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Get the Rules of Engagement For When She's Cheating, Says She Doesn't Love You, or Filed for Divorce - https://training.empoweredman.co/30dvslyt?el=podcastJoin the Empowered Man 5-Day Challenge! - https://www.empoweredman.co/5d-challenge?el=podcastIn This Episode, Mark and Joey discuss the powerful emotions of guilt and how it can lead to transformation. They explore the pitfalls of incremental improvement and emphasize the need for radical identity shifts to initiate meaningful change. They also talk about how to break free from the guilt-shame-blame cycle and embrace conviction to redefine your path. Episode Summary:Introduction to today's episode. 0:03Introduction to the next level of Empowered AF 2.0.Guilt vs conviction.How to begin the transformation. 2:35Guilt isn't enough, there has to be some level of pain.The three-step process.The cycle of shame and guilt. 5:00The connection between guilt and conviction.The cycle of shame and guilt.The drama triangle, guilt, shame and blame.The shift from guilt to conviction.The conviction needed for transformation. 10:03Conviction of transformation vs conviction of disempowerment.Shifting thoughts to what he will do differently.The importance of acknowledging your own guilt. 12:36The importance of acknowledging guilt and setting a new standard.The power of ownership.The first step is to feel guilty.The second step is the conviction.Being better is better but better is bullshit. 18:13Being better is not bad, but better is bullshit.10x is easier than 2X.The radical shift from drug addiction to sobriety. 20:29The difference between a drug addict and a former drug addict.Most men don't want to become empowered.Becoming a completely different man. 22:10Becoming a completely different man.Taking care of yourself and shield yourself from things.What does 10x look like for you? 26:49What 10x looks like for you right now.How to balance time and energy.What makes me come alive as a man? 29:35What makes...

Use the timestamps below to guide you better as a leader or individual:How money can tug at our heartstrings. 0:00Unhealthy emotions holding you back from making sound financial decisions.Episode 511 mastering time and money.Bust your butt and make it happen. 2:18Struggling for money in his early years.Money meant a lot to him.Money is just information that gets transferred. 3:57Money is a tool, not an emotional thing.Money is not emotional.The importance of having enough money and having enough stuff. 6:17Gaining money is not a big priority.God is the provider of everything.How do we disconnect from money? 8:17How to disconnect from money.The first situation, panic, panic and bills.What's ruling you in the area of finances? 10:29The emotional connection to money.Recognize and challenge your belief system.Challenge your existing thought process. 12:22Challenge your existing thought process.Fiercely face your fears.The importance of having a budget. 14:28Get a grip on what comes in and what goes out of your account.Budget, cut emotional spending.How to take your first paycheck and blow it. 16:26Take the first paycheck and blow it.Happiness is a choice, not a choice.The emotional litmus test. 18:05Emotionally handcuffed to every business decision.Examine your emotional attachment to your finances.Be grateful for what you have right now.Money can never make you happy.

OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODESWriter says "Americans won't forget what their government did to them during the pandemic" — no, this weekend shows they've already forgotten what was done and who did it to them and they don't realize the government's usurped foundation is still there 2:08 China is very cleverly subverting the petrodollar with brokered peace agreements in the Middle East. Here's how… 14:11More show hearings by Congress, this time complaining to the Federal Reserve about a heightened regulatory regime strangling crypto & small banks. Do they not know THAT is the design? Will they do ANYTHING to reign in the Fed Reserve? 47:17Nigerian CBDC experiment goes bad:political party calls for nationwide strike and picketing of the central bankThe country's supreme court rules CBDC is unconstitutional, but President ignoresLeading media organization calls for ARREST of the Head of the Central Bank50:23Now that several Republicans have come out against CBDC (and NO Democrats), will it be a political issue? Will it actually boost acceptance of CBDC by half the country because of partisan hatred? 59:51Biden's Dept of Energy says its disinfo that they want to ban gas stoves — only 96%, and the most expensive, would be banned. And they're coming for Air Conditioning, too. And moving the "Net Zero" date up on everything 1:17:29The fallacies of wind power and the war on power. 1:21:28World's top climate scientists issue dire prophecies of doom & a ‘survival guide for humanity' — AGAIN. 1:33:18China's Campaign to Eliminate Religion — in Kindergarten Good thing America's "nothing like China". Or is it? 1:51:35The tornado this weekend and the meteorologists prayer raise the atheist objection: "Why do bad things happen to good people?" — continued with our guest Dr. Pesta 2:02:37INTERVIEW Taking Back Your Children & The Future. We know the problems with schools. Here's some practical solutions from Dr. Duke Pesta, Exec Director of Freedom Project Academy, FPEUSA.org Dr. Pesta talks about on the many choices we have in educating our children at The Freedom Project Academy from full program to a la carte assistance in a single area whether its a subject that's a problem area for the student, an area for enrichment, or something the parents don't feel they have expertise or interest in teaching. 2:06:36Dr. Pesta begins by talking about the question about "why bad things happen to good people" 2:07:27From Common Core to Critical Race Theory. How did this happen to schools? 2:13:08What's involved in classical education? 2:30:37What are some of the classes you have in your school? 2:41:36 What is the best definition of classical education? 2:45:05 Final comment on what we can learn from the tornado this weekend 2:56:30Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODESWriter says "Americans won't forget what their government did to them during the pandemic" — no, this weekend shows they've already forgotten what was done and who did it to them and they don't realize the government's usurped foundation is still there 2:08 China is very cleverly subverting the petrodollar with brokered peace agreements in the Middle East. Here's how… 14:11More show hearings by Congress, this time complaining to the Federal Reserve about a heightened regulatory regime strangling crypto & small banks. Do they not know THAT is the design? Will they do ANYTHING to reign in the Fed Reserve? 47:17Nigerian CBDC experiment goes bad:political party calls for nationwide strike and picketing of the central bankThe country's supreme court rules CBDC is unconstitutional, but President ignoresLeading media organization calls for ARREST of the Head of the Central Bank50:23Now that several Republicans have come out against CBDC (and NO Democrats), will it be a political issue? Will it actually boost acceptance of CBDC by half the country because of partisan hatred? 59:51Biden's Dept of Energy says its disinfo that they want to ban gas stoves — only 96%, and the most expensive, would be banned. And they're coming for Air Conditioning, too. And moving the "Net Zero" date up on everything 1:17:29The fallacies of wind power and the war on power. 1:21:28World's top climate scientists issue dire prophecies of doom & a ‘survival guide for humanity' — AGAIN. 1:33:18China's Campaign to Eliminate Religion — in Kindergarten Good thing America's "nothing like China". Or is it? 1:51:35The tornado this weekend and the meteorologists prayer raise the atheist objection: "Why do bad things happen to good people?" — continued with our guest Dr. Pesta 2:02:37INTERVIEW Taking Back Your Children & The Future. We know the problems with schools. Here's some practical solutions from Dr. Duke Pesta, Exec Director of Freedom Project Academy, FPEUSA.org Dr. Pesta talks about on the many choices we have in educating our children at The Freedom Project Academy from full program to a la carte assistance in a single area whether its a subject that's a problem area for the student, an area for enrichment, or something the parents don't feel they have expertise or interest in teaching. 2:06:36Dr. Pesta begins by talking about the question about "why bad things happen to good people" 2:07:27From Common Core to Critical Race Theory. How did this happen to schools? 2:13:08What's involved in classical education? 2:30:37What are some of the classes you have in your school? 2:41:36 What is the best definition of classical education? 2:45:05 Final comment on what we can learn from the tornado this weekend 2:56:30Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” Luke 11:29The crowd seemed to be a mixed bunch. First, there were those who wholeheartedly believed in Jesus. The Twelve, for example, left everything behind to follow Him. His mother and various other holy women believed in Him and were His faithful followers. But within the growing crowd, it appeared that there were many who questioned Jesus and wanted some form of proof of Who He was. Thus, they wanted a sign from Heaven.A sign from Heaven would have been some externally manifest proof of Who Jesus was. Granted, Jesus had already performed numerous miracles. But it seems that this was not enough. They wanted more—and that desire is a clear indication of a stubbornness of heart and a lack of faith. So Jesus could not and would not give them the sign they wanted.Instead, Jesus says that the only sign they will receive is the sign of Jonah. Recall that the sign of Jonah was not very appealing. He was thrown over the side of a boat and swallowed by a whale, where he remained for three days before being spit up on the shores of Nineveh.Jesus' sign would be similar. He would suffer at the hands of the religious leaders and civil authorities, be killed and be placed in a tomb. And then, three days later, He would rise. But His Resurrection was not one in which He came forth with rays of light for all to see; rather, His post-Resurrection appearances were to those who already manifested faith and already believed.The lesson for us is that God will not convince us of the matters of faith through powerful and Hollywood-like public manifestations of God's greatness. Instead, the “sign” we are offered is an invitation to die with Christ so that we can personally begin to experience the new life of the Resurrection. This gift of faith is interior, not publicly exterior. Our death to sin is something we personally and interiorly do, and the new life we receive can only be seen by others by the witness of our lives that are changed. Reflect, today, upon the true sign God has given you. If you are one who seems to be waiting for some manifest sign from our Lord, wait no longer. Look at the crucifix, see Jesus' suffering and death, and choose to follow Him in a death to all sin and selfishness. Die with Him, enter the tomb with Him and allow Him to bring you forth interiorly renewed this Lent, so that you can be transformed by this one and only sign from Heaven.My crucified Lord, I gaze upon the crucifix and see in Your death the greatest act of love ever known. Give me the grace I need to follow You to the tomb so that Your death will triumph over my sins. Free me, dear Lord, during the Lenten journey so that I will be able to fully share in Your new life of the Resurrection. Jesus, I trust in You. Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2023 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.

Second Sunday after the Epiphany The Collect: Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Old Testament: Isaiah 49:1-7 1Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother's womb he named me. 2He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away. 3And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” 4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and my reward with my God.” 5And now the Lord says, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God has become my strength— 6he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” 7Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, “Kings shall see and stand up, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” Psalm: Psalm 40:1-12 1 I waited patiently upon the Lord; *        he stooped to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay; *        he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure. 3 He put a new song in my mouth,   a song of praise to our God; *        many shall see, and stand in awe,        and put their trust in the Lord. 4 Happy are they who trust in the Lord! *        they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods. 5 Great things are they that you have done, O Lord my God!   how great your wonders and your plans for us! *        there is none who can be compared with you. 6 Oh, that I could make them known and tell them! *        but they are more than I can count. 7 In sacrifice and offering you take no pleasure *       (you have given me ears to hear you); 8 Burnt-offering and sin-offering you have not required, *        and so I said, “Behold, I come. 9 In the roll of the book it is written concerning me: *       ‘I love to do your will, O my God;        your law is deep in my heart.”‘ 10 I proclaimed righteousness in the great congregation; *        behold, I did not restrain my lips;        and that, O Lord, you know. 11 Your righteousness have I not hidden in my heart;    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your deliverance; *        I have not concealed your love and faithfulness from the great congregation. 12 You are the Lord;    do not withhold your compassion from me; *        let your love and your faithfulness keep me safe for ever, Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: 3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 5for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— 6just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you— 7so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.9God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Gospel: John 1:29-42 29The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.' 31I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.” 35The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, 36and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” 37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. 40One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41He first found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed). 42He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

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Title: Flashback to the FutureSeries: GreaterPassage: Mark 6:14-29The disciples have been sent out on their first mission and they won't be back until next week. While they're gone, we reunite with an old friend, John the Baptist, with a little Flashback to the Future. As we follow his story we will learn what yesterday's situation might mean for tomorrow's mission.

Remember when your teacher announced an "educational" game? You knew the word "educational" was school-code for "boring."It's the same with "B2B content." Why is B2B content always so damn safe, boring, and predictable?If you've ever seen our show, you know we don't do predictable things. We're not safe, and we're never boring. We eat stuff that'll kill you just to get clicks.But we still struggle with the temptation to create one more "educational" webinar and call it B2B content.In this episode of The Customer Engagement Lab, we talk about how to create B2B content that doesn't suck. Our guest is Margot Mazur, Principal Marketing Manager, of Strategic Partnerships at HubSpot.We discuss:The alternative to simple, broad, and boringWhat Patrick has learned since turning 29The most creative marketing outreach Margot has ever seenWhat beats creative videos when doing B2B marketing

This sermon was preached by Rev Stephen Haward as part of our Harvest Celebration on 25th September 2022. The Bible Readings were Deuteronomy 26:1-11 and John 6:25-29The full service is available on our website.

