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In this episode of 'Out of the Box with Christine,' host Christine Blosdale welcomes Patricia Walsh Chadwick, author of 'Little Sister, a Memoir,' and 'Breaking Glass: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street.' Patricia shares her gripping story of being separated from her parents at the age of six, growing up in a restrictive cult, and eventually finding her way to success in the finance industry. Despite the trauma and challenges, Patricia's extraordinary resilience and determination led her to rise to the top in Wall Street. This compelling conversation covers her early life in a religious commune, the pivotal changes when she was six, and her inspiring career journey, touching on themes of survival, empowerment, and giving back to the community. Patricia's story is a testament to the power of inner strength and the will to succeed against all odds. GIVING BACK Patricia also discusses the importance of mentorship and her passion for giving back to the community, particularly through her work with the LGBTQ community. LINKS MENTIONED: Breaking Glass: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street. BUY ON AMAZON >> https://amzn.to/3Z0JALf Patricia's Website - http://www.PatriciaChadwick.com Anchor Health Initiative - http://www.anchorhealthinitiativeCT.org Christine's Website - http://www.ChristineBlosdale.com #survivor #wallstreet #womeninfinance #podcast 00:00 A Traumatic Childhood Separation 00:50 Welcome to Out of the Box with Christine 01:31 Introducing Patricia Walsh Chadwick 03:50 Life in a Strict Religious Community 06:20 Separation from Parents and Sibling Bond 09:12 Life in the Community from 6 to 17 14:38 Escaping the Community and Starting a Career 17:30 Mentorship and Success on Wall Street 21:05 Positive Influences and Overcoming Challenges 27:59 Gratitude and Giving Back 32:41 Future Plans and Final Thoughts  

