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Missions Update I want to begin this morning with a missions update from our partners in India. We support two couples, Tia and Atula and Murry and Louivani. They have a two-fold mission. First they train up students in a seminary and provide them training for the pastorate and the mission field. Recently they have moved their seminary from Bagalore which is the tech capital of the world to a more strategic spot in the north called Nagaland. It’s a little different up here. The reason they moved their seminary is because there is access to the neighboring countries, Mynmar, Bangladesh, Butan. Their seminary is in the city but they can, in a relatively short period of time, reach into the tribes and minister to them. This a mix of spiritism anamism, budhism, muslim and hindu. It’s an incredible opportunity. They recently purchased a plot of land for a seminary and we have been saving to give toward this project so we were able to give $40,000 toward this facility and we are so excited to be partners with them. You or I would have a hard time getting into some of these countries, but many of the students and graduates are either from these countries or are going there as missionaries. We are so thankful to be in partnership with them. Please pray for them as they work so hard for the Lord. Introduction Have you ever been confronted by someone and you know the message is true but you refuse to admit it. In fact, you MUST NOT confess it because the implications are too overwhelming. Let me give you an example in my own life. We built an extra room onto the side of our house a few years ago. My wife and I had agreed on the design. So I’m framing up the walls and I’m really exciting that I’m making good progress. I’m efficient, I’m being incredibly productive. I’m flying. Lisa had been gone running some errands and couldn’t wait to show her how much progress I had made. So she comes in and I can tell by the look on her face something’s wrong. I hate that look. And sure enough she says, “Well, that’s not going work. We need another window right here." And I could feel my emotional zeal for life getting sucked out of my soul like a tornado. So I objected,”What do you mean you don’t like it? What’s not to like? Why do we need another window?" And then she gave me some reasons. Well: It would be more symmetrical. It would let in more light. It would give the room a more open feel. Now if you were to stop me right there. Objectively speaking, do you agree with her points. I would have said yes to all three, an emphatic yes. I actually love windows. Here’s what I said: I mean, symmetry? It’s is all a matter of perspective. Symmetrical to what? Sometimes asymmetrical looks better. Let in more light? There’s giant trees shading the whole yard. That’s not going to let it more light? What do you mean open feel? Define open. The ceilings are vaulted and 15 feet high. How much more open can you get? The insanity! I agreed with her and yet I communicated disagreement. Why? Because I didn’t like the implication of her being right. If she’s right than I’ve got to tear down and and rebuild and I don’t want to. Now in the end, I confessed. She smiled. And the room looks awesome. Now it’s one thing to have to tear out a few studs and rebuild a partial portion of a single wall; it’s one thing to swallow a bit of pride and lose an hour or so of my life. Not so big a deal. But it’s another thing entirely to realize that your entire life, everything you have worked so hard for, has been built upon the wrong foundation. To realize that every stud you’ve laid, every nail you’ve pounded, every ounce of energy you’ve invested, every dollar you spent, everything - 100% of it needs to be tore out. Why? Because the entire foundation of you life is incorrect. It needs to be jackhammered out, hauled to the dump and you need to reform and repour the whole thing. Everything you have been living for has been a complete waste. That, my friends, EVEN IF YOU ARE 100 percent convinced, is not easy to admit. You see, this is why many cannot come to Jesus Christ. Not because they don’t have enough evidence, not because they suspect the evidence is untrue. The real issue - and it operates mostly on the level of the subconscious - is that they don’t like the implications of the evidence. In our passages last week Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” If you accept that, if you believe that Jesus is in fact the ONLY source of TRUE LIFE, then that necessarily DEMANDS that things you’ve been chasing are NOT life.