Hey film buds,Hispanic culture today is the result of centuries of complex interactions, influenced by traditional native and folk culture, colonialism, and Catholicism. For this week's movie and look at Hispanic Heritage we are reviewing Retablo. The title comes from a traditional art form, and the tale is a complex one of masculinity, fragility, and family. We'll discuss the film, familiarity with Catholic art, and more. If you haven't already, be sure to check out last week's episode. Thanks y'all,The BudsEpisode GuideShow Open - 00:00IntroductionsOpening ChatRetablo (2017) - 6:11Review and DiscussionEnd of Show - 40:29The new M NightThe upcoming Mario trailerWhat We're WatchingOutroTotal Runtime - 00:51:43Be a Friend to the Film Buds:thefilmbuds.comThe Buds on PatreonThe Buds on bandcamp@filmbuds on Twitter@thefilmbudspodcast on InstagramPaul's Letterboxd 

Hey film buds,Hispanic culture today is the result of centuries of complex interactions, influenced by traditional native and folk culture, colonialism, and Catholicism. For this week's movie and look at Hispanic Heritage we are reviewing Retablo. The title comes from a traditional art form, and the tale is a complex one of masculinity, fragility, and family. We'll discuss the film, familiarity with Catholic art, and more. If you haven't already, be sure to check out last week's episode. Thanks y'all,The BudsEpisode GuideShow Open - 00:00IntroductionsOpening ChatRetablo (2017) - 6:11Review and DiscussionEnd of Show - 40:29The new M NightThe upcoming Mario trailerWhat We're WatchingOutroTotal Runtime - 00:51:43Be a Friend to the Film Buds:thefilmbuds.comThe Buds on PatreonThe Buds on bandcamp@filmbuds on Twitter@thefilmbudspodcast on InstagramPaul's Letterboxd 

II Peter 2:5, Matthew 8:28- 29The angels of darkness are continously on their assignments from Satan against mankind. We have to commit our minds to obey God's word. Obedience to living for God is what He expects from us His servants. 

A cursory look at the traffic count for the only other Sunday edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement so far reveals that the audience for this one may be quite low. A cursory look at the backlog of stories indicate that there’s no time like the present for this May 29, 2022 edition of the program, packed with transportation information to avoid future frustration. I’m your host, Sean Tubbs. Charlottesville Community Engagement is a reader-supported publication. Ting will generously match your initial payment if you sign up for a paid subscription! Free works, too. I just want you to know things. On today’s program: The city of Charlottesville warns of a slowdown in issuing new building permits due to staff shortageA Charlottesville man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 15 crash on U.S. 29 that killed the driver of a second vehicle Governor Youngkin vetoes several bills for which the General Assembly opted not take up his recommendationsCharlottesville City Council and the Planning Commission have been presented with recommendations to reboot transportation planning in the city after a series of long delays and cost over-runsThe debut of the audio-only Sunday Comic Today’s first shout-out goes to WTJUIn today’s first Patreon-fueled shout-out: Algorithms know how to put songs and artists together based on genre or beats per minute. But only people can make connections that engage your mind and warm your heart. The music on WTJU 91.1 FM is chosen by dozens and dozens of volunteer hosts -- music lovers like you who live right here in the Charlottesville area. Listener donations keep WTJU alive and thriving. In this era of algorithm-driven everything, go against the grain. Tune in and support freeform community radio on WTJU Consider a donation at wtju.net/donate.Driver charged in May 15 fatal crash on U.S. 29 near Greenbrier DriveThe Albemarle County Police Department has charged a Charlottesville on several counts related to a two-vehicle crash that killed one on the evening of May 15. Twenty-two-year-old Cristian Alexandro Salinas-Perez faces charges of aggravated involuntary manslaughter and driving after losing his license after previous convictions on driving while intoxicated.The crash near the intersection of U.S. 29 and Greenbrier Drive killed 35-year old Justin Tilghman of Charlottesville. The ACPD’s Crash Reconstruction Team concluded that the vehicle driven by Salinas-Perez allegedly was being operated at an excessive speed when it collided with the one driven by Tilghman. Salinas-Perez was arrested Friday and is being held without bond at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Charlottesville warns of slower turnaround time for building permitsStaff shortages are causing the city of Charlottesville’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services to put a pause on building and trade inspections between May 31 and June 13. “The department acknowledges the inconvenience this may cause and appreciates everyone's patience and cooperation during this time,” reads a press release that went out Friday afternoon. That means “major delays” in the issuance of new building permits and new inspections. The release points to the Department of Neighborhood Development Service’s website for information about the city’s policy on third party inspections. “The 3rd party inspection policy/program allows substitute inspectorsto perform the daily inspections normally completed by Charlottesville Building Inspectors after our approval,” reads that form.There are several open positions on the city’s jobs board, including Building Code Official, which pays between $73,474 and $96,096 a year.  In the meantime, the release states that NDS will continue to process permits and inspections as quickly as possible. Governor Youngkin signs 23 bills, vetoes seven others Governor Glenn Youngkin has completed action on legislation that cleared both Houses of the General Assembly in this year’s regular session. Youngkin signed 23 bills to which his amendments had been reviewed by the legislature and vetoed seven others in which his recommendations were rejected in the House of the bill’s origin. The vetoed bills are:SB182 and HB339 would have allowed the City of Falls Church to allow anyone over the age of 18 to sit on a board or commission rather than a registered voter. Youngkin suggested adding a requirement the person be “legally present” in the United States. The Senate rejected that requirement and another more or less on party lines.  SB474 and HB 614 would have dropped a requirement that indigent parties post a bond to appeal on an unlawful detainer. Youngkin would have allowed a payment plan to pay off the bond over time. The Senate rejected that on party lines and the House of Delegates voted that recommendation down on a 35 to 65 vote. SB508 would have moved the administration of the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. Youngkin’s recommendations related to membership and what would constitute a quorum. “This legislation will have the unintended consequence of fragmenting our coastal resiliency efforts,” he stated in his veto explanation. HB384 would have protected state and local employees from being penalized for speaking on policy matters at public hearings. The bill is related to the firing of a teacher in Loudoun County, and Youngkin said in his explanation that he supports the idea in theory. “Despite the positive intentions, the legislation has practical implications for the effective management of state government that may lead to significant confusion when state employees comment during legislative or regulatory public comment periods,” he wrote.HB891 would have removed the term “alien” from Virginia Code as it related to non-citizens. For the full list of bills signed by the Governor, read the press release that went out Friday afternoon. For the full rules of how this works, consult Article V, Section 6 of the Virginia Constitution.  No ruling yet in federal case seeking Virginia House of Delegates race in 2022Sometimes, no news is still worth copy. It’s been over three weeks since the last motion was filed in the case of Goldman v. Brink. Richmond attorney Paul Goldman filed suit in federal court last year against the State Board of Elections arguing that House elections held last November would not be constitutional because they were based on the 2010 Census.Flash forward to now, when we’re just over five months away from when a House of Delegates election would be held if this case went the same way as a similar case in 1981 that led to Delegate races in 1981, 1982, and 1983. Goldman has argued the same principle applies, but first he still has had to convince the court that he has the legal standing to bring the case. On May 5, Judge David J. Novak warned Goldman to stop filing new motions after a request for the court to allow consideration of the leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned constitutional protections for abortion was rejected. Earlier this week there were rumors Goldman would file a motion to withdraw the suit. Since then, there has been no action. As of this recording, the most recent document in the docket was Novak’s warning. Today’s second shout-also goes to WTJU for the Radio Relics projectIn today’s second Patreon-fueled shout-out:  This year, WTJU 91.1 FM turns 65 and to mark the occasion, there’s a new micro-museum exhibition this summer! Radio Relics traces WTJU’s storied history of broadcasting for our community. As part of our 65th anniversary celebrations, WTJU has curated photos, artifacts, and t-shirts – so many t-shirts! – spanning more than six decades.The exhibition is free and will be open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from June 3 through July 29. The museum space is a renovated, vintage camper parked behind WTJU’s studios at 2244 Ivy Road in Charlottesville. WTJU’s Radio Relics exhibition shows off some of the artifacts collected over the years, many contributed by former WTJU General Manager Chuck Taylor.  In fact, there’s even a new initiative to raise money through the Chuck Taylor Fund for WTJU History. Contact General Manager Nathan Moore to learn more. Or donate today!Special note: Today’s podcast version has a Sunday Comic. What is this? You’ll have to listen in to find out at about this spot! Charlottesville City Council told of problems with implementing transportation projectsThe city of Charlottesville has planned and built most of the transportation infrastructure projects within city limits since 2005. Soon after Deputy City Manager for Operations Sam Sanders took on the role last summer, he noticed there were some performance issues that require a total reboot of the way the city undertakes this work.  “Some initial assessments when I first arrived here was that the development review process within [the Department of Neighborhood Development Services] needed some attention,” Sanders said. “And in doing that work since I’ve been here I’ve discovered it was more than just that. It was also looking closely as the Public Works / Engineering side of the house.” At a meeting of the Charlottesville City Council and the Planning Commission on May 24, Sanders said there was not a lot of institutional knowledge, and that there was a lot of work that needed to be done. First is to improve the city’s relationship with the Virginia Department of Transportation. (view the presentation) “The second being evaluating our financial management of projects with our project managers as well as our budget and finance team, and as well as assessing project management capacity,” Sanders said. The city has over $185 million in funds from VDOT that it has been awarded but not yet spent. These include four streetscape projects funded in the first two rounds of the Smart Scale process, five other projects funded in the second two, as well as projects funded through the VDOT revenue-sharing program. That figure also includes the $35.4 million Belmont Bridge project which is now under construction after over a decade of planning. The other projects still face delays.Sanders said the recommendations would seek a “right-sizing” of what the city can handle. He said Charlottesville could lose projects and make it harder to receive additional funding in the future. “A hatchet-approach would have been just to attempt to kill a projects and then try to go forward,” Sanders said. “Tonight’s approach is really a more surgical approach so we can not only get our arms around our challenges and reset budgets and timelines, we’re also attempting to position ourselves for a share of the massive pipeline of infrastructure dollars that are coming in the near future.” City Engineer Jack Dawson detailed all the improvements included in that $185 million, and some of that money came from sources that no longer exist or can’t adequately be traced.“Lots of our projects have been around for a long time and have sort of outlasted old grant programs, so very specifically the Belmont Bridge,” Dawson said. “That has a little bit of everything thrown in there. So some of the accounting does get trickier.” Dawson described the division’s responsibilities, and I’ll briefly mention two of them. Transportation planning involves making new designs comply with documents auch as the Streets That Work Plan, the Standards and Design Manual, and the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan. Another overarching responsibility is for project management, and the list of duties for the Urban Construction Initiative process is extensive. “Request for Proposal and selection of consultants and contractors, accounting, grant management, reimbursement processes, consultant oversight, right of way coordination and negotiations and construction management,” Dawson said. “All UCI on those projects.” This paragraph corrected after further information: The city currently has four project managers, and each of them has 8.25 projects under their belt. Seven projects are currently unassigned. A transportation planner has been created in the Department of Neighborhood Development Services and that and other positions in public works are being advertised. The goal is to get the average number of project to 3.3 per manager. Institutional knowledge at the top level isn’t great which is perhaps understandable in a city with a lot of recent turnover at the executive level. For example, Dawson pointed to a project that has the name “Cville Signals” which is currently classified as a revenue-sharing program with funds that came from a previous project. This project has a $3.375 million estimate, but there’s a shortfall of nearly $2.2 million.“How do we get in such situations?” Dawson said. “That was used to conceive to use money from the leftover Solutions 29 money which, I, I don’t even know what that is, but that’s what they tell me.” Route 29 Solutions refers to a series of $230 million in projects that were planned and constructed after the Commonwealth Transportation Board canceled a 6.2 mile western bypass of U.S. 29 that had been a priority of the administration of Governor Bob McDonnell. An unfavorable ruling from the federal government as well as a change on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors effectively killed the project in early 2014 and all of the funding was planned through a process known as Route 29 Solutions. This resulted in the completion of:Construction of a grade separated intersection at Rio Road and U.S. 29The widening of U.S. 29 to six lanes between Polo Grounds Road and Ashwood BoulevardConstruction of Berkmar Drive Extended to Hollymead Town Center Leftover funds were recommended for future projects, including one that originally had the title “adaptive traffic signal technology.” The funding was authorized for that purpose by the Commonwealth Transportation Board in June 2014, but Dawson said there’s not a recent analysis of what the project is intended to do. Since the Route 29 Solutions planning work done in 2014, the city has been through five city managers. None of the City Councilors serving today were elected before 2019. And then there’s West Main Street, which started off as a $350,000 study authorized by Council in February 2013 that somehow grew into a $55 million project that has been defunded but still exists. Dawson said the current cost of construction is making it more likely that all of these projects will have cost overruns. “Now is a horrible time to price these things because there [are] just some construction materials that cannot be found,” Dawson said. As part of the right-sizing, Dawson recommends several projects be shelved and put on hold and used for future applications. These are:All four phases of the West Main StreetscapeThe aforementioned signals project Monticello and Ridge improvements Harris Road improvementsElliot Street improvements Preston / Grady project awarded $6.1 million in Smart Scale Round 4“We took the tack that we want to demonstrate to VDOT that we can complete projects,” Dawson said. Dawson said the purpose of the projects would continue to be evaluate The Monticello / Ridge project, for example, would be addressed during the Smart Scale project for Ridge Street.  He said the Department of Neighborhood Development Services will conduct a small area plan for the area of Preston and Grady before reapplying for more funding.See also: Council moves forward with application for Preston / Grady intersection, July 22, 2022In all, Dawson said the city will return about $12 million in Smart Scale projects that would be redistributed to other projects in VDOT’s Culpeper District. Dawson said he hopes this funding will be returned back to the city to deal with about $10 million in cost overruns for existing Smart Scale projects.  That decision is ultimately up to the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The city will also turn over to VDOT administration of a turn lane on U.S. 250 that will be related to improvements for the interseection at Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29.“We do as a city like to control our own projects so we can have input on the destiny on those projects and I do think this is a good one to ease the administrative burden on our staff,” Dawson said. Keeping the pieces movingDawson is also suggesting combining the two existing Smart Scale projects on the Ridge / Fifth Street corridor into one, and adding the project that comes out the ongoing efforts to reformat the four-lane highway that is Fifth Street. “While those have three different funding sources, we’re going to hope to combine them into one project and have a project manager that deals with those as one while we manage the finances in triplet to try and minimize overhead from a project management standpoint and maybe bid them all to one consultant,” Dawson said.That’s the approach VDOT took with both the Route 29 solutions projects as well as a suite of Smart Scale projects that Albemarle County was awarded in the second round. On Thursday, the city awarded bids for construction of two related projects on Rose Hill Drive and Rugby Avenue. Vess Excavating of Charlottesville bid $464,823 for the Rose Hill sidewalk project (UPC#108757) and Linco of Waynesboro will build intersection improvements at Rose Hill Drive and Rugby Avenue (UPC#108755). Linco bid $621,691.59. Dawson’s boss is Stacy Smalls, the relatively new director of the Public Works Department. He said there needs to be more transparency from the city.“We would like to present on VDOT project status to Council and the Planning Commission on a yearly basis,” Smalls said. “This incorporates accountability and transparency about our workload [and] the types of projects we are undertaking in what areas of the city we are improving with these particular projects.”  Smalls said the city will also move to create web pages for each project. In the meantime, if you’re interested in volunteering for cvillepedia on that aspect, I’ll be more than happy to speak with you and get you moving. I’ve tried to keep track of these things for fifteen years now, and I hope that others will get involved so that more community members know how this process works. Council will consider each of these steps officially at future meetings. “VDOT is expecting us to move quickly,” Sanders said. “This is very coordinated with them to be able to get action taken by Council to be put in front of the leadership at VDOT so that we can move forward.” The pieces will stay in motion, and continue reading and listening to Charlottesville Community Engagement to try to keep track of all the moving parts. Town Crier Productions has a sponsorship thing with Ting! For over a year one year now, Town Crier Productions has had a promotional offering through Ting!Are you interested in fast internet? Visit this site and enter your address to see if you can get service through Ting. 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“When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said…” – Matthew 5:1-2Jesus is the new Moses, leading a new exodus, teaching a new Torah to a new Israel and a new kingdom. “When Jesus concluded his address, the crowd burst into applause. They had never heard teaching like this. It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying.” – Matthew 7:28-29The whole sermon is Christ describing what life in the kingdom and allegiance to him looks like.The Sermon on the Mount is not an isolated speech.Obedience to the Sermon on the Mount is a practice in imagination Niel Postman's Information Action Ratio: information becomes important because of its potential to create action. Because the tie between information and action has been severed, we are preconditioned to do nothing with information given to us.We must be people of information AND action. Three WarningsThe broad way (vv. 13-14)The false prophet (vv. 15-23) The shaky foundation (vv. 24-27) 13 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” –Matthew 7:13-14“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.” –John 14:6Jesus is the narrow gate. “Don't look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don't fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention. – Matthew 7:13-14, The Message26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[a] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you. –Matthew 6: 26-307 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! – Matthew 7:7-11 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:29-30We aren't promised that the road will be easy but Jesus does promise to walk with us. “Many from the east and west will come into the kingdom.” – Matthew 8:11Matthew 20:18 we learn that Jesus' death liberates many from captivity. Therefore, Jesus is not limiting the number that can be saved. Rather, he is calling us to introspection, to ask the question, am I part of the few, to examine moments when we have chosen the broadway and not the narrow. Three tests to discern between true and false prophetThe Life Test The Teaching Test The Relationship Test False Prophet= false preacher, pastor, teacher, writer, or podcaster“16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit”. – Matthew 7:16-17“Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don't be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. – Matthew 7:15-20, The Message“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 7:21“Will of my father” = the Word or teachings of Jesus “Watch your life and doctrine [teachings] closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.” – 1 Timothy 4:16“Paul and Silas finish teaching the Berean people and it says they “received the word [Paul's teaching] with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” – Acts 17:10-11“22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'” – Matthew 7:22-23When confronted with this passage as a pastor, my first inclination should be to “turn the text into a mirror,” to ask myself, “Am I the false prophet of this text? Do I have a public life that is admirable and a private life that does not follow what Jesus has taught in this Sermon?” –Scott McKnight In being watchful, we not only love and protect ourselves and Christ's community, but we protect the pastors, the teachers, and the preachers. We help our pastors catch the warning signs before they deviate from the narrow way. 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” – Matthew 7:24-27“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on.” – Matthew 7:24-25, The Message All three warnings concern what happens when we hear something but we do not put it into practice. Spiritual Practice Review all of the sermons we have heard since September in this sermon series. Identify one moment when you felt the prompting of the Holy Spirit to act in response to the information you were given and you did not. Now, implement that one action this week.