Escaping Apostate Church Judgments (3) (audio) David Eells – 11/24/24 I'm going begin today by reading Hannah's prayer in 1Sa 2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength. 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased to hunger: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth. So what did she mean, she had born seven? We know that Hannah had been barren. Well, we're talking about a Man-child here, but the Man-child is not an individual, is he? And why seven? When we read Mic 5:5 …When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. So we see that Micah prophesied that when the Lord returned to his people that He would raise up seven princes, “seven shepherds, and eight principal men,” or eight princes among men, to defend God's people from the Beast. It's seven because there are seven churches and God is raising up the leadership to go to the seven churches. The eighth is mentioned separately because He is the prince of Peace Jesus who is in the midst of the seven. 6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. 7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: (This is her Man-child, that she brought forth to inherit the throne of glory.) For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail. 10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed. I believe this is talking about the Eli, Pharisee and Saul ministries, and a lot of ministers in our day who are going to resist and fight against the truth, as they have throughout history. In Jesus' day, the leadership over God's people fought with Jesus; they accused Jesus; they crucified Jesus. They did the same with His disciples, also. They strove with the Lord and He destroyed them. 1Sa 2:10 … And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed. Oh, praise God! Who is this king and His anointed? Well, in this case it was Samuel, but it was also Joseph, Moses, David and Jesus, all those good types. He will exalt the horn, the strength of His anointed. 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not the Lord. How could they have been the priests of Israel and not know the Lord? Well, honestly, it doesn't take very long to read the Word of God to find out that a lot of ministers nowadays don't know the Lord. They don't know the Lord but do they have some kind of association with religion? Yes. When you come into the Kingdom and you get a born-again spirit, you have a consciousness of God, but, quite frankly, if you don't obey that born-again spirit, it soon dies and you become what the Bible calls twice dead, plucked up by the roots (Jud.12). Who was Jude speaking about when he said that? The apostate ministers and many they train. And so you can be in the pulpit and be dead as a doornail. Saul died at the hands of the Philistines and I believe that it's talking about being dead in the spirit while he lived. We know that many of you have come out of churches after you realized they were dead. They were really not walking in the spirit; they were really not sharing the living Word of God. They were dead and you came out because of that. Praise God! 1Sa 2:13 And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; 14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all Israel that came thither. Shiloh, of course, was the house of God in those days, so this is basically the ministers gathering up their tithe, but these people were abusing it. And it's a very good type of exactly what's happening today. They were abusing their position as priests of the Lord, as ministers of God's house, by plundering God's people. Now he's going to point out two main things here about the sons of Eli that are exactly the problems with the leadership of the church in our day and how they are plundering God's people. 1Sa 2:15 Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw. Of course, that wasn't according to their custom. 16 And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. So here you have some ministers taking what they feel belonged to them, by force. The only thing was, this was a sacrifice. This was a sacrifice made by the person who was freely giving it, but they were taking it by force. That's an abuse of a sacrifice. Do you know that in the New Testament God has a sacrifice? It's a freewill offering. There is nothing in the New Testament about taking something by Law. Who is it who takes by Law? Well, you're looking at it right here. It's the apostate Eli ministry which is robbing and plundering God's people and taking from them by Law, taking from them because of their position. We don't have any such custom in the New Testament of demanding a tithe. Jesus said, So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple (Luk 14:33). He didn't say 10%; He said everything you have. And Jesus said in Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, Jesus said tithing was of the Law, not of grace. There's no commandment in the New Testament whatsoever for you to do this. Not one. And the rest of the verse says, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Notice that Jesus spoke to the Jews of their Law as being in the past, Meaning the Old Covenant. He never commanded it in the New Covenant because it was “a shadow of the good things to come.” But here is what's commanded: 2Co 9:6 But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. So it's just according to how much you give and that's really not according to the Law. The Law was 10% -- bring into the storehouse 10%. But now He's saying very plainly, “No, the more you give, the more you'll receive.” 2Co 9:7 [Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart…. Well, that's certainly not the Law at all. That's not demanding it; that's a freewill offering. Do as you feel in your heart. This is a man's personal sacrifice to God and to the ministry, and, of course, the ministry today is abusing that because they are dragging people back under the Law, which is forbidden. The Law separates from Christ; it separates from grace and, if you seek to be justified by the Law, you have to keep the whole Law. Gal 5:3 … He is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace. So it's not good for ministers to say you have to keep the tithe because you can't be saved that way. If you're seeking to be justified by the Law, then you have to keep the whole Law in order to be justified, but we're justified by grace and God says this is what God wants from His New Testament, born-again people. These are not people who are lost people, who are just following rules and regulations. These are people who have the grace of God in their heart. God expects more as He says in Luk 12:48 And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required…. Now, in the New Testament, when you're born again and you receive the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in your newborn temple; therefore He expects more because you have God in you and you are the temple. You don't go to the temple, you are the temple of God. God's in us. Col 1:27 … Christ in you, the hope of glory. God is the One Who is living the Christian life in us, you see. That's the whole point. So you would expect more from someone like that. You don't have to force somebody like that to do something and, if you had to, they obviously don't have God in their heart. So what does the Lord say? 2Co 9:7 Let each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity … It's not even necessary as a law would be. Well, it's not going to be edifying to a person to not give because giving is the heart of God and giving is how, of course, God multiplies it back to us. 2Co 9:6 But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. In other words, God wants to bless us and He's telling us that if it's in our heart to give, then good, do it. But He's not putting you under Law. It's not of necessity. Anybody who does put you under the Law is departing from the New Testament and they're doing exactly like Eli's sons, who were using the Law to force the giving. So he says, 2Co 9:7 … For God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work…. That's a powerful promise that covers everything, doesn't it? And it's just because a person gives out of the heart, not because they're under the Law. You know, sure, if you give under the Law, God will give back. When I first learned that the Lord wanted me to give, I did, and for a short time I went under the Law. But when I realized that it wasn't Scriptural, I started to give according to the Spirit because now I had the Holy Spirit to speak in my heart and tell me what to do. In the New Testament, that's why the Holy Spirit is given. You don't need a law because now we have …the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Rom 8:2). You don't have need to have anybody to tell you, “You must do this.” Instead, you want to do it because God is working in you to will and to do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). That's what New Testament salvation is all about. God is putting it in your heart. That's the kind of person God wants. He doesn't want a person who has to be forced or they won't do it. What kind of a son is that? That's a servant, but it's not a son and God is creating sons. So if we look back in 1 Samuel 2, we see a problem with the overwhelming majority of apostate ministries nowadays. They want to force the people to give something that should be a sacrifice on the part of the giver. They should just want to give it out of their own heart. In other words, give them the freedom to make the sacrifice the way they see that they want to do it. But, in the apostate ministries, the giving is being forced and that's exactly what we're seeing here in 1 Samuel. But the priest's servant said, 1Sa 2:16 Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17 And the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord; for the men despised the offering of the Lord. See, the offering of the Lord is holy because it comes out of holy hearts, people who want to give. They see a need and they are meeting that need. And it may be the need of their brother. Jesus said, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me (Mat.25:40). It may be a need of the brethren. It may not be bringing it into the storehouse, which is a church building or an organization, because the storehouse was not in the church. In the Old Testament, it was in the Temple and we are the Temple. God is going to judge His people by the way they treat His Temple, by what you do to the “least of these my brethren.” Did you feed them? Did you clothe them? Did you visit them in prison? See, that's how He judged the nations when He returned because that's His Temple. So it's very important that the sacrifice be a willing sacrifice in our covenant and not be demanded by Law. The people in ministry who force the giving are despising the offering of the Lord. Going on in 1Sa 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house? 28 and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all of the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? 29 Wherefore kick ye at mine sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? An Eli ministry gets fat from the offerings of God's people because they have departed from the Word of God; they are plundering God's people. It's not permitted and they will be judged for it, exactly like Eli's sons were being judged for it. You know, we are warned over and over in the Scriptures: Isa 56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea,] all ye beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind … Did you know, by the way, that Eli was blind? He became blind. 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark (In other words, they do not know when the enemy's coming. They don't know how to warn God's people. They don't know that they are the enemy.); dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. How many of God's people are supporting this debauchery in God's church? See, it's totally contrary to the Word of God. What you are supporting when you're doing that, is an Eli ministry. It's going down the drain fast at this particular moment. They're all dyeing. I'm not talking physically, I'm talking spiritually. If they're not dead already, they're going to die. They'd have to repent and come out of plundering God's people. There's nothing in the New Testament about being under the Law for giving. We are, of course, stewards of what belongs to God in the New Testament. Luk 14:33 So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. We are stewards; we're not owners. So, therefore, a person who tithes is a thief because he thinks the 90% belongs to him and the 10% belongs to God. Well, you just stole 90% because Jesus said the rest of that belongs to Him, too. So, if we're not a thief, then we listen to the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit tells you what to do with your house, what to do with your car, and what to do with your money. He tells you not only what to give and how much, but where to give it and to whom to give it. He is the One. He is the Lord since you have the Holy Spirit. In the Old Testament, they did not have the Holy Spirit commonly, so they needed a rule and regulation to tell them what to do. It's not so now. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made you free from the law of sin and death, so you're free from that law and now you're under the law of the Spirit. And the Spirit is the One Who knows your brethren, He knows the needs; He knows exactly what He wants to do and how much He wants to do, so we have to follow the Holy Spirit with everything. The Sabbath is no longer one day; it's every day. We cease from our works and enter into His rest every day. Now, what about the tithe? It's the same thing. See, when Jesus came, He multiplied the Law. Did you notice that in Matthew 5? Everything about the Law He multiplied, He made it bigger, because now God works in us from the inside out to do His Will. He works a desire in us to do what before we were fighting against with our carnal nature. It's a wonderful thing. But the Eli ministries are greedy dogs; they can never have enough. It is astounding how they can see so many people in need, even in their own assemblies, and yet don't lift a finger to help them. Meanwhile, they're flying their personal jet planes and doing all these things. Going on again in 1Sa 2:29 … Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me…. Wow! Did you know God could do that? Have you ever heard that doctrine of unconditional eternal security? Look at that big “but now” in the middle of that verse. Because God's promises are conditional and we have to have faith in Him. Our part is faith; His part is to supply the power. God can drop us like a rock any time. He can empower you to walk in His steps or He can give you up to this world and I'll tell you what: there is no promise for those who don't bear fruit. God is looking for the fruit of Jesus Christ. 1Sa 2:30 … But now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Obviously, He's talking about these preachers who were plundering His people and abusing them, and taking an offering from them. You don't “take” an “offering.” That's an oxymoron. 1Sa 2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house. 32 And thou shalt behold the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas…. Do you know what “Hophni” and “Phinehas” mean? “Hophni” means “stiff-necked, self-willed,” and “Phinehas,” I understand, means “a trustworthy face, but the mouth of a serpent.” Isn't that interesting? You know, a lot of people see what they see standing in their pulpit, but that's all they see. They see what they're supposed to see and they see what they are permitted to see, but they don't know what's really going on there. You may remember how I shared with you about one of the first churches I was invited to preach in Pensacola, while I was there I did a lot of teaching. The pastor of that particular church was an Eli pastor and, no doubt about it, he was doing everything that these guys were doing and more. There was a man who came in and he got saved; he came in totally drunk and he got sobered up. Shortly after that, God gave him a vision of the pastor as a serpent standing up behind the pulpit, speaking through a microphone. He did not understand it and he brought it to me and I told him, “Well, it means just what it says, you know.” And that pastor's last name meant “dragon.” He was the dragon, the old serpent. Well, “Phinehas” means “a trustworthy face, but the mouth of a serpent.” 1Sa 2:34 And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them. I'm going to back up a little bit here. 1Sa 2:22 Now, Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting. Do we ever hear of that happening nowadays? Yes, quite often, don't we? Evidently, sex and money seem to get hold of an awful lot of people who put themselves in a position of ultimate power over God's people. It seems like men who are not full of God cannot stand too much power, too much authority, too much money, too much esteem of the people, before they begin to take advantage of it. What it's saying is that a person shouldn't seek a position in God's Kingdom unless God puts them there. You know how God puts them there? He prepares them first. They are overcomers. Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations. Nowadays, “You can just go to Bible school and you pay for that certificate and now you're a preacher.” You can do this, but you're in trouble because there is not the nature of Jesus Christ there. After all, you have not overcome by going through trials yourself. And so what happens when you get out there and you get all this temptation? Because the Nicolaitan error is a great temptation. Putting a man in a position that is not Biblical is a great temptation that most people cannot stand. And the proof is showing up. I mean, they are lying with the women who do the service of the door of the Tent of Meeting. They're doing it now. The money, the women, the power, the abuse of their power, it's still the problem. We know God never designed a Nicolaitan ministry, anyway. He called for a five-fold ministry. That's what He called for. He distributed the authority among the five-fold ministry. That's His way of doing things. God's going to raise up the five-fold ministry. Remember, Jesus the Man-child raised up the apostles who raised up the five-fold ministry. The apostles ordained the five-fold ministers. They are the ones who started that. Once again, history is going to repeat in these days because the Man-child is going to raise up apostles who are going to raise up the five-fold ministry. He is going to restore the real five-fold ministry this time. I'm talking about people who have overcome, who are given a position by God, who were ordained to that position by God. In the Bible, it was apostles who ordained the five-fold ministry, but nowadays Bible schools can do it, so we have gone astray. We've fallen into what the Bible calls the “Nicolaitan error” (Revelation 2:6). We've gone far, far astray, and the ministers who put themselves in that position, and the people who put the ministers in that position, are not doing them a favor because they really can't hold up to that. God has to do this. God is the One Who ordains ministers, not men, not organizations and not religions. And so we've ended up with quite a lot of the Eli ministry out there. In Jesus' day, how many of the Pharisees, who were Eli ministers, how many of them recognized Him and obeyed Him when God sent His Son? Well, God is doing it again and they're going to do the same thing. The Lord told me that this is where we are right now, in the midst of a Pharisee, Saul and Eli ministry. But coming right down the road is this Man-child reformer ministry led by the Holy Spirit. Looking at the news concerning the church and the pastors and teachers and prophets and so on, we can see the great falling away going on around us. We know that it's happening again and we can tell where we are. God has pronounced judgment upon the Eli ministry and what's going to happen to it. 1Sa 2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm (this is speaking of Eli and his household), and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house. 32 And thou shalt behold the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind…. Oh, praise the Lord! This is what we have coming, folks: faithful priests “that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind.” That's not a small statement there. God will give grace. He will send new leadership. Of course, we know that this priest represents a corporate body in our day, spread throughout the earth, that God is sending to restore His people. 1Sa 2:35 … And I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed forever. Oh, praise the Lord! What do you think that means? Well, most people think it means he'll walk before the Lord. I think that's true, no doubt that this new, faithful ministry will walk before the Lord, but I believe that there's something deeper than that here. Let's turn to the New Testament. 2Co 1:21 Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God. Stop and think about that. God establishes us in Christ and anoints us. You know, the word “Christ” means “the anointed.” And Christ was the anointed, but Jesus left an individual body to come back in a corporate body in order to be able to do all over the world what He did in that first body, so the body of Christ is to be anointed. 2Co 1:22 Who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. The “anointing” is “to be filled with the Holy Spirit.” I dare say most of the church is not filled with the Spirit but, then, most of the church is not anointed. The Lord told me years ago that if we get what the apostles got, we'll do what they did. Read the book of Acts and find out what they had. When Jesus was ministering to the disciples, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit (Joh 20:22) and there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind Act 2:2 and… they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues 4, etc. Now, if you get that, you'll do what they did. Most of the church today is very dead because they feel that they have been anointed but they haven't. It's just words, you know. So, if you don't want what they have, you won't do what they did. So “he … establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us.” Why does God anoint us? It's so that we can walk in the steps of Christ, so that Christ can live through us to the world. We need to be anointed. We have to have this anointing, you see. What it said about Samuel was that, “He shall walk before mine anointed forever.” In other words, in this case we're talking about him being the leadership of God's anointed body that God is sending in the earth. He's walking before them as the leader of His anointed body to do His works. The Man-child, in whom Jesus lives, will be a leader of the anointed body of Christ in our day, just as Jesus was in His day. 1Sa 2:36 And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left in thy house…. What does “left in” mean? Well, we haven't gotten that far yet, but his house was wiped out and the people who followed his house were wiped out, at the hand of the Philistines. We know the Philistine represents the old man who lives in the land. There's a war going on between our spiritual man, who is an Israelite and the old man, who is a Philistine, and the war is for the land, which Hebrews 6 tells us is this physical life; this life is that land. Now when he says here, “everyone that is left in thy house,” it means, in other words, there are some people who are going to repent of the Saul ministry and not only of the ministry, but of following the Saul ministry. They're no longer going to be a part of that house and they're going to survive because their old man is not going to conquer them. 1Sa 2:36 And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread. We are the priests of God. As we sacrifice unto the Lord, as we make this burnt offering of flesh to the Lord, each one of us presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice, we are the priests of God. You're not sacrificing your life unto the Saul ministry. That's the whole problem; the Saul ministry refused to sacrifice the old man and, therefore, died at the hands of the old man. Now we're seeing the same thing about Eli. And so if we want to be priests, we have to be following the Samuels. There are people who are going to come out from under the Eli and Saul ministries and follow the David and Samuel ministry, and they will be priests of the Lord. Notice how this sounds very much like Joseph. Remember how, after selling Joseph into bondage, his own brothers came into the kingdom and it was he who kept them alive during the seven years of famine? He fed them. They came to him. All Israel, as a matter of fact, came to Joseph because the sons of Jacob, or Israel, all came to him in Egypt and Joseph served them; he met their needs. And we saw, also, that as soon as Saul died on Gilboa, along with the part of Israel that followed him, all the rest of Israel followed David. 1Ch 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Wow, they're actually saying they're the body of David! And so we see that this is about to repeat, folks. These people are dying; not physically, but spiritually they are dying. They're dying at the hands of the old man because they've refused to make war against the old man. 1Sa 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious (or “rare”) in those days; there was no frequent vision. It's the same today. There is “no frequent vision” from the Lord. Yes, many people have visions and the frequency of the vision of the Lord is something that the prophetic office is supposed to be sending forth, but it's all been polluted. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see). Notice that when Samuel arrives, the Word begins to speak about Eli's eyesight being poor and it seems to get worse and worse the longer that Samuel is on the scene. There's a reason for that and we'll look at it. But what does it mean for his eyes to begin “to wax dim, so that he could not see”? Well, I think this is talking about a lack of perception, a lack of discernment. As Jesus said, Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand (Mat.13:13). They lost their eyesight in the days of the coming of Jesus and now it's speaking about the Eli ministry losing their spiritual eyesight. 1Sa 3:3 And the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down [to sleep,] in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. So here's Samuel in the presence of the Lord and here's Eli losing his spiritual eyesight, meaning his prophetic gift. Now if we go back to one of the verses we read earlier, it says, and the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar (1Sa 2:33). We see that there are some people who are “under” the Saul ministry who are not going to be “of” the Saul ministry because they're going to repent. There's a multitude of God's people who are going to come out of these apostate churches and follow the David ministry, follow the Samuel ministry, and we praise God for that. This is going to be a reformation that's coming. Those who stay will die. There's no doubt about it. If they continue to follow that which is not the leading of the Holy Spirit, not ordained of God, not the Word of God, they will die. 1Sa 2:33 And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age. Remember, David was raised up under the Saul ministry, but he was David; he continued to grow. And here Samuel is raised up under the Eli ministry. This seems to be a parallel all the way through the Scriptures. So he's saying that there are people who are of that house, who will not be cut off from God's altar, but they will be “to consume thine eyes.” Why is this? How could it be that somebody who is righteous and who is going to outgrow that ministry, and who is going to repent, how could it be that these people will consume the eyes of the Eli ministry? Well, believe it or not, Jesus made a statement like that. Of course, we know Jesus was the Samuel, was the man-child of His day. Joh 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and they that see may become blind. So here's the Samuel ministry coming upon the scene and suddenly somebody's becoming blind. Joh 9:40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind? 41 And Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth. In our day, those people who say they see are becoming blind, but the people who don't claim to have the understanding, the perception, or the discernment, they're the ones like the kind of people whom Jesus gathered around Him. It was those fishermen, those tax collectors, those harlots, those sinners, it was they who became His staunch disciples and they didn't say that they could see. They didn't claim to be theologians, they didn't claim to know everything about God, but the people who did were becoming blind. In John 9 there's a really neat story about a blind man who's blind from birth and whom Jesus healed of his blindness. Jesus made mud, He smeared it on his eyes, sent him into the pool of Siloam and the blind man came back seeing. When the Pharisees heard of this, they basically called the healed man on the carpet and wanted to know who it was who had done this. So he said it was the one called Jesus. Then they wanted to know how it was that he was healed, so he related the whole story. Of course, they were just trying to pick holes in the story because these were the jealous Eli ministry that really didn't want anybody coming in and taking away their position, their kingdom. Jesus spoke of their ministry in Matthew 21 through the parable of God sending His Son and then those people who wanted the vineyard for themselves killing the Son. Well, it's pretty neat how this man rebuked those Pharisees. After they asked him a couple of times in a row, “How did he do this?” he said, “I told you already. You weren't listening. Why didn't you hear?” And they said, “We know this man's a sinner, that he couldn't possibly be from God.” To which the healed man replied, Joh 9:30 Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and [yet] he opened mine eyes. 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth. 32 Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. And how is it that these people didn't know that this man was from God? The healed man told them, “We know that God doesn't hear sinners, but he opened my eyes.” So this man, who didn't say he was a theologian, didn't say he knew everything about God, had a lot more wisdom than these people who were going against the Word of God in trying to justify themselves. This man who was under their ministry, under this Saul-Pharisee-Eli ministry, was now being delivered and it was making them angry. Actually, they excommunicated him; they threw him out of the church, basically because he told the truth, but they didn't want to hear the truth. There are some of you today who are coming out from among them. Like the Shulamite in the Song of Solomon, you have tried to bring this Jesus Whom you've found back to your “mother” and some of them really don't want to hear about it (Song of Solomon 3:4). You know what I'm talking about, right? Well, every time that you come out from under those ministries and you bring back the truth to them and they reject that truth, they become a little bit more blind, a little bit more blind. Jesus the Man-child came so that these people would become blind. When Samuel came on the scene, the anointed of God, the Man-child of that day, born of Hannah, then we begin reading over and over that the Eli ministry's becoming blind. You see, in this day, folks, notice that God says, 1Sa 2:33 and the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart. You know how grieving it is to those ministries when you go back and try to share truth with them, simple truth from the Word of God, and they don't want to hear it? And when they deny the Word that you bring to them they become more blind every time. It's interesting, you know, when the man who was healed mildly rebuked the Pharisees, they answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out (Joh.9:34). Who's not born in sin, right? But they're obviously pointing out that if he was blind from birth, his blindness was because of sin. Blindness from birth was quite common in those days. But they wouldn't let anybody teach them, they didn't want to hear from somebody who was not educated, not puffed up because of their religious system, or not somebody who went through their theological training. They don't want to hear anything from those people. You can bring them simple, simple truth; every time they deny it, they get more and more blind. They lose perception and discernment, just as this verse says: 1Sa 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see), 3 and the lamp of God was not yet gone out. Now the “lamp of God” here, in a sense, means his prophetic ministry to the people of God, or it could also be talking about the lamp of the eye, as Jesus spoke about it (Matthew 6:22). But, either way, we know, for instance, in Zechariah, that God is going to raise up a foolish shepherd in the land Zec 11:15, 16. God has done it in every generation and in every cycle. Zec 11:15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound…. Of course, we need to be fed the unleavened bread because that's the Seed of God that brings forth Christ in us, which is the only kind of fruit that God is interested in. 16 … Nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat [sheep]…. Once again, we see the plundering of the sheep, living off the sheep, getting fat off the sheep. 16 … And will tear their hoofs in pieces. The Lord pointed out to me one time so eloquently that hooves are what separate sheep from the world. This represents sanctification, which means separation from the world, and separation unto God. God wants us separate from the world, but connected to Him. When Moses went up on the mountain to meet God, He told him, “Hey, take your shoes off, Moses. You're standing on holy ground” (Exodus 3:2). In other words, God didn't want Moses separated from that holy ground. “Holy” and “sanctified” is the same word, right? God did not want Moses separate from holy ground, but out there in the world, God wanted Moses to keep his shoes on because we want to be separate from the world, we want to be sanctified. Well, when you take the foolish shepherd who is breaking the hooves off of the sheep, that means they're doing anything but sanctifying them from this world. Instead, they're making them worldly. Now, I'd like to share a few revelations with you.     The Church Emerging from Religion Servant - 12/30/2010 I see a huge iron structure --mountain-like. It is smooth and brown with bronze tones; smooth, glossy, shiny. It is warm and strong in appearance. Underneath and in the ground a little shoot cries, “Oh, Father, we desire Your presence!” Over and over the little shoot cries, “Oh, Father, we desire Your presence!” SUDDENLY their cry is heard of the Father. He sits forward on the throne. His eyebrows are shaped in a “V” as He looks at the mountain of religion preventing the little shoot. All the balconies of Heaven stand at attention. The earth begins to move to and fro. The mountain begins to sway as the shoot emerges from under the mountain by the power of God. GOD STANDS UP! Shaking, reeling such as never seen before! Then, with a mighty noise, the mountain reels, rips in half and falls in two pieces. The earth shakes: Destruction! Shaking! Such loud noise! Darkness; then all is still. The shoot, the true Church, emerges from the ground. God's glory -- bright, white, brilliant -- covers the shoot and the true refreshing begins. Joy! Strength! Power! The shoot rapidly grows in strength and power. Arms form, much like a mustard tree. This is the true refreshing; this is the power, glory, joy of the Lord. The earth will see and the earth will marvel at the strength, power and glory of the end-time Church. All this must be fulfilled. The Church is arrayed and ready for Jesus. Amen.   Destruction Comes for Apostate Leadership B.A. - 06/23/2015 (David's notes in red) I dreamed that I found myself in Jerusalem, back in Jesus' day, and I was looking up at the temple (a temple made by man's hands which God does not inhabit). Act 17:24 The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us: 28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man. 30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commanded men that they should all everywhere repent: 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. There were stone steps leading down from the temple and the steps were being occupied by Pharisees and Sadducees. I was standing with a crowd of people in an open area a little ways from the temple and the stone steps, and just as I was looking around me in this crowd of people, I saw a man come forward out of the crowd who began to sternly address the men who were standing up (or exalting themselves) on the stone steps of the temple. I knew that the man speaking was Jesus. Pro 25:6 Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men: 7 For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen. And Mat 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. As Jesus began to speak, I began to recognize the “Word” He was speaking to these men, since I had heard these same words before. Here is what I heard: Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves. When Jesus spoke the first “Woe”, I heard a loud pop-like sound and what sounded like a crackling sound. I looked down upon the stone steps of the temple that these Pharisees and Sadducees were standing on and I noticed a large, deep crack had gone right up through the middle of those stone steps, and they were beginning to crack and crumble. I noticed that the deep crack was between the feet of a rather large and extremely overweight man. (This is the apostate leadership overcome by their flesh.) 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Then, when Jesus spoke the second “Woe”, I heard another much louder pop-like sound and more of the crackling sound. I looked around to see where this sound was coming from and I saw that a large, deep crack had gone all around the temple foundation and it was cracking up and crumbling as well. 17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. 19 Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel! 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, 30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Just as Jesus had finished His Words to these men, the stone steps gave way and all of those men standing on the crumbling stone steps fell down into a deep pit that had opened up under the stone steps. And just after that happened, the entire temple came crashing down on top of them and covered them up. I noticed that from Matthew 23:15 through verse 39, there are “six” woes – “six” being the number of man. Also, I found it interesting that there is a “Woe” in Mathew 23:23 and the date of this dream is the 23rd and 23 means “death.” (This is clearly a reprobation of the apostate leadership and their fake temples, as Jesus pronounced in His day, and now we see a repeat of history in our day.)     Apostate Leaders Fleecing the Sheep B.A.- 04/01/2012 (David's notes in red) I dreamed I was in some type of city. It was strange because there were no people on the sidewalks or cars on the streets. There were these strange-looking brick buildings (buildings made by the flesh) everywhere I looked. (Sounds like the people of God slaving to make bricks for Pharaoh's buildings.) I decided to go inside one of these buildings. Once inside, I saw a familiar female TV preacher who was hosting an event. I also recognized several other female preachers as well, and others whose faces I recognized but could not remember their names. (Father said, 1Ti 2:12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. Read Word, Women and Authority.) There were elaborate tables set up with all kinds of party food and they were all playing games. Each time the hostess presented a new game, she would have on a different outfit. I watched this for a while, then I decided to leave and go see what was going on inside one of the other buildings. Once back out on the street, I saw a long, rectangular, brick building so I decided to go check it out. It was very dimly lit; I could barely see where I was going. This building was huge inside and it appeared to be some kind of art gallery. There were statues on the floor and statues mounted on the walls. Further on up ahead, I saw some people standing around a picture on the wall, so I went to see what they were looking at. As I got closer, all of these people were dressed up like pilots and they were looking and admiring a picture of various airplanes. Some were elaborate jets and some were small Cessna-type planes. I recognized some of these people to be leaders in the apostate church. (Big time prosperity preachers can't fly with us common folks. They have to have at least one private jet. Poor Jesus, He walked or rode a donkey.) Further on up ahead, I saw another group of people standing around a picture on the wall. As I got closer to these people, they were all dressed up like gladiators and they were looking at a picture of a large coliseum (I believe this to be representative of megachurches) and bragging about their own personal coliseum. (The competitive spirit is always trying to best those who are also a part of the body to see who is the greatest, as Jesus rebuked the disciples for.) Then, all the way to the back of the art gallery, I saw several rows of people seated and listening to a man standing at a podium. Behind this man was a large mural of TV and radio stations (the apostate leadership use the media to steal from God's people). He was teaching these people how to successfully get more money from their viewers and God's people in general. (Representing, using mass media to make mass money and live in luxury while not doing the works of the kingdom. Jesus said, Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.) As I stood there listening to this, I cried out to the Lord, “Do you see what they are doing? They are scheming and preparing a plan on how they are going to fleece your sheep during tough economic times!” Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Don't be concerned; their days are numbered.” Then I woke up. (Their greed, debt and sins against God's people will take them out.)     Last House Cleaning Shelly Lynch - 06/23/2013 (David's notes in red) I had a short dream this morning. I saw myself taking a speck out of the corner of my eye. Mat 7:5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Then I saw myself cleaning the corners of a building (Representing cleaning up the last hidden places of leaven), removing the last scraps of spoiled dog food (leaven of false teaching) from the building with a white paper towel (representing the pure Word). Php 3:2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision: (This could be the Bride's last cleansing before the anointing! And the Bride's ministry of removing the speck out of their brother's eye (which can only happen when she has the speck out of her own). Hallelujah!) (However, for Israel, which is a type of the Church and is not cleaned up at the beginning of the tribulation but through the tribulation, this text was given as a warning of coming tribulation.) Eze 7:1-10 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, 'An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. 'Now the end is upon you, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you. For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!' Thus says the Lord GOD, 'A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming! 'An end is coming; the end has come! It has awakened against you; behold, it has come! Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near-tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations. 'My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, do the smiting. Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed. (Chastening will bring the elect to righteousness. Isa 26:10-11  Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.  11  Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries. Including their flesh. (The persecution from the apostate Church toward the faithful in the Lord can be seen here.) Act 5:28-29 Saying Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, 'We ought to obey God rather than men'. And verses 40-42 And to him (Gamaliel) they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. (Considering these two paths, it would be good for the disciples of Jesus to heed our instructions to be spotless and blemishless in the Bride company.) 2Pe 3:14 Wherefore, beloved seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 1Th 3:13 To the end He may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. Eph 5:27 that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing (speck); but that it should be holy and without blemish. And 2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Sandy Shaw shared at this same time while in prayer she heard, “This is the last cleaning”, and we all believed this would be the cleaning of the Bride of the Lord before the tribulation. She then asked for a word and got by random: 2Ch 29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah. 16 And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. 17 Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within [the palace], and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof. 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah. 20 Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah. Hezekiah, as a type of the Man-child, “went up to the house of the Lord on the third day” and this was after the failed Senacherib Beast attack on the Bride when they were smitten. She then got by random, “into the ark” in Gen 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; and we read back in verse 9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

