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This week’s episode of the Prison Pulpit begins with a look at what has been going on with Iranian Christians for many years, followed by a look at the remaining five Chinese (and Tibetan) places to pray for this week. Finally, I talk about a strategic opportunity to “adopt” a Chinese pastor/missionary. I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben. Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Feel free to email anytime: chinacompass @ privacyport.com. Check out PrayGiveGo.us for everything else, incl. Patreon, Substack & books… The Memoirs of William Milne (PrayGiveGo.us) The Autobiography of John G. Paton (JohnGPaton.com) Borden of Yale: The Millionaire Missionary (BordenofYale.com) Unbeaten: My Arrest, Interrogation, and Deportation from China (Unbeaten.vip) Why the Prison Pulpit? The goal is to remind people to pray for persecuted believers as Hebrews 13:3 teaches: “Remember those who are in prison, as bound with them.” We’ve looked at Wang Yi and Early Rain Church’s writings in the aftermath of their arrest and attack in 2018, but I’ve also regularly turned to other persecuted ministers who have gone before, such as Richard Wurmbrand, to give us a voice literally from prison. (Here you’ll find some free PDF books by Richard Wurmbrand: https://richardwurmbrandfoundation.org/) Iran Testimony https://notthebee.com/article/iran-jails-five-christians-for-distributing-bibles-baptizing-new-believers Pray for China Profiles (July 20-26), including TIBET on July 22 https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-july-20-26-2026 China Gathering Strategic project in 2026 to equip China's underground church. Adopt/Sponsor a Chinese Pastor/Evangelist for $1000! How to Give? Contact me or donate at: MCI3.org Follow China Compass Thank you for listening! Subscribe & leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! And don’t forget to visit PrayGiveGo.us for books + Heb. 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, “as bound with them”!

This week on This Week in Barbecue, Rasheed Philips and James Welch are back with hot news, hotter takes, and a full plate of barbecue business, food safety, and culture.The episode starts with National Moon Day, then moves quickly into the Taco Bell and Taylor Farms lettuce outbreak, why Rasheed is washing every green himself, and the internet's reaction to seeing beef priced at $24.99 per pound. The guys also talk about rising food costs, buying whole animals, GLP-1 medications, protein snacks, and why everything from Doritos to coffee is suddenly chasing the protein wave.From there, they get into Miller Smokehouse receiving a $50,000 grant after fire damage, the OC Smoke Show, Food Network's Pitmasters, cooking at elevation, and whether H-E-B's True Texas Barbecue or Buc-ee's brisket sandwiches count as real barbecue. The episode wraps with a look at Zavala's running 30 straight days during the World Cup, what it says about leadership, and how barbecue businesses can take advantage when the world shows up hungry.Listen now for barbecue news, restaurant insight, food culture, event talk, and the kind of honest conversation that keeps the smoke moving.

Bart (44) botst regelmatig met collega's, zijn partner en anderen. Hoe meer mensen van hem verlangen dat hij dingen (op een bepaalde manier) doet, hoe meer hij zich verzet. Hij wordt daardoor vaak als 'lastig' en tegendraads ervaren, terwijl zijn bedoelingen juist goed zijn. Waarom gebeurt dit steeds?

De redactie van DS Vandaag heeft twee weken vakantie. Maar geen nood. In periode kunnen jullie luisteren naar twee sterke reeksen. Deze week is het 'Loopje met de Wetenschap'. Daarin zoeken wetenschapsjournalisten Maxie Eckert en Dries De Smet uit of lopen echt gezond is, of fancy schoenen beter zijn, en waarom je sneller wordt door trager te lopen. ­ Aflevering 1: ­ In deze eerste aflevering zoeken ze uit of extra krachttraining nodig is als je toch al gaat lopen. ­ De laatste jaren heeft iedereen de mond vol van krachttraining als dé manier om je lichaam fit en sterk te houden. Maar doe je als loper niet al genoeg voor je gezondheid? Of loont het om naast het lopen extra krachtoefeningen te doen? En zo ja, welke? ­ Lopen was nog nooit zo populair. Maar doen we dat eigenlijk wel goed? In een nieuw seizoen van de podcast “Loopje met de wetenschap” zoeken wetenschapsjournalisten Maxie Eckert en Dries De Smet uit wat er waar is van de vele adviezen die over hardlopen de ronde doen. ­ Wil je weten waar Maxie en Dries het in de andere afleveringen over hebben? Als abonnee kun je de volledige reeks nu al beluisteren in de luisteromgeving van de app van De Standaard. Luister je liever op Spotify? Dan kun je je abonnement van De Standaard met enkele kliks ook eenvoudig koppelen aan je Spotify-account. Klik op het slotje naast de aflevering en volg de stappen. Heb je nog geen abonnement op De Standaard? De beste aanbiedingen vind je op standaard.be/actie. ­ Credits ­ Presentatie Maxie Eckert, Dries De Smet | Gasten Thibaut Nijs en Jeroen Dingemans (Forward Coaching), I-Min Lee (Harvard) | Productie en eindredactie Fien Dillen, Yves Delepeleire | Audioproductie en muziek Niels De KeukelaereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Portage church of Christ is a group of pre-denominational Christians that are striving to serve the Lord together. Our goal is to please God, and we believe that the best way to do that is to follow the pattern that was established by the churches in the first century and revealed in the New Testament. We have no creed or doctrine except the Bible and we follow the Bible only. We strive for unity in the teaching of New Testament doctrine. Our congregation is not part of, or subject to, any larger man-made religious organization. We are a completely autonomous congregation. We are locally governed, just as the church in the first century was. How does one becomes a member of this church congregation? The exact same way as seen in the Biblical accounts. On the day of Pentecost following Jesus' resurrection, people who repented and were baptized were saved (Acts 2:38) and the saved were added to the church (Acts 2:47). These saved people were members of the body, or church (Colossians 1:18). To become a Christian, the Bible teaches: Hear the gospel (Rom. 10:17) Believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God (John 8:24, 58, Heb. 11:6) Repent of past sins (Luke 13:3, 5) Confess Jesus as Lord (Matt. 10:32-33, Rom. 10:9-10) Be baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16) Remain Faithful to Christ (Rev. 2:10, 2 Tim 4:7-8)

Pastor Steve Ballin from Longreach Baptist Church shares tonight's message "Holiness & Purity". We hear a bit of the relationship that Bridgy has with Longreach Baptist and what is happening out west. Have you ever missed an invitation? What is scary about a place where the Good News is spoken? Are we giving the wrong impression? What was God's creation order? Why a curtain in the Tabernacle? What matters? We have been called out of darkness! Jesus has an invitation, draw near. Tonight's passages: Is 1: 4, Gen 1: 1-3, 31, John 1: 4, Gen 2: 17, Ex 3: 1-6, Is 6: 1-7, Heb 9: 11-14, John 3: 16-18, 1Peter 2: 9, Eze 47 Date:19.07.2026 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church please email hello@bridgeman.org.au If you would like to give at Bridgeman Baptist Community Church please go to www.bridgeman.org.au/giving/ Please view our Sermon List if you would like to order from our back catalogue, please email bridgemedia@bridgeman.org.au 

In september 1940 verlegt Duitsland de aanval naar Londen. De Luftwaffe probeert niet langer alleen de RAF uit te schakelen, maar ook de Britse industrie, bevoorrading en moraal te raken.In deze derde en laatste aflevering volgen we het begin van de Blitz. We kijken waarom Hitler en Göring hun strategie aanpassen, wat dat betekent voor de RAF en waarom Operatie Sealion uiteindelijk niet doorgaat.Stel ons een vraag of vertel ons iets leuks! We kunnen reageren :)Nationaal Monument OranjehotelBezoek het Nationaal Monument Oranjehotel in Scheveningen en ontdek de verhalen van de duizenden Nederlanders die hier tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gevangen zaten. Een indrukwekkende historische plek die laat zien wat vrijheid werkelijk betekent.  Support the showRondleiding GrebbebergHierbij de link naar de rondleiding op de Grebbeberg van 27 juni!Klik hier!Word Historicus lid van De Geschiedenisreis!Heb je genoten van deze aflevering? Als Historicus lid krijg je nog veel meer! Ontvang exclusieve toegang tot extra afleveringen, diepgaande analyses en verhalen die je nergens anders hoort. Tegenwoordig via Petje.Af en daarmee is iDeal betaling mogelijk.Klik hier om naar onze Petje Af website te gaan!Social MediaFacebookgroep: Groep van geschiedenis enthousiastelingenSubstack: Nieuwsbrief met kaarten, foto's en artikelen als ondersteuning bij iedere aflevering.Instagram: Blijf op de hoogte van alle nieuwtjesAdverteren in onze podcast? Mail naar leethijsgeschiedenisreis@gmail.com

JUL. 1, 2026Keep on keeping on."Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Gal 6:9 NIVSome of the world's most successful people were told by so-called experts that they didn't have what it took to be a success in the professions they had chosen. In 1927, Lucille Ball was told by an instructor at the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession. Any other." Universal Pictures dismissed both Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds, claiming that Reynolds had no talent and Eastwood talked too slowly.Malcolm Forbes, the late editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, failed to become part of the staff of his school newspaper when he was an undergraduate at Princeton University. Decca Recording Company executives responded negatively to the audition of four young musicians, saying,"We don't like their sound. Groups with guitars are on the way out." So the Beatles took their sound elsewhere. For seven years, a young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to twenty corporations, all of which turned him down. The Haloid Company finally purchased the rights to his electronic paper-copying process. And Haloid became Xerox. Don't be discouraged if you are not finding the acceptance and success you desire right now. Your story is still being written! The Bible says, "Do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises" (Heb 6:12 NKJV). Faith and patience are the two qualities that will bring you success. This is why the apostle Paul wrote: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."Keep on keeping on Faith and patience will bring you success.Share This DevotionalSend us Fan MailSupport the showChanging Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

Heb je vaak last van een opgeblazen buik of constipatie op vakantie en zou je daar deze keer graag géén last van willen hebben? In deze podcast deel ik vier praktische Ayurvedische tips die jou helpen om weer een rustige, platte buik te krijgen. Of je nu naar een tropisch land vliegt, een citytrip maakt of gaat kamperen: een opgeblazen buik hoeft geen vast onderdeel van je vakantie te zijn!1:1 COACHING MET DALIKlik hier voor meer informatie over 1:1 coaching met Dalí en pak één van de laatste plekken.VATA VOEDINGSSCHEMAIn 7 dagen jouw spijsvertering te optimaliseren met Ayurveda, zodat je een rustige buik krijgt en lichamelijk én mentaal in balans komt.Klik hier voor het Vata voedingsschema.GRATIS DOSHA TEST Een dosha test is een unieke body-mind test, waarbij je erachter komt welk soort body-mind type je bent. Misschien ervaar je op dit moment wel bepaalde klachten zoals een opgeblazen buik, onregelmatige cyclus, acne, vermoeidheid of een gewicht dat niet bij je past en zou je dit graag in balans willen brengen door middel van de juiste voeding.  Dan is deze dosha test precies wat jij nodig hebt. Zo ontdek je welke Ayurvedische dosha (Vata, Pitta of Kapha of juist een mix) je bent en als je dat eenmaal weet, begrijp je beter welke voeding en lifestyle jou in balans brengt.  Klik hier voor de gratis dosha test.ZONDERZOOI SHOPKlik hier om de Zonderzooi Shop te bekijken voor mijn huidige aanbod in e-books, coaching en cursussen.SOCIAL MEDIAConnect met Dalí via Instagram of de Zonderzooi website. DISCLAIMER De informatie van De Zonderzooi Podcast is uitsluitend bedoeld voor informatieve en educatieve doeleinden. Het is niet bedoeld om er een gezondheidsprobleem mee te diagnosticeren, genezen of behandelen. Heb je op dit moment een ziekte of extreme klachten? Raadpleeg bij twijfel dan eerst een (Ayurvedisch) arts of medisch specialist voordat je zelfstandig wijzigingen aanbrengt in je huidige dieet en levensstijl. Je bent zelf verantwoordelijk voor je eigen gezondheid.

In deze aflevering ontvangt Teddy Tops muzikant en acteur Jelle Hoekstra. Zijn nieuwe EP is net uit.  De tips van Jelle: Muziek: IJSLAND 2 (https://open.spotify.com/album/1L95CMnIW9LHwQ8MKhkauD?si=U68FTj8dT5-cDfggH1GyCA&nd=1&dlsi=442992bec57544b3), Elmer (https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ESdlHhFi2Ww9jt8qLOyYp?si=147EjXDhQUmI4gvjVcUgYA&nd=1&dlsi=0f80a22a4bbf43a0), Young Rubbi & BUG (https://open.spotify.com/artist/1dUQSR1Rw9elnUAId6qUQJ?si=LnPfmgebSbiR-VzwazlCxg&nd=1&dlsi=30c33fa1b5ec4c6c) Recent album + liedje:  MADONNA - Confessions 2 – everywhere (https://open.spotify.com/track/2JQWc9QtFoV4jIoO7dLUrJ?si=aeb64f1480444464&nd=1&dlsi=6f379003117d4003&autoplay_ok=1), IJSLAND 2 - alles  (https://open.spotify.com/album/1L95CMnIW9LHwQ8MKhkauD?si=rfkL3I8cR2-fteOZdo04CQ&nd=1&dlsi=db1aa9884f2041f3) Ron van Zalmsaus  (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iSpJp1RScZ4Afk8BkVp9v?si=38UiLkDRTBqJzm31UiG0Hw&nd=1&dlsi=9bd004a593ff4611) Podcast: Luister Anita (https://npo.nl/luister/podcasts/1388-luister-anita) Kindercultuur: Dag Poes (https://www.hnt.nl/nl/voorstellingen/dag-poes-4-nl57) Aankomend concert: PRIDE IS A PROTEST (https://skatecafe.weticket.io/pride-is-protest) Club/uitgaansavond: Pride Knights - 24 juli Sexyland in RAUM (https://pride.amsterdam/event/pride-knights-raum-invites-sexyland-x-body-x-no-limits-art-castle/) Film op streaming: Inside van Bo Burnham (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14544192/) Boek: Kuren (https://dasmag.nl/product/kuren/) Theater: Eindelijk Paniek (https://deparade.nl/programma/frisse-tegenzin-eindelijk-paniek-6/) Ballet: Legacies - George Balanchine / Hans van Manen / Kirsten Wicklund / Toer van  (https://google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.operaballet.nl/het-nationale-ballet/2026-2027/legacies&ust=1784435700000000&usg=AOvVaw3t7Ybor3qINUL5hvIC5Gm8&hl=nl&source=gmail) Schayk (https://google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://www.operaballet.nl/het-nationale-ballet/2026-2027/legacies&ust=1784435700000000&usg=AOvVaw3t7Ybor3qINUL5hvIC5Gm8&hl=nl&source=gmail) Cabaret: Marie Koet (https://mariekoet.nl/contact/) Toneel: Parade (https://deparade.nl/), schwung collective, bibi roos, thor braun Musical: Cabaret (https://delamar.nl/voorstellingen/cabaret/) Tentoonstelling: Queer Amsterdam, de roze stad (https://pride.amsterdam/event/tentoonstelling-queer-amsterdam-de-roze-stad/) Museum: Melkweg expo  (https://www.melkweg.nl/nl/expo/) Festival: Lowlands (https://lowlands.nl/) Nu in de bioscoop: Odyssey (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258/) Serie: friends (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/) Docu: Queerkamp (https://npo.nl/start/afspelen/2doc-queerkamp) Heb je cultuurtips die we niet mogen missen? Mail de redactie: eenuurcultuur@vpro.nl