* The career, the girl, the family, the money, the glory, the degree, the job. These things are NOT life. If you admit that Jesus Christ is the source of LIFE, then you have to admit you’ve been wasting your life barking up the wrong tree. And that means we need to break out the jackhammer and break up the foundation upon which we’ve built our entire life. Today, all of us will be offended at some aspect of the message. This is maybe the most offensive chapter in all the Bible. So, if you aren’t offended, I probably haven’t done my job. But here’s the encouragement, if you can receive it, there’s life waiting for you. True life. Abundant life. Everlasting life. Review Let’s review. Last week we saw Jesus confronting the shallow interest of the crowds.He was confronting this shallow, genie-in-a-bottle interest in Jesus’ miracle working ability. They wanted Jesus to fill their belly, to add another couple zero’s on the end of their bank account. They didn’t want him. They only wanted what they could get from him. Jesus confronted this; you guys are all focused on the plane of your crude human needs. You need to stop looking for bread that perishes and instead work for the bread that never perishes. And the natural question is well, what is the bread that never perishes and how do I get it? What is the bread. Jesus says? I am the bread of life. John 6:40, “…everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” LIFE! Zoa. Jesus is claiming to be that life. And the way you get it is to believe. Believe who Jesus claims to be. Everything we read last week was the claim. What we are going to see this week and next week is the response. And here is what we are going to discover. This claim that Jesus is the bread of life come down from heaven is UNIVERSALLY OFFENSIVE. No human being who truly hears and understands what Jesus is saying accepts it without offense. Today we are going to look at five ways that Jesus’ offer to be the bread of life offends us and how we can move from offense to worship. So Jesus has just finished saying, “I am the bread of life”. Here’s the response from the religious leaders. Jesus is offering them eternal LIFE in himself; but in order to get the life you have to believe the claim. Jesus has them on the horns of a dilemma. Because on the one hand they cannot outright dismiss him. Why? He’s been healing people like crazy. He just multiplied bread and fish so as to feed 10,000 people. He’s healed the blind, lame, deaf. So they cannot dismiss him, but on the other hand, his claims are outright unbelievable, “I have come down from heaven?” Come on!? Now, they have to come up with some sort of explanation for what they see and hear but this is not it. Even though it doesn’t say it outright, I could guess at their explanation. Here’s a miracle worker; miracle workers in the Bible are prophets. They’ve got a category for that. That’s what made sense to them. Here’s a man, a regular homo-sapien, who has prophet-like access to God. That’s what my intuition tells me. But Jesus says. Nope. Here’s what’s really going on. I have come down from heaven. Just like we would say, “I’ve come down from McCall,” Jesus said, “I actually used to live in heaven. Now I live here on earth.”Jesus says, I came down from heaven. It’s a major focus of chapter 6. Look how many time the phrase is used in chapter 6. How could a man come down from heaven? That’s totally and completely counter-intuitive. Jesus says, your right. “I’m actually not a man.” God has given me power to raise the dead and judge the world. You see, I am a GOD-MAN. Well I wasn’t expecting that! How could a God-man look just like me? They definitely had an expectation about Messiah and it wasn’t this. If Jesus is who he claims, God come down from heaven, I certainly wouldn’t expect him to come this way. So normally. So undramatically. To Nazareth? Does anything good come out of Nazareth? My intuition tells me coming from heaven doesn’t work like that. But let me ask you, “Does that make it not true?” Just because something isn’t intuitive, doesn’t make it untrue. The theory of relativity is not intuitive - at all. Does that make it not true? Something that upsets our intuition and upsets our expectations is not evidence of it not being true. It’s just evidence that our intuition and expectations are incorrect. There are thousands of things that are counterintuitive but are still true. To refuse them on the basis that they upset intuition is to the epitome of pride because it makes conformity to intuition the definition of truth. I wouldn’t have expected Messiah to turn water into wine