#IITALY: For voters escaping POTUS-ELECT, a village in Sardinia. Lorenzo Fiori, Milan. 1880 Peasant in Sardinia (1880s), by Giovanni Battista Quadrone

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Horrible Programmers, to "Mr. Midnight". Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: What to do when your show sucks; Scar Tissue; "The Endpoint Effect"; Respecting and researching other cultures when you design a show; "Blue Hawaii"; What to do when your programmer disappears; Stan becoming "Tom from CarTalk"; "Evil Kitten Clothing for Stagehands"; Stan's collection of Bowties; Escaping the madness; Standing your ground and fight for your students; "The Prime Directive" in education; Ignoring the background noise; LDI daily routines.; and What new technology will be at LDI. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.

ALCATRAZ: THE LAST ESCAPE Tonight: The Planning, Implementation and Execution of The Alcatraz Escape Its a story of greed, sex, lust, gangsters, strippers and a group of prisoners who were tired of being prisoners. Escaping from THE ROCK as it was called was no small feat. But Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin were no ordinary prisoners. They were cunning, smart and determined to beat the Rock known as Alcatraz the Inescapable. And so they did and the rest as they say is History. Or is it? I've said on this show many times, real life is far stranger than anything any writer could ever make up.  ALCATRAZ: THE LAST ESCAPE by Ken Widner and Mike Lynch tell the story you DIDN'T know about the men who made the history books. Fred Brizzi - Michael Dyke, the last Deputy Marshal assigned to the case, said Brizzi was "a drug smuggler and a con man," and was suspicious of his account of the Anglin Bros. Brizzi's widow said that she never heard him mention seeing the Anglin brothers in Rio, and that he was “a con man” who was prone to making up stories. MARIANNA REFORM SCHOOL In recent years, searches using ground-penetrating radar have discovered dozens of unmarked graves on school grounds. By late 2014, researchers have recovered the remains of fifty-five African-American boys. For decades the school remained segregated; blacks were not buried with whites. Thirty-one other boys are buried in a small cemetery, the only marked graves on the property. Most suspect many more graves are waiting to be found on the campus. “Baby, money isn't always the solution. God is the answer you need.” Letters to Mother from Clarence   The Last Escape From Alcatraz Its a story of greed, sex, lust, gangsters, strippers and a group of prisoners who were tired of being prisoners. Escaping from THE ROCK as it was called was no small feat. But Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin were no ordinary prisoners. They were cunning, smart and determined to beat the Rock known as Alcatraz the Inescapable. And so they did and the rest as they say is History. Or is it? I've said on this show many times, real life is far stranger than anything any writer could ever make up.  ALCATRAZ: THE LAST ESCAPE by Ken Widner and Mike Lynch tell the story you DIDN'T know about the men who made the history books. Fred Brizzi - Michael Dyke, the last Deputy Marshal assigned to the case, said Brizzi was "a drug smuggler and a con man," and was suspicious of his account of the Anglin Bros. Brizzi's widow said that she never heard him mention seeing the Anglin brothers in Rio, and that he was “a con man” who was prone to making up stories. Chuck Landis Club Owner - Fred Brizzi meet Micky Cohen

Episode Summary In this episode of the Empowered Nutrition Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Melissa McCreery, a PhD clinical psychologist, to explore the complex relationship between food, mindset, and health. Dr. McCreery shares her expertise on emotional eating, perfectionism, and the psychological factors that contribute to overeating. We dive into how hidden emotional needs, or "hidden hungers," can drive unhealthy eating patterns, and how addressing both the emotional and physiological aspects of food can lead to lasting change. Dr. McCreery also discusses the importance of shifting from a mindset of restriction to one of self-compassion and curiosity when it comes to food and weight management. This episode offers valuable insights for anyone looking to break free from negative cycles around food and create a healthier, more balanced relationship with eating. Episode Highlights The Problem with “Cheat Days”: Why constructing a relationship with food that involves cheating can lead to a cycle of guilt and overeating. Hidden Hungers: Emotional eating often acts as a coping mechanism for unmet emotional or psychological needs. Understanding these hidden hungers is key to breaking unhealthy food patterns. The Role of Physiology: Metabolic factors like insulin resistance and gut health can play a significant role in appetite regulation, complicating the emotional eating cycle. Weight Loss Medications: A discussion on GLP-1 medications, their benefits in the short term, and the importance of addressing the underlying psychological and emotional issues for long-term success. Shifting Your Mindset: Moving from a place of “I have to” to “I want to” when it comes to making healthier choices, and how this mindset shift can lead to lasting change. The Power of Compassion: Recognizing that making lasting change requires understanding and compassion for yourself, especially when facing challenges around food. Resources Mentioned Website: TooMuchOnHerPlate.com Free Quiz: TooMuchOnHerPlate Quiz Podcast: Too Much On Her Plate Podcast Instagram: @TooMuchOnHerPlate Facebook: Too Much On Her Plate LinkedIn: Dr. Melissa McCreery Connect with Us Visit our website for more episodes and information. Follow us on social media for updates and health tips. Subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Ready to dive in? Listen here.