Donald Trump wist al zeker dat de verkiezingen van 2020 waren gestolen, maar hij weet nu ook welke sinistere macht daarachter zat: China. Dat hij dat niet eerder had gehoord ligt aan de ‘deep state,’ de echelon van ambtenaren die het allemaal voor hem geheimhield. Die bewering is niets nieuws, en was door de Amerikaanse veiligheidsdiensten al in 2021 naar het rijk der fabelen verwezen, maar voor Trump blijft het thema – gestolen verkiezingen – consequent vasthouden. Hij richtte zich tot het volk met een toespraak vanuit het Witte Huis, wat bepaald niet alledaags is. Hij nam een voorschot op de Congresverkiezingen van 3 november, vanuit de stelling dat zijn tegenstanders er alles aan zullen doen om die ‘opnieuw te stelen.’ De oorlog met Iran lag even stil, maar is opnieuw, en in alle hevigheid, losgebarsten. Vergeleken met de complottheorieën over verkiezingen is dat voor Trump, de MAGA-beweging, het Congres en eigenlijk elke burger een veel groter probleem. Documentaire Natchez: https://www.npodoc.nl/artikelen/een-grimmig-sprookje-in-natchez Over de Amerika Podcast In de Amerika Podcast nemen Bernard Hammelburg en Jan Postma je mee naar het Amerika van nu: een land dat onder Donald Trump opnieuw in rap tempo verandert. Wat betekent zijn beleid voor Amerikanen in rode én blauwe staten, voor de democratie? Wat is er nog over van the American Dream? Wat verandert Trumps koers voor ons in Europa? Hier hoor je de verhalen van de Amerikanen zelf. We nemen je mee naar het land van adembenemende landschappen, countrymuziek uit de autoradio en diners langs de highway. Maar natuurlijk ook juist naar de mavericks die deze clichés doorbreken. De Amerika Podcast zoekt naar de ziel van Amerika. Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg vanuit New York en Amsterdam, correspondent Jan Postma vanuit Washington DC of ergens in een van de vijftig staten. Die zoektocht doen we samen met jou, want de Amerika Podcast is niet compleet zonder de vragen van onze luisteraars. Elke donderdag in je podcastfeed! Heb je een vraag, opmerking, kritiek of een compliment. Mail dan naar dewereld@bnr.nl of spreek je vraag in op de Amerika Podcast Whatsapp: 06-28135020. En wie weet win je de Amerika Podcast koffiebeker. Over de makers Bernard Hammelburg is buitenlandcommentator en columnist voor BNR Nieuwsradio en het FD, en presentator van BNR De Wereld. Als oorlogsverslaggever was hij o.a. ooggetuige van de Culturele Revolutie in China, de revolutie in Iran en de oorlogen in Vietnam, het Midden-Oosten en Afghanistan. Hij was twintig jaar correspondent in de VS. Hij verdeelt zijn tijd tussen zijn woonplaatsen Amsterdam en New York. Jan Postma is Amerika-correspondent voor BNR Nieuwsradio. Vanuit zijn standplaats Washington DC doet hij verslag van de politieke strijd in de hoofdstad en gaat het land in om te zien wat de gevolgen zijn voor Amerikanen. Eerder schreef hij De Trump-fluisteraars, over de mensen die Trump beïnvloeden. Voordat hij in 2018 correspondent werd, presenteerde hij onder meer Boekestijn en De Wijk. Jan studeerde Amerikanistiek en Journalistiek aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Naast de BNR Amerika Podcast is hij regelmatig te horen in BNR’s nieuwsprogramma’s en in BNR De Wereld. Ook is hij Amerika-correspondent voor het Algemeen Dagblad. Redactie en montage Luc de Klerk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lieve Freundinnen (m/v/x), niet schrikken maar we hebben een MAN te gast in de nieuwste aflevering van DAMN, HONEY de podcast *gasp* Het gebeurt niet vaak, maar soms komt er eentje op je pad die Echt Wat Te Zeggen heeft. En tja, dan moet je! Dan ga je! Het is historicus en schrijver Alex Bakker, gespecialiseerd in transgendergeschiedenis. Zijn nieuwste boek heet Transgender pioniers en speelt zich af in het roerige Berlijn, in de jaren tussen de 1e en 2e Wereldoorlog aka het Interbellum. De levensreddende medische zorg voor trans mensen begon toen en daar. Alex deed voor zijn boek uitvoerig onderzoek naar een revolutionair seksuologisch instituut waar oprichter en arts Magnus Hirschfeld probeerde te begrijpen wat trans mensen nodig hebben. Twee van zijn cliënten waren Dora Richter (een trans vrouw van in de 30, opgegroeid op het platteland en diepgelovig katholiek) en Gerd Katter (een jonge trans man van 18 uit de stad, die in de leer was voor timmerman). Dankzij bewaard gebleven bronnen wist Alex hun levens (grotendeels) in kaart te brengen. We hameren altijd erg op historisch besef en als het gaat om transgendergeschiedenis weten we lang niet genoeg. Wat kunnen we leren van de verhalen van Dora en Gerd? Waarom is het zo belangrijk dit soort verhalen te kennen? En hoe staat de transgenderzorg er nu voor? Verder: Wat zien we daar bewegen daar op de bovenlip van ML? Is het een... snor? Ga voor de shownotes en het transcript naar damnhoney.nl/aflevering-291DAMN, HONEY wordt gemaakt door Marie Lotte Hagen en Nydia van VoorthuizenIn deze aflevering hoor je een advertentie voor ONSZELF! Steun ons maandelijks vanaf 1 euro en krijg onze eeuwige dank én toegang tot onze tweewekelijkse bonuspodcast ‘Je doet het er maar mee’ die je gewoon kunt luisteren via je favoriete podcastapp. Bonusbal word je via petjeaf.com/damnhoney.editwerk: Daniël van de Poppejingles: Lucas de Gier website: Liesbeth Smit DAMN, HONEY is onderdeel van Dag & Nacht Media. Heb je interesse om te adverteren in deze podcast? Neem dan contact op met Dag en Nacht Media via adverteren@dagennacht.nlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In deze Bijbelstudie sluiten we onze serie over het boek Joël af met een bespreking van Joël hoofdstuk 3. Dit indrukwekkende hoofdstuk richt onze aandacht op Gods oordeel over de volken, Zijn rechtvaardigheid en de uiteindelijke bevrijding van Zijn volk.Tijdens deze studie bespreken we onder andere:Waarom God de volken bijeenbrengt in het "dal van Josafat".De betekenis van Gods oordeel in het licht van Zijn liefde en rechtvaardigheid.De relatie tussen Joël 3 en de profetieën in Openbaring.Armageddon, het uitvoerende oordeel en de wederkomst van Christus.De belofte van herstel voor Gods volk.De nieuwe aarde en Gods eeuwige Koninkrijk.Hoewel Joël spreekt over oordeel, is de centrale boodschap uiteindelijk één van hoop, verlossing en herstel. God zal eenmaal een einde maken aan alle onrecht en Zijn kinderen voor altijd bij Zich nemen.Bijbelgedeelten die aan bod komen:Joël 3Openbaring 14, 16, 19, 20 en 21Jesaja 2 & 65Micha 4Ezechiël 472 Timotheüs 4:1Wij hopen dat deze studie je helpt om de profetieën van Joël beter te begrijpen en je geloof te versterken terwijl we uitzien naar de spoedige wederkomst van Jezus Christus.Heb je vragen of opmerkingen? Laat ze gerust achter in de reacties. Vergeet ook niet je te abonneren als je meer Bijbelstudies wilt volgen.Gods zegen!

Leendert, Mark duiken samen met hun gast Michal van der Toorn, van BNR's geopolitieke redactie, in onze veiligheid en defensie. We kennen veel van de oplossingen die worden aangedragen. 5% van ons BBP als defensiebudget; uitbreiding van oefenterreinen en kazernes; het stimuleren van de Nederlandse defensie-industrie. Maar wat is nou precies de vraag waarop die zaken een antwoord moeten geven? Wat zijn, kortom, de politieke afwegingen en vraagstukken die in dat domein spelen? Dan komt natuurlijk ook aan de orde wie dat gaat betalen. In de vorm van een 'vrijheidsbijdrage', of in natura door het inleveren van schaarse ruimte in het land. En moeten we gewoon accepteren, zoals Sigrid Kaag ooit suggereerde, dat we allemaal een beetje armer zullen worden, omdat het oorlog is op ons continent? Deze aflevering is gemaakt door Leendert Beekman, en Mark Beekhuis. Speciale gast: Michal van der Toorn Over deze podcast Studio Den Haag is dé politieke podcast voor de hardwerkende Nederlander, de gewone Nederlander, de mensen in het land. de mensen thuis, de mensen op de publieke tribune én iedereen die dit debat via de live stream volgt. BNR's politieke redactie houdt je elke dag op de hoogte van wat er speelt in de Haagse wandelgangen. Met op maandag tot en met donderdag de focus op het nieuws van de dag. En op vrijdag stevige duidingen bij de ontwikkelingen in de onderstroom van het politieke nieuws. Heb je vragen, of wil je reageren? Mail naar studiodenhaag@bnr.nl See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In deze podcast neem ik je mee in hoe ik kijk naar preventief voor jezelf zorgen vs het zelfgenezend vermogen van ons lichaam.Herbal Alchemy Mastery - membership!29 juli geef ik een live class over de lever en al haar facetten, waarin ik nog dieper op dit onderwerp inga.  In dit membership ga ik elke maand een online live class geven over een verdiepend onderwerp in de kruidengeneeskunde.Je wordt al member vanaf €25,00 per maand. Aanmelden kan via deze link.•••De Online Mysterieschool.Meld je gratis aan voor de Online Mysterieschool waar ik met regelmaat community-only posts deel, de podcast eerder upload en je in contact kan komen met gelijkgestemden. Je kun je via deze link gratis aanmelden. Ik heb mijn eigen platform (Huddle), dus dit is helemaal los van social media en heb je ook niet nodig om je aan te melden.Cursussen in De online MysterieschoolIk heb ontzettend veel cursussen, kort, lang, groot, klein voor je gemaakt in de afgelopen jaren (en nog steeds doe ik dit met heel veel plezier). Al mijn cursussen gaan over werken in een diepe verbinding met kruiden, je lichaam, natuurgeneeskunde, Gaia en onze reis naar een hoger bewustzijn. Hier vind je alle cursussen en/of masterclasses op een rijtje.1:1 traject.Naast cursussen heb ik beperkte ruimte om je 1:1 te begeleiden. Ik werk altijd met een traject en nooit met losse sessies.Hier vind je meer informatie en kun je een kennismakingsgesprek inplannen.Heb je vragen? Je kunt me mailen op: hello@green-goddess.nlLet op: De (kruiden)podcasts zijn alleen voor educatieve doeleinden. De verstrekte informatie is niet bedoeld om ziekten te diagnosticeren, behandelen of genezen. Raadpleeg een gekwalificeerde fytotherapeut/kruidengeneeskundige/arts voor (medisch) advies. Als je zelf op eigen initiatief een kruid gaat innemen, is dit op eigen verantwoording. 

Soms zeggen nabestaanden: de kist moet dicht blijven, omdat hun dierbare niet meer toonbaar is. Maar is dat wel zo? Heb je een tip of vraag voor de redactie van Radio Ramkraak? Mail dan naar podcast@dvhn.nl of podcast@lc.nl. In deze aflevering van Radio Ramkraak spreken we met Edwin Spieard van Special Death Care, die al 25 jaar slachtoffers van misdrijven, ongelukken en rampen verzorgt. Zijn boodschap is opvallend: ook bij ernstig verminkte lichamen is waardig afscheid nemen vaak nog mogelijk. In deze bijzondere aflevering vertelt Edwin hoe een litteken, tatoeage of zelfs een klein stukje huid nabestaanden de zekerheid kan geven waar ze al die tijd naar zochten. Hij legt uit waarom hij soms bewust níét kiest voor een volledige reconstructie en waarom eerlijkheid volgens hem belangrijker is dan een perfect uiterlijk. Edwin werkte onder meer aan de zaak rond oud minister Els Borst en maakte deel uit van het internationale rampenteam na de aardbeving in Turkije. Hij vertelt openhartig over zijn bijzondere vak, de emoties van nabestaanden en de vraag die centraal staat in alles wat hij doet: hoe geef je iemand een waardig afscheid als het ondenkbare is gebeurd? Wil je meer van dit soort verhalen uit de wereld van misdaad en forensisch onderzoek? Meld je hier aan voor de gratis crimenieuwsbrief van LC of hier voor die van DVHN. Radio Ramkraak is de gezamenlijke misdaadpodcast van Leeuwarder Courant en Dagblad van het Noorden. Iedere week praten de verslaggevers van deze kranten je bij over het laatste misdaadnieuws. Presentator is Jeroen Kelderman.­ ­ Zoekwoorden: misdaad, true crime, forensische zorg, uitvaartzorg, laatste verzorging, slachtoffers van misdrijven, slachtoffers van ongelukken, afscheid nemen, nabestaanden, Special Death Care, Edwin Spieard, Els Borst, forensisch onderzoek, aardbeving Turkije, Radio Ramkraak, Dagblad van het Noorden, Leeuwarder CourantSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Reilly, president of VMI Sports, returns for Episode #226 of the PricePlow Podcast, just five months after his debut on Episode #205. This time, Ben is joined by Spencer, PricePlow’s VP of Partnerships and Operations, who steps in for Mike and steers a big chunk of the conversation toward retail strategy. Tom walks through how VMI keeps winning grocery shelf space at Wegmans, Giant Eagle, and now Wakefern’s ShopRite banner, and why understanding vendor portals, credits, and shipping requirements matters as much as the formula itself. He also unveils VMI’s newest creatine lineup, teases an unnamed protein snack headed for shelves by late summer, and explains why the brand waited two years to find the right creatine gummy manufacturer. Along the way, Tom breaks down VMI’s GNC franchise partnerships, a new VP hire aimed at the beverage business, and the MAX Catalyst-powered formula behind KXR Stacked. Subscribe to the PricePlow Podcast on your favorite platform and sign up for VMI Sports alerts before diving in. https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/tom-reilly-vmi-sports-226 Video: Tom Reilly of VMI Sports on Grocery Wins, New Creatine Launches, and What’s Next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByrAxgt7kfk Detailed Show Notes: Tom Reilly and VMI Sports (0:00) – Introductions (0:45) – VMI’s 2026 Grocery and Gym Push (4:00) – Why Omnichannel Doesn’t Mean Everywhere (6:30) – Wegmans, HEB, and Regional Loyalty (8:15) – New SKUs Land on Wegmans’ Shelves (10:00) – Giant Eagle’s Full-Circle Kroger Reunion (11:45) – Supplements Take Over the Grocery Aisle (14:00) – What Understanding Grocery Really Means (17:00) – Sell-In vs. Sell-Through: The Credits Trap (19:30) – Vendor Portals and Retail’s Hidden Grind (22:15) – Cracking Wakefern and ShopRite (25:45) – A New Protein Snack Is Coming (28:30) – Dialing In the New Snack’s Macros (30:45) – 97% Approval and What Food Feedback Really Looks Like (33:15) – Three Creatine Launches in Three Months (36:30) – Inside the New Creatine Pre-Workout (38:30) – Creatine +Hydration Meets Aquamin (41:15) – Finding the Right Creatine Gummy Partner (44:15) – Solving the Creatine-to-Creatinine Problem (47:30) – Patriot Pop Gummies Hit Grocery Shelves (49:45) – Amazon’s Testing Rules and the Middleman Squeeze (53:00) – Why the Brick-and-Mortar Shakeout Was Healthy (56:15) – Inside VMI’s GNC Franchise Partnerships (1:01:00) – A New VP and the Beverage Roadmap (1:05:00) – Room to Grow in Pre-Workout RTDs (1:09:00) – MAX Catalyst and the KXR Stacked Formula (1:14:15) – Solving the Caffeine Goldilocks Problem (1:16:15) – Dre’s Rebrand and Shelf-Ready Labels (1:21:00) – Wrap-Up and Where to Find VMI Where to Follow and Learn More Connect with Tom Reilly and VMI Sports LinkedIn: Thomas Reilly LinkedIn: VMI Sports Instagram: @tom_vmisports …… Read more on the PricePlow Blog

Mira (38) voelt regelmatig angst dat haar man minder van haar houdt en dat hij haar minder nodig heeft dan zij hem. Terwijl hij altijd zegt dat hij hartstikke gelukkig is met haar en hun gezin. Ze wil onderzoeken hoe ze haar angst hierover kan loslaten.

Heb os, mae 'na ddathlu, ac elfen o ryddhad ymysg y criw, bod Lloegr wedi methu â chyrraedd rownd derfynol Cwpan y Byd. Yr Ariannin aeth a hi yn Atlanta, wrth i'r dewin bach Lionel Messi ddangos ei allu arbennig unwaith eto. Ond mi oedd y Saeson yn agos iawn at ennill - tybed os mai penderfyniadau tactegol y rheolwr Thomas Tuchel oedd ar fai?A sôn am agos, mae'r ras i ennill gem y broffwydo Cwpan y Byd mor gyffrous ag erioed... gydag enw annisgwyl iawn bellach wedi cyrraedd brig y tabl.

Neh.8:10 "The joy of the Lord is my joy." Just as with Heb.11:6 where it says "Without faith it is impossible to please God." Satan takes that as a direct challenge and goes straigt after your faith knowing if he can get your faith he has scored a great victory and we can not. please God. If he can get your joy---he can sap your strength! Guard your joy!