is a strange miracle to begin the public ministry of Jesus Christ. So be it. My expectations are wrong. Shall I be offended or learn from it? Humility is letting truth inform your intuition. In fact is often the act of upsetting expectations and intuitions that lead us to the truth. Before you became a Christian you might have had a way to explain Christian behavior. I know why religious people try to be moral. They are trying to work their way to heaven. But then you realize, nobody who is a true follower of Christ is trying to work their way to heaven. That counter-intuitive discovery will lead you to the truth. Jesus says, “I am the Bread of Life.” That claim offends our intuition. That’s our first point. In other words, when Jesus says, “I am the bread of life” our natural inclination is to say, thank you but no thank you. I don’t want that. When Jesus hears them grumbling about having come down from heaven he says, Now you think the first two were offensive. This, to many, is downright repugnant. What we are reading about here is what theologians call the doctrine of election. Election speaks to the divine force responsible BEHIND our CHOICE to submit to God. Or to state it more simply, “Who chooses God? Do you choose God or does God choose you?” This is a thorny question. You come at this question wrong and your liable to get poked and bleed. But if we’ve learned anything thus far in the sermon. Don’t trust your intuition and don’t assume it’s going to be like you expected. Do we really expect God to match our human intuitions? Don’t judge by the external appearance alone. If you watch any survival shows, you know that a barrel cactus can save your life in the desert because beneath the spiny exterior is a storehouse of life-giving water. The doctrine of election is like a spiny barrel cactus. Many will pass over it’s life giving water never knowing it’s even there. Some have heard that there is water inside, but get injured drinking it and then run away. But there are others who carefully listen to the instructions, pierce through that spiny exterior and the water is the sweetest, most satisfying, most nutritious, life-giving drink you could imagine and it quenches the thirsty soul. Here’s how the doctrine presents itself in the passage. The pharisees grumble at the claim that Jesus is from heaven. They don’t like it. And Jesus say, “Well that’s not surprising. That’s to be expected.” Why? Because no one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him. In other words, he’s saying, unless the Father draws you, you will never find me attractive. Without God working on your heart, you won’t ever want me. Paul says the same thing in Romans 3:10: What does this doctrine teach? It teaches that the problem with the human condition is broken desire. We want the wrong things. We love the wrong things. There is a fundamental inability. Now what is that inability in specifics. Let me illustrate. Imagine for a moment that I sit you down at a table and give you two choices. On your left you have toasted cream brule and on your right you have ground up worms and slugs. Which would you choose? Okay, maybe that was a fluke. Let’s run the experiment again. cream brule or the ground up worms and slugs? 1000 times out of a thousand. 10,000 times out of 10,000 you will never choose the worm compote. Why? Is the problem that you cannot eat the worm and slugs? It’s not that I can’t eat it; it’s that I can’t want it. That’s my problem. The inability is in the domain of desire. When Paul says, “the natural mind is hostile to God” or “no one comes to me unless the father draws him” he’s saying not saying they can’t come to God, he’s saying they can’t want to. Our unaffected desires never move toward God. What the Bible teaches is that for us to move toward God, he’s got to move toward us. And the form of that movement is the love of God being pressed upon our hearts. The love of the Father is prior. It’s aggressive. It pounces. I want to talk about two things here: order and cause. There’s an order and a cause. Both are important. The order is God FIRST, then us. God’s love was first. And then that initiating love CAUSED us to love him. It is because he FIRST loved us that we then love him. That’s what Jesus is saying here, “No one can come to me, unless the father draws him.” This is offensive. Why? Because it strips us of any reason we can be congratulated. We can’t take credit for our good choice. If you make a good investment, you can take credit for it. But if the stock company accidentally liquidates your investments and transfers it to