Is it possible to start a partnership and to ink a $1.4 billion development deal just a month and a half later? Neil Bertrand and his partner prove that it is. Neil is the Executive Vice President of RGX Invest, overseeing the sourcing of new acquisitions, including sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities, asset due diligence, business plan development, financing, and closing. In this episode, he talks about their large-scale development project in Austin, Texas and breaks down what goes on behind the scenes. He also shares his insights about opportunities in the development space, the current state of the market, and the importance of inspiring people to lead an impactful life.   [00:01 - 05:17] The Big Business in Development Neil talks about starting in real estate, starting a partnership, and getting the billion-dollar deal Why it makes sense more to build now [05:18 - 11:17] Building the Ultimate Live-Work-Play Environment Neil gives us the details about Leander Springs Learn how they raised funds for this project Getting the best talent on board The risks they are keeping an eye on   [11:18 - 16:07] Inspire to Impact This is what they are doing to help educate aspiring investors  Neil's thoughts on the business side of mentoring Why you should figure out your “why”   [16:08 - 17:24] Closing Segment Reach out to Neil!  Links Below Final Words Tweetable Quotes “If something is worth it, you make the time.” - Neil Bertrand “Learn how to do things the correct way.” - Neil Bertrand “The best thing about real estate? Anybody can do it. The worst thing about real estate? Anybody can do it.” - Neil Bertrand   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect with Neil Bertrand! Shoot him a message at neil@reitgroupx.com if you want to know more about Leander Springs and other exciting projects they are working on.   Connect with me: I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.   Facebook LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below:   Neil Bertrand  00:00 We want to bring in like-minded people, a very select group, and just kind of put them through a six-month program, where they're analyzing deals and we're explaining to them why things work, why things don't work, you know, in terms of time, if something was worth it, you make the time, right. And that's what we want from the people that we will bring in as these codes GP, I hate to use the word trainee because it just doesn't sound right. You know, come stand shoulder to shoulder with us and learn how to do things that I hate. I'm going to use this phrase and I don't care who gets offended, learn how to do things the correct way.   Intro  00:35 Welcome to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we'll teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big.      Sam Wilson  00:47 Neil Bertrand is a 25-year multifamily veteran with experience across all asset classes and types. Neil, welcome to the show.   Neil Bertrand  00:55 Hey, thanks for having me.   Sam Wilson  00:57 Pleasure is mine. Same question I asked every guest who comes on the show, in 90 seconds or less, can you tell me where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?   Neil Bertrand  00:55 I started in the mid 90s. My wife got me in the business. And I had... I gravitated toward the financial side, started with the property management side, was naturally numbers-oriented. And it served me well.   Sam Wilson  01:17 And where are you now?   Neil Bertrand  01:19 So I'm with RGX invest, Executive Vice President and Partner in our assets. Ravi Katta is our CEO. We're an Austin-based institutional-style, vertically integrated investment firm.    Sam Wilson  01:30 And then how did you get there?   Neil Bertrand  01:32 Ravi and I actually met two and a half years ago, and we were both asked to participate in something called the Texas Multifamily Executive Forum. I joke that it's a group of owners, investors, C-suite guys, you know, a couple of private equity guys, and we meet every other Friday by Zoom. Half of the call is us griping about how everything is overpriced, and we can't find good deals. And the other half of the call is, you know, where do we go to find good deals. So during the course of those calls about the first year or so of it, Ravi and I realized that we had a lot of the same ideology, same mentality, both long term, very ambitious guys with kind of desire to help other people, learn what we do, impact their lives and grow. February of last year, we made it official, teamed up. And within 45 days, we had $1.4 billion of new development under contract. Man, you know, the rest, as they say, is history.   Sam Wilson  02:27 That's, you know, nobody just wakes up one day, you know, says hey, we're gonna form a partnership and then a month and a half later, you know, inks a $1.4 billion new development deal north of Austin, Texas. There's a lot of things that have gone into that I'm sure that you're downplaying. But let's talk about that project. I guess out of the, you know, break down that project for us. Why do you guys see the opportunity to be developing now versus where you see we are in the market? I think we were talking about, you know, here before we kicked off the episode that you kind of see it as a party that you know, people think never gonna end.    Neil Bertrand  03:06Right, right. The analogy I use was a bunch of 18-year-old rockstar wannabes playing the clubs every weekend, thinking that the party is never going to end, right.   Sam Wilson  03:07Right, right. Neil Bertrand  03:08When you look at the cities we're developing in, Leander Cedar Park and Lago Vista. Lago Vista: 76% plus population growth since the year 2000. Median income for the entire cities pushes $90,000,. Cedar Park: 205% population growth since the year 2000. Again, six digit, you know, median incomes in the sub market. Leander Springs: fastest growing city in America, 761% population growth since the year 2000. City-wide median income is six digits. The opportunity was great, we were able to purchase the land for all these deals pretty much off market. The Leander Springs project was actually a development that was already in play and we purchased out the guys that had put it together. But you know when you look at what we can build these deals for in cities that have five and eight year projected growth, I mean, 2019-2020, 4% population growth alone for Leander, okay. And when you look at where a lot of the growth is situated in Texas, you know, Dallas and Austin are really getting, reaping the benefits of that, and Houston and San Antonio are doing very well. But to kind of answer your original question, why develop now instead of buy? We're developing for much, much less than I can purchase a 2015 asset for in this market. And I'm talking in comparable locations, right? Half million dollar homes, six figure incomes. It just makes more sense right now to build. By the time, you know, you're looking at a 2015 asset, relatively brand-new construction right. But guess what? Your appliances and are nearing the end of their life expectancy for an apartment community. Depending on where you've built, you're probably starting to see some of those nice foundation issues that certain areas of Texas are known for. Your deferred maintenance is starting to creep in, right.?    Sam Wilson  05:10 Right.   Neil Bertrand  05:11 Do I buy for, you know, 330 a door? 2015 asset? Or do I build for 225 to 30 a door? It's a no brainer.   Sam Wilson  05:18 Sure. Yeah. I mean, just from a mathematical equation, it's a no brainer. What about time to bring product to market? I mean, a $1.4 billion project isn't a six month project.   Neil Bertrand  05:29 No, no. So we, Leander Springs will be a six year project and kind of what this project is. It's 78 acres, it's going to consist of three apartment communities totaling 1600 units, over 1 million square foot of office and retail, a 250 room hotel with a 20,000 square foot conference center. And all of that will be centered by a four acre crystal lagoon. And this will be the only publicly accessible four acre crystal lagoon in Central Texas. So we're basically building the ultimate live-work-play environment, right. And that's going to be built in probably four phases. Phase one is going to be the lagoon, the first apartment community with the retail, get the utilities stretched out there, take about 18 to 24 months from the first shovel in the ground to full lease-up, right? With the way that the markets are growing, and the population growth, and the fact that we're building such a unique product, you know, we're anticipating a very easy lease-up. If you take a look at the national average right now, similar class lease-ups are hitting about 50 to 70 units a month in high demand areas. So I'm always cautiously optimistic. But on this one, I'm just optimistic.   Sam Wilson  06:42 I like that. How are you guys funding this? I know you have a big background in the institutional space. So maybe this was just a hey, tee up the right partners, and then off you go. And we all get together and do it. But talk to us about that.   Neil Bertrand  06:56 So a year ago, Ravi and I started a fund. And it was basically a friends and family fund, but only for accredited investors, $30 million fund. And we basically have used that money to purchase the land for these acquisitions. So we're stable there. And yes, as we build project by project, we are engaging private equity groups and family offices, you know, from around the country and a few international groups as well.   Sam Wilson  07:23 Right. And so you've already kind of got this pipeline warmed up. This is the project, this is what we're doing. This is the expected capital. You know, it's not committed capital, hard capital yet, but it's people that have kind of given the preliminary nod that says, when it's time, yes, we want to participate.   Neil Bertrand  07:37 Right. And I'll be honest with you, this is the only project and I became a VP of acquisitions summer, sometime around 2015-2016. This is the only project where I have the private equity groups contacting me or contacting Ravi, like, hey, you guys, you guys ready? You guys gotta pay the numbers? Because, you know, the city of Leander is offering us a, you know, incredible tax incentive. Obviously, they see the benefit to this type of project. You've got tech companies moving in, hey, you have your office, you're living, you're shopping everything right here. You know, what else do you need?   Sam Wilson  08:10 Right. Yeah, absolutely. When you have investors calling you saying, hey, you ready? You ready for my capital? Yet? That's a great place to be. Let's talk about the market for a second, if there's a shift in the market, or if there's a shift in as you said, you know, when the 18-year-old rock band grew, you know, when the music stops, is there any fear that not committed capital won't be there when it's time?   Neil Bertrand  08:33 No, because the new development space right now is probably one of the safer areas to invest in because the returns are simply better, right? You're not going to get 20-25% IRR on an 80s value-add deal, right? You may get 18 at best, you're certainly not going to get it on anything built between 2015-2020, right? Again, you'll probably get 18 at best, unless you can come across a unicorn where the developer didn't care about the expenses. He just wanted to build the thing and sell it as soon as it was stabilized, and you can trim a lot of fat. So it's still going to be the safest bet. For a lot of that capital.   Sam Wilson  09:12 Yeah, no, I think that's really smart. And especially, you know, everybody always says that real estate is local, right? There's no such thing as the national real estate market. And we saw that even in 2008, that while, yes, maybe there was a lot of pain across the country. There were still markets that did really well. Some of those, I think, were actually in Texas. So you know, like you mentioned before, just following the population growth, I mean, that's astounding population growth. So not seeing that kind of wane as well, I think is really intriguing, and also not "motivating," what's the word I'm looking for here, but further reason to keep doing what you're doing. Tell me about the buildout side of things. I mean, that's a lot of projects and a lot of moving parts and people to manage. How have you guys built a team around you? I know it was just the two of you, I guess, not too terribly long ago. You need a lot of support staff to make this thing go round.  Neil Bertrand  10:00Right. So if you're familiar with The Domain project in Austin, once again, very large, nationally-recognized live-work-play development, we've engaged the big players who are involved in that project: architects, project managers, developers, engineers, I mean, literally the same, just probably about 80-70, 80% of that Domain team, we've engaged for this project, because when you're doing something like this, you want the best of the best, you don't want the guys who started an engineering firm last year, right? Or who read an engineering book and think they can do it, you know. We want the big names, the big guns. Sam Wilson  10:35Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, you know, to go out and find talent that's already done it. What are some risks that you feel like in this development project or in development as a whole, that you guys kind of see, you say, hey, these are some risks that either we can or cannot compensate for? Neil Bertrand  10:51 I think right now, it's going to be supply chain, and pricing, right? Obviously, we're keeping an eye on that, lumber kind of fluctuating up and down, up and down,  labor shortages. Those are the type of things that can impact our numbers. But again, when you're working with these large groups that have a huge network and can command great pricing, you have a buffer, right? You don't have 100% guarantee, but you have a very good buffer.  Sam Wilson  11:18Yeah, I would imagine that's absolutely true. One of things we talked about was that one of the things you'd love to do is to inspire others to grow and lead an impactful life. What does that mean?  Neil Bertrand  11:31So there are a lot of people who, Ravi, of course, being Indian, I think, you know, the Indian community, lots of tech entrepreneurs, medical community, and then just even outside of the Indian community, a lot of people, great entrepreneurs, I mean, I was talking to a guy who was the VP of cybersecurity, all in, you know, pulling down 600,000 a year, but this much time to learn about real estate, right? The same thing with tech entrepreneurs, IT guys, doctors, no time to really, really learn. And when you take a look at what is out there, and I'm not disparaging any of the groups, but let's just be perfectly honest. The business of a mentor group is attracting and retaining students. That's first and foremost. Okay. Second is teaching you about real estate. So that's their primary concern. How do I attract and retain students? We're not gurus, we're not mentors, we don't want to be. You know, I make the comment, if I'm the smartest guy in the room that I need to find a new room. And even after 25 years, I still think that. I don't want to be the smartest guy in the room. So we want to help people to come alongside us, give them an opportunity, you know, they're aspiring GPs give them an opportunity to invest with us. You don't pay us, you invest with us. And you work side by side. You shadow us, you learn everything, you learn how to underwrite on a model that has been sent to Blackstone, and AllianceBernstein, and Prudential, and Northwestern Mutual Life, okay? It's not on a four tab underwriting model that is going to spit out the most erroneous returns you can imagine. And if I say that with a bit of sarcasm and loathing, it's there, because that hurts people. Right? What you don't know will hurt you.   Sam Wilson  13:14That is awesome. I love that. What does that mean practically? I mean, because there's only so many hours in your day. And there has to be some sort of return on investment for you guys, when you bring on these, I'm gonna call it mentees, even though it's not right... You don't do a mentor program.   Neil Bertrand  13:31Yeah. So for us, one is being very selective, right? You're not paying us to be coaches. So we're not doing this for everybody. We want people who, you know, first we want to understand your why and your why needs to be two things. My why is simple, I have to be somewhere after this call. If I don't make it there, my family is taken care of, okay? The second thing is, what do you want to do outside of yourself? Okay, it's great to have, you know, 10-15, $20 million net worth and pull down big money, but what are you doing to help other people, right? And so we want to bring in like-minded people, a very select group, and just kind of put them through a six month program, where they're analyzing deals, and we're explaining to them why things work, why things don't work, you know. In terms of time, if something was worth that you make the time, right, and that's what we want from the people that we will bring in as these Co-GP. I hate to use the word trainee, because it just doesn't sound right. You know, come stand shoulder to shoulder with us, I learn how to do things, and I hate... I'm going to use this phrase and I don't care who gets offended, learn how to do things the correct way.   Sam Wilson  14:37I love it. And that's so absolutely necessary. And I think that's very valuable what you are doing because, and I say this in the show all the time, unapologetically, that if you are going to hire a mentor, then... And I know you're not a mentor in the traditional sense, but if you are gonna go that route, you've got to find somebody that is active in the space, that is buying and is doing it. Run from the guru, what I call the "guru but no do" person. It's like the real estate industry is fraught with that, it is I'm with you. It just kind of soured my stomach like, oh my god.   Neil Bertrand  15:10I make sure I say this on every interview or podcast, you know. I say this, before you give your money to somebody, I want you to think about something. Before you give your money to a guru, or a syndicator, or a deal sponsor, heck, before you give your money to an institutional investor, in the state of Texas, there was more education, licensing and recertification required to cut hair than there is to raise money for $20 million asset.  Sam Wilson  15:36I know it. Neil Bertrand  15:36And that is a sad, sad fact, right? You know, the best thing about real estate, anybody can do it. The worst thing about real estate is, anybody can do it. And you know, when you have enough people stomping around and puffing their chest like they're experts, and they have great marketing prowess, people buy, you know, they drink the Kool Aid. Sam Wilson  15:55Yeah. And people get hurt as well. I mean, that's in the end, there's a lot of activity and very little forward momentum. And I think that's one of the things maybe you're trying to solve there, is actually putting people in a position to make meaningful progress. Neil Bertrand  16:08Yeah.  Sam Wilson  16:08I think that's absolutely cool. And I love the idea there of growing and leading an impactful life. So thanks for taking the time to break that down. Neil, appreciate having you come on the show. This has been great. I love the projects you guys are taking down. That's, what do they call that, massive action in a very short period of time? So I look forward to seeing this project. What's the name of the project you guys are developing there again? Neil Bertrand  16:29The large project is Leander Springs. Sam Wilson  16:31Leander Springs, okay, I have to keep my eye on that as it progresses over the next few years. But absolutely love how quickly and how precisely you guys are going after stuff like that. So yeah, look forward to following that. If our listeners want to get in touch with you or learn more about you what is the best way to do that? Neil Bertrand  16:48Sure. You can send me an email neil, N-E-I-L, @ reitgroupx.com. R-E-I-T groupx.com. Sam Wilson  16:55Neil, thanks for your time. Appreciate it. Neil Bertrand  16:57Thank you. Sam Wilson  16:58Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen, if you can do that for us, that would be a fantastic help to the show. It helps us both attract new listeners as well as rank higher on those directories so appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.