Elke week krijgen we weer super enthousiaste luisteraarsvragen van jullie en daar zijn we heel blij mee! In de Amerika podcast proberen we er elke week zoveel mogelijk te beantwoorden, maar jullie sturen zoveel goede vragen in dat het niet altijd lukt om deze in de reguliere aflevering te behandelen. Daarom deze week weer een extra aflevering waarin we uitsluitend luisteraarsvragen beantwoorden. Bernard en Jan beantwoorden onder andere de volgende vragen: Welk moment uit het presidentschap van Trump moet verfilmd worden? Hoe bereiden de Democraten zich voor op de midterms? Is regeren met presidentiële decreten de effectiefste manier? Waarom klagen Amerikanen weinig over overlast van vliegtuigen? Blijf vooral vragen insturen en misschien hoor je die terug in de Amerika Podcast of in een speciale Q&A aflevering. Over de Amerika Podcast In de Amerika Podcast nemen Bernard Hammelburg en Jan Postma je mee naar het Amerika van nu: een land dat onder Donald Trump opnieuw in rap tempo verandert. Wat betekent zijn beleid voor Amerikanen in rode én blauwe staten, voor de democratie? Wat is er nog over van the American Dream? Wat verandert Trumps koers voor ons in Europa? Hier hoor je de verhalen van de Amerikanen zelf. We nemen je mee naar het land van adembenemende landschappen, countrymuziek uit de autoradio en diners langs de highway. Maar natuurlijk ook juist naar de mavericks die deze clichés doorbreken. De Amerika Podcast zoekt naar de ziel van Amerika. Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg vanuit New York en Amsterdam, correspondent Jan Postma vanuit Washington DC of ergens in een van de vijftig staten. Die zoektocht doen we samen met jou, want de Amerika Podcast is niet compleet zonder de vragen van onze luisteraars. Elke donderdag in je podcastfeed! Heb je een vraag, opmerking, kritiek of een compliment. Mail dan naar dewereld@bnr.nl of spreek je vraag in op de Amerika Podcast Whatsapp: 06-28135020. En wie weet win je de Amerika Podcast koffiebeker. Over de makers Bernard Hammelburg is buitenlandcommentator en columnist voor BNR Nieuwsradio en het FD, en presentator van BNR De Wereld. Als oorlogsverslaggever was hij o.a. ooggetuige van de Culturele Revolutie in China, de revolutie in Iran en de oorlogen in Vietnam, het Midden-Oosten en Afghanistan. Hij was twintig jaar correspondent in de VS. Hij verdeelt zijn tijd tussen zijn woonplaatsen Amsterdam en New York. Jan Postma is Amerika-correspondent voor BNR Nieuwsradio. Vanuit zijn standplaats Washington DC doet hij verslag van de politieke strijd in de hoofdstad en gaat het land in om te zien wat de gevolgen zijn voor Amerikanen. Eerder schreef hij De Trump-fluisteraars, over de mensen die Trump beïnvloeden. Voordat hij in 2018 correspondent werd, presenteerde hij onder meer Boekestijn en De Wijk. Jan studeerde Amerikanistiek en Journalistiek aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Naast de BNR Amerika Podcast is hij regelmatig te horen in BNR’s nieuwsprogramma’s en in BNR De Wereld. Ook is hij Amerika-correspondent voor het Algemeen Dagblad. Redactie en montage Luc de Klerk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Na twee termijnen en tien jaar in het Élysée zwaait Emmanuel Macron af. De presidentsverkiezingen in het voorjaar van 2027 zullen voor Europa dan ook van bijzondere betekenis zijn. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger analyseren Macrons decennium en analyseren het politieke speelveld dat uitblinkt in verdeeldheid. Faites vos jeux, rien ne va plus! *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** Macrons agenda was vanaf 2017 helder. Frankrijks rol in Europa moest dynamischer. Sociaaleconomisch moest Frankrijk moderner en flexibeler. En een herleving van een ruimdenkend politiek midden. Op dat eerste punt heeft hij onmiskenbaar verdiensten. Niet in het minst daartoe uitgedaagd door Poetin en Trump. Op het tweede punt slaagde hij niet. Confrontatie met de gele hesjes ontweek hij. Macron verzwakte zijn positie daarmee zozeer, dat hij in zijn tweede termijn een technocratisch beleid ging voeren dat weinig steun verwierf. Op het derde punt ging hij door een diep dal. Het veelbelovende En Marche verwerd tot 'Macronie' – synoniem voor arrogantie. Hij hernam zich knap, maar kon er politiek niet meer van profiteren. Hij eindigt als Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in 1981, eenzaam en zonder aanhang. Het politieke veld na Macron ligt nu volstrekt open. Niets is vooralsnog zeker. Marine le Pen was voorbijgestreefd door haar kroonprins Jordan Bardella. Die was al met een echte prinses aan zijn zijde als royalty-paar op weg naar het Élysée. Hij bewoog bovendien weg van Le Pens Orban en Wilders koers. Werd hij zo de Giorgia Meloni van Parijs? Een juridisch geitenpaadje bood Le Pen alsnog een laatste uitweg naar de macht. Daarmee worden de campagne-inhoud en de machtsverhoudingen tussen de twee onhelder. Niet Marine le Pen maar Bardella draagt nu – figuurlijk - een enkelband. Want hij kan geen kant op en ziet zijn triomf wegglijden. De kroonprins kon weleens zelf het grootste belang hebben bij een nederlaag van Le Pen. Tegenover dit radicaal-rechtse duo staat een hopeloos verdeeld links. Van een krachtig, coherent geheel als onder François Mitterrand is geen sprake. De Groenen zijn woest op de sociaaldemocraten. Die zien spoken uit het verleden opduiken, terwijl een eigentijds pakkend gezicht nergens zichtbaar lijkt. Op radicaal-links helpt Jean-Luc Mélenchon vooral Le Pen met een vergelijkbaar anti-EU betoog. Het burgerlijke midden is versplinterd nu Macron geen eigen politieke familie nalaat. Kandidaten zetten meer hun naamsbekendheid in dan een helder program. Meer poppetjes dan ideeën dus. Kandidaat en oud-premier Edouard Philippe lijkt vooral op Georges Pompidou. Gedegen, onspectaculair. Rivaal Gabriel Attal is de Franse Rob Jetten. Slagen zij - met de conservatieven van Les Républicains er nog bij? - tot één kandidaat en program te komen of leggen hun ego's de loper uit voor een triomferende Le Pen? Of is de leus van meerdere partijen - 'Renaissance!' - onbedoeld een voorspelling? In die glansrijke jaren van de Franse cultuur was de politiek niet minder onvoorspelbaar en waren de ego's niet minder dominant. Zijn Marine Le Pen en Jordan Bardella misschien een nieuwe versie van het koninklijke duo Marie de Médici en Lodewijk XIII met hun giftige relatie? *** Verder luisteren 566 - Emmanuel Macron, de nieuwe Baron von Munchhausen 492 – Macrons Europese atoombom 419 - Europa kán sterven - Emmanuel Macrons visie op onze toekomst 505 - Donald Trump, een ramp voor radicaal-rechts in Europa 534 - Nicolas Sarkozy en andere presidenten waar een luchtje aan zit 45 – De liefdesbrieven van François Mitterrand 35 - Charles De Gaulle 190 - Napoleon, 200 jaar na zijn dood: zijn betekenis voor Nederland en Europa 28 - De relatie Nederland-Frankrijk 575 - Nederland staat niet langer op het menu, maar zit aan tafel *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:30:40 – Deel 2 00:53:50 – Deel 3 01:33:45 - EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melchiza-who?! You may not be familiar with Melchizedek, but this High Priest has an interesting story in Scripture that is quite connected to Jesus and our salvation. On today's podcast, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie talk about that Bible character, Melchizedek, who is seldom mentioned but quite important. We talk through the debate in Christianity about who exactly he was. Was he a picture of Jesus? Was he a pre-incarnate Christ? Does it even matter? These are the questions we seek to answer on this podcast.The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth.Scriptures: Gen. 14:17-20; Psa. 110:1-7; Heb. 5:5-10; Heb. 6:19-20; Heb. 7:1-28.If you'd like access to our show notes, please visit www.rosevillebaptist.com/1717podcast to see them in Google Drive!Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review the podcast so that we can reach to larger audiences and share the truth of God's Word with them!Write in your own questions to be answered on the show at 1717pod@gmail.com or tweet at us @1717pod on Twitter.  God bless!

Bart (47) heeft het gevoel dat hij nooit echt begonnen is met leven. Hij heeft geen relatie, weinig sociale contacten en is afgekeurd voor werk. Hij vraagt zich af wat zijn leven betekent. Hij wil wel dingen, maar het voelt alsof hij geen regie heeft over zijn leven.

The Mosaic Covenant Exodus 19-24 Chris Moore The Mosaic CovenantExodus 19-24Message SlidesFor the bulletin in PDF form, click here. God's law is grounded in His grace.-Ex 6:7-8-Ex 19:4-6-Ex 20:1-3God's law forms His people.-Ex 24:3-11 Jer 31:31-32-Heb 8:13God's law points to something greater.-Deut 31:16-17-Gal 3:24-Rom 10:4-Matt 5:17 Resources: Kingdom Through Covenant by Gentry & Wellum (900 pages) God's Kingdom Through God's Covenants by Gentry & Wellum (300 pages) Theology for the Church Podcast (especially episodes on 7/7/25-8/25/25) FinancesWeekly Budget 35,915Giving For 07/06 24,714YTD Budget 35,915Giving 24,714 OVER/(UNDER) (11,201)Automate the ImportantWe understand that the summer months can be a whirlwind of new schedules and travel. To ensure the continuous growth of Fellowship's ministry, we encourage you to simplify your giving process by automating it. It's a straightforward and hassle-free process. Just visit fellowshipconway.org/give, click “Ready to Give?” then “Recurring,” and fill out the necessary information. If you need any assistance, feel free to reach out to John in our office at 501-327-3444 between 8:30 and 4:30, Monday through Thursday.New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you chose to worship with our Fellowship Family this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect Card” and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Fellowship Women's Recipe SwapTONIGHT, 6 pm, join us at the home of Gale Allen: 63 Moseley Lane, Conway, for a fun evening of sharing favorite recipes, delicious food, and great fellowship! Tara Brown will be there to do a cooking demo! Bring a dish to share and a copy of your recipe. Feel free to invite a friend! Fellowship Women's Watercolor NightPut Wednesday, July 29th at 6 pm on your calendar! Please bring yourself and a friend. All materials are supplied. We will all be practicing different watercolor techniques and participating in some fun watercolor activities! This will be fun for participants of all levels of experience. Remember: it's about the process, not the product! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register. RSVP to Shanna at 501-336-0332 for childcare.Fellowship Baby DedicationFellowship is grateful to partner with parents as they dedicate their children to the Lord. Sunday, August 2, during both services, we will set aside a special time for families to dedicate their children before the Fellowship body. If you would like to participate, please email Lisa at lgerdes@fellowshipconway.org and include your preferred service time. The dedication will take place at the beginning of each service.Fellowship Motherhood NightWe'd love for moms of all ages and stages to join us for a night of snacks, fellowship, and encouragement! Come hear Kassidy Youngblood share practical ideas for making family ministry a meaningful part of life at home. Join us Tuesday, July 28, 6:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room (2nd floor). For child care, text Shanna at 501-336-0332.There's a place for you in Fellowship Kids!As we prepare for our fall kickoff on August 16, we're looking for new volunteers to join our Fellowship Kids family. Whether you enjoy serving behind the scenes, helping in a classroom, being a special needs buddy, sharing Bible stories, or leading kids in worship, there's a role that fits your gifts and availability. We'd love to help you find the perfect place to serve. Join our Fellowship Kids volunteer family—we have a place for you! Contact Heather at hfulmer@fellowshipconway.org or Ashley at Aoverstreet@fellowshipconway.org. Prayer During ServiceWe love to pray for one another. Our prayer team will have people at the front of the Auditorium under the signs Hope and Love to pray for you after the message. Please feel free to walk up to them for prayer or encouragement during the first worship song after the message.