another portfolio and it skyrockets, you can’t congratulate yourself. God drew you. Is that what you expected? - No. Is that intuitive? - No. But is true? Absolutely. Now you may say, “No I choose Christ. He didn’t choose me.” Well, fine. But be consistent. If you are the one who chooses him, how do you know that someday you will not unchoose him? You can’t have it both ways. How do you know that you won’t foul the whole thing up again? Adam was created perfect and fouled the whole thing up. How do you know you won’t foul the whole thing up again? You see, here’s the beauty of it. Here’s why this doctrine is sweet, life-giving water. Because if God is the one who draws you, he is also the one who will keep you. And he is the one who will raise you up on the last day. And that’s exactly what he says next. Now my intellect is being confronted. Here’s why Jesus is not okay with their grumbling. Their grumbling was dangerous. Our grumbling is dangerous. Maybe you are grumbling about the nature of election. Why is that bad? Because it presupposed that our brain is the ultimate court in which God gets sorted out. If we just discuss this long enough, through our intellect and talking the matter over…with enough thought, we can make sense of this. If I can’t make sense of it, if the supreme court of my brain can’t sort this thing out, then it cannot be true. Here is the severe warning. As long as we are content to remain, confident in our own ability, our own intellect, our own intuitive sense of how things ought to be we will never seek divine insight and intellect outside ourselves. As long as we are content to assess our experience and the meaning of our experience using our own methods, we cannot come to the Christ. This is an issue of authority. When there is a contradiction who wins. It does not make sense to my intuition. I don’t desire it. And I can’t understand it. Yet, Jesus says it’s true. Which one wins? This is what is at stake. Jesus says, “They will all be taught by God.” This is a paraphrase of Isaiah 54:13, addressed to the restored city of Jerusalem that the prophet foresees: ‘All your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children’s peace.’ It’s a picture of restored Jerusalem drinking in knowledge from the source of knowledge. Jesus, you tell me what is true. You know that feeling when you are talking to an expert in their field. And they start explaining something and your brain goes into record mode. I trust every word that comes out of his or her mouth. That’s the picture. Total authority. Absolute knowledge. You believe it because you trust it because it’s true. The bread of life insults our intuition, offends our desire, disregards our intelligence, and now offends our vitality. What is meant here. There is a certain amount of pride that we carry within us that relates to our sense of vitality. I’m young and pretty. I’m young and athletic. I hike. I bike. I’m an academic. I’m an artist. I raft. These are all evidences of vitality. Jesus says, “That’s cute. But your going to die.” This is a nod to how we began our message last week. We are all dying. We are all playing a game of who can keep the water cupped in our hands the longest. What we didn’t talk about was why? Why are we dying? Answer: because we are starving. If you stop eating food you don’t die instantly. It takes a little bit of time. But you do die eventually. It’s a slow process of starving the body of what it needs. And because we are not eating the spiritual bread of life, we are dying. Well, Jesus says, if you want to live forever, if you want to have eternal zoa, then you need to eat the bread of life. Now here’s is where the offense, turns to disgust which turns to revulsion. Now here’s our final point. This offer of life offends our intuition, our desire, our intellect, our vitality. And finally…. What in the world does Jesus mean that we need to eat his flesh and drink his blood? First off, obviously this is a metaphor. But he’s pressing here, isn’t he. Let’s go back to what he said earlier in the text. Jesus said, if you want to receive the bread of heaven, you can’t work to receive it. The one work that earns the bread of heaven is to confess that you can’t do anything to earn the bread of heaven. That’s what he’s saying. You have to receive it. You have to believe in it. That’s how you receive it. You receive it by believing it. But then when we get here in verses 53–59, we see Jesus continually using present-tense verbs having to do with feeding. It’s clear that to be a Christian means to be continually in a process of feeding on Christ. And