Humility Has To Be a Part Of A Christ Follower's Life. John 3:27-30 27To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.' 29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30He must become greater; I must become less.” h

John O'Leary - Two-Time National Bestselling Author | Coach | Live Inspired Podcast Host [Perseverence]John is an inspirational speaker teaching, 50,000+ people each year around the world and via virtual experiences how to live inspired.John is the host of the Live Inspired Podcast with more than 1.2 million downloads and amazing guests each week like Brené Brown, Dave Ramsey, Joe Buck, Ozzie Smith, Kurt Warner, and more.Consistently described as “the best speaker we've ever had,” John's emotional story-telling, unexpected humor, and authenticity make each of his presentations, experiences, episodes, and interactions truly transformational. John O'Leary Introduction - 5:42Say yes to the one in front of you - 11:59How to love the one in front of you - 15:14The difference between surviving and thriving - 19:29The risk of thriving vs. surviving - 23:55How to celebrate the scars - 25:41The difference between I have to, and I get to - 28:26John O'Leary's relationship with Jack Buck - 30:54What more can I do? - 33:57.037-35:40.986ABOUT NICK GLIMSDAHLSubscribe to my weekly newsletterFind me on TwitterFind me on LinkedInLISTENER SUPPORTPurchase Nick's books: Reasons NOT to Focus on Employee Experience: A Comprehensive GuideApparel: https://www.teepublic.com/user/press-1-for-nick Support this show through Buy Me A CoffeeBOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:Learn about all the guests book recommendations here: https://press1fornick.com/books/ BROUGHT TO YOU BY:VDS: They are a client-first consulting firm focused on strategy, business outcomes, and technology. They provide holistic consulting services to optimize your customer contact center, inspiring and designing transformational change to modernize and prepare your business for the future. Learn more: https://www.govds.com/ This podcast is under the umbrella of CX of M Radio: https://cxofm.org/Podcast-Shows/ SPONSORING OPPORTUNITIES:Interested in partnering with the Press 1 For Nick podcast? Click here: https://press1fornick.com/lets-talk/ 

Some Greeks Seek Jesus 20Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.22Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23And Jesus answered them, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up 27Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28Father, glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven: I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again. 29The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him. 30Jesus answered, This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. 33He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. 34So the crowd answered him, We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? 35So Jesus said to them, The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light. The Unbelief of the People When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

In this episode, I brought on Stephan Livera to discuss Libertarianism. I have spent a lot of time listening to others discuss the importance of the Libertarian political philosophy broadly as it applies to Bitcoin, but I wanted to get more in-depth on Libertarianism and gain a better understanding of this political ideology. We chatted a lot about property rights but we also touched on positive vs negative rights, the different "types" of libertarians, and what the world would look like if everyone was a Libertarian. Presented by: Compass Mining - Now anyone can mine Bitcoin.https://compassmining.ioOkCoin Go.okcoin.com/DennisTIMESTAMPSStart 00:00Intro 01:57Stephan's background 03:10Libertarianism 04:58Property rights 09:13Positive vs negative rights 10:50Libertarianism vs. current state 12:34Anarcho-capitalism 14:20Government control 17:14What would government look like? 19:15Opting out 22:49Why is libertarianism popular? 24:15The military 25:05Healthcare & welfare 29:53Inefficiencies of government 34:45What is the key principle of libertarianism? 41:59States rights 45:02Legal tender & libertarianism 45:43Libertarianism vs anarchy 47:29The key differences 48:49Natural rights 50:34The Sovereign Individual 52:59Will BTC make libertarianism possible? 56:53Traveling with your wealth 59:34Thank you as always and I will see you on the other side!--------------------------------Guest: Stephan Livera- Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanliveraHost: Dennis Porter- Twitter: https://twitter.com/dennis_porter_?s=21- Articles: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/dennis-porter- Website: SmartPeopleShit.com--------------------------------SHOW SPONSOR:Special thanks to the team over at Bitcoiner Jobs. If you are tired of going to work and want to find more meaning in your profession, head over to https://bitcoinerjobs.co/ and apply today!BITCOIN 2022 PROMO:Make sure to snag your ticket for Bitcoin 2022 before the next price increase. You can use code “SMART” for 10% off your ticket.Go to b.tc/conference/registration to buy your ticket now!--------------------------------As a side note, this podcast is not financial advice. Any opinions expressed by the Host and the Guest are strictly for educational and entertainment purposes only and should be viewed as such. This is the first of many episodes and we're aware we have a lot of room to grow. Feedback is appreciated and we will do our best to evolve with our listeners. Thank you for your support!