Bride's Ministry to the Lost (1)  (audio) David Eells – 7/12/26 Our Brother's Keeper Eve Brast - 12/19/2015 (David's notes in red) Since yesterday afternoon, the Holy Spirit in me has been very grieved. I felt sadness from the Father's heart but I didn't understand why. Then again, on the way home from the Friday night meeting, His sadness and grieving were heavy upon me again. I began to pray as I pulled into my driveway that Father would help me to help His people and that He would make me His eyes and ears and mind and that He would help me to be His hands and feet. I understood in general that this was what the Spirit was grieved about, and He desired that this would be the desire of His people above all else. (Please read my word below from the Father on 12/07/15. It's so very important to Him that my heart breaks at the earnest longing from His Spirit that He allowed me to feel.) Eve Brast - 12/07/15: I asked Father what was on His heart to say to us today and He told me to get a pen and paper. He said, “My people who are called by My name, humble yourselves before Me this day. Fast and pray with weeping and lamentations for your brethren who are in this land, for swift destruction is coming and distress from every side and there shall be none to deliver! But I will deliver, by My power and strong arm, those who will repent and turn to Me in that day. Take care to be mindful of your fellow brethren! Lay down your lives, for you are your brother's keeper. Offer up to Me the sweet smell of sacrifice and I will honor it. Fast! Pray! For the day draws near. All things will be accomplished according to My Word”. (Pray for gifts to be able to help the brethren.) When I lay down to sleep last night, I asked Father for a dream to share with the brethren at the morning prayer meeting on Saturday morning. I received it on 12/19/15. I dreamed that I was making rounds with David and Michael in a nursing home/mental hospital. (The Church is supposed to be gifted to heal the spiritually old and mentally sick in the body.) David was a surgeon dressed in light blue scrubs, and Michael was a resident surgeon in training dressed in royal blue scrubs. (They represent the Man-child ministry “who is like God”.) (Which is the meaning of “Michael”. To be like God, we need His fruit and gifts to be able to help the brethren.) There were others with us from UBM and some nurses I currently work with at the hospital in real life. David was a very talented and important doctor and was well-respected in this dream. He had come there to perform a new procedure that would restore these patients in this facility. We all desired to assist him in this procedure. (Those who followed are like the disciples of Jesus' day who followed Him.) As we all followed David, he would stop at the different rooms and areas of this nursing home/mental hospital and point out different patients and explain to us what he needed us to do to help him. Many of the patients were demented or just old and feeble (in spirit). Many were half naked (not dressed up with the works of Christ) and very obese (meaning overcome by flesh). They wandered around aimlessly and out of their right minds (which is the renewed mind of Christ). (These are our brothers and sisters in Christ who have not come out of the ways of the Harlot church yet or who have fallen back into worldly lusts and the mind of the flesh and their old beastly nature. {Isa.63:9} In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.) It was dark as we approached some double glass doors that led out into a courtyard filled with green grass. And as we stood outside on the lighted, covered porch area, it began to rain very large drops of water. (Michael Hare says these represent the trials and sacrifices we endure for the sake of our brethren. As faithful priests, this is what is required of us.) (Also, the rain can be the anointing and gifts God gives to those who sacrifice their lives to help the brethren. As we give of ourselves, He gives to us.) David and Michael stepped out into the rain, and they turned to face us. David held out his hand and said, “I need someone to come and get the stretcher in order to transport these patients”. (The word “stretcher” is a play on words. In order to be at rest, you must “stretch” your faith.) (Those who are able are called to help carry a spiritually sick Christian until they can walk for themselves.) All the others who had been following David and Michael were unwilling to step out into the rain with them in order to go get the stretcher for the “patients”. They began to turn and walk back into the nursing home/mental hospital and murmur as they went, saying that this was too hard, too difficult. {Joh.6:66} Upon this many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him. My heart sank as they walked away and I felt so alone and sad for David. I said, “I'll go”. (The true Bride will help to save God's people, like Esther did.) I didn't want to get out in the rain either, but to my surprise, even though it was cold as the large raindrops hit my face and my arms, I wasn't getting wet. The water was just soaking into my skin and filling me up inside. I felt encouraged and strengthened. {Isa.28:11} Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people; {12} to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. People avoid the rain as though it were acid, but in actuality, it doesn't hurt at all and is refreshing; so it is with tribulations and trials, but the refreshing of the Spirit will help us. {Rom.5:3} And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; {4} and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope: {5} and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us. {Jas.1:2} Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; {3} Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. {4} And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. (Missy said this reluctance to help God's people reminds her of the book of Esther, where it says: {Est.4:14} For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? When we choose obedience, Father will strengthen us for the task, just like He did for Jesus. {Rev.22:17} And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take of the water of life freely.) (The verse that came to M.L. the morning when I shared this dream was: (Jas.4:17} To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Please, brethren, fast and pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ. (Ask for the Holy Spirit and gifts from God for them.) Ask for ears to hear the Holy Spirit's pleadings with us on their behalf. {Rom.9:3} For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh: {Luk.12:50} But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished.) The three of us walked across the grassy courtyard together (with the flesh under our feet) to another building on the other side that was white brick (representing righteous works to serve the needy). This was where David would perform the new procedure. (Jesus said, “Behold, I make all things new”.) (I asked Eve, and she thought that the following correction applies well to some in all of UBM. I believe it speaks of many who have had much training but as yet have not entered into the work of restoring their brethren in whatever capacity they have a gift for.) There were many UBM members sitting in the doctor's lounge, along with all the children of UBM, including my two sons, Elijah and Josiah. (Even the two witnesses at this time need the anointing to serve.) They were all sitting around waiting for David to come and perform the new procedure. They were all busy and absorbed in their conversations. They all wanted to talk about the procedure but didn't want to take any action. (Like perpetual students needing to put their knowledge to work.) The children were all over the floor and sitting in chairs and on ottomans that were blocking the path to the procedure room. David told me to move the chairs and ottomans out of the way and clear a path for the stretcher to go through. (Take away their resting in the flesh so they have to stand on their own feet.) This was difficult because the children wouldn't get up off the furniture, and the room was very crowded with people and furniture. (Insisting on resting in the flesh.) The adults wouldn't make the children obey and wouldn't help me move anything. It was like they were unable to hear my requests. I found the strength to move the furniture with the children still on it and clear a path. (In short, we can't be perpetual students; it's time for the more mature to get to work restoring the Kingdom people. Even the children can do something to help. Not all are ordained to be elders, but all have gifts, or should have, to help in restoring the Kingdom. In 1 Corinthians 12, the Lord says to forsake the idols and seek the gifts to be able to help God's people become a defensible body.) After this, Michael and I went to find the right stretcher that would accommodate a very obese patient. (Representing those overcome with flesh.) We finally found an old, faded forest green recliner that was very wide, and when we reclined it all the way, it transformed into a stretcher with wheels. We rejoiced when we found it. (Representing enabling the spiritually sick Christians to rest from their labors through faith.) When I woke up, I asked Father for a word for this dream and received Isaiah 33:16. In context: {Isa.33:10} Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted. (First, the Lord addresses the fate of those who believe themselves to be a part of Zion but do not have the fruit.) {11} Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath (Hebrew: “spirit”) is a fire that shall devour you. (In other words, be careful of the spirit that goes forth from you through what you speak because that is what you will receive.) {12} And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire. (Jesus said, “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit is cast into the fire”.) {13} Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. {14} The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings? (The sinners cannot stand to dwell among those who offer up their flesh as a continual burnt offering; their fear drives them out.) (So who can dwell in the fire? Who can keep their flesh on the altar?) {15} He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil: {16} He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks (meaning those who are defended by the Word); his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. (He shall have God's supply.) {17} Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: (They shall see the visitation of the Lord in His body.) they shall behold a land that reacheth afar: (They shall have much freedom living in their Promised Land.) Seek the gifts of God to build up His people. {1Co.12:1} Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. {2} Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led. {3} Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit. (So forsake the worldly idols and seek gifts to edify God's weak people.) {4} Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. {5} And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord. {6} And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all. {7} But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal. {8} For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit: {9} to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit; {10} and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues: {11} but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will. {12} For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. {13} For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit. (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit that manifests the gifts to defend the body. {Act.19:2} and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was given.) {1Co.12:14} For the body is not one member, but many. {15} If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body. {16} And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body. {17} If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? {18} But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him. {19} And if they were all one member, where were the body? {20} But now they are many members, but one body. {21} And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. {22} Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary: {23} and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness; {24} whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked; {25} that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. {26} And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. {27} Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof. {28} And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. {29} Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? {30} have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? {31} But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover a most excellent way show I unto you. {13:1} If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. {2} And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. {3} And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. {4} Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {5} doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; {6} rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; {7} beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. {8} Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away. {9} For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; {10} but when that which is perfect (complete) is come, that which is in part shall be done away. {11} When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. {12} For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. {13} But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. {14:1} Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. ... {12} So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church. ...{26} What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. {27} If any man speaketh in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and that in turn; and let one interpret: {28} but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. {29} And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern. {30} But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence. {31} For ye all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted; {32} and the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets; {33} for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.   Pray the Church Will Hear and Go Back to School  G. M. 2/27/18 (David's notes in red) I was an observer in this dream. I was in a place where there were classrooms with clear glass walls. There was a wooden coat rack in the hall. There were several boys walking in the hall who were very focused on where they were going. (12-14 years old [man-child], not messing around or wasting time, like they were on a serious assignment). (These are the teachers in this school who themselves hear the Holy Spirit)  There was a very cute little girl (the Church or the ‘little sister') with blonde hair jumping rope in the hallway (appeared to be about 5 years old (Grace). She was dressed all in pink with a pink puffy winter coat (Time of winter - tribulation). She had on pink snow boots and was also wearing a pink headband with fuzzy muffs over her ears. I could tell these were special earmuffs and were not just to keep her warm, but had a headset built into them so the teacher was able to speak to her wherever she was. (She is capable of hearing the teacher, the Man-child by the Holy Spirit.)  The little girl was having a good time singing and jumping rope in the hall. (The young and immature play games.) I could hear the teacher calling her name and trying to get her attention. The teacher had called to the little girl often to get her attention, but she didn't hear because of all her singing and jumping. Finally, she did hear the voice. (Pray for this) She stood real still and cupped her hands over her earmuffs so she could hear clearly. A big smile came over her face as she heard her teacher call her to the classroom. (Father will see to it that she goes to the class of the Holy Spirit.) I felt this little girl could represent many in the apostate church who are busy doing their own thing and not hearing the voice of the Lord. He is calling each of us to spend time with Him each day. Sometimes He has to use an extra-loud voice or circumstances to get our attention. Once we hear Him, we gladly come to Him and let Him teach us those things dear to His heart. I was given by faith at random for this dream Luk.24:23 and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. (The Church does not know the Living Risen Lord, the Jesus of promises and miracles, Who they were talked out of by false shepherds. Jesus and His disciples are our examples of what a Christian is. Heb.13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever. Joh.14:12: Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. Joh.7:38: He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.) The scripture that came to my mind was Rev.3:20 Behold I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and him with Me. 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with Me in My throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with My Father in His throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. I believe He may use v19 to get the attention of His children. As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent. Other verses that spoke to me were: Joh.8:47 He that is of God, heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God. Joh.10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.    Bearing Our Cross Will Save Souls Sean Lynch - 07/01/2009 In a dream last night, the Lord showed me about a coming crucifixion for the brethren. In the dream, I was in either a hotel or some type of big castle. During this dream, there were many events going on, but the Lord is only bringing certain things to my remembrance. In one of the events, I remember I was outside of the hotel, and I heard on a loudspeaker tuned to a secular radio station, David's voice. He was preaching the gospel to the world. I thought this was awesome because now David's message was going to the whole world and was reaching many people. (Representing the David Man-child reformers.) The next event I remember, I was inside this hotel, and I saw a group of people approaching me. Then the fire of God fell upon me with holy boldness because I started preaching the Word with boldness and no fear, like the early apostles did when the Holy Spirit fell upon them. (Normally, I'm very shy and not bold. The Lord has been working on me with this, and I believe He has shown me that He is going to make me speak with boldness. “God's power is made perfect in our weakness”. However, these people did not receive the message of the gospel, as they started laughing and scoffing and went their own way. The next scene I remember, I was in a long walkway with doors on both sides. I believe I was with another brother in Christ. Suddenly, a mountain of a man with long hair, very strong and looking like a professional wrestler, walked in to pummel whoever got in his path. The other brother took off, and both doors shut, and I was left alone with this man. (The Lord was forcing me into crucifixion.) I decided I was going to preach the gospel to him, which at the time seemed crazy because this man looked like he wanted to rip me limb from limb; however, I felt holy boldness rise up in me and went and stood by the man and preached the Word with boldness to him. After I was done preaching, he just stood there and looked at me and then proceeded to beat me up very badly. I did not strike back but let him pummel me. I do not know if he had killed me or not, but I knew the Lord was showing me to turn the other cheek. I was then taken to another scene where I saw this same man had changed because I did not fight back. He was now a fire-breathing gospel evangelist and was preaching to other people. I then remember him preaching to a group of people, and then he was beaten, as well. I do not know if he was killed. (The Lord had shown me that because of my testimony of turning the other cheek and going to my cross, this man was saved and was allowed to go to his cross.) I remember being deeply touched by this brother who had gone to his cross. I remain touched even now as I'm writing this because the Lord is truly showing me how to lay my life down for the brethren and what is meant to go to our cross. The Lord has shown me that there are many brothers and sisters in the world who will come into the kingdom as a result of our willingness to turn the other cheek and overcome evil by laying our lives down. Please read our book, How Shall We Die.   Are You a Yielded Vessel? Sandy Shaw - 11/03/2015 (David's notes in red) In a dream, I was high in the air with a big angel on each side of me; each of them was about 10 feet tall. They glowed and stood arm-to-arm with me. One angel asked, “Sandra, what do you see?” I said, “I see a storm approaching; a lot of lightning; sheets of water and wind coming closer and closer”. Then the angel asked me, “Sandra, do you hear the Master speaking?” I had to get very quiet and still. And then I said, “Yes, I do”. Then the angel of the Lord said, “Do it without ceasing”. (It is better to find the will of God in the quiet before the storm. {1Ki.19:11} And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake: {12} and after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. (Ah, there He is!) {13} And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? Uh-oh, he should have asked before the storm. The flesh is impulsive, moved by fear and self-preservation. Don't obey these enemy spirits or you will end up in deeper trouble. {14} And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. {15} And Jehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria; {16} and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. Uh-oh, lost his ministry, just like Saul, who got ahead of God.) Don't be moved by fear; it is an evil spirit; it is their job to lead you wrong. {Amo.5:19} As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. (Do not be reactionary; get quiet and ask for the Lord's instructions concerning direction and judgments to come.) {Isa.28:16} therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner- stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste. (We don't have to get in a hurry because the Lord must go before us, as with Israel in the wilderness. {Isa.52:12} For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.) I started praying in tongues and I put my right hand out and I could feel the cold rain and the wind. I could see the wind make depressions in my skin as the force of it blew against my arm. {2Co.5:7} (for we walk by faith, not by sight). {Heb.10:38} But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. Now I'm a little farther up, higher than before, and the angel of the Lord said, “Sandra, what do you see?” I said, “I see a second storm approaching me and five tornadoes”. I could see beyond these storms and see the devastation that they left. Buildings were gone and turned to rubble. But some weren't even touched. {Psa.91:11} For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways. {Mat.7:24} Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: {25} and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. {26} And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: {27} and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof. The angel asked, “Do you hear the Master's instructions?” I had to get really quiet and still so I could hear. And I said, “Yes”. Then he said, “Do it without ceasing”. (Be trained to seek, hear and act on the Lord's instructions concerning the coming judgments so that when they come you may act in the rest of faith and have a Passover and be able to help others.) The first time I couldn't hear because of the storm, the crackle of the lightning, and the thunder. And the whole time I kept hearing John 4:21-24. John 4:21-24. John 4:21-24 ... {Joh.4:21} Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. {22} Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. {23} But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. {24} God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. (Worship = Greek: Proskuneo, meaning “to kiss toward”. A reverential act of love toward God. Any act of love toward God. Every act of obedience is an act of love toward God, for we love Him when we keep His commandments, as He said. We are commanded to worship God with our whole being, with songs, with instruments and dance, etc. Worship should be in spirit, with the heart, meaning not in flesh. It should be in truth, meaning not an act of show to impress others.)   11/07/15 I dreamed this all again. The difference this time was that I could hear the Lord. He spoke very softly, barely above a whisper. He kept saying, “Pray in the spirit and in truth without ceasing. Pray in the spirit and in truth without ceasing”. {1Th.2:13} And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe. {5:17} pray without ceasing; {18} in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward. Everything was completely tuned out. I did not hear the storm.   11/08/15 When I woke up in the night, the clock showed 3:33. And the Lord asked me a question: “Are you a yielded vessel?” {Jer.33:3} Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not. (Call to the Lord in the quiet of the night, when men don't see.) {Mat.6:6} But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. I went back to sleep and woke up at 4:44. And I heard the same question: “Are you a yielded vessel?” (The Greek gematria for “perfect love” is 444.) Then I went back to sleep and in the dream, He showed me and reminded me of something that happened when I was a child. In the dream, I was reminded that there was a Pentecostal church across the street from my mom's house. And my dad was related in some way, to most of the people in that church. Great aunts and uncles and cousins went to that church. Now they were having a special Jubilee celebration with lots of music on Saturday because nothing could interfere with the Sunday service. There were three much older women who asked if I could go to the Jubilee, but Mom said, “No!” Then my dad's great-aunt asked, “Why not?” And Mom said, “Because I'm teaching her Catholicism”. So I went to my room and cried myself to sleep. I really didn't understand at four, almost five years old. Then my dad knocked on my door and grabbed a blanket. He took my hand and we went to the front yard, putting the blanket on the ground, and I sat down. And he went to the kitchen and got some grapes and cheese. Mom came out a few minutes later, very upset with my dad. She said in Spanish, “Why are you deliberately trying to go against what I said? He said, “What you are teaching her is wrong. As long as they are praying and singing and lifting up Jesus, that is all that matters”. She went back into the house, slamming the door. Then the music started. The songs that I remember were “This Little Light of Mine” and “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus”. I learned that song that day with all its verses and I knew I was singing that from my heart. I woke up again and the clock showed 5:55 (grace multiplied), but later that day I went to sleep and dreamed all of that again. But this time the dream went further. Dad came home from work and said, “Why don't you sing that song again, ‘I Have Decided to Follow Jesus'?” Then I did. And when the part came, “Though none go with me, still I will follow”, I started to cry and then sob. Then my dad said, “I thought you liked that song”. And I answered, “Daddy, someday I will be by myself. Jesus has to be enough”. And that's when I heard again, “Are you a yielded vessel?” (Meaning, would we follow Jesus if none of our family or friends or people we respected went with us? Obviously, God's grace, 555, will help us, if we desire this.) Because we know the storms are going to come, He is constantly giving us instructions. So are we yielded vessels? Are we listening and obeying God? We are supposed to be hearing Him, even in the midst of chaos. {Joh.4:21} Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. {22} Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. {23} But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. {24} God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. (Are we willing to love and obey Him when no man sees?) {2Co.4:7} But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves; {8} we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; {9} pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; {10} always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. {11} For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. (If the life of Jesus is manifested in our mortal flesh, we will say with Him. {Joh.5:30} I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. He will speak to those who are willing to do His will. {7:17} If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.   Love Your Neighbor as Yourself My Hiding Place 8/23/22 (1 Cor.13:1-8a)(KJV) Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth.  Dear brothers and sisters,  Lately, my prayer has been for Father to teach me His way to love. Here is how He responded to my prayer. On August 17, 2022, I needed to run a few errands. I got ready with my 2 boys when my daughter popped her head through the door and said, ‘Hey Mom, do you still need to go to the store? I can take you. My car needs to go for a spin.'  Off we went to the first and second stores. On the way back, I needed to stop at a third store, but my daughter decided she needed to go home. So I made arrangements to be dropped at the last stop with the boys, and then my husband would come to pick us up. While shopping, I received a call from my husband that he was on the way. But when he reached us, he made a strange announcement. He said that our daughter had arrived home accompanied by a homeless man who desired to get baptized! I have to confess that my initial reaction was not very friendly. I thought, ‘Why did our daughter bring someone to our home without asking for permission? Why did she bring in a stranger knowing my husband was heading out to get me and the boys from the store?' I was not pleased and couldn't come up with any good answer. But on the way back home, I told my husband, ‘Let's just pray for wisdom that Father will help us to deal with whatever may be going on this evening'. We got home and sure enough, there was a homeless man sitting in our kitchen. He looked very shy and spoke very quietly. My first approach was to get my boys situated with their snacks and their bedtime routine, while my husband had a chance to talk to the man. Once I felt my husband was a little more comfortable, I took the time to come over and offer the man some food and drink. Then I asked him to share his testimony. While telling his story, he asked in a rhetorical way, “Why can't people just love? Do you see me? Because I see you.” He wasn't trying to address the question at us, but that didn't matter. To me, it pierced my heart! It was as if the Holy Spirit had uttered those words through his mouth, convicting me. Why was my heart not immediately happy at this man coming to our home? Would I have acted differently if he had shown up wearing fancy clothes? Had I been too busy to notice the needs of those less fortunate? While the Holy Spirit did the job of convicting me, it became clear that I needed some repenting. As he continued to share, I was overcome with Jesus' compassion. Tears began streaming down my face while remembering Jesus saying, ‘They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick'. So I gave my daughter the go-ahead to get the bathroom ready. I grabbed some clothes for the baptism and a clean change of clothes for afterwards and within a half hour, all was ready to go. There was our new friend, in our bathtub, ready to confess Jesus as His Saviour and turn from his sins, acknowledging Jesus as the Son of God and renouncing Satan for good. Hallelujah!  Afterwards, we got a chance to share a tea and some refreshments around the table and we encouraged him to pray. Then it was time to drop him off at his request while I tidied up. As I said my goodbye for the night, he reiterated how thankful he was for our hospitality. Then I gave him a big hug and blessed him in the name of the Lord. Everything had happened so fast, too fast for me to absorb it all. While I wiped down the bathroom, I examined my heart. ‘Father, I'm sorry that my heart was not ready to have this gentleman over at first, that I questioned what You had in mind rather than just trusting in You.' As I continued with my cleaning, I remembered that our home is not ours but the Lord's. On this night, Father had welcomed one of His prodigal sons home through us. We rejoiced with the angels in heaven for this awesome occasion. My heart still felt heavy and desperate for Father's intimacy. I wanted my alone time with Him and have a chance to properly confess my shortcomings. That's when I retreated into our secret place to pray and to listen. This is when the Holy Spirit came upon me with such sweet presence and impressed these words into my Spirit. Mat.25:34-40 (KJV) Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Thank You, Father, for knowing the desire of my heart so intimately – that of seeing many souls come into Your kingdom. Thank You, Lord, for giving me a heart to share with those less fortunate on various occasions and to open our home to our new friend this evening. May Your Word be engraved on his heart and may he follow You all the days appointed for him. May his life bring You glory and may he share Your salvation with many more. Dear Father, empty me of all of me and fill me with more of Your Spirit. I pray I may be found worthy to be used mightily for Your Kingdom. To You is all power and glory, forever and ever, in Jesus' name. Amen! Titus 3:3-5 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. That's right, brothers and sisters. It wasn't that long ago when we also wandered around without the Lord, chasing after the things of the world, giving ourselves over to sin. And Father had great mercy on us. Now, it's our turn to do the same to others. The harvest is ready; the fields are ripe. Let's pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out His laborers. Let's also pray for His love to abound and overflow in us to be able to share generously. (Hos.6:6a) For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice. 1 John 3:16-18 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. Today, the Lord is calling us to love His way, through actions and not just words. The kind of love our Saviour displayed for us is so deep. Lord, help us to keep dying to ourselves daily and to embrace our crosses, laying our lives down for our brethren. Let us not grow weary of doing good. May the Lord find us occupied in His work and loving each other when He returns! 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.  Mark 12:30-31 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.  1 Tim.6:17-19 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.    A Cry For Souls Solitary Man 4/4/25 So many souls! So many souls hanging in the balance! So many souls perishing. With the whole world being shaken as never before, who in My body is focusing on what really matters? Which one of My servants still dwells on what is most dear.  Do My people think that the world of mammon is what they should pay attention to? Do My children think their finances are what matters most? How about patriotism? Should pledging allegiance to this empire or that be what dominates your soul? Perhaps it should be politics. Or seeking ever more information on one topic or another. Maybe more facts and figures are what you need!  The planet has never resembled Babel as much as it does today. Voices are crying out over every cause and crusade imaginable. Lies piled upon lies. Ignorance coupled with anger and unholy passions. The noise is deafening. And My people have fallen into this bottomless pit of the unending babble of Babel. Where is the voice of My church today? How is it, as the knowledge of God being all but erased out of the land, that My people have forgotten the first principles? Where is the cry over the lostness of souls? Have you ever seen such a great multitude hurtling themselves towards the eternal flames of hell as you see today? Have you ever witnessed such a hatred of all things holy and pure as you do at this time? While you fight for your freedoms, you pay, oh so little heed to those perishing all around you. While you focus all your energy worrying and fretting over what comes next, those even in your own household that are destined for eternal torment, you have made accommodations for in your own soul. While you lament over others' political persuasions, unless they all repent, they will all likewise perish, regardless of which leaders they admire or hate.  The curse of social media has deceived your souls. Do you ever stop and consider exactly how you are spending your life? When was the last time you took stock of how you are using the days that I have allotted you? Where is your heart? Remember what I have told you. Where your heart is, that is where your treasure is to be found.  Is your heart consumed with mammon? Is it obsessed with current evils? Maybe it's your entertainment. Or the latest conspiracy of wicked men. Perhaps all you care about is your children. Identify your passion, and there is where your treasure lies. But what about the lost? Have the cares of the world so choked the flame of the Spirit of God that souls no longer matter? Have you convinced yourselves that there is nothing that you can do? Since no one seems to want to listen to the things of God, have you given up?  But what about prayer? Have you given up on the power of prayer as well? Did I not wonder whether, when I return, I would find faith on the earth? Is there anyone left who believes that prayer will move heaven? But will you pray, not on your own behalf, but rather die to your own desires, and spend yourself by standing in the gap for those who are dead in sin? Many are in terror, not knowing what comes next. Yet, what does it matter what comes next if one does not know Me? What does it matter if this nation is made great [again], or that war is averted, or this economic collapse is halted, if one loses his own soul? Why has My church stopped weeping over the lost? I said My burden would be easy, and My yoke light. But only for those who have truly put their desires aside and fully embraced Mine. I guarantee that those who refuse to lose their own lives shall never find satisfaction, fulfilment, or peace. But those who lose their life for My sake shall not only find purpose and meaning, but a fulfilment that only I can provide.  Children, you know that the time is short. Unless you choose to stop what you are doing and find your way back to the cross, your heart will never become one with Mine. And My heart beats for the lost. For every soul that slips off into eternity without Me, I am wounded anew. Will you not go forth and be My hands and feet, My voice to those who have no one else? Will you find the courage to obey Me when I call you to spread the good news before it's too late? Will you put down your phones and sacrifice your time to petition heaven unceasingly, until I send My Spirit to open the eyes of the blind once again? Who amongst you shall find the resolve to return to your first love, and be that light to those who grope about in darkness? Which of My children shall decide to re-enlist in the Lord's army of prayer warriors, of soldiers who are fearless and unashamed in their witness of Me? To those who let My words of challenge sink in and once again reignite the fire of evangelism, there is great reward that awaits you. Let not this day pass without asking My Father to quicken the truths found here, so that you will not be found wanting on that final day. I long to tell each and every one of you that you have done well, and now it is time to enter into the joy of your Master! Heed the warning, and this shall be yours. Heed it not, and risk it all. The choice is yours alone to make. Scripture References Mat.6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  Luk.6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Mat.6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luk.8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. Luk.21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.  Mat.10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Lam.2:11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. Joe.2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.  Mat.11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Mat.6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.  Mat.16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Joh.12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.  Joh.17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Joh.3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. Rom.10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!  Luk.18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?  2Jn.1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Dan.12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.  Mat.25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been fa