We'd love to hear from you, send us a text about your favorite show!Our minds can be unceasingly dramatic.  One tiny worry can snowball into a full-on production of Doom and Gloom: The Saga.  Catastrophic failure this....everything is falling apart that... One little worry or irritation, and suddenly it's a full blown downward spiral. Getting stuck in this mental loop is draining.  It zaps all the motivation, positive momentum, and joyful energy from life.Enter the Law of Substitution, a simple mental hack that helps you trade those spiraling thoughts for something way more supportive. Once you get it, you'll be upgrading your mental playlist from “Stressful Greatest Hits” to something way more empowering. No pressure to have it all figured out or to force positivity—this is more about finding little moments of relief in your own head and mastering your mind. If you've been craving a way to reclaim your mental energy and feel more like your(Higher)self again, it's time to put the Law of Substitution to work for you. Christina Wooten helps you access the wisdom and support of the Spirit World to elevate your life.She is a Certified Psychic Medium and Reiki Master Teacher.  Christina is the owner of Sedona Medium and co-host of Modern Life and Spirit podcast.She offers Psychic Medium Readings, Soul Readings, Past Life Regressions, and teaches how you can start communicating and receiving messages from your Spirit Guides - through her program.Learn more about her offerings hereWant to schedule a personal session with Spirit?  Have a reading with Christina - book nowWant to take more aligned action in your life?  Want to understand the energies at play each month, so you can flow with Divine Timing?  Join the Inner Circle to get access to Monthly Readings with Christina and the Energetic Calendar!Robert Wooten is a Certified Reiki Master Teacher who loves to help others to increase their life force energy and heal mind/body/Spirit.Sessions are performed remotely thru Zoom or by phone call, and energetic information received during your session can be recorded and shared,  to assist you on your healing journey.Learn more about how Robert can help you at www.sedonamedium.com.Contact www.SedonaMedium.com Today!Support the show

In this episode, we dive into the necessity of adaptive leadership, the power of networks, and the importance of vulnerability in building strong, resilient teams with Steve Garcia. From challenging conventional wisdom to transforming strategic planning into strategic doing, we uncover indispensable strategies for thriving in today's fast-paced environment. Join us in uncovering the future of leadership and how to navigate and capitalize on emerging opportunities.Timestamps: (00:00) Introducing Steve Garcia(08:07) Leaders must adapt quickly to rapid changes.(15:13) Algorithms simplify life but need swift adaptability.(16:18) Integrate strategy and execution for continual improvement.(23:55) Vulnerability in leadership challenges traditional authority norms.(31:50) Leaders should admit mistakes, encourage feedback openly.(35:38) Leadership impact stems from social network connections.(38:29) Introverts' impact, genuine connections, network positioning importance.(44:48) Connect through proximity and shared interests, virtually.(49:11) Manipulation's impact hinges on intention and technique.(57:18) Focus on feelings, not just skills, for relationships.Links and Resources:Home - Contemporary Leadership AdvisorsThe End of Leadership as We Know It: What It Takes to Lead in Today's Volatile and Complex WorldInstitute - Contemporary Leadership AdvisorsSteve Garcia | LinkedInSponsor Links:InQuasive: http://www.inquasive.com/Humintell: Body Language - Reading People - HumintellEnter Code INQUASIVE25 for 25% discount on your online training purchase.International Association of Interviewers: Home (certifiedinterviewer.com)Podcast Production Services by EveryWord Media

Ever feel like all you need is a vacation to fix everything? In this episode, we dive into why that getaway you're dreaming of might feel great in the moment but won't solve the root problem of your stress or overwhelm. Kim, the host, unpacks the common survival strategy of fleeing when life feels heavy, explaining how running away can keep us stuck in a cycle of avoidance and emotional numbing. Discover why facing the hard stuff—awkward conversations, deep inner work, and confronting triggers—creates lasting change, while escaping only provides temporary relief. Kim shares practical advice on breaking free from the "Groundhog Day" loop and embracing long-term healing. It's time to ditch survival mode, stop running, and start thriving. If you're ready to shed the emotional weight and reclaim your peace, this episode is for you. Don't forget—healing is a marathon, not a sprint, so take care of yourself along the way! Tune in and ask yourself: Are you escaping or truly healing?

Send us a textWhat if leaving a controlling organization feels like escaping an abusive relationship? This question forms the backbone of our conversation with Rachel Bernstein, a renowned therapist and cult recovery expert. Rachel shares her personal journey, sparked by her sibling's brief involvement in Scientology during their childhood, which led to shifts in family dynamics and piqued her lifelong curiosity. Together, we navigate the deceptive nature of cult front groups and the extreme measures Scientology employs to silence critics, revealing the monumental challenges faced by those supporting cult recovery.Stories from individuals who have felt trapped within Scientology bring to light the parallels with abusive relationships, where fear of the outside world is ingrained. Support groups become lifelines, offering solidarity and community to those who have left, helping to reduce feelings of isolation. As we explore the gradual journey of recovery, we underscore the importance of recognizing the world as a welcoming place and embracing the help and support available. This transformative process involves understanding Scientology's control methods and finding empowerment through storytelling and reclaiming personal identity.Rachel emphasizes the necessity of reclaiming one's voice and emotional intelligence post-Scientology. She provides insights into practical skills like setting boundaries, engaging in small talk, and learning to navigate mainstream society. Our discussion also highlights the importance of therapists familiarizing themselves with the unique lexicon of those from cult backgrounds, akin to learning a new language, to truly understand and support their recovery. Join us for an insightful episode filled with personal anecdotes and strategies to empower listeners in their own journeys of transformation and healing.Support the showBFG Store - http://blownforgood-shop.fourthwall.com/Blown For Good on Audible - https://www.amazon.com/Blown-for-Good-Marc-Headley-audiobook/dp/B07GC6ZKGQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Blown For Good Website: http://blownforgood.com/PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2131160/shareApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blown-for-good-behind-the-iron-curtain-of-scientology/id1671284503 Spotify: ...

hello hotties and happy Tuesday! so excited to be back with you all on this beautiful smoke sesh day, today we have a super fun packed episode to celebrate the week! so take a hit, get a snack and lets dive in! I chat for a second about what ive been up to, plus surviving the winter and decorating for the holidays, life changes, emotional support person, sugar daddies, what is cheating? and secrets in relationships, changing career paths, feeling stuck, perfectionism mindset, major decisions and following gut instincts, nursing school and my personal college experience, being brave NOW, and following your dreams, immature men, Christmas presents (on a budget), sentimental vs monetary, work opps, handling jealousy, women are magical, staying single, you want it but don't need it, let them go, controlling your emotions, cons lists, recipe updates, radical acceptance, surviving anxiety, it is what it is mentality, accepting the situation, unbothered mentality, celebrity crush, current smoke routine, Friendsgiving recipes, hot to get yourself out there as an artist, the power of social media, homewreckers, therapists, bad roommates, narcissistic men and my own Brianna Chickenfry/Zach Bryan situation, craziest party night, escaping toxic relationships plus MUCH MUCH MORE! this was a jam packed episode and I hope you all enjoy so much, can't wait to see you all next Tuesday! If you want to see more from me join the patreon (smokeseshshawty) for more content and exclusive episodes where I answer every single question! If you want me to read your question follow me on instagram (hannahmarlene) where I upload the questionarre every Sunday! stay sane, LOVE YOU! MUAH!

Morgan Dimmitt grew up in a fairly normal world. Though his parents were divorced, he felt cared for and nurtured. Finding his place on a football field, he was a standout on his high school football team, even headed for college. Problem was, he couldn't control his aggression and found himself fighting, again and facing charges. That aggression was likely greatly enhanced because of the use of weed and alcohol. His life began to spiral soon becoming addicted to about every drug on the market. Listen in as he tells his near 20 year journey in the world of drugs and crime until one day, facing a long prison sentence, a judge gave him the break he needed and he, almost overnight, came to himself. Using the advice of his sponsor who tells him, “I don't care about your feelings. Who are you helping today” and thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous he is 3 years sober. Listen in to hear him describe his journey from hell to heaven. Sponsors & Partners The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org 00:00 - Morgan Dimmitt 01:47 - The Other Side Academy 2:02 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story 02:43 - Young Life 04:30 - Dealing with Aggressive Tendencies 08:00 - Finding Community through Athletics 9:50 - Watching His Dad Struggle with Addiction 10:20 - Dealing with a Major Setback 12:20 - Discovering Opiates and Withdrawls 18:50 - Getting into Harder Drugs 21:30 - ‘Escaping' to California 26:00 - Spiraling and Getting Arrested 34:13 - Getting Out  37:10 - The Cycle of Relapse 43:00 - Pleading Guilty 48:30 - Shifting His Paradigm

What was it like growing up in the occult? Today, business guru Christopher Lind shares his story publicly for the first time. He has an incredible experience to tell us about growing up with a mother and family who was involved in a cult. After escaping that he eventually became a Christian, but then (sadly!) almost persuaded away from the faith by a well-meaning pastor. Hope you enjoy and find his story compelling. WATCH: "Disturbing: How AI is Transforming Sex and P*rn: (w/ Christopher Lind): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxFSuip433Q Subscribe to Christopher's Substack (Future Focused): https://christopherlind.substack.com/ *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA (https://bit.ly/3LdNqKf) *USE Discount Code [SMDCERTDISC] for 25% off the BIOLA APOLOGETICS CERTIFICATE program (https://bit.ly/3AzfPFM) *See our fully online UNDERGRAD DEGREE in Bible, Theology, and Apologetics: (https://bit.ly/448STKK) FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sean_McDowell TikTok: @sean_mcdowell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmcdowell/ Website: https://seanmcdowell.org

—Here are 3 big things you need to know—   One — President-elect Trump is expected to be in South Texas today for the sixth launch of the SpaceX Starship prototype after yesterday's planned blast off was delayed.   SpaceX founder Elon Musk supported Trump's campaign for president and will take on a special role in the new administration to promote efficiency in the operation of the federal government. Two ---- A new Detroit News investigation shows that Allies of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used millions of dollars from secret donors and a web of nonprofit organizations to promote her policy agenda and celebrate Democrats who joined in championing it. One State Rep. quoted says the state government in Michigan has less transparency than your local library board. And number three — Thirty-nine of 43 monkeys have now been recaptured after escaping from a South Carolina research facility earlier this month.  The CEO of Alpha Genesis said Monday evening that the recaptured animals walked back into the facility and into humane traps.  

One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz knows a lot about cults – from personal and professional experience. While she stared in a show about cults, Bethany found herself in the Big House Family church covenant, a bible study group-turned-cult that isolated her from her family and peers. Joining a cult is much easier than you might think, and incredibly smart people join cults often. According to Bethany, cults like the one she joined prey on your desire for community, approval, and deep conversation. They use these desires as tools to isolate. But any narcissist will use the same tools, so it's important to recognize them at work, in family, and in relationships. Hear Bethany's journey to recovery in her faith and relationships, and learn how she redefined her life. 05:06 Craving Approval From Others 07:24 When Community Becomes A Cult 12:57 Isolation and Rebuilding Relationships 18:31 How Narcissists Gain Your Respect 22:13 Us vs. Them Mentality 26:35 Learning How To Apologize 29:33 Relearning Relationships 33:08 Brutal Honesty For more from Joy, follow her at @msbethanyjoylenz or her podcast, Drama Queens, at @dramaqueensoth. Find her new memoir, Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!) where books are sold.  Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz's new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now!  To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody, or subscribe to her newsletter by visiting www.lizmoody.com. If you like this episode, check out How To Identify & Deal with Narcissistic Parents, Romantic Partners, Coworkers/Bosses & More with Dr. Ramani Durvasula. This episode is sponsored by: Seed: go to seed.com/lizmoody and use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first month. Molly's Suds: go to mollyssuds.com/LIZMOODY and use code LIZMOODY for 20% off. MasterClass: go to masterclass.com/LIZMOODY for up to 50% off. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast.  This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 283. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods recap the seven Week 12 games in the Big Ten, including No. 1 Oregon's treacherous trip to Wisconsin that nearly turned into a loss. They also recap UCLA's loss to Washington, which saw the Huskies earn bowl eligibility. The guys also cover No. 2 Ohio State's systematic beatdown of Northwestern, while Illinois took care of business against Michigan State. No. 4 Penn State decimated Purdue, while Nebraska lost yet another one-score game on the road at USC. Finally, they'll talk about Rutgers picking up its sixth win against Maryland. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat. Bet all the B1G games on MyBookie! Use promocode POC for up to a 100% deposit bonus! For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your YouTube channel! Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts! Send us a text or leave us a voicemail by texting or calling (424) 532-0678 or you can email us at bigtencast@gmail.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's episode it's all about finding and developing your Big Idea for your thought leadership and public speaking. Ideas are incredibly powerful; they can live on for years, centuries, even millennia. Ideas spark movements for political and social change. Ideas help us as humans understand ourselves, each other, and the world around us Your idea doesn't have to be something people have never heard of before; that's unlikely as most things have been talked about before - and that's ok! As a speaker, you want to have something interesting and unique to talk about, you want to make a positive impact on your audience, and you want to develop your thought leadership Perhaps you're not sure what makes a good idea or which of your ideas is the best one. It all feels a bit messy and muddy. That's what I'm going to help you with in this episode! Think of me as your idea whisperer. You'll learn: What a Big Idea is Why too many speakers get stuck with superficial content How to identify your I.D.E.A. using this handy acronym I came up with Examples of Big Ideas from myself, from some of our clients, and from thought leaders you'll recognize Specific questions you can ask yourself to get started developing your Big Idea Get these questions and a lot more in our 24-page FREE guide and workbook on Developing Your Thought Leadership at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/guide/. This episode originally aired as episode 354 on November 6, 2023.   Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/354/  Get our free Thought Leadership guide and workbook: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/guide/  Discover your Speaker Archetype by taking our free quiz at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/quiz/ Enroll in our Thought Leader Academy: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/  Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox  Related Podcast Episodes: Episode 352: 7 Things the Best Speakers Do: My Takeaways from TEDWomen Episode 343: Why YOU are the Messenger for Your Idea and Audience Episode 339: Using Public Speaking to Influence Social Change with Tanya Golash-Boza, PhD Episode 338: Escaping the Expert Trap: From Academic Presenter to Sought-After Speaker with Teri DeLucca Episode 319: The 3 Stages We Go Through as Women When We Use Our Voice

On today's podcast episode, Sarah chats with Dan Branagan. He is a member of the Collab and a former lawyer who now works as a data analyst. They discuss how his journey to escape the legal grind and his process of finding other roles that might work for him using the program's framework. Let's dive in and learn about Dan and his journey.See show notes at formerlawyer.com/248

