like-disaster-unfolds-in-north-carolina/
via Zero Hedge

AND HERE’S THE PHOTO PROOF:

para59r

Folks are ripped.

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pgroup2

It’s a big club. Sid’s in it and you ain’t.

kalbokalbs

4th of July in Lebanon.

scott467

Do office papers usually blow up like that?

Maybe Israel secretly laced the copy machine paper with gunpowder?

kalbokalbs

Chuckling as I post this one…

TheseTruths

(wrong place)

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scott467

I know Just Jen from yootoob, found her channel among the many reaction videos to Oliver Anthony’s song Rich Men North of Richmond.

pgroup2

WGTTs allow her to get away with that shirt.

kalbokalbs

Feel good story here…

pgroup2

Wanna bet the deer are over-populated in that area?

TheseTruths

They got a great home!