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On this week’s China Compass podcast, I sit down with long-time friend, Pastor Dan, to discuss his family's rich Missionary Legacy in Asia (China + Malaysia), their relationship with Hudson Taylor, and much more... I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben. Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Feel free to email anytime: chinacompass @ privacyport.com. Check out PrayGiveGo.us for everything else, incl. Patreon, Substack & books… Recommended Resources: His Life For Mine: A Missionary’s Story (The Life and Legacy of Joy Bausum) https://a.co/d/gY0Huyp Hudson Taylor (and China's Open Century): If I Had a Thousand Lives (Book III) https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Hudson-Taylor-Chinas-Century/dp/0340323922/ PLEASE: Check out which Chinese province your state is praying for @ PrayforChina.us! PLUS: Donate to help us fund a conference for underground Chinese Church leaders in Malaysia this fall, where Pastor Dan and I both will be teaching: MCI3.org (for security, nothing is mentioned on the site directly about the conference). Mentioned on Today's Podcast + Previously on China Compass: Guilin Mountain Chief: “I Don’t Want Your Jesus” https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/47 “I Don’t Want Your Jesus”: Evangelism in the Mysterious Mountains of Guilin https://chinacall.substack.com/p/i-dont-want-your-jesus Follow China Compass Thank you for listening! Subscribe & leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! And don’t forget to visit PrayGiveGo.us for books + Heb. 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, “as bound with them”!

Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Heb 12:14

Parshas Matos Masei 5786 ספר במדבר פרק לה פסוק כה והצילו העדה את הרצח מיד גאל הדם והשיבו אתו העדה אל עיר מקלטו אשר נס שמה וישב בה עד מות הכהן הגדל אשר משח אתו בשמן הקדש׃ Sefer Bamidbar Chapter 35 Verse 25 The assembly shall protect the manslayer from the blood-avenger, and the assembly shall restore the former to the same city of refuge,gthe same city of refuge Heb. “the city of refuge that he fled thereto.” and there he shall remain until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the sacred oil.

Het was me het weekje wel. Een vrouw kan niet eens meer normaal een lekker banaantje eten / zichzelf uit het water hijsen of ze wordt alweer belaagd. Pierre van Hooijdonk zei dingen waar we hartelijk om gelachen hebben. Maar meiden, het is toch godgeklaagd dat zo'n man zendtijd krijgt. Verder: de overheid maakte excuses aan de afstandsmoeders, helaas bestonden die geheel uit gebakken lucht. ML pluist even helemaal uit waarom dat zo is. En Nydia heeft goed nieuws over een medische doorbraak waarbij niemand doodging. Ga voor de shownotes en het transcript naar damnhoney.nl/aflevering-290DAMN, HONEY wordt gemaakt door Marie Lotte Hagen en Nydia van VoorthuizenIn deze aflevering hoor je advertenties voor NordVPN en onszelf:- Profiteer NU van de exclusieve NordVPN-deal op nordvpn.com/damnhoney. Probeer zonder risico met de 30 dagen geld-terug-garantie! - Steun ons via PetjeAf.com/damnhoney. Vanaf 1 euro per maand help je ons blijven bestaan én krijg je toegang tot onze bonuspodcast 'Je doet het er maar mee' editwerk: Daniël van de Poppe jingles: Lucas de Gier website: Liesbeth Smit DAMN, HONEY is onderdeel van Dag & Nacht Media. Heb je interesse om te adverteren in deze podcast? Neem dan contact op met Dag en Nacht Media via adverteren@dagennacht.nlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Optimisme als opdracht. “En dat geldt zeker in een klotetijd als deze", zegt Jo Ritzen (1945) als hij de titel van zijn memoires toelicht. De voormalige onderwijsminister, universiteitsvoorzitter, vicepresident van de Wereldbank en naar eigen zeggen vaak ‘een bezoeking’ voor zijn ambtenaren, vertelt buitengewoon openhartig over zijn belevenissen in de Haagse politiek. Met de ambtenarij, zijn partij de PvdA – hij was op zijn 27ste al sparring partner van Joop den Uyl - en op het wereldtoneel. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger praten met hem over wat hij als ideeënleverancier en als bestuurder in gang zetten en achteraf niet goed zag. Ritzen portretteert daarbij de grote namen uit die tijd van heel dichtbij en vaak verrassend. "Wim Kok had gelijk dat hij van mij af wilde", zegt hij, maar vertelt daarna smakelijk hoe Kok als nieuwe minister-president een financiële truc moest slikken nadat Ritzen alsnog prolongeerde. *** Deze aflevering bevat een advertentie van VanHarte&Lingsma. Wil jij jezelf ontwikkelen als mens én als leider? Ontdek jouw training bij VanHarte&Lingsma, School voor Human Leadership. Ga naar www.vanhartelingsma.nl/betrouwbarebronnen Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact. *** Ritzens eerste politieke rol was die van de maker van het banenplan van minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid Den Uyl in 1981. Dat werd een soort ontgroening, want politiek was dat plan meteen al morsdood en tegenwerking van ambtenaren deed de rest. De PvdA ging oppositie in, maar Ritzen vond eigenlijk dat Ruud Lubbers met zijn stevige beleid gelijk had. Toen hij zijn partij daarover advies gaf, bleek Den Uyl het met zijn voorstellen eens, maar partijvoorzitter Max van den Berg sprak het veto uit. "We zijn er nog niet aan toe," verzuchtte Den Uyl volgens Ritzen. Wim Kok nam adviseur Ritzen over uit de boedel van Den Uyl. “Hij vond net als ik die Haagse werkelijkheid, de Tweede Kamer, zo'n rare wereld." Dat schiep een band. Ritzen werd in 1989 minister van Onderwijs en Wetenschappen. Precies toen de Muur viel. "Dat was ook weer zo merkwaardig. Men keek ernaar en ging vervolgens gewoon door met de lopende zaken." Het werd geen fijne tijd, al houdt Ritzen zich groot. In plaats van investeren in onderwijs en kennis moest hij hard bezuinigen. Veel talent voor compromissen bleek hij niet te hebben. Kok raakte meer en meer geïrriteerd. “Hij vond dat ik hem kunstjes flikte." Ritzen besefte dat zijn rol was uitgespeeld. De film voor zijn afscheid was al gemaakt, het portret voor de O&W-galerij al geschilderd. Hoe hij als 'boeienkoning van Zoetermeer' in 1994 toch in het eerste kabinet-Kok als minister terugkwam, is zelden zo openhartig verteld. Hij dankte veel aan nota bene Frits Bolkestein. "Die was meer fan van mij dan ik van hem," grinnikt Ritzen. Intussen deed hij ook ervaring op met Pim Fortuyn. "Interessante man, maar wel een warhoofd. Hij vloog alle kanten op." En met Dick Schoof, ambtenaar met een kamer die tot de nok toe gevuld was met ordners. "Inventief was hij, prima man. Zijn latere kabinet was natuurlijk een verschrikking. Hij was het enige lichtpuntje in dat duister." Met zijn ambtenaren, de universiteiten en hogescholen en met Gerrit Zalm op Financiën had Ritzen het niet makkelijk. Hij strooide voortdurend ideeën het departement in. "Ik was het loket van wat er speelde in de scholen." Toch was de sfeer tijdens Paars gemoedelijker dan onder Lubbers. "Die kabinetsvergaderingen waren wat sacraal. Lubbers ging voor in een hoogmis, maar hij had vaak vooraf al de conclusies bedacht.” In de Paarse periode gingen hij en de PvdA te gemakkelijk mee met in het VVD-denken. "Voor de VVD was marktwerking geen intellectuele kwestie, een beleidsoptie, maar een dogma.” Zo zijn destijds kansen voor een lange termijnbeleid van investeringen verspeeld, ziet hij nu. Na zijn ministerschap ging Ritzen naar de Wereldbank in Washington. Met een Global Education Fund adviseerde hij arme landen over effectief onderwijsbeleid. Hij leerde er successen aanmoedigen, maar schrok ook van regimes waar corruptie endemisch bleek. "In Marokko durfde de nieuwe koning echte hervormingen wel aan. In de kranten was ik de kop-van-jut; die vreselijke man van de Wereldbank. Een groter compliment kun je niet krijgen, hè?" Hij kwam terug naar zijn Limburg en naar de universitaire wereld. Vol vuur vertelt hij over de Europese missie van zijn Maastricht University. En weer botste het met zijn eigen partij, nu met minister Ronald Plasterk op Onderwijs. Diens volgens Ritzen ‘beperkte blik op de wereld’ was toen al bron van ergernis. De verdere Werdegang ontlokt Ritzen onparlementaire taal. Zelf is hij positief over de komst van PRO - "Ik ben voor een sterk links blok, altijd geweest hè?" – en buitengewoon te spreken over D66-minister Rianne Letschert, die ook in Maastricht bestuursvoorzitter was. "Ik hoop zeer dat zij de kans krijgt als minister meerjarig beleid te kunnen maken, in meerdere kabinetten. Onderwijsbeleid heeft altijd lange adem nodig om tot bloei te komen." Ook daarom dus dat 'optimisme als opdracht' voor beleidsmakers. Dat dit motto van Karl Popper stamt, blijkt voor Ritzen een verrassing. "Hij heeft het dus in elk geval niet van mij geleend, hè?" *** Verder lezen De memoires van Jo Ritzen *** Verder luisteren 594 - De komst van PRO verandert het politieke landschap 532 – GroenLinks-PvdA: het glibberige pad naar één partij 480 - De dilemma's van links 64 - Wim Kok, een leven op eigen kracht - gesprek met biograaf Marnix Krop 09 - Special: leven en werk van Wim Kok 88 - Leven en werk van onderwijsvernieuwer Jos van Kemenade 461 - Ruud Lubbers zag het een slag anders 164 - Dries van Agt 90 - Eigenzinnig politicus, paradijsvogel, wereldburger 213 - Van Agt/Den Uyl/Terlouw (1981), de verschrikkelijkste kabinetsformatie ooit 351 - Politiek als hartstocht: drie jonge bewindslieden uit het kabinet-Den Uyl vijftig jaar later 01 - D66 moet linkser, vindt oud-partijleider Jan Terlouw 226 - In het oog van de orkaan: Roel in 't Veld over wat er mis is met politiek en bestuur 316 - Geheelonthouders en andere epische drinkers in de politiek 587 – Rekenkamerpresident Pieter Duisenberg over 2025 als verloren jaar: ‘Stagnatie is nooit gratis' *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:32:49 – Deel 2 01:10:14 – Deel 3 01:50:26 – EindeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week’s Prison Pulpit I talk to my good friend, Pastor Dan, about the death of his adult daughter on the mission field, and how to pray for others who go through similarly devastating circumstances. I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben. Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Feel free to email anytime: chinacompass @ privacyport.com. Check out PrayGiveGo.us for everything else, incl. Patreon, Substack & books… Recommended Resources: His Life For Mine: A Missionary’s Story (The Life and Legacy of Joy Bausum) https://a.co/d/gY0Huyp Borden of Yale: The Millionaire Missionary www.BordenofYale.com The Memoirs of William Milne (Foreword by Dan Bausum) https://a.co/d/bALLtAf Follow China Compass Thank you for listening! Subscribe & leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! And don’t forget to visit PrayGiveGo.us for books + Heb. 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, “as bound with them”!

On this week’s Prison Pulpit I talk to my good friend, Pastor Dan, about the death of his adult daughter on the mission field, and how to pray for others who go through similarly devastating circumstances. I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben. Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Feel free to email anytime: chinacompass @ privacyport.com. Check out PrayGiveGo.us for everything else, incl. Patreon, Substack & books… Recommended Resources: His Life For Mine: A Missionary’s Story (The Life and Legacy of Joy Bausum) https://a.co/d/gY0Huyp Borden of Yale: The Millionaire Missionary www.BordenofYale.com The Memoirs of William Milne (Foreword by Dan Bausum) https://a.co/d/bALLtAf Follow China Compass Thank you for listening! Subscribe & leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! And don’t forget to visit PrayGiveGo.us for books + Heb. 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, “as bound with them”!

Donald Trump wist tijdens de NAVO-top in Ankara opnieuw alle aandacht naar zich toe te trekken. Met harde uithalen naar Spanje en nieuwe opmerkingen over Groenland zorgde de president voor onrust onder bondgenoten. Tegelijkertijd hing de oorlog met Iran als een donkere wolk boven de top. Wat blijft er over van de Amerikaanse leidersrol als Trump steeds vaker botst met zijn partners? Jan Postma en Bernard Hammelburg bespreken de belangrijkste momenten van de top. Ze kijken onder andere naar de rol van NAVO-chef Mark Rutte en de ontmoeting tussen Trump en Zelensky. Trump bemoeide zich deze week ook nog persoonlijk met een controversiële rode kaart en belde daarvoor zelfs FIFA-voorzitter Gianni Infantino. Het leidde tot woede in Europa, maar uiteindelijk kon ook presidentiële druk niet voorkomen dat de Verenigde Staten werden uitgeschakeld door België. Hoe reageerden Amerikanen op deze opmerkelijke inmenging van hun president? Verder aandacht voor de problemen binnen de Democratische Partij rond senaatskandidaat Graham Platner. Waarom trekken steeds meer partijgenoten hun steun in? En hebben de Democraten in Maine nog een kans tegen de Republikeinse senator Susan Collins? Benieuwd naar het hele lied van luisteraar Jan Molenaar over de Amerika Podcast? Luister hem dan hier. Over de Amerika Podcast In de Amerika Podcast nemen Bernard Hammelburg en Jan Postma je mee naar het Amerika van nu: een land dat onder Donald Trump opnieuw in rap tempo verandert. Wat betekent zijn beleid voor Amerikanen in rode én blauwe staten, voor de democratie? Wat is er nog over van the American Dream? Wat verandert Trumps koers voor ons in Europa? Hier hoor je de verhalen van de Amerikanen zelf. We nemen je mee naar het land van adembenemende landschappen, countrymuziek uit de autoradio en diners langs de highway. Maar natuurlijk ook juist naar de mavericks die deze clichés doorbreken. De Amerika Podcast zoekt naar de ziel van Amerika. Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg vanuit New York en Amsterdam, correspondent Jan Postma vanuit Washington DC of ergens in een van de vijftig staten. Die zoektocht doen we samen met jou, want de Amerika Podcast is niet compleet zonder de vragen van onze luisteraars. Elke donderdag in je podcastfeed! Heb je een vraag, opmerking, kritiek of een compliment. Mail dan naar dewereld@bnr.nl of spreek je vraag in op de Amerika Podcast Whatsapp: 06-28135020. En wie weet win je de Amerika Podcast koffiebeker. Over de makers Bernard Hammelburg is buitenlandcommentator en columnist voor BNR Nieuwsradio en het FD, en presentator van BNR De Wereld. Als oorlogsverslaggever was hij o.a. ooggetuige van de Culturele Revolutie in China, de revolutie in Iran en de oorlogen in Vietnam, het Midden-Oosten en Afghanistan. Hij was twintig jaar correspondent in de VS. Hij verdeelt zijn tijd tussen zijn woonplaatsen Amsterdam en New York. Jan Postma is Amerika-correspondent voor BNR Nieuwsradio. Vanuit zijn standplaats Washington DC doet hij verslag van de politieke strijd in de hoofdstad en gaat het land in om te zien wat de gevolgen zijn voor Amerikanen. Eerder schreef hij De Trump-fluisteraars, over de mensen die Trump beïnvloeden. Voordat hij in 2018 correspondent werd, presenteerde hij onder meer Boekestijn en De Wijk. Jan studeerde Amerikanistiek en Journalistiek aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Naast de BNR Amerika Podcast is hij regelmatig te horen in BNR’s nieuwsprogramma’s en in BNR De Wereld. Ook is hij Amerika-correspondent voor het Algemeen Dagblad. Redactie en Montage Luc de Klerk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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God's Eternal Judgment starts after death and it's vital we are ready for it. He will judge us all individually & seal our eternal destiny, based on our response to Him in this life. We go through 3 Phases of Existence. *(1) THIS LIFE, where our inner man lives in a mortal body - a temporary state, for when we die our spirit leaves our body. *(2) The INTERMEDIATE STATE, when we continue to exist as a disembodied spirit. This is also temporary, ending with our resurrection. *(3) The ETERNAL STATE starts at our resurrection, when our spirit puts on an immortal body. All men are ultimately divided into 2 groups, with 2 opposite eternal destinies, either everlasting glory in God's Presence, or everlasting separation from God in Hell. This is decided at death, when a permanent separation between the saved & unsaved takes place –Stage 1 of man's Eternal Judgment. The condition of each soul at death determines its destiny for eternity (Ecc 11:3). Only in this life do you have the chance to get right with God. After you die, your eternity is fixed forever (Rev 22:11). A man either dies under condemnation or in grace. Man is born in a state of sin & guilt before God (John 3:17-18, Eph 2:1-3). Jesus is our only hope of salvation (Acts 4:12). We have a choice to accept or reject Christ & His salvation. Those in Christ will be with Him forever in Heaven. But those who reject Him will die in their sins & be lost forever in Hell (John 8:24). So, Stage 1 of man's Eternal Judgment happens right after death (Heb 9:27). When his spirit leaves his body, he faces a private judicial sentencing from God. If he dies in his sins, (1) he is found guilty and sent to a place of punishment in Hades. Then later, at his resurrection, (2) he'll stand before God a 2nd time for final sentencing at the Great White Throne & dismissal into the Lake of Fire, the degree of his punishment determined by the degree of his rebellion (Rev 20:11-15). But, Christ made another eternal destiny possible. Those who trust in Him don't face damnation when they die, for Jesus took it for us. They'll be found to be righteous in Him & go to Heaven. So, at death, God sends a man to one of 2 locations - a place of punishment or a place of blessing (Paradise). At this point his eternal destiny is fixed. When God reunites man's spirit with his body in the resurrection, we'll stand before God for the 2nd & final stage of Eternal Judgment, when we'll be released into our final Eternal State, either in glory or in the Lake of Fire. He who dies in his sins will be sent to a place of initial punishment in Hades, to await his resurrection to his final Eternal Judgment. But he who dies in the Lord has passed from death to life (John 5:24-25, Rom 8:1). So, when we die, we'll be released to go to Paradise to await our resurrection, when we'll stand before Christ's Judgment Seat, to receive our eternal rewards and be released into our eternal state, with a corresponding measure of glory. God's Eternal Judgment operates like our court-system: in 2 Stages. Stage 1 at death determines guilt or innocence. At death, God separates mankind into 2 groups. Saved spirits go to Paradise, but the wicked go down to a place of punishment in Hades, a holding cell, where they're kept until their final judgment. Then Stage 2 after his resurrection, decides his sentencing (degree of punishment or reward), based on his works. (1) The righteous will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ to be judged to determine the degree of their eternal rewards of glory, according to their works, and then be released into their eternal state of glory. (2) When the unsaved are resurrected at the end of time, they'll stand before the Great White Throne for final sentencing & dismissal into their eternal state & place of punishment, the Lake of Fire (Rev 20). They'll be judged according to their works, to determine the degree of their everlasting punishment. We have 2 appointments with God we can't miss, which determine our eternal future. (1) After our death, to determine if we go up to Heaven or down to Hades. (2) After our resurrection, to determine the degree of our eternal reward or punishment. Before Jesus' resurrection, the departed spirits of all men went down to an invisible realm under the earth (SHEOL or HADES), a holding cell, where all men awaited their final judgment. The true story of the rich man& Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) describes life after death in Hades, for the saved & lost, before Christ's resurrection. It proves men's souls are conscious after death. All went down to HADES, but to different compartments. The saved went to PARADISE (Luke 23;43) or ABRAHAM'S BOSOM, but the wicked to TORMENTS, a place of punishment. By His resurrection Jesus overcame the power of Hades for His Church (Matt 16:18), and when we trust in Him our spirits are born again & made perfect by our union with the resurrected Christ (1Pet 1:3), so at death our spirits no longer go down to Hades, but up to Heaven.