Payzee Mahmod is an activist, campaigner and public speaker who advocates for women and children's rights. She is campaigner at the KWRO women's rights organisation and an Obama Leader.She tells us the incredibly moving story of how she became a victim of child marriage at the age of sixteen. After her sister Banaz was murdered in of an ‘honour' killing - Payzee bravely left her marriage and started a new life. She now campaigns for women and girls around the world - working to end harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation. Payzee tells us about the successful campaign to criminalise child marriage in the UK, what it was like to see her sister's story told in an ITV drama and her journey to healing. As a content warning, this episode contains some content some people may find distressing - including discussion of violence against women and murder. IKROW is a charity supporting women & girls in the UK at risk of ‘honour' based abuse, domestic violence, FGM and forced marriage. You can find more information about their work here.Follow @IKROW on Instagram Follow @PayzeeMalika on Instagram Email us on shouldideletethatpod@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram:@shouldideletethat@em_clarkson@alexlight_ldnShould I Delete That? is produced by Faye Lawrence Music by Alex Andrew Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever slapped a label on yourself? Do you think of yourself as ‘the' migraine person?  The sick one, the lazy one, the unreliable one, the one who can't hold down a job? Labels, when repeated often, morph into our reality and, when heard repeatedly by others, start to form the same image in their minds as well. On today's episode of the Migraine Freedom Your Way podcast, we're discussing tangible exercises you can begin doing right now to help you remove the migraine label from your life and claim your true identity again!   In this episode, you'll hear: Why migraine symptoms – and any health issues, really – don't define you Why using the migraine label negatively affects your relationship with family, friends, and co-workers How ditching your migraine label will massively improve your life 5 questions you NEED to ask yourself so you can remove the migraine label for good Daily steps to help you achieve your goals PLUS an action plan to get everyone in your life on board with embracing who you truly are   Resources: Book a call with Debbie to discuss a personalized approach to finding migraine relief.    Connect with Debbie:  Instagram: https://urlgeni.us/instagram/migrainefree Women's Migraine Freedom Facebook Group: https://urlgeni.us/facebook/Womensmigrainefreedom LinkedIn: https://urlgeni.us/linkedin/debbiewaidl Website: https://debbiewaidl.com/   Disclaimer: The Migraine Freedom Your Way Podcast and information provided by Debbie Waidl and guests in this podcast is presented solely to provide helpful information, education, and entertainment on the subjects discussed. The use of information or resources mentioned on or linked from this podcast is at the user's own risk and discretion. This podcast is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition. For diagnosis or treatment of any medical problem, consult your own physician. Debbie Waidl and In The Balance Health Coaching LLC are not responsible for any medical conditions or liable for any damages or negative consequences from any treatment, action, application, or preparation to any person reading or following the information presented on this podcast. References are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any websites or other sources.   

We continue to dive ever deeper into the world of big budget failures with Waterworld, a sea-faring post-apocalyptic adventure so middle-of-the-road that only its astronomical budget could possibly be the source of its lasting cultural impact. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 114: Waterworld (1995) (00:00:21) - Intro. (00:02:10) - Our movie is Waterworld, let's get right into the budget talk. (00:03:40) - The Costner factor. (00:10:32) - Getting into the ridiculous production history of this thing. (00:21:16) - Fishtar. (00:26:07) - What is the Ulysses Cut? (00:28:56) - Some of the finer points of this goofy apocalypse. (00:33:37) - Drowning the Universal logo in Kevin Costner's recycled piss. (00:37:26) - A long stretch at an atoll. (00:45:37) - Gills? In this economy? (00:51:02) - Break! (00:51:20) - Escaping the atoll. (01:01:51) - Boy does the mariner hate these women. (01:07:03) - God, this other drifter character. (01:13:20) - OK, the fishing bit isn't bad. The part where the kid can't swim? Less so. (01:16:32) - Yes! Please! Show us Drylan...d'oh... (01:22:21) - Enola is taken. (01:26:10) - Some more context for how Costner gets that jetski, and scattered Smoker talk. (01:29:43) - Deacon's speech, and the mariner Solid Snakes his way through the boat. (01:37:39) - Deacon's dumb end. (01:39:13) - Off to Dryland. (01:45:47) - Final thoughts. (01:49:23) - Closing out our month next week: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within! (01:51:18) - Outro.

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Pastor Mike addresses the "generosity crisis" in America, highlighting the decline in charitable giving despite the benefits of generosity. He explores the reasons behind this trend, such as economic pressures and the influence of social media, while emphasizing the biblical call to generosity. Through scripture, particularly 1 Timothy 6, he warns against the love of money and encourages believers to find joy and blessing in giving, rooted in a deeper relationship with God.

(00:01) Golf Destinations for Winter Escape This chapter explores the exciting events surrounding Jeff's daughter's wedding and the anticipation of future family milestones. As we shift gears, we address the seasonal transition many golfers face, particularly the impact of weather on golfing gear and where to store clubs during colder months. For those looking to escape the winter chill, we suggest warmer golfing destinations such as South Florida and Southern California. We also entertain the idea of creating a movie about golfers traveling the world in search of the perfect round, inspired by the iconic surfing film of the '70s. Wrapping up, I share my plans to spend winter in the beautiful Indian Wells area of Southern California, highlighting the appeal of golf-friendly climates. (12:13) Southern Golf Destinations for Winter Escape This chapter explores the allure of golfing destinations in the southeastern United States, focusing on the beauty and appeal of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Pinehurst, North Carolina. We discuss the charm of Hilton Head, known for its iconic golf courses designed by renowned architects and its stunning scenery, making it a perfect retreat from October to December. The conversation then shifts to Pinehurst, a picturesque town that becomes even more enchanting during the holiday season, adorned with tasteful Christmas decorations. The unique blend of simplicity, elegance, and exceptional golfing experiences makes both destinations a golfer's paradise, whether in the warmth of Hilton Head or the festive atmosphere of Pinehurst. (26:39) Retirement Golf RV Travel Ideas This chapter takes us on a journey of contemplating retirement dreams and the allure of golf. We reminisce about a unique organization that paired RV enthusiasts with golf courses, allowing them to park overnight. The idea of traveling across the country, playing golf, and conducting golf schools as a retirement plan is enticing. We highlight Bill Pressey, a golf professional and inventor of the lie angle balanced putters, who now enjoys a retired life of travel and leisure. His invention has gained popularity, making putting more accessible for golfers. We humorously discuss conspiracy theories about practice greens at golf stores and reflect on the vast inventory of golf equipment and branded apparel in big-box stores. The chapter wraps up with a lighthearted observation about the pervasive nature of logos in the golfing world, akin to NASCAR sponsorships. (35:35) Golf Swing Myths and Truths This chapter tackles the frustration of finding genuine advice on improving your golf swing amidst a sea of online sales pitches and gimmicks. We highlight the issue with many online golf tips that promise to fix your slice, only to end up selling you expensive equipment or complicated swing methodologies. We discuss the concept of "shallowing" the club and how simple adjustments in your stance, like aiming slightly to the right, can change your swing angle effectively without altering your natural motion. We emphasize the importance of finding straightforward solutions that work for your unique body mechanics, rather than blindly following business models that may not suit your abilities. (45:04) Golf Draw and Fade Technique This chapter explores the art of hitting a draw in golf, emphasizing the importance of understanding club positioning and swing direction. We highlight how golfers like Rory McIlroy achieve this shot by setting up their stance to aim right while swinging slightly to the right of the target. Listeners are encouraged to learn the physics behind ball movement and improve their game by tuning in regularly. Jeff Smith is available to provide personalized advice through the new website, where listeners can submit questions and receive responses both on-air and privately. We also suggest finding winter golf venues and invite our audience to visit our website for more resources and to leave a review.

This is a re-release of episode 745: "getting out of survival mode" because I had a microphone issue and didn't want to ghost you on the final episode of the "grounding yourself after a Trump win" series.But this one felt relevant to me - and hoping it can help someone if you're feeling the same.Escaping the cycles of chronic stress... well... sucks. I often want to reach for things that further disconnect me, when in reality, the way out is through connecting more intentionally and deliberately with my current self in what is affecting me, how it's affecting me, and what I NEED, instead of want.If you're in survival mode currently. I am with you. We will get out of it, in due time. Don't do more than is necessary and remember that you got this, cutie.RESOURCES: https://www.verywellmind.com/chronic-stress-3145104WATCH: www.youtube.com/juliemericaGET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comBUY SOME MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/make-your-damn-bed-podcast?ref_id=27657TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week besties Angela and Isha use the subject of the respectability of Holiday Movies and Actors in Hollywood to have a deeper discussion about the importance of holiday movies in people's lives.  There is also Isha's Picks and and a Review of Netflix's Meet Me Next Christmas.   Follow us on instagram at  https://www.instagram.com/4theloveoftinsel/   Follow our interviews and trailer reviews on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@ForTheLoveofTinsel    Listen also on Itunes: ‎For the Love of Tinsel on Apple Podcasts   Follow us on Facebook 4 The Love Of Tinsel Key Words   #netflix#netflixchristmas#kristofferpolaha#nikkideloach#loveatfirstsight#lifetimechristmasmovies#christmasmovies#miraclesofchristmas#countdowntochristmas#christmaspodcasts#holidaymovie#christmas