David Gaylord has had a multifaceted career in ecommerce. He started at Shopify in 2015 as a customer success agent, became an Ops Lead in the Office of the COO in 2020, and a Permanent Merchant in Residence in 2021 where he uses his knowledge & experience founding Bushbalm - a natural skincare brand focused solely on the bikini line - to inspire and advise aspiring entrepreneurs. David joins Blaine Bolus and Ramon Berrios at the DTC Pod and tells us what it's like navigating the world of ecommerce. Rising through the ranks at Shopify 3:54Resources to learn about business 14:56How Bushbalm increased AOV 20:21Testing out subscriptions 29:21Getting customer feedback 32:51Advice on starting a DTC business today 35:29The anatomy of DTC 43:42Managing ads for wholesale/ retail channels 46:19Finding success in waxing salons 48:18Expanding the team 51:41 This episode is brought to you by OpenStore:Visit https://open.store to get a free, no-obligation offer for your e-commerce business from OpenStore in 24 hours. Have any questions about the show or topics you'd like us to explore further? Shoot us a DM; we'd love to hear from you.Follow us for content, clips, giveaways, & updates!DTCPod InstagramDTCPod TwitterDTCPod TikTok  David Gaylord - CEO of bushbalmRamon Berrios - CEO of Trend.ioBlaine Bolus - COO of OmniPanel

Do you honor your needs? We share about using "inverse intention", building confidence after healing, and finding your way into balance & being by reading what's fulfilling vs satisfying to your body. And...most importantly, we compare America's founding fathers & which president really has America's Ass. Thank you...we're sorry...Ask Us A Question and we'll answer on air - TAP HERE TO ASKEpisode HighlightsDisconnecting from the world to honor your needs with “inverse intention” 1:15“Sensual is using a feather in the bedroom, sensual is using the whole damn chicken” 4:23Building confidence after the overwhelm from healing 6:52What it feels like when you aren't honoring your needs 13:23We make random noises and talk about sexy Mt. Rushmore/presidential ass…you're welcome 17:29The balance of feeling vs thinking vs being 22:32Understanding what's fulfilling vs satisfying by reading your body 28:46Check Us OutZach  @justzachkaufmanzelikaufman125@gmail.comNeil  @neildisyWork w/ Neil www.neildisy.comContactHeartsoulhuman@gmail.comCreditsMusic-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

Listen to the Lex Fridman podcast (25mins in): https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk-3/ How I Approach First Principles Thinking via Logic and EpistemologyTranscriptSo what's your source of belief in situations like this when the engineering problem is so difficult, there's a lot of experts, many of whom you admire, who have failed in the past. Yes. And a lot of people, you know, a lot of experts, maybe journalists, all the kinds of, you know, the public in general have a lot of doubt about whether it's possible and you yourself know that even if it's a, non-normal set, not empty set of success, it's still unlikely or very difficult. Like where do you go to both personally, intellectually as an engineer, as a team, like for source of strength needed to sort of persevere through this and to keep going with the project, take it to completion. 2 00:24:49I suppose the strength. Hmm. I just really not how I think about things. I mean, for me, it's simply this, this is something that is important to get done, and we, we should just keep doing it or die trying, and I, I don't need, I source of strength. So 0 00:25:07Quitting is not even like, I'm 2 00:25:10Just not, it's not in my nature. Okay. And I, I don't care about optimism or pessimism, fuck that. We're going to get it done. Gotta to get it done. 0 00:25:23Can you then zoom back in to specific problems with Starship or any engineering problems you work on? Can you try to introspect your particular biologic when you're in that network, your thinking process, and describe how you think through problems, the different engineering and design problems. Is there like a systematic process you've spoken about first principles thinking kind of, 2 00:25:45Well, you know, like saying like, like physics is low and everything else was a recommendation. I'm like, I've met a lot of people that can break the law, but I, I have never met anyone who could break physics. So, so first for any kind of technology problem, you have to sort of just make sure you're not violating physics. And, you know, first principles analysis, I think, is something that can be applied to really any walk of life, any anything really? It's just, it's, it's really just saying, you know, let's, let's boil something down to the most fundamental principles. 2 00:26:29The things that we are most confident are true at a foundational level, and that sits your at your sets, your axiomatic base, and then you reason up from there. And then you cross check your conclusion against the, the axiomatic truth. So, you know, some basics in physics would be like, oh, you Vida and conservation of energy or momentum or something like that, you know, then you're slugging to work. So that's yeah. So that's just to establish it. Is it, is it, is it possible? And then another good physics tool is thinking about things in the limit. If you, if you take a particular thing and you scale it to a very large number or to very small number, how does, how does things change 0 00:27:17Like temporary, like in number of things, you manufacturer, something like that. And then in time, 2 00:27:23Yeah. Like, let's say, take example of like, like manufacturing, which I think is just a very underrated problem. And, and like I said, it's, it's much harder to take a, an advanced technology product and bring it into volume manufacturing than it is to design it in the first place. My more's magnitude. So, so let's say, you're trying to figure out is like, why is this, this part or product expensive? Is it because of something fundamentally foolish that we're doing? Or is it because our volume is too low? And so then you say, okay, well, what if our volume was a million units a year? 2 00:28:05Is it still expensive? That's what I'm invaluable thinking about things to the limit. If it's too expensive at a million units a year, then volume is not the reason why your thing is expensive. There's something fundamental about design. 0 00:28:16And then you then can focus on the reducing complexity or something like that. 2 00:28:19We could change the design to change the chains apart to be something that is not fundamentally expensive, but like, that's a common thing in rocketry. Cause the, the unit volume is relatively low. And so a common excuse would be well, it's expensive because our unit volume is low. And if we were in like automotive or something like that, or consumer electronics, then our costs would be lower on like unlike. Okay. So let's say now you're making a million units a year. Is it still expensive? The answer is yes. Then economies of scale are not the issue. 0 00:28:53Do you throw into manufacturing? Do you throw like supply chain, you talked about resources and materials and stuff like that. Do you throw that into the calculation of trying to reason from first principles? Like how are we going to make the supply chain work here? Yeah, yeah. And then the cost of materials, things like that, or is that too? 2 00:29:10Exactly. So like another, like a good example, I, of thinking about things in the limit is if you take any, you know, any, any product, a machine or whatever, like take a rocket or whatever, and say, if you've got, if you look at the raw raw materials in the rocket, so you're going to have like an aluminum steel titanium in canal, especially specialty alloys, copper. And you say, what are the, what's the weight of the constituent elements of each of these elements and what is their own material value? 2 00:29:54And that sets the asymptotic limit for how low the cost of the vehicle can be, unless you change the materials. So, and then when you do that, call it like maybe the magic one number or something like that. So that would be like, if you had the, you know, like just a pile of these raw materials here, and you could wave a magic wand and rearrange the atoms into the final shape, that would be the lowest possible cost that you could make this thing for, unless you change the materials. So then, and that is always, almost always a very low number. So then the what's actually causing these to be expensive is how you put the atoms into the desired shape. 0 00:30:37Yeah. Actually, if you don't mind me taking a tiny tangent, had a, I often talked to Jim Keller, who's somebody that work with use. 2 00:30:45Yeah. Jim was a great work at Tesla. 0 00:30:49So I suppose he carries the flame of the same kind of thinking that you're, you're talking about now. And I, I guess I see the same thing at Tesla and, and space X folks who work there, they kind of learn this way of thinking and it kinda becomes obvious almost. But anyway, I had argument, not argument. He educated me about how cheap it might be to manufacture a Tesla bought. We just, we had an argument. What is, how can you reduce the cost of scale of producing a robot? Because, so I got an, a chance to interact quite a bit, obviously in, in the academic circles with human robots and then my Boston dynamics and stuff like that. 0 00:31:33And then they're very expensive to build. And then Jim kind of schooled me on saying like, okay, like this kind of first principles thinking of how can we get the cost of manufacture down, I suppose you do that. You have done that kind of thing. If a Tesla bought in for all kinds of all kinds of complex systems that are traditionally seen as complex, and you say, okay, how can we simplify everything now? 2 00:31:58Yeah. I mean, I think if you, if you are really good at manufacturing, you can basically make at high volume, you can basically make anything for a cost that asymptotically approaches is the raw material value of the constituents. Plus any intellectual property that you need to license anything. Right. But it's, it's hard. It's not like that's a very hard thing to do, but it is possible for anything. Anything in volume can be made of, like I said, for a cost that asymptotically approaches this raw material constituents plus intellectual property license rights. So what will often happen in trying to design a product is people will sought with the tools and parts and methods that they are familiar with and then, and try to create a product using their existing tools and methods. 2 00:32:52The other way to think about it is actually imagine the, try to imagine the platonic ideal of the perfect product or technology, whatever it might be. And so what is this, what is the perfect arrangement of atoms that would be the, the best possible product. And now that are trying to figure out how to get the items in that shape. 0 00:33:15I mean, it's, it sounds, and it's almost like Rick and Morty absurd until you start to really think about it. And you really should think about it in this way, because everything else has kind of, if you think you, you might fall victim to the momentum of the way things were done in the past, unless you think in this way, 2 00:33:37Well, just as a function of inertia, people will want to use the same tools and methods that they are familiar with. They just that's what they'll do by default. Yeah. And then that, that will lead to an outcome of things that can be made with those tools and methods, but is unlikely to be the platonic ideal of the perfect product. So then, so that's why it's good to think of things in both directions. Like what can we build with the tools that we have, but then, but, but also what is the, what is the perfect, the theoretical perfect product look like? And, and that, that theoretical poet part is going to be a moving target, because as you learn more the definition of, or for that perfect product, what will change because you don't actually know what the perfect product is, but you can successfully approximate a more perfect product. 2 00:34:25So thinking about it like that, and then saying, okay, now what tools, methods, materials, whatever do we need to create in order to get the atoms in that shape? Fitbit for people rarely think about it that way, but it's a powerful tool. 0  00:34:44

Fort Hood and Fort Hood's Great Big Podcast welcomed BG Doyle, Commanding General of JRTC and Fort Polk, this past week. The focus of his trip to the Great Place was to inform Soldiers about why choosing Fort Polk can posture you for future professional success. Learn all about what that means and what opportunities are available to Soldiers, and family members, at Fort Polk in this week's episode. Timecodes:Interview 1 starts at 00:29The crew:- Samantha Farlow, Fort Hood Public Affairs- CPL Kyra Pearl, 11th Corps Signal Brigade- SPC Garrett Dacko, 11th Corps Signal BrigadeFeaturing:- Dave Larsen, Fort Hood Public Affairs- Brigadier General David S. Doyle, Commanding General, JRTC and Fort PolkMusic provided by the following:"Gun Metal Grey" (opening/closing theme music) - Delicious Allstars"Learning By Doing" - Niklas OlovsoAll music obtained, royalty free, through Filter by Songtradr at www.filter.one/This podcast is a production of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood and Fort Hood Public Affairs.  Contact us at FortHoodPAO@gmail.comLike us and follow us on Facebook at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood and on Instagram at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood.

Today we have the privilege of speaking about CX transformation with Erika Putinsky, the Vice President of Customer Education at Mailchimp. She shares her 4 pillars to be successful in CX and what companies are looking for when they work with her. Showing up for your customer is necessary to maintain a good relationship with them because they'll feel understood and appreciate the amount of care you show by listening to them. Focus on customer education and feedback to understand what the customer wants to both improve the company and cause the customer to stick around as they feel like part of the process.What Erika does 1:03Necessary pillars to be successful 3:17The main thing people are trying to accomplish with them 5:23The 2nd pillar 7:16Empowering the underdog 9:29The 3rd pillar, Process 11:11The 4th pillar, culture 13:15Something important to remember 17:38“It kind of goes to what you were saying, Gabe, it's that effort of showing up. Obviously in our current world you can't do customer visits, or that kind of thing, but it's about making the extra effort. So don't hide behind emails. Mindfully listen to your customer's unique experience … listen with two ears and one mouth.” 7:16https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikaputinsky/

                             Hebrews – A Call to Commitment:                                                  “Pleasing God”                                                 Hebrews 11:4-7            Three Steps to Pleasing God:1.         Serve with the Right Attitude It is all about Abel's righteous attitude: 1 John 3:12Proverbs 15:8 Sum it up for us!  Death is only a door to eternity: Matt. 22:31-32 2.         Walk with God (Live it!)   Listen to what is said about Enoch: Gen 15:24 Pursue righteousness: Proverbs 15:9 Faith believes in the unseen God and the un-experienced rewards:  John 20:29The blessing of belief is joy: Psalm 43:4 3.          Respond to the Message           Three Facts about Noah's Response:     1)   Noah took God at his word.  - 7aGen 6:22; He did what he was told to do!Faith can make you look foolish.1 Cor. 1:18 “Fools for Christ.”     2)   Noah's actions condemned the world.  – 7b2 Pet. 2:5 “a preacher of righteousness.”Building a ship in the desert gave Noah a preaching platform.Godly living condemns the world: John 3:19-21    3)   Noah became the heir of Righteousness  - 7c Righteousness is the by-product of faith: 1 Jn 5:18God is with us during temptation: 1 Cor. 10:13Out faith triumphs over evil: 1 John 5:4 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AnthonyMartino66?fan_landing=true)

Fort Hood's Great Big Podcast wants to wish you a happy Thanksgiving! On the podcast this week, there is a special host, lots of joy, and a discussion of Santa's Workshop. Be sure to listen so that you can learn to help out an amazing organization in the coming year.Timecodes:Interview 1 starts at 00:34:29The crew:- Samantha Farlow, Fort Hood Public Affairs- SPC Garrett Dacko, 11th Corps Signal Brigade- SPC Kyra Pearl, 11th Corps Signal BrigadeFeaturing:- Santa Claus - Chella Stokoe, Fort Hood Santa's Workshop President - Alison Pulcher, Fort Hood Santa's Workshop Publicity Chair Music provided by the following:"Gun Metal Grey" (opening/closing theme music) - Delicious Allstars"Learning By Doing" - Niklas OlovsonAll music obtained, royalty free, through Filter by Songtradr at www.filter.one/This podcast is a production of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood and Fort Hood Public Affairs.  Contact us at FortHoodPAO@gmail.comLike us and follow us on Facebook at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood and on Instagram at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood.