Rutger (35) woont voor het eerst met zijn gezin in een koophuis. Na al het klussen ziet het huis er hartstikke goed uit, maar toch ervaart hij veel stress omdat hij vindt dat het 100% perfect moet zijn. Waarom komt die druk vandaan?

God's Eternal Judgment starts after death and it's vital we are ready for it. He will judge us all individually & seal our eternal destiny, based on our response to Him in this life. We go through 3 Phases of Existence. *(1) THIS LIFE, where our inner man lives in a mortal body - a temporary state, for when we die our spirit leaves our body. *(2) The INTERMEDIATE STATE, when we continue to exist as a disembodied spirit. This is also temporary, ending with our resurrection. *(3) The ETERNAL STATE starts at our resurrection, when our spirit puts on an immortal body. All men are ultimately divided into 2 groups, with 2 opposite eternal destinies, either everlasting glory in God's Presence, or everlasting separation from God in Hell. This is decided at death, when a permanent separation between the saved & unsaved takes place –Stage 1 of man's Eternal Judgment. The condition of each soul at death determines its destiny for eternity (Ecc 11:3). Only in this life do you have the chance to get right with God. After you die, your eternity is fixed forever (Rev 22:11). A man either dies under condemnation or in grace. Man is born in a state of sin & guilt before God (John 3:17-18, Eph 2:1-3). Jesus is our only hope of salvation (Acts 4:12). We have a choice to accept or reject Christ & His salvation. Those in Christ will be with Him forever in Heaven. But those who reject Him will die in their sins & be lost forever in Hell (John 8:24). So, Stage 1 of man's Eternal Judgment happens right after death (Heb 9:27). When his spirit leaves his body, he faces a private judicial sentencing from God. If he dies in his sins, (1) he is found guilty and sent to a place of punishment in Hades. Then later, at his resurrection, (2) he'll stand before God a 2nd time for final sentencing at the Great White Throne & dismissal into the Lake of Fire, the degree of his punishment determined by the degree of his rebellion (Rev 20:11-15). But, Christ made another eternal destiny possible. Those who trust in Him don't face damnation when they die, for Jesus took it for us. They'll be found to be righteous in Him & go to Heaven. So, at death, God sends a man to one of 2 locations - a place of punishment or a place of blessing (Paradise). At this point his eternal destiny is fixed. When God reunites man's spirit with his body in the resurrection, we'll stand before God for the 2nd & final stage of Eternal Judgment, when we'll be released into our final Eternal State, either in glory or in the Lake of Fire. He who dies in his sins will be sent to a place of initial punishment in Hades, to await his resurrection to his final Eternal Judgment. But he who dies in the Lord has passed from death to life (John 5:24-25, Rom 8:1). So, when we die, we'll be released to go to Paradise to await our resurrection, when we'll stand before Christ's Judgment Seat, to receive our eternal rewards and be released into our eternal state, with a corresponding measure of glory. God's Eternal Judgment operates like our court-system: in 2 Stages. Stage 1 at death determines guilt or innocence. At death, God separates mankind into 2 groups. Saved spirits go to Paradise, but the wicked go down to a place of punishment in Hades, a holding cell, where they're kept until their final judgment. Then Stage 2 after his resurrection, decides his sentencing (degree of punishment or reward), based on his works. (1) The righteous will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ to be judged to determine the degree of their eternal rewards of glory, according to their works, and then be released into their eternal state of glory. (2) When the unsaved are resurrected at the end of time, they'll stand before the Great White Throne for final sentencing & dismissal into their eternal state & place of punishment, the Lake of Fire (Rev 20). They'll be judged according to their works, to determine the degree of their everlasting punishment. We have 2 appointments with God we can't miss, which determine our eternal future. (1) After our death, to determine if we go up to Heaven or down to Hades. (2) After our resurrection, to determine the degree of our eternal reward or punishment. Before Jesus' resurrection, the departed spirits of all men went down to an invisible realm under the earth (SHEOL or HADES), a holding cell, where all men awaited their final judgment. The true story of the rich man& Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) describes life after death in Hades, for the saved & lost, before Christ's resurrection. It proves men's souls are conscious after death. All went down to HADES, but to different compartments. The saved went to PARADISE (Luke 23;43) or ABRAHAM'S BOSOM, but the wicked to TORMENTS, a place of punishment. By His resurrection Jesus overcame the power of Hades for His Church (Matt 16:18), and when we trust in Him our spirits are born again & made perfect by our union with the resurrected Christ (1Pet 1:3), so at death our spirits no longer go down to Hades, but up to Heaven.

 What is the truth and error of Bildad's words?Bildad says several things about the fate of the wicked that are elsewhere said in the Old Testament about the end of the wicked.18:5 The light of the wicked goes out. This is stated in Proverbs 13:9; 20:20; 24:20. 18:7 The schemes of the wicked bring him down. This is stated frequently in Scripture in Psalm 7:15-16 and Prov. 26:27.18:11, 14 Terrors frighten the wicked man. Ps. 73:19 tells us that the wicked are swept away by sudden terrors. 18:13 pictures the skin of the wicked devoured by disease. In Zech. 14:12 the LORD will strike those who go to war against Jerusalem and their flesh will rot as they stand on their feet. 18:15 tells us that brimstone will be scattered on the habitation of the wicked. Ps. 11:6 says the same basic thing.18:16 The picture of the wicked is of a plant totally consumed, both its root below and its branches above. This is a picture of judgment upon the wicked in Isa. 5:24; Hos. 9:16.18:17 says that the memory of the wicked perishes. This is also stated as a judgment upon the wicked in Ps. 9:6; 34:16; Prov. 10:7. 18:19 The statement that the wicked would have no posterity nor offspring is the same thing said of the king of Babylon in Isa. 14:22.  Bildad speaks truth about the ultimate fate of the wicked.  Is anything wrong with his words? To focus on one example, in 18:5 what is the problem with Bildad's statement that the lamp of the wicked goes out?  The problem is also not in the statement itself but in how it is used. The statement affirms that the way of the wicked will end in disaster though it does not say when nor how it will end in disaster. These statements are not given to help us to determine who is wicked and who is righteous.  There are plenty of passages in Proverbs that contrast the fate of the righteous with the fate of the wicked (Prov. 10:24; 11:5; 12:13...).Is this always revealed in this lifetime? What the friends say about the fate of the wicked is correct. But is the wicked man fully repaid for his wickedness in this life? The whole Bible reveals that the final balancing the scales of justice will come in final judgment. Often it will not be evident until eternity as to who was wicked and who was righteous. In this light, the statement about the wicked leading to disaster is always like Bildad pictures it but the full truth is not revealed in this life.  It may be that the picture of the wicked particularly at 18:14 may represent in a seed form the doctrine of eternal judgment. The language of 18:15 may invoke the language of judgment on Sodom. The judgment on Sodom is given as a picture of warning for God's judgment upon the wicked for all time in II Peter 2:6-9 and Jude 6-7.  Jesus and Job 1818:5-6, 18 Jesus is the light of the world. The gospel of John portrays Jesus as the light (John 1:4, 5, 7, 8, 9; 3:19, 20, 21; 5:35; 8:12; 9:5; 11:9, 10; 12:35, 36, 46).  18:13-14 Jesus gives victory over the terrors of death- I Cor. 15; Heb. 2:10-18.  18:19 The wicked has no offspring or posterity. This is contrasted to Jesus- Isa. 53:10. This is contrasted with Jesus as He will see His offspring. As many as received Him to them He gave the right to be the sons of God (John 1:12).  18:20 The word appalled is used in Isaiah 52:14 of the suffering servant. 

The Hebrew word לגמור means to finish, but also to reach orgasm. So this episode might not be for everybody! Guy explains how to use the root גמר while playing it safe. Hear the All-Hebrew episode on Patreon   New Words and Expressions: Lesayem – To finish – לסיים Ligmor – To finish / to reach orgasm – לגמור Gmira (coll.) – Orgasm – גמירה Gomrim holchim – We finish and we go – גומרים הולכים Hu gamar et ha-kariera – He finished his career – הוא גמר את הקריירה Ha-toster ha-zeh gamar et ha-kariera shelo – This toaster is done for – הטוסטר הזה גמר את הקריירה שלו Zbeng ve-gamarnu – One quick blow and it's over – זבנג וגמרנו Hamesh dakot ve-gamarnoo – Five minutes and we're done – חמש דקות וגמרנו "Hu lo gomer ta-chodesh" – He can't make ends meet – הוא לא גומר ת'חודש Beseder gamoor – Totally fine – בסדר גמור Ani gamoor – I am exhausted – אני גמור Hu gamoor – He's out of it – הוא גמור "Mami zeh nigmar" – Darling it's over – מאמי, זה נגמר Lehigamer – To be finished – להיגמר "She-lo yigamer li ha-laila" – May the night not end for me – שלא ייגמר לי הלילה Gimoor – Finish (N.) – גימור Gimoorim achronim – Final touch-ups – גימור Lehagmir (Sexual) – To cause someone to reach orgasm – להגמיר Gmar – The finals – גמר Bchinat gmar – Final exam – בחינת גמר "Gmar chatima tova" – May you be signed and sealed in the book of life (greeting used on Yom Kippur) – גמר חתימה טובה Legamrei – Totally – לגמרי Legamrei be-mikreh – Totally by chance – לגמרי במקרה Playlist and Clips: Dr. Daniel Dray Arik Lavi – Lo Gomer Ta-chodesh (lyrics) Zaguri Imperia – Beseder Gamoor Omer Adam – Mami Ze Nigmar (lyrics) Ha-neshamot Ha-tehorot – She-lo Yigamer Li Ha-layla (lyrics) Meir Ariel – Pluga B-kav (lyrics) Ep. no. 14 about Sex words 1 HEB Ep. no. 35 about exhausted HEB Ep. no. 49 about Sex Words 2 HEB Ep. no. 341 about be-hadraga, gradually HEB

The story in Leviticus 10 of two priests being burned alive for offering unauthorized fire to God is our entry point to exploring Leviticus 8-15, and to learning four lessons: (1) you can enliven your reading of ‘boring’ parts of the Bible by looking for the story; (2) God is the one who gets to tell us how to worship him; (3) relationship with God impacts every area of life; (4) obedience to God can be very costly. There is no such thing as convenient Christianity. Also, catch the announcement of this year’s summer memorization challenge at the beginning of the episode! Scriptures Referenced:Lev 10; Lev 8-16; Heb 13:28-29; 1Cor 10:31; Eph 4:31-32; 5:1 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.

What spirits did Jesus preach to in 1 Peter 3? Was it humans or angels? Did He go to Hell after his death?In today's episode, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie continue through their Strange Scriptures series and talk through a few verses in 1 Peter 3 that have caused much confusion for theologians over the years. We talk through three primary views on this passage and look at the merits and holes in each belief and use the rest of Scripture to build a case for the meaning of this passage as well as encouragement for believers listening today!The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth. Scriptures: 1 Pet. 3:18-20; Rev. 1:17-18; Heb. 2:14-17; 1 Pet. 4:6; 1 Pet. 1:10-12; Gen. 6:3; Gen. 6:1-8; 11-13; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6; Col. 2:15; 1 Pet. 3:22; Rev. 18:2; Rev. 20:7; 1 John 1:1-4. If you'd like access to our show notes, please visit www.rosevillebaptist.com/1717podcast to see them in Google Drive!Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review the podcast so that we can reach to larger audiences and share the truth of God's Word with them!Write in your own questions to be answered on the show at 1717pod@gmail.com.  God bless!