the terms are very graphic. The idea, is that being a Christian is not something you can dabble in. You have to take it inside of you. Think about food. If you want food to sustain you, you can’t be independent of it. Their is real power for it to sustain you. But exists out here. And you will die unless you take in inside of you. And it gets dissolved down and actually becomes part of you. That energy now courses through your veins. Being a Christian means that Jesus Christ becomes part of you in that way. That’s where the metaphor is pointing. As post crucifixion Christians understand the imagery far better than they did then. Jesus’ body was broken for us. His blood was spilled for us. And so taking that into us, means accepting the substitutionary sacrifice. The imagery of the OT sacrificial lamb now makes all the sense in the world. Remember passover was at hand here. Remember the first passover. The angel of death was going to go throughout all the land of Egypt and destroy every firstborn male. But if you killed a lamb and put it’s blood which symbolized it’s life over the doorpost, that angel of death would passover. And what were you to do with the lamb itself. You were to eat it. And it’s life given for you would now enter into you and sustain your life. That’s the picture. Communion Could we do church today and not do communion? My goodness, no. We come to the table this morning, ready to symbolically eat the flesh and drink the blood. It confronts and offends at almost every level. It offends my intuition, my expectations, ability, intellect, vitality and my independence. Why would we ever do it? Answer: Because it is the path to everlasting zoa. Life exists in the person of Jesus Christ. It’s in him. You cannot be independent of Jesus and live. What Jesus is really focusing on here is SOURCE. Where is the source of life to be found? Jesus says, I live BECAUSE of the Father. You will only live BECAUSE of me. I am the SOURCE of life. And you have to take me in. Now I want to illustrate this principle. You probably learned in elementry school that all life on planet earth exists because of the sun. It is the source of life. Well animals eat the plants or other animals and the plants get their energy from the sun. Not only all life, but all power. Cars move around because of fossil fuels. What are fossil fuels? They are decomposed buried dead organism - things that used to be alive. We get electricity from hydroelectric plants. Where does the rain water that powers the giant turbines at the bottom of dams come from? Evaporation from the ocean which is from the sun. Solar panels from the sun. Windpower from heating and cooling that comes from the sun. If it moves, is heated, reproduces, eats, grows.. it’s all from the sun. Jesus Christ is claiming take it one step further. And the sun exists because of me. “I am the bread of LIFE.” I am the SOURCE of everything. You cannot be INDEPENDENT of me and live. If you live, you will live BECAUSE OF me. Just as the SUN is the source of all power and life on earth so the SON is the SOURCE of the SOURCE. I am the SOURCE of ETERNAL LIFE, both bios and zoa. Can you see what it means to make him your Bread? Something is your meat and drink. Something is what you are making a beeline for because you think that’s living. Is it him? Is it a personal relationship with him? If it isn’t it will spoil. It will not endure, and neither will you. Come and eat the Bread and labor for the Bread and take the Bread that endures to eternal life.

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"RING THE BELLS OF LIBERTY" Song Lyrics ©2020 Linette Rainville Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring, Ring, Ring! We are one Nation Under God … repeat 3x Ring out! Ring out! Let Freedom RESOUND! repeat 2x We the people will stand and defend Justice and Righteousness over our Land … repeat 2x The Father, Spirit and the Son, The Father, Spirit and the Son, The Father, Spirit and the Son Make way, make way here they come! Make way, make way here…they…come! Di-ng, Do-ng, Di-ng, Do-ng United we Stand, Divided we Fall … repeat 2x Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring, Ring, Ring... those BELLS… Come King Jesus, Reign over our Land ....repeat 3x Reign over... our... LAND! Word from November 28th 2020 Ring Out! Ring Out! This IS the 11th HOUR! I hear the Lord saying… now GO! I say again GO! RESOUND YOUR BELLS of LIBERTY! Day and night, Ring them on the 11th hour! ARISE my BRIDE and RING YOUR BELLS OF LIBERTY! Day and Night, Night and Day ring out and let my Spirit of TRUTH, and