Escaping Apostate Church Judgments (2) (audio) David Eells 11/17/24 The Whole Counsel of God or Death The following wonderful vision was given to Brother L. Vere Elliot, after a time of earnest struggle in prayer for a new spiritual revival and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In a vision I was in the midst of a great meeting hall. The walls and ceiling were covered with jewels and ornaments everywhere. The windows were made of colored glass. The hall was full of people -- some were rich, some poor, some sick and crippled, some deaf, mute and blind -- but all had handcuffs and no one was free. (Apostate religious system) In front of the meeting hall there was a large platform with a pulpit on one side and a large cage in which there was a huge green serpent on the other side. (They believe the serpent is subdued because they go to church.) Hanging in the air between those two things, there was a tremendously large sword suspended horizontally and fastened with two strings hanging down from the ceiling. At each end of the sword there was a string; just behind there was a row of eight or 10 men clothed in clergy-type robes, sitting one behind the other, each one seated a little above the one before him. (The Nicolaitan Pastors.) The assembly looked at these men and the men looked upon the assembly. There was a silence for a while, until a thundering voice sounded from the pulpit, as if it came directly from God: "Who will declare the whole counsel of God?" The first clergyman arose with a Bible in his hand. When he did so, the old green serpent uncoiled and stretched out, hissing against the man, with sparkling eyes and protruding fangs. The man of God (falsely so-called) sank back into his seat and placed his Bible under his chair. (They fear to go beyond their religion) The serpent then stretched up its head to touch the sword (which the man was standing under when he spoke to the people), saying, "With this, I shall kill you if you obey the voice of God". Then, for a little while, there was silence again. Again the voice sounded from the pulpit, "Who will declare the whole counsel of God?" At that time, the second man in a clergy-type robe arose, as if he would step forward, but again the serpent uncoiled against the man and he tumbled back with fear. The man sat down and placed his Bible under his chair. Then the serpent touched the sword again with the same previous remark, "With this, I shall kill you if you obey the voice of God". For the third time, the voice from the pulpit thundered and the third man arose and sat down just like the two before him. Again and again, the voice sounded until each one of the clergymen had their own opportunity to resist the serpent but, like the first three, fear overcame them all. Then the serpent smiled with an evil smile. Oh, what a vicious, snake-like smile it was. The voice then sounded again from the pulpit, "Oh, if there were a man. Oh, if there were a man. Oh, if there were a man who would declare the whole counsel of God, that these chained men might be set free. Is there not one man?" The first clergyman then took up a notebook full of written sermons; it appeared as if he would preach from the notebook but he was stuck to his chair and endeavored in vain to arise. A man, little in stature, ascended the platform and stood under the sword. He lifted his eyes toward heaven and said, "Into thy hands, O God, I commit my spirit". He then opened the Bible and read, not adding anything to it nor taking anything away. The man spoke as a man having authority. When the man had finished, the old serpent stretched up to the sword and cut off the one string with its fangs. The sword swung down but passed over the head of the man of God because he was a man "little of stature". (He was humble to God.) The weight of the sword caused the other string to break, flinging the sword back, piercing the hearts of the clergymen, and nailing all of them to the wall. A great scream of despair sounded from the platform but an even greater scream of joy sounded from the assembly, for every man's chain was loosed, setting them free! (As it was and is with the Pharisees and Jesus.) When this vision had vanished (it was truly a reality to me and all those who were together with me in the prayer room), I saw another vision of the Savior in a cloud, just above my head. He spoke, saying, "Hear, my son, the meaning of these things. The meeting hall which you saw is the secularized church, having a form of piety but denying the power of it. They are all covered with jewels of the joys of this world and there is no end of their silver and gold. The people whom you saw are those for which I died but my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. They have eyes but not to see; they have ears but not to hear. They are truly in bondage and must be set free". "The platform which you saw, on where the clergymen were sitting, is preconceived ideas, having their origin from the pit of hell. The pulpit is the throne of God and the serpent is old Lucifer himself, who, because of his pride, has set himself up as ruler over the church, since he could not be equal to Me in heaven". "The sword which you saw is the Word of God and the strings on which it was hanging represent the power of the Word to give life and the power of the Word to take life. Life was given to the man who was of little stature. Life was taken from the clergymen who did not preach the word". "The clergymen whom you saw are men from every church which pretend to know Me but they teach my people things which are not written in the Book of Life. Their pride, presumption and worldly spirit force them to obey Satan, who is a liar and the father of lies. Each of the clergymen tries to exceed the other in eloquence, in extensive writings, argumentations and the like but they only consider the letter of the Word. They leave out the Spirit of the Word. The day comes, and is now at hand, when they shall all likewise perish". After having considered this horrible scene, the Lord spoke again with these words: "Do you remember my words in the prophecy of Jeremiah, chapter 23, as well as my words in the prophecy of Ezekiel, chapter 34? Read!" I opened my Bible and read: (Jer.23:1) Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah. (14) In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. (20) ….At the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly. (Eze.34:2) …Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep? (4) The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them. (16) …but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice. Then He said to me, "These false shepherds shall in no way escape when the sword falls upon them but my sheep must be warned. They must be set free". Again, He said, "Do you remember My words in the prophecy of Jeremiah, in the latter part of chapter 25? Read!" So I read these words: (Jer.25:33 And the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:... (34) Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come,… Then He said to me, "These days shall come quickly. The shepherds shall howl, yea! There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth but when the sword has fallen, it will be too late forever. The man whom you saw that was of little stature is every man or woman (Was added, doesn't fit the context or the Word) who will humble himself and be obedient, even unto the death of the cross; putting his trust in God and going forward, declaring the whole counsel of God. Oh, if I could find such a man; can you tell Me where there is one? With such a man I could shake heaven and earth". Now I'd like to share a word with you about:     The Bulls of Bashan David Eells The Lord has shown me a lot about the Saul ministries, and I'd like to share with you a few of those experiences the Lord has given me. I had asked the Lord, “Where are we, Lord?” and the Lord gave me 1Ch.10:1-6. Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. 4 Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together. Before the David ministry, there was the Saul ministry. It was that Saul ministry who lost their battle with the inhabitants of the land, with the fleshly man, the old man who lived in the land, and this old man represented their carnal nature, their carnal flesh. So they lost their battle primarily because Saul prepared to lose this battle. He refused to obey the Lord and put to death the previous inhabitants of the land and he refused to put to death their king, Agag, for which God basically cursed him. God gave Saul no authority; instead, the inhabitants of the land came back and conquered him and conquered all the people who followed him. Saul led them to disaster. He led them to lose the battle against what's typed there as their old flesh. Today we also have a ministry that's basically thinking that the old flesh cannot be overcome and that it's not really necessary to overcome because we're forgiven. But they miss the plan of God. David's gift to be able to conquer the people of God's enemies was because David had put to death his old man, Goliath, and taken off his head. He'd taken off the mind of the flesh. He did exactly the opposite of what Saul did and was given the victory. Now, the Lord told me many years ago that He was moving the Sauls out of the way and making room for the Davids and I was one of His Davids. By, “moving the Sauls out of the way” He didn't necessarily mean they were going to be physically killed, but that they were spiritually dying. There is no defense against the enemy when you're spiritually dead, twice dead, plucked up by the roots (Jud.12). And he called them “shepherds” in Jude. He said that they were twice dead, plucked up by the roots because you can be twice born, but die again. You can be born again and die again. So what does the Lord mean by “moving the Sauls out of the way”? Well, He meant for the elect, for the people of God who were to go on and to be the elect, that this false leadership over them was going to be brought to decimation and disrespect among them, be made dead to them. And after the Lord spoke that revelation to me, as a matter of fact, the same day it came on the news that one of the most, if not the most, famous minister in America had been caught red-handed in fornication. That was just the beginning of a long chain of ministers who fell by the wayside after being caught doing this and doing that. And it's still happening today. I want to share a revelation I received concerning this same minister who fell that first day. God gave me a very vivid dream. I've shared it before but maybe some of you haven't heard it. I was standing on a mountain, looking down the side of this mountain, and I saw a construction crew very plainly putting up those real high-tension poles that they use for the high-tension wires, to bring a power line over the top of this mountain, and I believe the mountain represented the Kingdom of God. So they were coming up the side of this mountain and, while they were doing that, I looked down beside me and there was an old cow lying on the ground. It was very shriveled up and very much on the edge of death. And so while I'm standing there looking at this, a construction worker comes up on a backhoe with a front-end loader. He scoops this old cow up and started moving the cow out of the way, but not before I reached down beside the cow and picked up a big baby boy. I mean he was a handful! A big baby boy. I knew that this baby boy had been birthed from that cow. And so, the front-end loader picks up the cow and starts carrying the cow off, while I have this big baby boy, I walk over and get on an escalator going up. While I was on the escalator, I looked beside me, and there was a woman with a normal-sized baby boy. She looks at this big baby in my arms and she says, “That looks like a real baby boy.” And I said, “Yeah, and I wonder how that's possible,” as I was looking over at this front-end loader carrying the cow off. My thought was, “How is this possible, that this could come out of that?” So let me share the interpretation with you. The Lord impressed me that the power line that's coming, the great power that's coming, is not going to come through the organizational churches as they are today. They are dying like the Saul ministry. The Saul ministry has brought great destruction to the churches through lack of truth, lack of putting the Amalekites to death, the old man to death, through lack of leading God's people to put the old man to death. There's great destruction. Death has come. We can see that in 1 Chronicles 10:1-6. Saul and all of the house that was under him, along with all the people whom he led in the war against the man of flesh, the old man, all died. And so this old cow was on the verge of death and I believe the Lord showed me it represented the apostate religious Christian institutions of men dying, passing off the scene. God is refusing to share His power with or minister His power through these people, so, He's moving them out of the way. This is a repetition of what happened in Jesus' day. In His day there was a powerless bunch of people there who were considering themselves the people of God, yet they were dying. And He said to them, except ye believe that I am [he,] (or, literally, “I am”) ye shall die in your sins (Joh.8:24). They were doing it. They were dying in their sins and their Saul ministry was dying along with them. But Jesus got a little remnant out of those people, didn't He? The disciples who came out of the apostate denominations of Judaism followed him. He went into the sheepfold, He called them by name and He called them out, and they followed Him. That's what this vision was all about. This vision that the Lord gave me is a modern-day re-enactment of that. The old cow represents that system of worshiping the golden calf, but now we're seeing the end result of it: death. And the old cow was drying up, shriveled up and dying, but out of that cow, God plans on bringing forth fruit. That big baby boy represented the fruit that God is going to get out of this system. A multitude of people are going to come out of the system because God also has a Man-child ministry ready to lead them. They're going to come out to follow Christ in this Man-child ministry, just like those early disciples did. Jesus came in a body of David – a son of David. He was Son of man and Son of God. Jesus came in that body and the Bible tells us the same thing about Him coming in these days. He's going to come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day (2Th.1:10). Paul, looking down the road to our day, was seeing that Jesus was going to come in His people and “be glorified in His saints.” Praise God! That's exactly what the Bible teaches in 2Co.3:18. But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord (which is Christ in us), are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. So the first-fruits of these people to come into this place are those who are believing that they can because they believe it's a promised Word of God. That's the reason they're going to be the first-fruits to come into this. They're ready to take a fruit that's born from this old, corrupt, dead system and bring it up the escalator just Like Jesus did. The escalator represents a rest; it's not stairs or steps. Steps are something that you have to work to go up, but an escalator is something that works for you. And this is what God is going to do. This is supernatural. This is going to be His power, meaning we're going to get to rest in His power to bring it to pass! God also pointed out to me that the cow represents this system because a cow eats grass. And the Apostle Peter said that all flesh is as grass (1Pe.1:24). The “cow system” of Saul only devours grass; in other words, they only a fleshly understanding of the Word. They don't have eyes to see in the Spirit, just like the Pharisees and the people under them had no eyes to see in the Spirit. Jesus spoke of that in Matthew 13:13,14. They had no eyes and no ears, and so this cow only partakes of a fleshly understanding of the Word and is only able to feed someone milk, which is for babies. The only thing you can get that's truthful out of this apostate system is milk and most of the time they don't have that right. So where we are headed is to the meat. Jesus said, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me (Joh.4:34), meaning to do the Will of My Father. And God's people are going to do just that. We're coming into a day when the people who come … out from among them (2Co.6:17) like those early disciples did, are going to do the Will of God. They're going to walk in the steps of Jesus Christ. History always repeats. (Ecc.1:9) That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. I believe going up on the escalator represents getting closer and closer to God, becoming more and more Godly, and overcoming the world beneath. The power to do that is not coming to the old cow; the power is coming to the fruit that's born out of the old cow. Back to the vision. As we were going up this escalator, the scene changed and I saw a vision of myself going into a meeting. In this meeting, I looked around and I saw just about all the famous preachers in America, including the man I mentioned previously. The one who fell the very day the Lord told me that, “I'm moving the Sauls out of the way and making room for the Davids.” I believe that this man is going to be one of the few who may repent, which is the reason I don't mention his name. You know, in Jesus' day, very few people repented. However, I received a dream about this man repenting and knowing about our ministry, talking about it favorably and so on, and I thought, “Oh, praise God!” You know, I would love to see them all repent. It's not going to happen, but I would love to see them all repent. The overwhelming majority of the Saul ministry is never going to repent. In the New Testament, we have a Saul who became a Paul. He repented, so we know that there is a small minority of people who will. There's a type and shadow for that. Continuing with this revelation, I went into this conference with these famous ministers. Now, I'm not a famous minister, but I went there and this man left the crowd and walked over to me and he had some papers in his hand. They were all rolled up and he handed them to me like he was passing something on to me, and when they hit my hand, I heard the voice of the Lord say, “This is his propaganda about what he has accomplished.” And I understood that this man fell because he thought he was really irreplaceable, because of what he'd been doing for the Kingdom, the great success that he thought he was having for the Kingdom. But, you know, any success that we have doesn't come from us. We can't take any credit for it. It's by grace and it's by God. If we think we're irreplaceable, we're all wrong because God said he can raise up stones to take our place. He doesn't need us, we need Him, and that's the whole point: we need Him. It's by His grace that we stand. Anything that's accomplished, He's the One Who accomplishes it, not us. He uses this body. We, by grace, are used by God to do things and He can do it with anyone else. He doesn't need us. He can use the next guy just as easily. God wants us, God loves us and we are valuable to Him, but He doesn't need us. If you say He needs us because He wants us, well, that's true, I agree, but don't think you're irreplaceable because you're not. Neither am I. So I knew the reason that this man fell was because of the word that the Lord gave to me. The Lord showed me he thought, “Well, I'm entitled to more. I'm entitled to have a fling. I've done so much for the Kingdom and so many people have been saved,” and so on. The Lord revealed to me that these men were the “bulls of Bashan.” We see the ‘bulls of Bashan' in this prophecy: (Psa.22:12) Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. (13) They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and as a roaring lion. And some of you may recognize this prophecy as speaking about Jesus. These leaders were called the “bulls of Bashan” because they were the ones who sowed their seed in the cow. We know the seed in the Bible is the Word, right? The reason Saul led his people to destruction at the hand of the Philistines is because of the teaching that he gave them. His leadership was faulty because he was not led of the Lord. And we'll look at that, too, but first I want to point out that the “bulls of Bashan” is a prophecy. David was not only a Psalmist but he was a prophet and in many of his prophecies he was speaking about himself. In this chapter, he was speaking about himself, but he was also speaking about Jesus and about the Man-child of our day because history just keeps repeating with larger and larger groups of people. For instance, if we go back to the beginning of the chapter, it says, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Psa.22:1), we may recognize it because Jesus quoted it in Matthew 27:46. As a matter of fact, a lot of Psalm 22 is in Matthew 27. So we recognize that as Jesus, Who was on His Cross and being crucified. We know that our Lord was crucified after 3½ years of ministry and that He was a literal Man-child. The Man-child that's coming now is a spiritual Man-child, meaning the death that the spiritual Man-child is going to die is spiritual. It's a death to self. It's a crucifixion at the hands of a lot of wicked, false leadership. In Jesus' day the leadership was the Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots, other leadership, and the Sanhedrin false prophet; this leadership was crucifying Jesus and using the Roman government to do it. Is it going to happen in our day? Yes, it's going to happen, but in a spiritual way. We understand that the natural fulfillment comes first, then the spiritual. Paul teaches this in 1Co 15:46 Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual. Prophecies are usually first fulfilled naturally and then later, spiritually, they're fulfilled again. Well, here we see Jesus going to His Cross and so shall the Man-child. (Psa.22:8) Commit [thyself] unto the Lord; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. The religious leaders were saying the same thing at the foot of the Cross. (Mat.27:43) He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him…. Let the Lord save Him, if He wants to save Him. But the strong bulls of Bashan were these religious leaders who had ruled over that cow system and led their people to death and destruction. It's happening now that God is going to get a group of people out of there; a remnant is going to go on and go into the presence of God. But we see there's also going to be persecution against the Man-child at the hands of these Saul leaders. Verse 16 is very similar to verse 12, about the bulls of Bashan. (Psa.22:16) For dogs (God calls these apostate leaders greedy “dogs.”) have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. This is obviously the crucifixion of the Man-child being spoken of here, at the hands of the Saul ministry, the Pharisee ministry, and the Eli ministry. (Psa.22:18) They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots. That's Matthew 27:35 again. We can see the fulfillment all the way down through (Psa.22:22) I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. And Jesus did this. So we see that this bulls of Bashan prophecy is something that was fulfilled in Jesus' day, but also in the Man-child's day in our time, it's going to be fulfilled with a great persecution raised up at the hands of the apostate Saul ministry. As you know, Saul persecuted David. He attempted to kill David and crucified him in many ways. Saul spoke against him, he led Israel against him, but, of course, God preserved him. God anointed David to fight the battles of Israel while he was in the wilderness and even before he was anointed king. And so the story back in 1 Chronicles 10 is very much going to be fulfilled in our time with the old cow, and it's got to be moved out of the way for the real power to come. The real power, in this case, was David who followed Saul after Saul's death in chapter 10. David was anointed king over all Israel. I just wanted to tell you that this Saul leadership is going to destruction for all but those who repent and come out of it. Those who are under it, under submission to it, are being called to come out of it now. Jesus' ministry was to call a remnant out of apostate Israel to come and follow Him and go to the Kingdom of God. And, once again, the Man-child's ministry today is the same because Jesus is being manifested in the Man-child ministry by Word and Spirit. Jesus said this would happen, too in (Joh.16:21) A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. (22) And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you. He said a baby boy would once again be born to a woman; and, He said, “I'll see you again.” And He is! He's coming to feed His sheep, shepherd His sheep. Praise be to God! We're looking forward to all that, aren't we? Praise be to God! So this old cow dying is talking about this apostate system of what we call Christianity around us. It's all going to a crucifixion; it's all dying. It's dying basically at the hands of their own flesh; dying because they haven't been taught that this old man has to die, as we know. I was thinking about those bulls of Bashan and how “bull” could be short for “baloney” because, I'll tell you, they have a lot of baloney with them. I remember a fellow back when I used to be an apprentice for Exxon many, many years ago before I knew the Lord. This guy worked alongside me for about three years and he would faithfully bring his bologna sandwiches to work. I mean, they were just bologna between two pieces of white bread. He'd bring two of them to work every day. And I asked him, “Don't you eat vegetables?” “No,” he said, “I don't like ‘em.” So I asked again, “Is the only thing you like bologna?” “Yeah, I like bologna.” Then I asked, “How can you live on bologna? Don't you know what that stuff is, man? That's not the best stuff in the world. It's what's left over when the butcher uses all the stuff for other things.” Well, I don't know if that's really true or not, but it kind of was in my mind. I asked, “How can you live on bologna every day?” “I like bologna,” he answered again. I told him, “You must.” I mean, bologna; that's all he had was bologna with ketchup on it. That's what he ate all the time. You know, you really can't live on that. Think about it, folks. A lot of people out there are just living on baloney. Those bulls of Bashan, you know the seed that they're putting in that old cow is bringing it to death and destruction. But we know the Sower went forth to sow and the Man-child Jesus went forth to sow the seed, and that seed that He sowed in our hearts will bring forth Himself, 30-, 60- and 100-fold. This is what we're looking forward to, right? And so we have to not depart from the true Word of God for somebody's baloney. I want to share another experience when I first came to Pensacola. I was invited to quite a few churches and some strange things started happening. In this one instance, I walked in at the back of the church and was looking down front as I was walking in. Down in front, a pastor was standing, facing me and there was a woman who was standing and facing him. Suddenly this woman wheeled around and pointed her finger right at me. She never saw me enter because she was looking the other way at this pastor as I walked in. And she started prophesying. And I'll tell you, she went on prophesying for a while. It seemed like a long time because I was kind of nervous in front of people in situations like that, so I just kind of froze and looked at her. She had her finger pointed right at my nose and she started prophesying at me. Well, I didn't know what the Lord had planned, but He planned to open a door for me, and He used this woman, who'd never been in this church before in her life and she told me later she never went back there either. But she prophesied at me and she said, “I've never seen the Word of God in anybody like I see it in that man right there.” Then she went on to prophesy about what I was going to do and so forth. Well, it kind of opened the door because everybody was paying attention to me then including the pastor. They were probably thinking, “Who's this guy?” Well, I'm a nobody and I like it that way. But anyway, the pastor started asking me questions, and he didn't have a real deep love of the Word or knowledge of the Word. He was basically leading these poor people astray, just like a Saul leadership. Eventually, we came to find out that he was in fornication with some of the people who were in his mission and that he was cavorting with his secretary. He was also cheating people by convincing them he needed their money in order to support this mission and telling them lies. Their water was turned off one time while I was there; they came and turned the water off, but he went out there and turned it back on. He did the same thing with the electricity. So he was just a dishonest person. But the poor people were thinking this was normal Christianity, especially people in the mission who were first coming to know the Lord and then got this guy for an example. And I thought, “God help them.” Well, anyway because of this prophecy, God was opening a door for me to preach and teach, and I did. I started preaching and teaching and God was delivering the people there and they were becoming happy. This pastor didn't teach about baptism; it just wasn't very important to him, so I taught them about baptism and baptized almost the whole church while I was there. The pastor had come out of a very famous rock band, so he was used to being charismatic. He was gifted in song and the guitar, so it was easy for people to follow him. But when the people started hearing the Word, some of them became kind of excited, you know, and he could see that he was losing his grip on them. And I felt like some of that jealousy that was between Saul, or in Saul for David was showing up. As a matter of fact, the Lord spoke to this man, who was a prophet of sorts. He came and told me, “The Lord spoke to me. He said, “I'm Saul and you're David.” He said this to me three times. So the pastor finally asked me, “What does this mean?” And I gave him something, but I didn't feel like the Lord wanted me to give him everything, so I didn't tell him everything that I knew and the Lord was teaching me through this experience, too. I asked the Lord one time, “Lord, what do you want me to do with this guy?” Because he was a mess and he was leading these poor people. They were thinking it's normal to do some of those things and he was teaching them wrong. And I asked the Lord, “Lord, what do you want me to do about him?” He said, “Nothing. Let the Philistines take him out.” That's what he told me, just as clear as a bell. And I said, “Oh, okay. You know, he's a Saul.” I guess that's what happened to Saul; letting the Philistines take him out represents, of course, his old man taking him out. It was really strange one time because two of the ladies in that church had the exact same dream about this man and how he was basically going to get taken out. They saw him going down the interstate and running off the road and into the water, and he was drowning in his vehicle in the water. And they saw me there and I went out in the water, trying to get the door open to get the guy out of the vehicle to save him but I couldn't get him out. That was exactly what happened. I mean, I was trying to save the guy. I was trying to share with him the Word. I was trying to show him the ways of Christianity and show him the ways of faith. He would call me wise Soloman. He would catch on to some things, but it wasn't important enough to him. He wouldn't cease doing his little conniving things in the background. And so I kept praying for him, working, trying to help him to see through it and help him to be delivered, but many things happened there. In the mission, for instance, we cast out a lot of demons. I never saw so many demons to be cast out in a group of people in all my life. I learned that missions are a place for a lot of people who come in off the road, and who have problems and need help. And so we ended up casting out a lot of demons. Some very supernatural things happened there. But the Lord told me that this man was a Saul. And, you know, I started more and more taking over the ministry teaching. I was teaching more and more and he taught less and less. I asked him one time, “Aren't you going to teach anymore?” He said, “No, I just feel kind of dried up.” I knew that the Lord was doing this so that I could help these people. It was the same situation with Saul and David. Saul wasn't ready to go out there and take on the giants, but he was glad that David was taking care of it. But then when the women started singing their songs and saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands (1Sa.18:7), Saul became jealous. The Bible says he eyed David from that day and forward (9). He was worried about this guy taking over the kingdom, which was God's plan. And it happened because Saul was not leading the people to crucify the Amalekites and Saul refused to put to death Agag, who was the head of the corporate body of the beast, the old man, and so, because of that, God moved on and chose David and anointed him. I had some other instances of the same thing. During that time, some of those people moved on, and some of them came and fellowshipped with us. We taught them, we shared with them, and so on. This man moved to another town and he prophesied that I was supposed to come over there and teach leaders in his particular building, but I just began to pray that God would open people's eyes. I did it in the first church in this particular town. I prayed, “Lord, open the people's eyes. Help them to see that this man is not who they think he is.” God answered that prayer. People had visions and dreams of this man. One man, out of whom I cast 12 demons, literally had supernatural strength. He came in as an alcoholic when I was preaching and he was immediately delivered and totally sobered up. He got saved, but then he started continuing with some of his old habits and began watching pornography. Then these demons entered into him and he almost killed this pastor and his secretary. He ran the deacon through one of those big plate glass doors and sent him to the hospital. The demons just manifested in this guy. The pastor was in the mission when this happened, along with a lot of other people. He was leading them astray and I was casting demons out, praying for the people, helping the people along. So I asked the Lord to show people who this pastor really was. Besides the two women who had the exact same dream I shared, another woman had a dream that she saw this man outside the window and he was trying to gain pity from her because he was outside in the cold and so on. So she went to the church window and opened it, and when he came in he was a dragon. And the Lord impressed her to go down to the library and look up the man's name, which she did and found out that his last name meant “dragon,” amazingly. And then that guy who had all the demons also got a vision. He saw a man standing behind the pulpit, speaking into the microphone, and the man was a serpent and all the people were going to sleep. When God started showing people all these dreams and visions they started departing from him. But that pastor just went over to another city and did the same thing, and I prayed that God would open the people's eyes there, too. Then the same thing happened. The church there fell all apart. I tell you, folks, God's people are in bondage. We need to pray for God's people that He will open their eyes and help them to see that some of them are sitting underneath Saul ministries. They need to come out from among them and be separate (2 Corinthians 6:17). After this, the same thing happened to me a couple more times. For instance, I was invited to another church, a non-spirit-filled denomination. I was invited there to share where I met the pastor and his wife in a home school meeting. I told him, “Hey, you don't even know what I believe.” He said, “Well, I know you told me you preach discipleship.” I said, “Yes, that's true.” So he invited me over there and I was very graceful with them. You know, you have to be careful and help people to try to receive some things from the Lord. So, anyway, while I was there fellowshipping, there were an awful lot of sick people there because they really didn't believe in divine healing or deliverance. They didn't believe in any of those things, thinking that all passed away. So, essentially, I was sharing with people and I prayed for some after they gained knowledge. I went to their Sunday schools and shared things with them there too. They asked questions and I shared my experiences and shared words with them and so on. It worked out to where we were able to pray for a few people in that church who received healing and we cast out some demons. The elders, of course, did not believe in these kinds of things and didn't believe in being filled with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. My wife, for instance, went to one of their ladies' meetings. She saw a vision of one of the women there and in the vision, the woman had a very angry face. My wife knew it wasn't physical, she knew it was spiritual. She said she knew that woman had a demon of anger. And so they started going around the room testifying and when this woman's turn came, she stood up and said, “I just don't understand why I'm so angry,” as a confirmation to my wife. So my wife told the woman, “Well, I'm going to get my husband to call you. I think he can help you.” The woman said, “Okay.” When my wife came home, she told me about it. She said the woman had a crippled foot and that she was full of this anger. So I called her up and I was very careful because, of course, they don't get training in that regard. I just shared with her that, “My wife saw a demon in you. This anger that you're having a problem with is a demon spirit.” Thankfully, this lady was very young in this religion. She hadn't been heavily indoctrinated so she was open to the truth. Anyway, she came to our home and we commanded the demon to come out. The demon came out and she felt the deliverance. Then we told her that the Lord also wanted to heal her foot. We prayed for her foot and God healed her foot. We prayed for her to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and she received it. She started speaking in tongues; it was in Hebrew, and I recognized it as Hebrew and wrote it down and I made sure I was getting the interpretation right. I went to the Concordance and brought back to her what she had said. She was actually prophesying concerning her family and it was a very good prophecy. She was just delighted that she had received all this, and that all this blessing came upon her. And I said to her, “You know, it would probably not be a good thing for you to go back and tell the elders about this.” In this particular church, the elders had equal authority and the pastor was an elder. And I warned her that it probably wouldn't work out well, but she was just overflowing. It kind of reminded me of when Jesus said, “Now don't go and say anything to anyone,” and, of course, he went and just blabbed it everywhere (Luke 5:12-15). Jesus couldn't even go into the town because everybody knew Him. Well, she did just that. She was working part-time at the bookstore in this church, and when some of the ladies who were there were talking to her, she told this great, wondrous thing that God had done for her. Those ladies went right to the pastor and told the pastor and the elders and so on. This was on top of other healings and deliverances we had done, so the elders decided they were going to call me on the carpet. There were five elders there and they had made an appointment for me to come and they were going to grill me on what I was teaching. One of the things they asked me about was joining a church. I had explained to some of these people, “No, you don't join a church. You're baptized into the body of Christ. It's not such a physical thing as that. Nobody can hire you, nobody can fire you. You're born into the Body of Christ and there is no joining a church.” I shared a few other things like the baptism of the Holy Spirit and healing and deliverance. They had objections to all these things and so they started asking me, “Why are you teaching this?” and “Why are you teaching that?” It was the Sauls, the bulls of Bashan around me, and I just backed everything up with Scripture. I said, “Well, I teach it because it's in the Bible.” I told them, “This is what it says about being filled with the Holy Spirit. This is what the Bible says about casting out demons. This is what the Bible says about joining a church. This is what the Bible says about baptism.” They kept asking one question right after another and I just kept giving them Biblical truths. They were keeping the minutes of the meeting and I found out it made them look so bad that they were trying to change them afterward, but one of the elders spoke up and said, “No, you can't do that. That's dishonest, that's lying. This is what happened.” They were trying to change it and he wouldn't let them change it. Even though I gave them all completely Scriptural answers, they didn't agree. They didn't use any Scripture, but they didn't agree. And at the end of the meeting they said, “Well, here's what we want you to do. We either want you to quit teaching these things” (I was not teaching there; it was people from their assembly coming to our meetings and I was teaching them there.) They said, “We either want you to quit teaching our people this or we want you to separate.” I said, “Well, I'll tell you what, give me another week and I will go to the Lord to find out how to answer you.” I didn't say “what” to answer them, I said “how” to answer them. A week later, they called me back on the carpet and asked, “What's your answer?” I said, “Well, I did seek the Lord and I found out how to answer you. I want to share with you why I teach this, this, this and this.” I just started giving verses, verses, and more verses, just overwhelming them with verses and responsibility. Because when you give verses to people who say they're Christian leaders, but they don't act according to the Word of God and they don't believe the Word of God when they can't even back it up with the Word of God, you're making them responsible. At the end of the meeting they just were angry. One of the elders jumped up and said, We thought you were going to tell us yes or no if you were going to stop or not. No, I said I would ask God how to answer you and I am doing that so please sit down and let me finish. This was an elder whom I had prayed for and he had been healed. I had commented to him about their long list of sick people and asked why the elders didn't pray for them in faith as the bible commands. He said, “Well, why don't you take me and let's go do this?” So I went with him. We prayed over three people in the assembly and they were healed, and he witnessed this. He asked me to pray over him to receive the Holy Spirit. Another elder, whose wife had run off with a so-called charismatic leader who believed in speaking in tongues, and so he was angry about that. And I pacified him a little bit. I just told him, “No, it was wrong; it was an evil thing that this man did. That doesn't say that he was walking in the Lord at all and I don't blame you for being hurt about it.” But, despite all that, these elders were all ganging up on me while I was just giving them Scriptural answers. They finally ended up saying, “Look, we just want you to stop teaching these things.” And I replied, “I can't do that. I can tell you right now I'm not going to back away from the Word of God, not one iota.” They said, “Then we want you to separate from us.” I answered, “Okay, well, it was your decision, not mine.” So I went to the door of the church while the elders watched me. I kicked my shoes against the frame of the doorway and shook the dust off my feet, just exactly the way Acts 13:51 says to do. A very short time later their denomination decided that this pastor was not fit to be a pastor. They made him, a basketball coach instead of a pastor. Well, then the church was floundering because they were using their elders, who didn't know the Word of God in the first place, to teach them. Pretty soon people just started leaving; it fizzled and the doors closed. Then they sold the church buildings and grounds to some people who, very fitly made a large children's nursery out of it. So that was the second time I was in a church, sharing truth, and God decided just to close the doors. He made them responsible and they rebelled against the Word. These were Saul ministries. I'm telling you a lot of these Saul ministries are going to close down because people are going to come out of them. They're going to see through them, they're going to see that they're dead. I'm talking about anybody with eyes to see and ears to hear are going to see that they're dead churches and the people who stay are going to be dead. Go into one of these old mainline denominational churches and look around. Usually it's just old people stuck in their ways and the younger generation has moved on. Remember, Babylon is going to be full of all these doleful creatures (Isaiah 13:21), in other words, unclean beasts. Revelation 18:2 speaks of the same thing. Ultimately, it's going to be full of demons. You need to accept the truth and come out from among them and follow Jesus because this whole thing is going to die, decay and fall all to pieces. It's going to get worse and worse and worse. Two of those men later repented but it was too late. Their church was gone. God just scattered it and tore it all to pieces. Those two men later contacted me and repented for what they'd done. They realized that there was dishonesty there, that they were trying to change the minutes of the meeting in order to make it look like they were justified in running me off. They were telling lies to the people about me, but God didn't let them get away with it. He tore that whole thing down. The same thing happened to another church of the same denomination after that. After I was there, and share testimonies before their assembly I saw the people loved it but the elders did not and then whole thing shut down. When Jesus came, He shared the truths that were the Word of God. It made the people responsible. He told those Pharisees and Sadducees, If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin (Joh.15:22). What God did with those people is he scattered them, which was probably very good for them. He took away even that which they did have, as it says in Mat 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. When I was going to this elders meeting, God gave me these verses when I asked Him, “Lord, what are You going to do in this thing? All these people are coming against me. What are you going to do? Show me, Lord.” Then I opened the Bible and my finger came down right on this verse: (Eze.2:6) And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briars and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forebear; for they are most rebellious. And He goes on to speak about eating the roll of the book. Then I said, “Okay, Lord. Would you give me one more confirmation of this?” When I flipped my Bible open and stuck my finger down again, I saw this: (Jer.1:17) Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them. (18) For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. (19) And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. Well, I'll tell you, I was pumped up and ready for that meeting and the Word of God was just going forth and it was making them responsible. God did not let them get away with what they did. He tore their little church fellowship all to pieces. God had demonstrated healing, and deliverance, and He had demonstrated the baptism of the Holy Spirit but they denied the Word over and over and over. They had never heard it so plainly, I'm sure. God just tore that Saul ministry down, though some of those people moved on to our David ministry. He did this with me four times back then and a few times since. Church after church all closed down. And, you know what, I think it was a sign of things to come. I think in itself it wasn't all that significant. These churches were not churches; they were fakes. They didn't teach the Word of God. They had a form of godliness, but … denied the power thereof (2Ti.3:5). The Bible says from these also turn away (5). And, thank God, some people had an opportunity to do that, either because the doors closed or because they saw it was no good and they left first, one or the other. But God did His will there and He helped some people. Folks, we're looking at the same thing happening all around us in Christianity. They're becoming more and more corrupt. They're falling to pieces and falling into all kinds of sin, corruption, and false silly doctrines, but some people are beginning to realize that something is wrong. I'm talking about anybody who has eyes to see. The out-of-church movement is as great as it's ever been right now. People are coming out from among them. They're studying the Word of God for themselves and I praise God for it. I hope you are seeing that and I hope you're praying and asking God to show you in the Word. You don't need to do anything but sit down and read God's Word to see what the truth is and to see what a true, Scriptural assembly is supposed to look like. Follow God, friends. Don't follow these dead denominations or non-denominational denominations.     Prophecies to Denominations Thomas Gibson Prophecies 2003 01 31 Book 1 For thus saith the Lord. Do not despair. I am going throughout the churches of America to see who will put My Name first, who will put the salvation by the Blood of the Lamb above all else. Those who do so will be blessed by the Lord above; but those who do not will be condemned by Me. Do not turn to the world or the world's ways. Do not listen to the ways of many who compromise My gospel. Those who turn away from the compromising position of the worldly church will be blessed by Me. Those who continue in the work of compromising My Word will be condemned! Do not doubt this word. I am going throughout the world and throughout the churches in America to see who will put me first. It is time that the worldliness be burned out of the church! It is time to see that God is placed first above all things. There is power in the name of Jesus. Those who walk in that power are walking with Me. Those who do not walk in that power are walking with the world. Not only will I turn away from godless churches, but I will turn to those who are truly serving Me in truth and power, and I will give them a protection in this time. For coming soon is a persecution and a strong attack against My people. Not only that but there is coming trouble to America's shores. I will protect and guide My people through this time. Do not partake in those churches and religious organizations who will not listen to the Word of God and follow it in a complete way. 2003 03 05 Book 1 For thus says the Lord. I am that I am. I have created one church, one Bible, and one truth. Therefore, all who profess to believe in Me must believe to one truth, one God, and one church. Where do we find one church? Where? Why are there so many organizations that use My Name and do not bow to the will of God for one church? In My Word I condemned factions and denominations or sects of My church. You will find it in 1 Corinthians 1. Obey My Word now! Return to the days of the Book of Acts where My people were one; humbling themselves under the mighty hand of God. Turn away from the sins that you have. Destroy your divisions of Me. Become a local church that will not, under any circumstances, change or alter what the Bible says. Leave any church that will not confess that God is all and they are nothing. Return to the humility of the first-century church. Look at what My Word says and believe it; not what some theologian interprets. Stand for all of God's Word and lead the world to Christ! 2003 06 18 Book 2 For thus says the Lord. I am the One who you should be worshipping. I am the One who you should be paying attention to. I am the One who is in control of everything. Those who stand for their denomination, those who stand for their beliefs separate from the Bible, those who stand for their money-organized churches; will stand for the world and I will not be their help when the troubles and denominational fights begin. Yes, there will be fights between churches, fights within churches, and fights between those within the churches and those without. I am calling My people to stand for peace and love even to love those who are wrong and bring a Spirit of love to those who persecute them. I am calling My people to stand for peace and not fight at this time. For those who fight will lose; and those who will not fight but stand in love for the truth of the Bible will be raised up victorious by Myself in the end. Stand and know that troubled times are coming. Stand and know that there is a way of the world which will lead to sin within the churches. Stand and know that there is a way of God which will lead to truth without man-made, money-organized, churches. So says the Lord. 2003 11 25 Book 1 I cry for My people who are deceived by such a wicked world. So many have tried to make the church look good in the eyes of the world by making the church worldly. So much has been done by these people that My church looks more like the world than Me. I have become strengthened by those who will stand against the worldliness that is in the church always wanting to be so worldly that they have gone away from Me. See in the Word how powerful My church was: healing, miracles on a regular time. But now how many are healed, how many miracles, how many signs and wonders? When they come back to Me, I will come again in signs, wonders, and mighty deeds. 2004 01 28 Book 1 For thus says the Lord. My people who are tormented by unbelievers within the churches are truly those who are My witnesses in all the land. For when those who are within the churches will not bow down and serve the Master, Jesus; then truly sin has come unto the churches. I seek those who will bow down and humble themselves and obey the Spirit of God. 2004 02 8 Book 1 My true church is not a denomination, but rather it is My people gathering into a local congregation with a name that represents the local area. Beyond this is sin. For if one creates a division with Christ, one creates a division of My people which is wickedness. 2004 02 8 Book 2 Thus saith the Lord. Those churches who are truly not part of division-making shall be blessed by Me. Those churches who will not stand as a true and separate church from divisions (denominations) shall be removed. I will no longer have divisions within My body. They shall be removed. I will do this in the coming years. 2004 03 27 Book 1 How many people, says the Lord, have I called out of My church to begin a teaching of My power? They should have been able to learn this within the church, but they could not because the church has preached against My power! I said in My Word, that you shall do greater miracles than I did [John 14:12] Why is this not seen? Because the church preaches worldly man-made power and not Godly power through fasting and prayer!! 2004 04 23 Book 1 There are many who walk in pride in the church thinking that they are someone important who will be used in the coming revival. But no! I will use the humble ones who are not part of the great organized man-made church. For the man-made man-organized church will not partake of what is to come. For what is to come must come through the unhindered move of the Holy Spirit. Anything else would taint the move of God. So says the Lord God. 2004 05 06. Book 1 Thus says the Lord. Did I not command My people to submit to the leading of the Holy Spirit? Why then do I find man-organized man-controlled organizations who call themselves by My Name? In the Book of Acts I saw the multitudes bow down and serve Me. But here in this world we now have an organization that is answerable to itself and the votes of its members. Blasphemy! Great blasphemy!! So says the Lord!