Jesus' Works Through Us (Audio) David Eells 12/15/24 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me (Gal.2:20). It is not I, living the Christian life and doing the works of Christ, but it is I accepting my death so that Christ may live and do His works through me. Jesus gave up a natural body in order to take up a corporate body, so that He could continue on a much larger scale His deliverance of this fallen creation. Paul tells us, Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof (1Co.12:27). We are not the body of “another Jesus,” a weak and worthless Jesus. We are the body of the same Jesus, Who walked in that first body, exercising God's power to set the captives free. We know that Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today, [yea] and forever (Heb.13:8). It is sad that most do not agree that Christ's plan is to continue exercising the sovereignty that He had in His first body in His second. We read in (Amos 3:3) Shall two walk together, except they have agreed? We need to be in total agreement with the Word so that Christ may walk in us and exercise His sovereignty through us. A king's sons are princes who grow up to inherit his authority and exercise his sovereignty. (Psa.45:16) Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth. So shall it be with the sons God is manifesting through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. The mind of the flesh is the enemy of God and cannot be subject to Him (Rom.8:7). In Adam we all died and were made useless to God. By abiding in Christ, Who is the Word, we become vessels of His reigning authority. (1Co.15:22) As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. (Rom.5:17) For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, [even] Jesus Christ. We were meant to accept God's grace and “reign in life.” As the Adamic man dies in us, the spiritual man comes to life. (2Co.4:16) Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man (the Adamic, nature of self) is decaying, yet our inward man (Christ in you) is renewed day by day. As we read the Word, and repent of our carnal thinking and life to accept Christ's thinking and life, He is able to reign through us. (2Co.4:11) For we who live are always delivered unto death (I.e. to self) for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So, God expects the life of Christ in this earthly body by grace through faith. Through death to self, we can expect the life of Jesus to be manifested in our human bodies. The life of Christ here is not only His fruit but also His ministry, which He will continue through His disciples. Those who teach that we cannot expect the life of Christ in this life are deceivers. Those who preach that as long as we are in this body we will always be in bondage to sin are deceivers. (2Jn.1:7) For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh… When Jesus physically comes again, He will have a glorified body but He is coming now in the flesh of His body of believers. Those who preach that our ultimate hope here is only to be forgiven and not transformed are deceivers. Paul explained that he was revealing a mystery with the words Christ in you, the hope of glory (Col.1:27). He said that the wisdom in this mystery was to present every man perfect (complete or mature) in Christ (28). Christ in you has power over sin and the curse around us. As we come to realize the purpose of Christ is to live in us, our faith in what He can do in us and through us grows exponentially. (Phm.1:6) That the fellowship (Greek: “sharing in common”) of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ. As we accept the mind of Christ, which is the Word of God, it transforms us. We read this in (Rom.12:2) And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. If we do not repent (Greek: “change our mind”) when we read the Word, we do not accept the transformation to the life and work of Christ. The first thing we must believe is the Gospel. (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me… This means the old me died at the cross and now Jesus lives in me. Faith in this justifies us and entitles us to the power to bring it to pass. Because many do not understand this, they believe we have no hope but to continue in sin and count on God's grace for forgiveness. (Rom.6:1)… Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (2) God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein? Notice that because of grace we do not have to live in sin. (3) Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (4) We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death (to self): that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. When we were baptized, the old sinner died and was buried so now we can walk in new life. (5) For if we have become united with [him] in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of his resurrection. By faith at baptism we both die and resurrect. Neither a dead man nor a resurrected man can sin. (6) Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin. Through faith we died, and now Jesus lives in us. We were delivered… out of the power of darkness (Col.1:13). This is the real good news! We are only free from the power of sin if we believe it. We can now use these promises as a two-edged sword to destroy corruption in our lives. (2Co.7:1) Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. We are responsible for cleansing ourselves by faith in the promises. Those who believe the promises will bear fruit. As a type, Mary believed the promise that she was to bear the fruit of Jesus in her mortal body (Luk.1:31-35). Jesus said, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it (Luk.8:21). In a type, we who bring forth the fruit of Jesus are His mother. In the second parable of the sower in Mat 13:24,27,32, Jesus sowed the seed (Greek: sperma, “sperm”) to bear His fruit. Since the Word is the spiritual sperm of Jesus, it can only bring forth His fruit. No word from man or religion can do this. Only one of the four types that received the Word bore fruit 30, 60, or 100-fold. Mary was told, Blessed [is] she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord (Luk.1:45). Because she believed the Word, she bore the fruit of Jesus. The Word must be believed for it to be fulfilled in us. Paul writes in (Heb.4:2) For indeed we have had good tidings (Gospel) preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard. We can hear the Gospel but make it ineffective by our own unbelief, as Israel did. By bearing the fruit of the same Jesus, we are proving who the true believers are. Jesus said, by their fruits ye shall know them, not by who they say they are. Paul showed us how to exercise this faith with our renewed imagination in (2Co.3:18) But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. If our face is truly unveiled, then we see by faith the finished work of God in the mirror, which is “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Only seeing the real Jesus of the Word in the mirror will transform us into the image of God. The Jesus we see must be the One Who has power over sin and the curse around us. Most Christians would think us proud to look in the mirror by faith and see Jesus, but in truth, these are the only ones who are humble to the Word. The one who sees his natural face in the mirror will have no power to obey. (Jas.1:23) For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror. These are the ones who do not unite faith with the Gospel so that it can be fulfilled in them. Paul tells us in (Rom.6:11) Even so reckon (consider it done) ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus. (12) Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof. Notice that the way to not let sin reign in your flesh is to reckon yourself to be immune to it because you are dead by faith. It is to believe that Jesus took away your sin and that you are free to obey God. God gives power to save from sin to those who believe the true Gospel. (Rom.1:16) For I am not ashamed of the Gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth… Those who do not accept their power over sin, by faith, will prove themselves tares, and not wheat, when they do not bear fruit. (Rom.6:17) But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; (18) and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness. The true teaching, believed and acted on by the heart, sets us free from sin. Jesus said, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Joh 8:32) If our truth is not setting us free, either it is not THE TRUTH or we do not really believe it. If you have not had victory, study the truth, not religion. I once received a “woe is me” email from a friend who was grieved over his inability to overcome a certain sin. I highlighted in his letter phrases like the following: “I couldn't resist; I'm hooked; my flesh is weak; they really got me; I have no hope; no willpower; I'm defeated,” and “I'm licked,” and sent it back to him with the following note: “Just because you fail, that does not mean you give up faith. You were delivered of this sin 2,000 years ago. Compare what you have believed in these phrases with what you should believe. (I sent him the Gospel message of our deliverance from sin.) You have a lot of faith to stay in bondage. Even in your failure, you must walk by faith in order to get out of bondage.” My friend's will was against the sin so it was not a willful disobedience. His failure was in his faith. He believed everything he should not have and that robbed him of power. Faith that fizzles out at the finish had a flaw in it from the first. If we sin, there are some steps we should take to lay a foundation for our faith. If we say we have no sin, in other words, justify self, we are deceived (1Jn.1:8). If we confess our sins, we will be forgiven and cleansed from all sin (1Jn.1:9). We should first confess our sins. Then, as the Israelites who had been bitten by the serpents turned and set their eyes on the sacrificial serpent on the pole, seeing their sin and curse on Him, we should turn and confess the sacrifice of Jesus (Num.21:8). From then on, we should believe that our sin has been put on Him and we are delivered. As John the Baptist said, “Behold, the lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!” God's complaint about the Old Testament Law was that it could not make perfect them that draw nigh (Heb.10:1)… (4) For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins… (14) For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. The Old Testament had blood covering and forgiveness but could not deliver man from the sin nature. Many today are preaching only what that covenant offered leaving those who believe them in bondage to sin. Many of you, upon coming to the Lord, experienced total deliverance from certain sins. What the real Gospel teaches is that God wants to continue that process to completion. I hear it commonly preached that we are just sinners saved by grace. It may surprise you to know that there is no such saying in the Bible. A sinner saved by grace is an oxymoron. A man is either a sinner or he is saved from sin by grace. Jesus always made a distinction between His followers and sinners. For instance in (Mat.26:45)…The Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. (Luk.6:33) And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same. (34) And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much. Notice that He didn't consider the disciples sinners. It has been said that Paul as a disciple claimed to be the chief of sinners. This is false! He said that he was the chief of those that Jesus came to save from sin. Let's read it (1Ti.1:15) Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: (God was showcasing Paul as an example of His power to save anyone.) (16) howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life. Paul had just said that his sins were in his past by God's enabling power and that he was now counted among the faithful. Verse (12) I thank him that enabled me, [even] Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to [his] service; (13) though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. Paul included himself when he said that we were sinners but we were made righteous. (Rom.5:8) But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom.5:19) For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous. And in (Gal.2:17) But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid. (1Co.6:9) Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, (10) nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (11) And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God. The Lord through Paul said that Jesus is separated from sinners in (Heb.7:26) For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens. Those who justify themselves in their sin, by saying that we are all just sinners saved by grace, will not obtain mercy through our High Priest. It says in (Pro.28:13) He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy. David said that sinners would be separated from among the righteous and would be judged in (Psa.1:1) Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers. (5) Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. If we believe the deceiver's gospel that we are always going to be sinners instead of “made free from sin,” then that is what we will have. Jesus said, “As thou hast believed, [so] be it done unto thee” and “According to your faith be it done unto you.” It is important that we believe exactly what the Word says. It is important that we see the Biblical Jesus in the mirror and not “another Jesus” of man's making (2Co.11:4). If in the mirror, we are looking at the humanistic Jesus preached most often today, then that is the only image we can come into. This is a Jesus who has no power. Does the Jesus in your mirror have power over sin and the curse? Does He have power to minister healing, deliverance, and provision? If so, then that is what He will be able to do through you. Now let's go to (Col.1:21) And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, (22) yet now hath he reconciled (Greek: “exchanged”) in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him: (23) if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel which ye heard… (I.e. the original Gospel). We are now reconciled because of the cross if we continue in the faith, unwavering from the true Gospel. The Greek word translated “reconciled” here means “exchanged.” On the cross, Jesus exchanged His life, blessings, and power for our old life, curse, and weakness. Our old life and its penalty, the curse, are on the cross, and now Christ lives in us. God exchanges us to present us holy and without blemish, to deliver us from our past evil works. The Christ, Who is blessed with righteousness and power, will exercise sovereignty through us because He lives in us. We are now ministers of this reconciliation (2Co.5:18-21). In other words, it is our job to administer the exchange to those who believe so that other people are saved from sin, healed, delivered, and provided for. This is the great commission. The curse is enumerated in Deuteronomy 28, and it covers everything bad that happens to man as a result of breaking God's laws. Jesus bore this curse so that we would have authority over it, both in our own lives and in the lives of others who believe. (Gal.3:13) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us… (14) that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus… Jesus became the curse, and now we who believe have the “blessing of Abraham.” He was blessed in all things (Gen.24:1). The exchange was accomplished at the cross but will be manifested as we apply the Gospel by faith to the curse. Before the fall, Adam lived in the Garden of Eden with no sickness, corruption, or lack of any kind. Look around you. The curse is manifested in all of the creation because of the fall. In His life and in His death, Jesus destroyed the curse. He passed on this ministry to His disciples, and they were commanded to pass it on to their disciples, and on down to us (Mat.28:19-20). Eventually this Gospel was totally corrupted by religion so that what was passed on was a form of godliness that denies the power thereof (2Ti.3:5). The Holy Spirit empowers those who have received Him to come into all that Christ is. Paul prays in Ephesians, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strong to apprehend (not comprehend as some translations say.) with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God (Eph.3:16-19). The full scope of Christ, His breadth, length, height, depth, and love, was provided to us through faith. Christ is to be “apprehended” by faith as we are empowered by God's Spirit, “that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.” Does it seem too good to be true? “Gospel” means “good news.” I did not write the Word, I just believe it. Do not let religion stop you, brothers and sisters. Believe it and accept what God says is yours in Christ! Notice the phrase “the fulness of God.” If, as Genesis 1 says, each seed brings forth after its own kind, then what seed has been sown in us? First, by our parents, we were all born of the seed of fallen humanity. Then, according to the second parable of the sower in Mat.13:24,27,32, the seed sown of Jesus in Greek is sperma, “sperm”. That seed of the Word is not the seed of man, but Jesus who is God. In (Joh.1:1)…The Word was God. (Joh.3:6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (7) Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew (Greek: “from above”). When Jesus told the Jews that He was the Son of God, they tried to stone Him, saying, Thou, being a man, makest thyself God (Joh.10:33). They knew that if God had a son, He would be God, also. (Joh.10:34) Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? (35) If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken) (36) say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God? In the original language, there were no capital or lower case letters for words such as “gods” or “spirit.” Jesus was saying that the Jews, who had received the Old Testament Word of the letter, were by position gods. How much more then are we who have received the New Testament Word of the Spirit? We are gods, not in the flesh for that is the seed of man, but in the spirit for that is the seed of God. Jesus said, “The words that I have spoken unto you are spirit.” Since each seed brings forth after its own kind, the son of a dog is dog, the son of a man is man, and the son of God is god. The more of God's seed that we give good earth to, the more God manifests Himself in us. We read in (Rom.1:3) concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, (Jesus was Son of man in the flesh.) (4) who was declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness (Son of God in the spirit), by the resurrection from the dead; [even] Jesus Christ our Lord. We, as Jesus, are son of man in the flesh but son of God in the spiritual man. (Heb.2:17) Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren… Jesus was made like us in everything. (18) For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor (Greek: “come to the aid of “) them that are tempted. As Son of man, Jesus knew temptation and is therefore able to help us. Our Jesus is the “only begotten (or born) Son of God,” and we are reborn sons of God through Him. Now let's go to (Eph.4:11-13) And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers (The Nicolaitan error [Rev.2:6,15] teaches that some of these ministries are done away with, but the Word says no such thing. The five-fold ministry is:); for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. Wow, we are to grow into the fullness of Christ.  All of His righteousness and ministry, are provided for us. The apostate church tells us that this stature is unattainable because they count on man's ability, not God's. They are saying that God is unable or unwilling to completely save us from the power of sin and corruption. (Heb.7:25) Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost (Greek: “completely”) them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. I can hear some say, “David, I do not see any of these people around. How can this be?” First of all, without a mind completely renewed by the Word, we could not discern them. Jesus was discerned by very few as being in the fullness of God. The leaders of Israel did not recognize Him. Even His disciples questioned Him: Peter rebuked Him, and Thomas doubted Him. Secondly, He has saved the best wine for last. (2Th.1:10) When he shall 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. Paul believed there was a day coming when the saints would have grace to believe His teaching and manifest Jesus. This declares that the Lord would come when this happens. His crop has come to maturity, ready for the harvest. (11) To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power; (12) that the name (Greek: “character and authority”) of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. God's grace, through the faith of the saints, will manifest the character and authority of Jesus in preparation for His work and His coming. The prophet Joel declares full restoration of all that the curse and religion have taken from God's people. (Joel 2:23) Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he giveth you the former (or early) rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month]. (24) And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil (bearing much anointed fruit). (25) And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. These insects represent the curse on God's crop or His people, which was to motivate them towards His salvation. God said the early and latter rain would restore His people from the years of tribulation. This rain was identified in Joel 2:28-29 as the outpouring of the Spirit on God's people. Peter quotes Joel 2:28-29, declaring that the outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost was a fulfillment of this prophecy. (Act.2:16) But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel: (17) And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams. The “former rain” of the Spirit came “in the last days” of the Old Testament people of God, and the “latter rain” will come “in the last days” of the New Testament people of God. This former rain came to the Jews that believed, to restore them after a great falling away, and then it was passed on to the Gentiles. Those disciples, who received that power of the Spirit, walked as Jesus walked and did His works. The pagans called them “Christians,” meaning “Christ-like.” There is little evidence to convict many of that today, but the story is not over. For almost 2,000 years, only a few have been partakers of the former rain. The latter rain will come to believers, to restore the fallen Church to Christlikeness, and then it passes on to the Jews. When will the latter rain come? Both the Jews and the Church have fallen away from what was given in the Gospels and Acts for 2,000 years. The Spirit of God says in (Hos.5:15) I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly. This is clear that the Lord left Israel and the Church to their own self-will and false leadership. In the midst of affliction, which has already begun, there will be repentance. His people will say, (Hos.6:1) Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (2) After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. (3) And let us know, let us follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth. The Lord will come as the latter rain. The Holy Spirit will manifest in those who receive Jesus Christ. We see, on the morning of the third day, the latter rain outpouring will come to empower and restore after a two-day (2,000 year) falling away period. What are these two days, and when is the morning of the third day? Peter writes in (2Pe.3:8) But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Having read the writings of the early Church fathers, I can tell you that they commonly believed in the 1,000-year prophetic day and that after six of these days, from the beginning, the end time would come. The Hindus, Muslims, and the Jews also believed this. Gibbon in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire said that the early Christians believed this. I have found in the Scripture over a dozen astounding revelations, using the 1,000-year days, pointing to this time in which we live. The Bible is laid out in seven prophetic 1,000-year days. These days are always numbered from the creation of the first Adam, or the birth of the “last Adam”, Jesus Christ (1Co.15:45). There were 4,000 years, or four days, between the Adams. Since the days of Jesus, the calendar has been tampered with extensively, but most believe we have come to the morning of the third day or the beginning of the third 1,000 years from the last Adam's birth. It is also the morning of the seventh day, or the beginning of the seventh 1,000 years from the first Adam. This is when the end time begins, and God finishes His work. (Gen.2:2) And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. According to this type, God is about to finish His new creation work on this morning of the seventh day, also called the third day in some types, and rest. This soon coming latter rain outpouring will restore the true believers to the holiness, power, and ministry of Jesus. As Solomon said, That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done (Ecc.1:9). What happened with the former rain in Acts will also happen in the latter rain acts of our day. The apostate people of God will fight against this move of the Spirit and be rejected. The persecuted, Spirit-filled remnant will, by signs and wonders bring revival to lovers of truth worldwide. The former rain was first offered to Israel, but as many blasphemed, it was given to the Gentiles. The latter rain will first be given to the Church, but when many blaspheme, it will be given to a remnant of Israel. I thank my God that by His grace I was not stubborn but received His early rain. By it, I have been given a miraculous life of God's provision, but the latter rain will be far greater. Praise God! Do all believers have the former or early rain of the Holy Spirit? Jesus said to His disciples, Ye who have followed me, in the regeneration (Mat.19:28). Regeneration comes from the Greek word meaning “new birth.” The disciples were born again but did not have the Holy Spirit because Jesus told them, He abideth with you, and shall be in you (Joh.14:17). He later told them, But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses… unto the uttermost part of the earth (Act.1:8). When the Spirit comes, we receive the power needed to be witnesses of Jesus. The disciples were called Christians by the lost because they did the works of Jesus. The apostate church of our day has separated many from this infilling power by saying that all who are born again automatically have the Holy Spirit. Obviously, Jesus did not teach this, nor did the disciples teach it later. Paul did not believe it. (Act.19:1)… Paul… found certain disciples: (2) and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they [said] unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was [given]. These disciples had not experienced the infilling of the Spirit. (6) And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. Why would believers need prayer to receive the Spirit if it was automatic? As with every New Testament case, they knew when they received the Spirit from the signs and gifts. We have another example in (Act.8:14) Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: (15) who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit: (16) for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. (17) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Baptized believers did not receive the Holy Spirit until the Apostles came and prayed for them. Our spirit must be born again before the Holy Spirit will come to dwell in it. The lost cannot receive the Spirit for Jesus said, The Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive (Joh.14:17). The promise of the covenant is clear that those who have “a new spirit” can have “My Spirit.” It says in (Eze.36:26) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. (27) And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them. When God's Spirit comes to dwell in our born-again spirit, He will empower you to obey the Word. Jesus had two spirits, a born-again, human spirit and the Holy Spirit, or Spirit of God. When we are saved, we receive a born-again spirit in His image called the “Spirit of Christ.” Only then are we capable of receiving the “Spirit of God” into the holy, born-again temple for power. Notice the clear difference between these two states. (Rom.8:9) But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. (The Spirit of God empowers us to be spiritual.) But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. If we do not have the Spirit of Christ we are not born-again. (10) And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. The Spirit of Christ does not empower our fallen body but gives us His Spirit of life. (11) But if the Spirit of him (God) that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you. When we receive the Spirit of God, He empowers and gives life to our bodies as He did with Jesus. We see an example of this with the woman who had an issue of blood in (Mar.5:30) And straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power [proceeding] from him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments? This is the power of the Spirit of God coming out of Jesus' body to heal. We read in (Act.5:32) And we are witnesses of these things; and [so is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him. Obey, dear friend, and receive. If you are born-again, ask God for His Spirit. (Luk.11:13) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? God only gives the Holy Spirit to those who belong to Him. (Act.2:18) Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. With this power of the latter rain anointing, God is going to completely destroy the curse of sin and death in the most faithful of His people. (1Co.15:51) Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Notice that we shall all be changed at the last trump, which is at the end of the Tribulation when God takes over the world. (Rev.11:15) And the seventh angel sounded (last trumpet); and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever. Who are these people who will not die but be changed at the last trumpet? The Bible says ‘all that sin will die.' (Eze.18:4,20)… The soul that sinneth, it shall die… Jesus told His disciples that they would have to lose their life to find life. (Mat.16:25) For whosoever would save his life (or soul) shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life (or soul) for my sake shall find it. The Greek word for “life” in this verse is psuche or “soul.” Our soul is our mind, will, and emotions. Jesus was saying we must lose our fleshly mind, will, and emotions to gain our spiritual mind, will, and emotions. Even though all of God's elect will lose their lives, all will not physically die. Some will be changed without dying because they have already put their old life to death. (Rom.8:6) For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. Those with the mind of the flesh must die so that the mind of the Spirit can live. Everyone who has not overcome sin in the mind, will, and emotions must die. (Rom.6:23) For the wages of sin is death… Sin must be overcome before physical death can be overcome. Jesus died to empower us to lose our old life, to gain His life, and to have a blood covering so we would be accepted during the process. This process can be finished in a fruit-bearing disciple, at physical death, should he not completely crucify the old life while still alive. This process can also be finished in this life as we die to self through faith in what Jesus did at the cross. There is no curse of death in the Bible on those who do not sin. Enoch and Elijah symbolize these people who will not die because they walk by faith in God. Jesus overcame in His first body so that He could do it in His second body, which is made up of those believers who take up their crosses. He abolished all of the old life, even the last enemy, death. (2Ti.1:10)… Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. After God abolishes the rule of the beast, harlot, and the old life over His people, death will be abolished. (1Co.15:24) Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. (25) For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. (26) The last enemy that shall be abolished is death. One enemy in power that rules over God's people is the old life of flesh. (Rom.8:7) Because the mind of the flesh is enmity (enemy) against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. Jesus conquered these enemies for us at the cross, but we must walk by faith to see it manifested. The resurrection and rapture, both of which abolishes death, are at the end, when He will have abolished all other rule over His people, not seven years before the end while these still reign. Jesus said, I will raise him up in the last day (Joh.6:44), or at the last day (39). There is one more resurrection of the righteous dead at the end so all are included (Rev.20:4; 1Co.15:22-24). The rapture happens at that same time (1Th.4:15-17). Now let's go to (Joh.11:25) Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live (resurrection); (26) and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die… If the first part of this sentence is speaking of physical death, certainly the last part is. In order to prove the power of God's salvation, He will restore in these last days the faith to believe that Jesus abolished sin and death. Then some will escape death. (Heb.11:5) By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God. The faith to be an overcomer will be restored by the latter rain. (2Th.1:10) When he shall 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. When will these things happen? Jesus gave us a clear clue in a type and shadow in (Mat.16:28)… there are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Notice He said that some who stand “here” will not die till they see the coming of the Lord. Where is “here”? In type, they stood before the end of six days, or 6,000 years, which is proven by the next verse. (Mat.17:1) And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: (2) and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light. Some alive today will see the coming of the Lord because we just passed the end of six days, or 6,000 years. We are now “after six days,” on the morning of the seventh day, when Peter, James, and John saw the coming of the Lord in His glorified body. In type, three disciples saw the coming of the Lord without dying. Peter, James, and John, who were the closest disciples to the Lord, and also prefigured we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord (1Th.4:15). The two witnesses represent the martyrs who are resurrected at the last trump (Rev.11:12,15). These two groups account for the resurrection and rapture at the coming of the Lord, fulfilling the Word. Now I'd like to share some revelations with you.     Just a Closer Walk with Thee Anonymous (David's notes in red) In my dream, my husband and I were given some sort of tour. (Our walk through this world.) When we were in a particular room I became interested in the floor tile. I seemed to forget about everyone else. I seemed fixated with the tile. (God has drawn you to be interested in how and where you walk.) It was dull looking and had a film build-up. But I kept trying to see past the film. (Wanting to see the true walk without all the buildup and corruption of the past.) I looked and there was a white dab of what looked like polish and then I looked again and saw a long piece of material that looked like the wrap-around tie of a terry robe. (This symbolizes girding yourself with the majesty and strength of the Lord. Psa.93:1 Jehovah reigneth; he is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith... With this terry cloth girdle you can wash the disciples feet or cleanse their walk. Joh.13:4 He riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments; and he took a towel, and girded himself. Many towels are made of terry cloth. 5 Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. ...14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.) I took the material and began to rub the polish into the tile. It became very shiny and I was pleased to see that it indeed was beautiful. (A glimpse of the true walk with Jesus.) Then I found myself seated in an auditorium of some sort. I was smiling, looking around, and observing everyone. There was a young girl seated beside me on my right (This is your spiritual, born-again man who Jesus places as a sheep on the right) and a woman about my age on my left. (This is your natural man who is like a goat to the left.) I saw that the young girl had a portable radio with her and I believe I remember she was listening to the radio through earphones. (This was hearing the voice of the spirit which cannot be heard by the natural man.) As I looked around I realized that other people were also carrying a portable radio. There was what looked like a helicopter or some sort of vessel that was parked up above and across from me on the opposite side of the auditorium. (Flying vessels represent those who overcome the world.) I could see the occupants inside the vessel clearly. There was a young girl seated with an older woman inside. I smiled at both of them. The young girl was wearing an army helmet. (The helmet of salvation. Your spiritual man is ready to go to war with the enemy after overcoming the world.) She was obviously filled with excitement. She kept a broad smile on her face and could not sit still. (Overcoming the world by conquering the enemy is exciting and joyous.) This young girl looked at me and mouthed the words, “Thank you”. I wondered why she was thanking me, when I realized that she was wearing my helmet. I wondered how she had come to have it. (It is you who gives authority to your spiritual man to conquer and overcome the mind of flesh.) I asked the young girl seated on my right if she had given my helmet to the girl in the vessel and she told me she had. (The spiritual man had put on the armor of Christ.) Seeing how full of excitement the young girl in the vessel was, I remembered to myself how excited I had been when I had gotten my helmet. (A helmet is to protect the mind from the thought attacks of the enemy.) I looked and noticed that the girl seated on my right was dozing. (The spiritual man rests in the power and works of the Lord.) I observed her and continued to take in the place, when the older woman seated with the young girl in the vessel got my attention and nodded towards the young girl on my right and said, “She is asleep.” I looked at the girl again and answered the woman, with, “Yes, she is asleep, but, only lightly sleeping; she is still listening”. (Spiritual rest can only be accomplished by hearing the voice of the Word of the Lord.) The woman seemed displeased and shook her head. (…The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; they are foolishness unto him…. 1Co.2:14.) I ignored it and continued to look around. I seemed to know that she was okay and there was no need for concern. Then a man appeared in the center of the auditorium. He was holding an open bible in his hand. He said he was about to teach us the real truth. (The truth is the only thing that will guard your mind, conquer your enemy, and set you free from this world.) At that point, I lowered my head and blocked everything and everyone out except the voice of the speaker. I said to myself something like, “I hope he is teaching the truth.” or “I had to ensure that he would be teaching the truth.” (Yes, we must be careful that he is speaking the truth or we will be deceived and polluted with the earthbound ideologies of men.)     Feed on the Word, Christ in You  William Steenland - May or June 2013 I dreamed I was at a huge white table, a huge feast, a celebration. I looked to my left and right there were people fellowshipping and laughing together and rejoicing. (The Marriage Feast of the bread and wine or the body and blood or Word and nature of Jesus.) It was a great and happy event. I was eating out of a huge white bowl; there was meat and potatoes and rice all in a bowl. I ate it very fast and when I was done, I took my white handkerchief and placed it over the top of the empty bowl. I was still hungry and wanted more food. I looked down at the end of the table. I was at the opposite end looking down at the head of the table. It was Jesus or at least I thought it was Jesus. The man at the end of the table kept changing. I looked with a puzzled look on my face, as Jesus changed from Jesus to my friend Ernie Miller and then back to Jesus, then to Albert Golt, and then back to Jesus. (If you feed on the Word, you turn into Jesus. :o) I said to Jesus, “Can I have some more food?'' He just looked at me with loving, kind look, the way you would look at a naive child who needs a lot of help, wisdom and understanding. He had a pleased look on his face. It was a look of love, peace and joy. He had a lot of knowledge in His eyes and He knew more about me than I knew and about my future, too. He nodded His head up and down to my question as if to say ‘yes.' I suddenly looked down at the bowl with the white handkerchief and took the handkerchief away and the bowl was full again! I began to eat and eat. I was interrupted by a group of black beings at another table (demons). They said, “Hey, we're going to come over there!” I said, “That's not up to me. You have to ask the man who paid for the feast”. (Jesus gave it all.) They then said, “Hey, come over here! We want you to come over here”. I said, “No”. I didn't want to go over there. They said, “Hey, let's switch”. (The demons want you to feed on their word so you won't turn into Jesus and won't be a threat to them.) I said, “That's not my decision to make. I didn't pay for the banquet or meal”. They were persistent with the questions and the one who stood up was angry with me that I was at this table, but I didn't leave. I knew enough not to go over there with them. 1Co.10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ? 17 seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we are all partake of the one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar? 19 What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? Is anything more important to us than doing the will of God? 20 But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons. 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?     More Light For More Christ Anonymous - 08/19/2007 (David's notes in red) I had this dream and I saw myself in a white room; the ceiling was very high. (The house is the house of the Lord.) There were white stairs with gold banisters on them. (The staircase represents Jacob's ladder [Hebrew: staircase] to heaven and represents following in the steps of Jesus as “the way” [Gen.28:12; Jn.1:51].) I saw a fair lady and she looked to me to be pregnant. (The pregnant woman represents the woman church of Rev. 12 who is pregnant with the fruit of Christ.) She had the keys to unlock the door above the ceiling. As she was climbing to unlock that door, she told me that I could only enter that door above my head until I changed the bulb (a very huge round fluorescent bulb with white light), otherwise, I would not be permitted to enter through that door in the ceiling. (The key is the key of knowledge and the light is the light of understanding that we need to go through the door to the next level which is Christ fully birthed in us. The first-fruits of these will be the man-child.) She came down. (The pregnant woman represents those believers whose sphere of authority stayed below the door.) She seemed to be the keeper of that door and keeping records. I started to climb those white stairs which were very steep and very high. The floor of that room was quite small when I was up there. Of course, no room in reality is made at this height. When you looked down, it looked quite frightening so you can imagine the height. I am not a height person myself and surely it was only by the grace of God I was able to climb up those steep white stairs holding those golden banisters by faith. (Our hands represent our works, which must be holding on to those things that represent the highest heavenly value of gold and must be increasingly more heavenly as in climbing the staircase.) When I reached the ceiling, I had to leave those banisters and reach for the light to change that bulb. It was not easy because that light was situated at the center of the room. It was only by His grace that I managed to balance myself without the banister and change that light quickly. (By grace we will be balanced enough to go to the next understanding level and manifest Christ.) The light was a blinding white light. Then I entered into open heaven through that door.     Ancient Man-child and Bride Seen Again K. H. - 07/06/2008 (David's notes in red) My mom and I were house-sitting for my grandparents, but it was at a different house than they live in right now. The setup was very similar to what they have now but the arrangement of the rooms was different and all of the rooms were a little larger. They also had this enormous and luscious garden in the backyard; it was absolutely breathtaking. I was given a list of things that needed to be done while they were gone and I was given another list to do to prepare for their return. I knew that I had a week, seven days, to do all the things on the list so I wasn't worried about it. I knew that it would get done but to my surprise, my grandparents came home a week early. When my grandpa saw that the house and the garden weren't ready for their return, he became upset. I just kept telling him that I was so sorry; I thought that I had another week and told him that I would get everything done. Then, I saw myself going down the list, one by one, and getting everything done with the help of other brethren. My mom and I talked about how once again the Lord reminded us that we need to be diligent in preparing for the coming times. Also, my grandpa coming home early and finding his house wasn't prepared for his return, I believe, is a warning for the body of Christ to be prepared for His return. This speaks of the return of the ancient Bride and Groom as they were almost 2000 years ago. Their house, the Man-child and Bride of our day, need to be ready for their return, not at the end of the 70th week but at its beginning. Many post-trib saints are not expecting this pre-trib appearance of Jesus in an Epiphaneia, or His shining forth from His saints. Jesus will be manifested in His Man-child company through His Word and Anointing that will live in them. His Bride will be manifested in a modern-day body, as she was then, full of power and holiness. Won't it be awesome? Joh 14:12-14  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.  13  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  14  If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do. Eph 3:19-21  and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.  20  Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,  21  unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