Scripture ReferencedDeuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.1 John 4:16–19[16] So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. [17] By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. [18] There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. [19] We love because he first loved us.Monaghan Home Team ValuesFamily Mission - follow Jesus to love and serve others, and have him use our lives to seek and save the lostLeadership and Influence - We desire to influence others and stand on our own if and where need be. God has gifted and called us so why not lead!?Life of the Mind - We value logic, thinking, reading, questions and thoughtful engagement with people in culture.Theological convictions, yet never have lived in a church/Christian bubble - Our kids grew up in NJ in an ideologically and religiously pluralistic culture. We want to resist being captured by the culture but not live in fear of it. We do not think we must hide in a Christian subcultural world. This is ineffective and contrary to our missional calling in Christ.Excellence and Achievement - Try Hards! Just be Awesome! We are loved by God so we are free to try hard yet fall hard into the sea of grace. It's OK to fail forward so why not swing hard. If things go wrong we have each other and the deep ocean of the grace of God to catch us.Openness and Conversations - We are willing to be around for one another in order to listen when we need to vent, bounce ideas off of someone, etc. This has built understanding and friendship in our family.Humility and Service - We believe that nobody is a big deal but everybody is a big deal. There are no people who are too lofty or too low to love love. We want to have humble, sober judgment of ourselves and be willing to connect with anyone.

"Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.  Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him." -Matthew 25:29The book The Magic by Rhonda Byrne has been a gamechanger for me!  A daily gratitude practice done in the morning is an easy and sure fire way to raise your vibration and create good feelings and joy each and every day.  This book helps you to make peace with what is, see the good in the present moment, see and claim the potential that can be, and speak your desires and dreams into existence.  Listen to discover how gratitude can create a pathway to more abundance in every area of your life.  You won't be disappointed!Link to purchase book The Magic on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Secret-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1451673442/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+magic&qid=1637031833&qsid=131-7991776-7374521&sr=8-1&sres=1451673442%2C0759556253%2CB08VJN4NCS%2CB0087YS8NC%2CB08B4XXD5S%2CB0773XMDNZ%2CB00WHM6VQQ%2C0578317656%2CB09LGLV6T4%2C1542032032%2CB01EXHNM3M%2C1982112913%2CB00U08ECQA%2CB015EGKE4G%2CB071KVXCMM%2CB09L4XL994&srpt=ABIS_BOOK"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." - Willie NelsonHappy Vibing and Thriving this week!  Let me know if you get the book and any aha moments you have with this gratitude practice.  I would be so grateful if you'd share this podcast with a friend, subscribe, rate, or review :)Instagram @glowupvibehigh

Discover God's approach to dealing with the injustice seen everywhere in the World. Join Pastor Solomon Odinyebuchi Okonu in this week's Bible study.

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What are the sacrifices that we do either consciously or subconsciously where if we didn't have children, we wouldn't do them? There are various different sacrifices a mom has to make at different stages of raising children, such as carrying the baby in her womb, giving birth, feeding the baby, and raising the child, and then there are things like day to day sacrifices and giving up your own time and hobbies to take care of the kids. There are many rewards and fruits parents will reap from raising their children, but one of the greatest is to have the company and love of posterity as you get older. Becoming a ninja mom 3:48Breastfeeding story at a wedding 6:36Missing out on things 11:29The reward in children 16:10A great story 20:09“That's the other thing with time is it takes time to teach your stuff, so like time is a huge sacrifice with kids, like you can do stuff for your kids, but to really help empower them to do stuff for themselves, it takes time because you have to wait it out until they do it or they're ready to do it, or they want to do it.” 15:24https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/https://www.theirishmummy.com

“Even though, I will” “Remember that person that gave up? Neither does anyone else!” (Reality of life!) A very good morning to all you beautiful, blessed children of the Most High! It is once again my priviledge & honour, to share with you, what I believe God, has laid upon my heart … a “now Word” for many. As I believe that many people across the world, saved and unsaved, are facing extremely tough and challenging times!! Amen anyone? So, before we get into our sermon for today, let us just bring this morning to the Lord in prayer. “Opening prayer” Many of you that knows me well, will know that I am quite fascinated or intrigued by super-natural human achievements, and that I read up on the subject quite often. And today I would just like to share with you briefly, on an achievement that is not only worthy to be mentioned, but an achievement that can be used as a life lesson … a tenacious faith statement, which declares that: “Even though, I will” You see church, on 3rd June 2017, Alex Honnold stood in front of a 3000 foot vertical granite rock, called El Capitan, in the Yosimite National Park in California, and after 10 years of dreaming, after being told that it cannot be done, nobody has ever done that, it's way too dangerous, one mistake – certain death! (over 30 fatalities). And looking up to that sheer size of that granite face, Alex Honnold started to “Free Solo El Capitan” without any ropes & any safety gear. On that bright morning, I can imagine Alex saying: “Even though … I will”…  well, it took him just over 4 hours to conquer El Capitan, the 1st human being to free solo this giant of a rock and carved his name in the annals of mountaineering, and great human achievements. So, this morning I would like you to turn your Bibles to Habakkuk 3: 17-18(NLT) – 17Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, 18yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! Once again, we are reminded, this time through Scripture, that “Even though, I will” You see, Habakkuk trusted God, he had his faith rooted in God, he had the assurance that God can be trusted, no matter what (somebody listen up…) God can be trusted, no matter what you're facing right now! Even though you're in the lowest of valleys, in the eye of the storm …and no idea of when and how it will end, yet you believe by faith, that God will come through for you … “Even though, I will!” Even King David, who penned many of the Psalms, proclaimed boldly in that well known Psalm 23:4, Even though I walk through the (sunless) valley of the shadow of death, I WILL fear no evil! Even though I have the odds stacked against me, I will trust in the God of my salvation! I will say of the Lord, Psalm 91:2 - “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust” (Even though, I will!) Please allow me to take you to around midnight, to a dungeon (an underground prison cell) in Phillipi in Acts 16:25-34(NIV) – 25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose. 27The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he though the prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul shouted, “Don't harm yourself! We are all here!” 29The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved- you and your household.” 32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God-he and his whole household. Paul & Silas had the odds stacked against them …. bound in chains with no possibility of escape …. beaten and bruised, they used the most effective weapon in a Believers arsenal, they started singing and praying unto their God! Verse 25 You see church, Paul & Silas made their minds up, they made faith declarations that, “Even though, I will” They had all the reason in the world to be miserable, grumpy, moody & discouraged! But they trusted God, irrespective of insurmountable circumstances & conditions, and God proved to them, and to us through His Word, that He is the God of the super-natural … always was, is and always will be! There are still so many Bible characters that I can mention Church, Noah, Daniel, Job to name but a few, who all adopted the mindset & attitude that, “Even though, I will.” My challenge to each one of you is simply this ….. When last did you look at your mountain, that situation that you have no control over? Well it's time to say to what ever you're facing right now: “Even though, I will.”

Believe And You Will Be Saved Acts 16:27 - 31 27The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul shouted, “Don't harm yourself! We are all here!” 29The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

In this episode we discuss what you can expect when beginning your detox and how you can avoid the issues you may run into when doing so. On day 1 you might feel really motivated, but also run into some routine things like snacks you're used to eating and know you shouldn't. On Day 2 you'll find it may be the hardest day as you might start feeling the side effects of changing your diet, which can include feeling congested, tired, or head ache. Make sure you're hydrated and moving your body/exercising in order to combat these symptoms. On day 3 many will start feeling amazing while others might feel about the same as 2, but on day 4 you'll start feeling really good and light/healthy. Day 5 will be building on day 4's amazing feelings and you'll want to keep going. You'll experience many positive feelings and changes in your body, which even includes being able to sleep better at night. Day one 0:53Day two 3:05Day three and four 6:00Day five 7:55The routine following the detox 9:29Tell the people around you 13:29The last thing 16:37“What I would love everyone to do after the detox is to really take a moment to reflect on those five days and make a decision on what are the habits in the detox that you wanna keep… I want you to write that down and commit to that.” 9:33

Today we have a very, very, special guest. This has been someone I've wanted to speak with since I started doing the podcast. Our guest today is one of the biggest names in BMX, who has cemented himself a spot among the likes of Jay Miron, Dave Osato, Paul Buchanan, and others as one of the most influential and greatest Canadian BMX riders ever. Over the last 12 years we have seen him put out countless incredible video parts that would continue to push the limits of what is possible on a BMX bike, he is the king of Simple Session with 5 wins under his belt, he has won Toronto BMX jam so many times that people stopped wondering who was gonna be first, and started taking bets on who was taking 2nd place. He is teamed up with some of the most well respected brands and companies in the world like RedBull, Toyota, DK Bikes, and more. His positive attitude is so infectious it's impossible to not be smiling when you're around him. We are so lucky to have the one and only Drew Bezanson in the studio here with us today!Chapters Intro/early years 0:00-5:35Metro jam Vancouver/toronto/props BMX 5:35-14:14How Drew learned about Joyride 150 14:14-18:02Drew walks us through all of his Joyride edits 18:02-39:13Drew's sponsors over the years 39:13-47:45The proper use of Resi's, AirBags, and Foam Pits 47:45-49:37The most badass dude in BMX is Morgan Wade… Here's why 49:37-52:29The encouragement  Drew has been given from the biggest dudes in BMX since his crash 52:29-55:28Drews experience riding Matt Beringer's old backyard set up/ riding in Utah/ garage ramps 55:28-58:35RedBull will make your dreams a reality / uncontainable 58:35-1:07:11Simple session 1:07:11-1:16:07Nike Pool Contest 1:16:07-1:24:11RedBull contests(dirt conquers, framed reactions) and contest riding in general 1:24:11-1:31:53Raditudes 1:31:53-1:37:16Did Drew ever consider riding mega ramp? 1:37:16-1:40:43Growing up in the golden era of BMX, and world's firsts 1:40:43-1:47:15Redbull "Uncontained" 1:47:15-1:53:20Drews 270 drop in at Toronto BMX jam 2015 1:53:20-1:55:34What we can expect from Drew when he makes his return to BMX 1:55:34-2:00:52The importance of health and nutrition as a top level BMX athlete 2:00:52-2:07:20Listener questions 2:07:20-2:36:54Last question, Show wrap up 2:36:54MERCH! https://www.hvxgoat.com/shop​​​​​​Shout Out's!Cult Crew https://cultcrew.com/​​​​Dead Leisurehttps://www.deadleisure.com/​​​​​Ride Onhttps://rideon-bmx.com/​https://rideonbmx.bigcartel.com/​Wonderland Studios Custom professional tattooing and piercing from Wayne Galbraith and Deacon Matheson.Harvester Bikes The best BMX shop in Canada. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://paypal.me/HVXGOAT?locale.x=en_US)