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Send us a textObscurity shares her heartbreaking story of surviving familial trafficking, abuse, and torture at the hands of her parents and brother. She reveals the unimaginable trauma she endured during her childhood and the lifelong pain she has carried since.Through her candid account, Obscurity sheds light on the hidden reality of familial abuse and the impact it has on survivors. Despite the darkness she's faced, her story is one of courage and resilience, offering hope to others who have endured similar experiences.This episode dives deep into the importance of breaking the silence, raising awareness about trafficking within families, and supporting survivors in their healing journey.Familial trafficking involves exploiting a child within their own family for goods, money, or services, often by parents but also by other relatives like siblings or guardians. In child sex trafficking, victims may be groomed or coerced into sexual acts, often linked to the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material.Support the showAdditionally, you can now also watch the full video version of your favourite episode here on YouTube. Please subscribe, like or drop a comment letting us know your thoughts on the episode and if you'd like more stories going forward!If you would like to offer any feedback on our show or get in touch with us, you can also contact us on the following platforms: Website: www.multispective.org Email: info@multispective.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/multispectiveorg Facebook: www.facebook.com/multispectiveorg Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/multispective Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/multispectiveProducer & Host: Jennica SadhwaniEditor and Engineer: Chris Trzcinski Editor, Marketing & Admin: Stephan Menzel