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Become a Distance to Empty subscriber!: https://www.patreon.com/DistancetoEmptyPod Get some free DTE Swag by supporting out sponsors!⁠⁠https://janji.com/pages/distance-to-empty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and be sure to select 'podcast' > 'Distance to Empty' on the post purchase "How did you hear about Janji" page. Thank you!Check out Mount to Coast here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mounttocoast.com/discount/Distance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Code IRON at www.goodranchers.com and mention us in the post purchase survey!Lindsey Dwyer: Cleaning Up the Mess at Cocodona 250Middle school PE teacher by day, 250-mile ultrarunner by... well, by 72 hours and 48 minutes straight. Lindsey Dwyer joins the show fresh off a 5th-place finish at Cocodona 2026 — a full seven hours faster than her debut the year before, with nearly four of those hours saved just by spending less time loitering at aid stations.In this conversation, Lindsey breaks down what it actually takes to come back to a race and "clean it up": the rookie mistakes she refused to repeat (no more fun-runs in a dust storm the day before), racing against the sunrise for her B-goal, and why she sets A-goals she only expects to hit half the time. She talks candidly about battling her asthma through smoke-choked air, losing her voice for the entire second half, and gutting out two pacer-less night sections — including a lonely, viewless summit of Mount Elden at mile 230 where her sister's midnight phone calls kept her moving.We also get into her training philosophy (big volume, reluctant strength work, lots of zone two), the growing pains of going from self-coached to working with Coach Leo Perschel, how she squeezes altitude and heat training around a teacher's three personal days a year, her Rio del Lago course record, a top-20 at UTMB, and what's next at the Mammoth 200.Plus: breakfast tacos with HEB tortillas, why the pack is the one piece of gear you can't get wrong, and whether Lindsey has found her distance to empty. (Spoiler: not even close.)

So how many times have you heard the sentence, "סמוך עליי, trust me, everything will be okay"? Guy explains the סמוך culture. Hear the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon   New Words and Expressions: Lismoch al mishehu – To trust someone, to count on someone – לסמוך על מישהו Tismoch alai, smoch alai – Trust me (m.) – תסמוך עליי, סמוך עליי Tismechi alai, smechi alai – Trust me (f.) – תסמכי עליי, סמכי עליי Tismechoo alai, smechoo alai – Trust me (pl.) – תסמכו עליי, סמכו עליי "Yalkoot ha-kzavim" – Tall tales collection – ילקוט הכזבים Al tid'ag, smoch – Don't worry, count on me – אל תדאג, סמוך Tarboot ha-smoch – The 'smoch' culture – תרבות הסמוך Shkivot smicha – Push-ups – שכיבות סמיכה Samchoot – Authority – סמכות Samchoot horit – Parental authority – סמכות הורית Mismach – Document – מסמך Simoochin – Evidence, reference – סימוכין Lehasmich mishehu – To authorize someone to do something – להסמיך מישהו Hasmacha – Authorization, certification – הסמכה Moosmach – Authorized, licensed – מוסמך Achot moosmechet – Registered nurse – אחות מוסמכת   Playlist and Clips: Jane Bordeaux – Tismoch Alai (lyrics) Static & Eden Ben-Zaken – Ha-peshah ha-mooshlam (lyrics) Shemtov Levy – Yachol Lihyot She-zeh Nigmar (lyrics) Lahakat Ha-Gadna – Smoch al ha-doda Shkivot Smicha Michal Daliot – Samchoot – Authority Achot moosmechet – Registered nurse Makor Rishon newspaper about the book yalkoot ha-kzavim Ep. no. 23 HEB about the imperative Ep. no. 24 HEB about yihiye beseder, it will be just fine Ep. no. 30 HEB about hafif

In 2004, Joey Shamah and his partner launched a cosmetics company built on an idea that made almost no sense:Sell high-quality makeup for just $1.At the time, high quality beauty products were supposed to be expensive. The biggest brands spent fortunes on celebrity endorsements, glossy ads, and premium shelf space.And every major retailer told Joey the same thing:Your idea will never work.But Joey believed he'd found a wormhole in the beauty business: spend money on the product, not fancy packaging, marketing, or celebrity endorsements. Then, pass those savings on to your customers. The brand grew slowly, but Joey knew he was onto something when a bizarre rumor spread that Bloomingdale's was buying e.l.f. and raising prices. Within days, the tiny company went from a few hundred orders a week to 18,000 orders a day.What followed was a journey from a scrappy warehouse operation in New Jersey to one of the most disruptive brands in the beauty business.You'll learn:The surprising economics behind $1 lipstickWhy retailers initially rejected e.l.f.How a single magazine mention launched e.l.f.'s online businessThe retail insight that unlocked national expansionHow a false rumor generated 18,000 orders a dayThe emotional toll of a $225 million acquisition that collapsed at the eleventh hour Timestamps:00:10:28 — How to make (decent) makeup for just $100:18:35 — The dollar stores say no00:24:32 — Glamour comes calling, and e.l.f has 30 days to build a website00:38:27 — The question from a Target buyer that leaves Joey speechless 00:39:56 — The H-E-B test that proves everyone wrong00:46:36 — “That's news to me!” The viral rumor that sends Joey back to China 00:59:42 — Scaling to tens of millions in revenue01:07:15 — “It was crushing.” The L'oreal sale that never happened 01:12:02 — After e.l.f: Joey stops watching House of Cards and gets back to businessThis episode was produced by Carla Esteves with music composed by Ramtin Arablouei.It was edited by Neva Grant with research by Olivia Rockman. Our audio engineer was Patrick Murray. Follow How I Built This:Instagram → @howibuiltthisX → @HowIBuiltThisFacebook → How I Built ThisFollow Guy Raz:Instagram → @guy.razYoutube → guy_razX → @guyrazSubstack → guyraz.substack.comWebsite → guyraz.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.