Welcome 1.32How empty nesting can be a major trigger for changing the direction of Karen's own life 4.34There are so many things that we as women have in our skill sets that we just take for granted and don't realize the value of them. 6.22One of the biggest physical changes is our decreased ability to just push through and make stuff happen. And so we are invited to face the fact that you cannot continue to push through like you have, your body just is not going to allow you to do that anymore. And so there's the invitation for the lessons in that. 9.29The 4 Stage of Transition 18.02 The Red Stage - there is an ending of some kind. And so, you know, for many of us, it can be when children leave home, when you have your last period, when you have your first hot flash, you know. Endings are almost always something that takes time.  The Blue Stage -the time when you start to say, I'm not that anymore. And so that's where that grieving comes in.I don't know who I am. And so it's a time of disorientation of the in-between The Yellow Stage is just a little side trip out of the Blue Zone, then what happens often is that you cannot keep up that pace of avoiding, it takes a lot of energy to keep pushing those feelings away The Pink Stage - this is the time of creativity of just imagining, I could do all of these things. And eventually, you have more clarity around where you want to move to, and you form a plan.* A key aspect for many women, as they're creating this vision of what they want to do in the second half of their life. How can I bring healing to the world in one way or another? How can we take that servant heart and apply it to the world? 35.38Key Takeaways Why mid-life, menopause, death, divorce, retirement, and many other significant changes invite us to embrace these times as an invitation to explore what our next stage in life can be The importance of understanding what gets in the way of manifesting our vision, and creating allies with all the parts of ourselves as we make our vision a reality. Connect with Karen https://www.karenrandallcoaching.com/

The Gospel of John 2021 Part One: The Glory of the Son By Louie Marsh, 4-18-2021   Intro – 4 cartoons – last one robbed left with bad sheet.   The Glory of Jesus:   1) Jesus is eternally GOD.   “1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” (John 1:1–3, ESV)   In the beginning (ἐν ἀρχῃ [en archēi]). Ἀρχη [Archē] is definite, though anarthrous like our at home, in town, and the similar Hebrew be reshith [bərēʾšîṯ; בְּרֵאשִׁית] in Gen. 1:1. There is no argument here to prove the existence of God any more than in Genesis. Three times in this sentence John uses this imperfect of εἰμι [eimi] to be which conveys no idea of origin for God or for the Logos, simply continuous existence.   The Word (ὁ λογος [ho logos]). old word in Homer to lay by, to collect, to put words side by side, to speak, to express an opinion. Λογος [Logos] is common for reason as well as speech. Heraclitus used it for the principle which controls the universe. The Stoics employed it for the soul of the world (ἀνιμα μυνδι [anima mundi]) Marcus Aurelius used σπερματικος λογος [spermatikos logos] for the generative principle in nature.   At any rate John’s standpoint is that of the Old Testament and not that of the Stoics nor even of Philo who uses the term Λογος [Logos]   It therefore signifies both the outward form by which the inward thought is expressed, and the inward thought itself, the Latin oratio and ratio: compare the Italian ragionare, “to think” and “to speak.” As signifying the outward form it is never used in the merely grammatical sense, as simply the name of a thing or act (ἔπος, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), but means a word as the thing referred to: the material, not the formal part: a word as embodying a conception or idea   As signifying the inward thought, it denotes the faculty of thinking and reasoning (Heb. 4:12); regard or consideration (Acts 20:24); reckoning, account (Philip. 4:15, 17; Heb. 4:13); cause or reason (Acts 10:29).   Vincent (1887) sums this up nicely for us:   As Logos has the double meaning of thought and speech, so Christ is related to God as the word to the idea, the word being not merely a name for the idea, but the idea itself expressed. The thought is the inward word...   The Logos of John is the real, personal God (1:1), the Word, who was originally before the creation with God, and was God, one in essence and nature, yet personally distinct (1:1, 18); the revealer and interpreter of the hidden being of God; the reflection and visible image of God, and the organ of all His manifestations to the world...   He made all things, proceeding personally from God for the accomplishment of the act of creation (1:3), and became man in the person of Jesus Christ, accomplishing the redemption of the world. -   With God (προς τον θεον [pros ton theon]). Though existing eternally with God the Logos was in perfect fellowship with God. Προς [Pros] with the accusative presents a plane of equality and intimacy, face to face with each other.   And the Word was God (και θεος ἠν ὁ λογος [kai theos ēn ho logos]). By exact and careful language John denied Sabellianism by not saying ὁ θεος ἠν ὁ λογος [ho theos ēn ho logos]. The subject is made plain by the article (ὁ λογος [ho logos]) and the predicate without it (θεος [theos]) just as in John 4:24 πνευμα ὁ θεος [pneuma ho theos] can only mean “God is spirit,” not “spirit is God.” So in 1 John 4:16 ὁ θεος ἀγαπη ἐστιν [ho theos agapē estin] can only mean “God is love,” not “love is God” as a so-called Christian scientist would confusedly say. For the article with the predicate see Robertson, Grammar, pp. 767f. So in John 1:14 ὁ Λογος σαρξ ἐγενετο [ho Logos sarx egeneto], “the Word became flesh,” not “the flesh became Word.”   2) Jesus is the CREATOR of the universe.   3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” (John 1:3, ESV)   3) Jesus is the LIFE & LIGHT of all people.   “4In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.” (John 1:4–9, ESV)   Jesus is our   “10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John 1:10–13, ESV)   Jesus alone reveals who & what GOD   “14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) 16For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” (John 1:14–18, ESV)   4) Jesus is the core all true Christian TESTIMONY.   “29The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.”” (John 1:29–31, ESV)        

Sermon preached on this Gospel reading: John 12 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.' 22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honour. 27 ‘Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—“Father, save me from this hour”? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. 28Father, glorify your name.' Then a voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.' 29The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, ‘An angel has spoken to him.' 30Jesus answered, ‘This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. 31Now is the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. 32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.' 33He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. [NRSV]

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While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” Luke 11:29The crowd seemed to be a mixed bunch. First, there were those who wholeheartedly believed in Jesus. The Twelve, for example, left everything behind to follow Him. His mother and various other holy women believed in Him and were His faithful followers. But within the growing crowd, it appeared that there were many who questioned Jesus and wanted some form of proof of Who He was. Thus, they wanted a sign from Heaven.A sign from Heaven would have been some externally manifest proof of Who Jesus was. Granted, Jesus had already performed numerous miracles. But it seems that this was not enough. They wanted more—and that desire is a clear indication of a stubbornness of heart and a lack of faith. So Jesus could not and would not give them the sign they wanted.Instead, Jesus says that the only sign they will receive is the sign of Jonah. Recall that the sign of Jonah was not very appealing. He was thrown over the side of a boat and swallowed by a whale, where he remained for three days before being spit up on the shores of Nineveh.Jesus’ sign would be similar. He would suffer at the hands of the religious leaders and civil authorities, be killed and be placed in a tomb. And then, three days later, He would rise. But His Resurrection was not one in which He came forth with rays of light for all to see; rather, His post-Resurrection appearances were to those who already manifested faith and already believed.The lesson for us is that God will not convince us of the matters of faith through powerful and Hollywood-like public manifestations of God’s greatness. Instead, the “sign” we are offered is an invitation to die with Christ so that we can personally begin to experience the new life of the Resurrection. This gift of faith is interior, not publicly exterior. Our death to sin is something we personally and interiorly do, and the new life we receive can only be seen by others by the witness of our lives that are changed.Reflect, today, upon the true sign God has given you. If you are one who seems to be waiting for some manifest sign from our Lord, wait no longer. Look at the crucifix, see Jesus’ suffering and death, and choose to follow Him in a death to all sin and selfishness. Die with Him, enter the tomb with Him and allow Him to bring you forth interiorly renewed this Lent, so that you can be transformed by this one and only sign from Heaven.My crucified Lord, I gaze upon the crucifix and see in Your death the greatest act of love ever known. Give me the grace I need to follow You to the tomb so that Your death will triumph over my sins. Free me, dear Lord, during the Lenten journey so that I will be able to fully share in Your new life of the Resurrection. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2021 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.

John 3:2236 (ESV) John the Baptist Exalts Christ 22After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24(for John had not yet been put in prison). 25Now a discussion arose between some of Johns disciples and a Jew over purification. 26And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witnesslook, he is baptizing, and all are going to him. 27John answered, A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. 28You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him. 29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegrooms voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30He must increase, but I must decrease. 31He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. 33Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. 34For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. 35The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. 36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Scripture ReferencedThe discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. - Proverbs 17:24The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him. Proverbs 18:17Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. Proverbs 14:29The fruit of the Spirit is...self-control - Galatians 5:22 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things Philippians 4:8Specific to Gossip and LiesYou shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. Exodus 23:1There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. Proverbs 11:9A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. Proverbs 16:28Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler. Proverbs 20:19Titus 3:1-10 - 1Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.8 The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. 10 As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, 11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.Links ReferencedSection 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. See https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230CNN Settles Lawsuit with Nick Sandmann https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-viral-video/index.htmlAmerican Thinker - Dominion Voting Retraction https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/01/statement.html#ixzz6jl031H1J Sextus Empiricus - The Modes of Skepticism -https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sextus-empiricus/#ModAlexander Solzhenitzen, 1970 Nobel Lecture, released to the world in 1972 https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/nobel-lectureBooks Referenced Brad Smith, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age, https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Weapons-Promise-Peril-Digital-ebook/dp/B07PBQQX67/ Rod Dreher, Live Not by Lies - A Manual for Christian Dissidents, https://www.amazon.com/Live-Not-Lies-Christian-Dissidents/dp/0593087399

In this episode we discuss...our 5 points on how your church fits into the kingdom:Your place matters to Christ!Matthew 16:18bActs 17:24-27Your people are unique, so know and love them.Psalm 139Exegete your congregation!2 Kinds of Differences:ContextualGifting and PersonalityYour people are there for the lost people around them.1 Thessalonians 1:6-8It’s going to be hard, so embrace it. Colossians 1:28-29The book you’re reading might not be all that helpful.Much of what we read by way of application does not always apply well in a rural context.Don’t get discouraged by it!Think rural, and do things in rural ways. Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:Need a knife sharpener for those blunted blades? Josh and Joe review Work Sharp's Guided Knife Sharpening System & Upgrade Kit.Our Quote of the Day:"If I did not praise and bless Christ my Lord, I should deserve to have my tongue torn out by its roots from my mouth. If I did not bless and magnify his name, I should deserve that every stone I tread on in the streets should rise up to curse my ingratitude, for I am a drowned debtor to the mercy of God—over head and ears—to infinite love and boundless compassion I am a debtor." Charles SpurgeonCONTACT (give us feedback, topic ideas, or just say hey)Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail.comWebsite: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: http://facebook.com/ruralpastorstalkTwitter: @ruralpastorsLISTENItunesSpotifyStitcherGoogle Play

This service was recorded at Market Harborough Congregational Church for Sunday 29th November, by Rev Stephen Haward and Rev Barry Osborne for the first week of Advent.The Bible Readings are Isaiah 40:1-9 and John 1:19-29The whole service is here

Today’s guitar villain is Misha Mansoor, a key founder of the beguiling genre of Djent and an overall machine of a guitar player. Misha is the mastermind behind the wall of sound that is the band Periphery, a signature artist of Jackson guitars and BareKnuckle pickups, the founder of the excellent Get Good Drums software, and an avid sports car enthusiast. Misha is also the founder of Horizon Devices, a company featuring some truly spectacular guitar pedals like the Apex PreAmp and Flux Echo, and now, most recently, they’re making guitar strings. With that resume, you better prepare yourself, because it’s time for this episode of Guitar Villains.Intro and Misha’s supervillain alter-ego: 0:00Burning Questions: 6:14Misha’s backward sense of harmony: 11:10Problem-solving in songwriting: 15:10Name Those Notes: 16:44The re-release and return of Bulb: 27:35Guitar playing from the producer perspective: 30:14The hardest and easiest thing about playing guitar: 32:22The most important skill guitar players ignore: 34:34Writing music starting with a drum groove: 37:02The problem with drum loops: 40:29The difference between delay and echo: 42:00Misha’s dream band: 45:59Misha’s favorite airplane album: 48:56Misha’s supervillain advice: 49:39Check out Horizon DevicesCheck out GetGood DrumsFollow Periphery on YouTube Sign up for Guitar Super System, the most popular independent guitar learning platform on the internet: https://bit.ly/GVMM006

Welcome everyone, I'm Jim Frazier of ARCA Advisory Group, and this is the Smart City Podcast. Today, we have a panel discussion with some with, with some intriguing end users of Smart City Technology.0:15We have Kevin Comstock, Smart Cities, Director of the City of Chattanooga, as well as doctor Melissa Wiley, who's a data analyst for the city of Gainesville, Florida. Welcome to both of you, love, Thank you, Jim.0:31OK, well, thanks for joining us today.0:34Um, there's been a lot lot published and discussed about Smart Cities. Much of its vaporware Can can each of you share some? You know, interesting projects that actually are happening on the ground and in both Chattanooga and Gainesville.0:53Sure, Be happy to. one of the, we've got three major projects are three major activities that we've got going on here in Chattanooga. The first one is a collaborative of different governmental agencies, academia, hospitals, health care people, the electric power board here. The individuals that installed our fiber network about 10 years ago, that created the gig city.1:24So, that group is kinda working together to identify opportunities in smart cities more from an economic development perspective and to help bring technology and research to our universities here. So, which leads into the first or the next project, which is our Testbed. The city and the University of Tennessee Chattanooga have built a living laboratory on one of our corridors here in town.1:51It's about a mile and a half long, has 11 intersections on it, where we have deployed numerous sensors for vehicle, detection, air quality detection, mckusick detection, to get a very good sense of how that corridor or operates from an urban perspective. Some of the things that we're doing there are actually starting to test out some of the ... technologies for live spat, challenge the signal facing and timing transmission between vehicles and infrastructure and from the infrastructure back to the vehicles. So that's been going on here for about 18 months, now.2:29The next project we've got is a collaborative project with the Oak Ridge National Labs, and the National Renewable Energy Lab on a digital twin here in the community, which is computer simulation of our entire city, basically. And the primary points that they're looking at with that is the traffic system, how we can reduce emissions, are improved fuel economy, reduced energy, use this as a department, event, US Department of Energy project. So, but it's, it's in its second year now, they're getting ready to roll out the next two years of the project. And they're expanding that to be much more of a regional perspective than the one specific corridor that they've identified. And I've been working on for the past two years. Well, Kevin, let me jump in that, That, that's fascinating.3:23It's a Department of Energy project that is building a Digital Twin with a focus on your transportation network, correct?3:33And it didn't come from the U S D O T? correct.3:39I don't get into politics. That's that's. That's it, That Melissa, there's another, in gainesville's a big university town.3:50Yeah. And there's a there's a lot happening there. I know, in the Smart City domain. You maybe want to touch on some of the things you're personally involved with, in terms of Data analytics.Read entire transcript at https://www.gotostage.com/channel/8c81af73828943598cf4b25ae492b3e9/recording/20169eda5bea434b9afb456df05bfc47/watch?source=CHANNEL

A Picture of Faith - Mark 9-14-29The condition of our relationship with God directly affects the power He will show in your life.Our faith, or lack thereof, directly affects God's ability to work in our life.Faith is not a once for all step in the life of a believer.Faith is a dynamic process, gift, or power in the life of a believer.