Intro Host: Jr. Introducing a new series on metaphysical experiences Sharing a personal story about his father's passing in 1994 and the impact it had on his life Late Night - The First 24 Hours Reflecting on the first day after his father's passing and the confusion and thoughts that filled his mind Coping with the loss and trying to carry on with daily activities Late Night - A Time of Deep Thought Exploring the late-night hours (from 11:30 pm to 2 or 3 am) as a time for profound reflections and processing emotions The host's ability to function well during the day despite processing anxieties and frustrations at night Discovering the metaphysical world and its influence on his life Encounters with the Metaphysical Meeting people involved in tarot cards, astrology, and psychic readings Experiences with Ouija boards and the personal decision to leave it behind Keeping a notebook to document thoughts and agonizing mental states Finding Self-Care and Self-Maintenance Utilizing late-night hours to engage in self-care and self-exploration Using divinity-related knowledge to guide decisions and personal growth Escaping reality through fantasy video games and other interests Coping with Grief and Tragedy Coping with the death of a spouse and seeking answers through the metaphysical realm Connecting with psychics and metaphysical experiences during the grieving process Emphasizing personal experience and self-discovery over traditional religious answers Conclusion Teasing the upcoming episode where the host will talk to psychics and delve deeper into his metaphysical experiences Inviting listeners to explore their own beliefs and experiences Signing off as Jr. and encouraging everyone to keep seeking the uncommon

Years ago, I watched as a team member struggled to find their footing, paralyzed by the fear of rejection. It was a moment that truly resonated with me, echoing the stories of legends like Michael Jordan and J.K. Rowling—individuals who turned failure into stepping stones toward greatness. This episode of Escaping the Drift is dedicated to unraveling the complex relationship between confidence and success. We explore how rejection, often perceived as a barrier, can be reframed as a positive force driving us toward our goals. With anecdotes and practical insights, we dive into the subtle power of body language and posture in boosting self-assurance and attracting opportunity.   Moving forward, the discussion shifts to the importance of setting purposeful goals and embracing tough decisions to foster personal and professional growth. Reflecting on my own journey, from launching a book to overcoming imposter syndrome on the path to becoming a world-class speaker, I share the valuable lessons learned along the way. By focusing on our accomplishments, we can validate our presence and potential. Through a personal story about encouraging my son, we touch on how self-belief shapes our narrative and influences our path. Join us as we explore these themes and invite you to be an active participant in crafting your own success story. Don't forget to visit our website, escapingthedrift.com, for more insights and to support the podcast with a review or by sharing it with others.