A Picture of Faith - Mark 9-14-29The condition of our relationship with God directly affects the power He will show in your life.Our faith, or lack thereof, directly affects God's ability to work in our life.Faith is not a once for all step in the life of a believer.Faith is a dynamic process, gift, or power in the life of a believer.

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Radical Prayer LifeThe Purpose of Prayer                        Matthew 6: 9 – 10NIV  Kingdom – Will – Earth – Heaven  Why should we pray if God knows your every need? Why should we pray if God is Sovereign (All-Powerful)? The process of ManGenesis 2:7, Palms 24: 1 – 4The Authority of Man-Kind is delegated not sovereign (Man has been given the authority to manage or governed the earth Not the Owners  The purpose of ManGenesis 1:26 - 31 NIV, Matthew 7: 28 – 29The authority of Man comes from the Lord; the stronger the connection the clearer the authority!This concept of a Spirit Man (Hu-man) was created especially to Rule over (manage) the earth!  After Adam (Man) sinned God left His earth as Humans connected their authority to the kingdom of darkness!  Without a dirt body; God will not exercise His sovereign authority on planet earth!  The Governance of the earth was designed for God and Man partnership!  “Without God man cannot without man God will not”   (Abraham & Sodom, Noah & Ark)  ConclusionThe Chief Purpose of Prayer is to usher in the Kingdom of God into your life!  In The Kingdom of God is everything you need  (Your needs are already met but through the Kingdom of God)  The Will of God is connected to His Kingdom coming to your Life; His Will Follow His Kingdom!Jesus prayed with such consistency and fervency because Prayer opens portals or dimensions from this realm (planet earth to spiritual realms) the Kingdom of God. Prayer without Revelation of the Kingdom of God will bring great frustration; the will of God is revealed in His Kingdom.   Action Plan:Pray for the passion to study God’s Word return to you and that the secrets of the Kingdom will be revealed to you!

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor,but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.~Proverbs 11:9 (ESV)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,but the tongue of the wise brings healing.~12:18A gentle tongue is a tree of life,but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.~15:4Gracious words are like a honeycomb,sweetness to the soul and health to the body.~16:24Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruits.~18:21The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;they go down into the inner parts of the body.~18:8A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.~15:18A man who flatters his neighborspreads a net for his feet.~29:5Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;a stranger, and not your own lips.~27:2The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,and whoever utters slander is a fool.~10:18A truthful witness saves lives,but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.~14:25Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,and do not deceive with your lips.~24:28________________________________________________________________When words are many, transgression is not lacking,but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.~10:19Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.28 Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.~17:27-28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.~15:28A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,but only in expressing his opinion.~18:2To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,and a word in season, how good it is!~15:23A word fitly spokenis like apples of gold in a setting of silver.~25:11Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favorthan he who flatters with his tongue.~28:23Faithful are the wounds of a friend;profuse are the kisses of an enemy.~27:6A soft answer turns away wrath,but a harsh word stirs up anger.~15:1A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.~15:18Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD,but those who act faithfully are his delight.~12:22Gracious words are like a honeycomb,sweetness to the soul and health to the body.~16:24Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for buildingup, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.~Ephesians 4:29The heart of the wise makes his speech judiciousand adds persuasiveness to his lips.~Proverbs 16:23Keep your heart with all vigilance,for from it flow the springs of life.~4:23“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, forthe tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, whenyou are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The goodperson out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his eviltreasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give accountfor every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and byyour words you will be condemned.”~Matthew 12:33-37The Lord your God is in your midst,a mighty one who will save;he will rejoice over you with gladness;he will quiet you by his love;he will exult over you with loud singing.~Zephaniah 3:17

John 1:29–42a     29The next day [John] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”     35The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42He brought him to Jesus.

Key Text: Colossians 1:24-29The gospel turns suffering from a self-centred experience to an others-centred opportunity.

Luke 8:26-39 Galatians 3:23-29The account of the man in the tomb and a Jesus who finds us when we cannot look for him.  To remember our true name, beloved child of God.  "Now go back to your family and tell them everything God has done, and how KIND he has been to you."- vs.39.

Luke 8:26-39 Galatians 3:23-29The account in sacred text that tells us of a Jesus who came to the rescue of a man who was mentally ill.  Rescued, he is sent back to tell his family, how good God is and how He has been KIND to him.  From our Galatians reading- there is no longer Jew or Gentile slave or free, male and female.  For you are all one in Christ Jesus.      Equality for all. 

  Psalm 67:1-7 & John 14:23-29The sixth Sunday of Easter we find our Savior preparing his servants for what is about to happen. There is a very disturbing time that awaits them in the departure of their Master, Teacher, Friend, and Lord, Jesus. Jesus warns them about his leaving, but he seeks to shape their point of view. He tells them, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.”  Peace is a gift from Christ. When you find that you are in trouble or about to receive some upsetting news, it is good to know that Jesus has said, “ Peace I leave with you…” Peace is not the absence of war, but it is deep security and being in harmony with God and men. How do we exercise this peace? By obeying his teaching. What is the confidence that we will have this peace? The Son and Father will make their home in you. On what grounds can you be at peace? It is because Jesus is going away and coming back to us. The peace Jesus left us is pictured in the Lord’s Table where the drama of Christ’s departure, peacemaking, and return are on full display as we obey his teachings in eating the bread and drinking the cup. It is in the Table of our Lord that his ways are made known on the earth and his salvation among all nations.  Whatever may come our way, the peace of Christ that he has left with us, tells us God has been gracious to us, has blessed us, and has made his face shine upon us, and his peace will never be taken from us.   

Podcast: Unsolicited Response PodcastEpisode: 4 Takeaways from 2018 ... And Kicking Off 2019 With My S4x19 Mini KeynotePub date: 2019-01-29The first Unsolicited Response episode of 2019 is a shorter solo-sode. It begins with my four major takeaways from 2018 Finally figuring out the OT / IT issue Consequence based risk reduction Detection market acceleration and shake out The ICS bane called Cyber Hygiene And then at 10:20 in the podcast I've included my S4x19 minute mini-keynote Create The Future, with a bit of help from Patrick Miller, Eireann Leverett and Rob Lee. Links Article on the best way to build an OT Security workforce Podcast on INL's Consequence Driven, Cyber Informed Engineering (CCE) Page with my ICS Detection Market analysis YouTube video of my S4x19 mini-keynote This episode was sponsored by CyberX. Founded by military cyber experts with nation-state expertise defending critical infrastructure, CyberX has developed an end-to-end platform for continuous ICS threat monitoring and risk mitigation. Check out the 2019 CyberX Global ICS and IIoT Risk Report, the CyberX report on the NIS Directive, and my podcast from last year on the report with Phil Neray.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dale Peterson: ICS Security Catalyst and S4 Conference Chair, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Matthew 7:15-29The final session in on Manifesto series with John Dickinson (Senior Leader, Carnmoney church) speaking on Jesus closing words at the Sermon on the Mount.

Text: Romans 8:29The term firstborn is a fascinating word study, particularly in the NT. Jesus is the firstborn of creation, of the dead, and of the new order, which he purchased with His own blood. Jesus being the firstborn of many brothers is the powerful result of God's unswerving commitment to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. It yields strong Christian comfort and encouragement and it's something I don't hear many talking about. We definitely need to understand it and receive it now, during this challenging time for us all.

"We need the Jesus of Holy Week to teach us that you can never be perfect enough to avoid rejection."//Psalm 118:22-24, 29The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.//This episode was written and recorded by Amy Sullivan, a Chicago-based journalist and co-host of the religion and politics podcast Impolite Company. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Associate Minister of Digital Strategy and Online Engagement at The Riverside Church.Find out more at www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo.

"We need the Jesus of Holy Week to teach us that you can never be perfect enough to avoid rejection."//Psalm 118:22-24, 29The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.//This episode was written and recorded by Amy Sullivan, a Chicago-based journalist and co-host of the religion and politics podcast Impolite Company. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Associate Minister of Digital Strategy and Online Engagement at The Riverside Church.Find out more at www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo.

https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/podcast_channel_artwork.png () Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy Welcome to Day 320 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Never Be Disturbed – Proverbs [10:28]-32 Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 320 of our trek. This week we have remained at camp around the campfire as we continue digging the nuggets of wisdom that are found in the book of Proverbs. So far we have explored the first 27 verses of Chapter 10, and today we will finish up with chapter 10 and head back out on the trails tomorrow. This section of Proverbs, which includes chapters 10-26 compares and contrasts bite size nuggets of wisdom that apply to everyday life. I know that you will enjoy it as we learn together. https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/download-47.jpe () Thank you so much for coming along with me each day as we explore and consume these “nuggets of wisdom.” These bits of wisdom help us live a rich and satisfying life while creating a living legacy. While some of our daily treks are a multi-part series, you can join us at any time and start along with us from that point on. If you would like to listen to any of the past episodes, please go to https://wisdom-trek.com/ (Wisdom-Trek.com) to listen to them and read the https://wisdom-trek.com/wisdom-trek-podcast/ (daily journal). You can also subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on iTunes, Spreaker, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and Google Play, so each day's trek will be downloaded to you automatically. We are broadcasting this podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. On Wednesday evening, my sister Rebecca came over for our monthly dinner together, and we had a great time continuing our personal trek through old family pictures. We enjoy getting together, sharing, and remembering days gone by. Life slips by so quickly, and it is good to take the time to reflect on where you have been so that you can move confidently forward with your hopes and dreams, as well as your challenges and rewards that life holds for you in the future. https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/reflection2.jpg () As we remain in camp for one more day, it is a time of reflecting on the wisdom nuggets that are contained in the book of Proverbs. There are so many, and this gives us a great time to reflect on how their common sense advice applies personally to our lives. These timeless truths give us hope so that we will… Never Be Disturbed – Proverbs [10:28]-32 How can we have hope for each day so that we will never be disturbed? It sounds like a difficult objective to achieve. Let's start with verse 28 and find out. 28The hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of the wicked come to nothing. We all have hopes and dreams. For some they may be large and bright, but for others just making it through another day is their hope. If we have our hope in God, then even if our daily outlook is not what we would desire, we can find happiness because our hope is not based on ourselves or others that may have influence over us. Our hopes, dreams, and impact, are for an eternal reward, regardless of how small it may appear in the eyes of the world. Even the smallest act of kindness or help that provides hope for another will ripple through eternity. Contrasting to this, the expectations of those people that do not have their hope in God will all be for nothing. If all of our dreams and ambition are for this world only, then everything that we hope for will eventually die out and have no eternal value. https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/c69ed8f81425394205ed10bd4cc8295a.jpg ()   29The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity, but it destroys the wicked. When our values and foundation for life is built on God's precepts and principles, then our speech and...

Exodus 7:8-10:29The plagues sent upon Egypt are God's answer to Pharaoh's question "Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?" They are as much to wake God's people from their sleep as they are to demonstrate his power to their overlords.

Acts 27:14-29The strong anchor of the: Presence of God Promises of God Providence of God Performance of GodI will not fear,I will not fret,I will not fight.i will trust you to do what is best for me.

click here Visit the Recover In Christ web site. Passage John 1 : John 1 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. 22Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. 24And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.