RIGHTEOUSNESS and LIBERTY be released Throughout your land. Stand, be STEADFAST, keep STANDING… Watch what I will do on your behalf! “Don’t doubt in the dark, what you have heard me say in the light.” I AM about to move and you MUST BE STEADFAST! I AM CALLING out to my Joshua’s and my Esther’s to Arise in my name. The mighty SWORD OF CHRIST JESUS, your warrior KING is about to be released! No man will be able to take credit for this, but I the Lord your God, Jehovah. Standfast! Watch and see what I HAVE DONE! Set your face like flint and walk BRAVELY in your circle, in your assignment and with the mantle I have given you for this moment. You MUST NOT doubt, you MUST NOT concede, but BELIEVE! BELIEVE THAT I HAVE BEEN WATCHING FROM MY MERCY SEAT. Believe that I have seen everything that has happened behind closed doors. NOW…I SHALL STAND. NOW I will proclaim the LIBERTY of this NATION that I have established. For I declare… America is NOT for SALE. Hamon WILL hang on the gallows. Goliath SHALL fall! Cyrus will fulfill the plans and purpose I have set for him. “Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced! Therefore, have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.. For He who gives Justice is near and will vindicate me.” Isaiah 50:7-8 For I now see that there IS a NATION within the Nation of America. One whose loyalty belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven and Christ her KING. Even unto death, I see you mighty subjects standing and fighting for the cause of Heaven. My Spirit of Unity is rising within you. Arise my Bride & Stand for LIFE, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, and IDENTITY as my CHRISTIAN NATION and as my Sons and Daughters. For the ALMIGHTY STANDS and is preparing to STRIKE... With LIMITLESS POWER! AMEN. Leading in Love, Linette Rainville Daughters United https://daughtersunited.org Linette@DaughtersUnited.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linette-rainville/message

RESOUND THE BELLS OF LIBERTY! Ring Out! Ring Out! This IS the 11th HOUR! Word from November 28th 2020 I hear the Lord saying… now GO! I say again GO! RESOUND YOUR BELLS of LIBERTY! Day and night, Ring them on the 11th hour! ARISE my BRIDE and RING YOUR BELLS OF LIBERTY! Day and Night, Night and Day ring out and let my Spirit of TRUTH, and RIGHTEOUSNESS and LIBERTY be released Throughout your land. Stand, be STEADFAST, keep STANDING… Watch what I will do on your behalf! “Don’t doubt in the dark, what you have heard me say in the light.” I AM about to move and you MUST BE STEADFAST! I AM CALLING out to my Joshua’s and my Esther’s to Arise in my name. The mighty SWORD OF CHRIST JESUS, your warrior KING is about to be released! No man will be able to take credit for this, but I the Lord your God, Jehovah. Standfast! Watch and see what I HAVE DONE! Set your face like flint and walk BRAVELY in your circle, in your assignment and with the mantle I have given you for this moment. You MUST NOT doubt, you MUST NOT concede, but BELIEVE! BELIEVE THAT I HAVE BEEN WATCHING FROM MY MERCY SEAT. Believe that I have seen everything that has happened behind closed doors. NOW…I SHALL STAND. NOW I will proclaim the LIBERTY of this NATION that I have established. For I declare… America is NOT for SALE. Hamon WILL hang on the gallows. Goliath SHALL fall! Cyrus will fulfill the plans and purpose I have set for him. “Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced! Therefore, have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.. For He who gives Justice is near and will vindicate me.” Isaiah 50:7-8 For I now see that there IS a NATION within the Nation of America. One whose loyalty belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven and Christ her KING. Even unto death, I see you mighty subjects standing and fighting for the cause of Heaven. My Spirit of Unity is rising within you. Arise my Bride & Stand for LIFE, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, and IDENTITY as my CHRISTIAN NATION and as my Sons and Daughters. For the ALMIGHTY STANDS and is preparing to STRIKE... With LIMITLESS POWER! AMEN. "RING THE BELLS OF LIBERTY" Song Lyrics ©2020 Linette Rainville Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring, Ring, Ring! We are one Nation Under God … repeat 3x Ring out! Ring out! Let Freedom RESOUND! repeat 2x We the people will stand and defend Justice and Righteousness over our Land … repeat 2x The Father, Spirit and the Son, The Father, Spirit and the Son, The Father, Spirit and the Son Make way, make way here they come! Make way, make way here…they…come! Di-ng, Do-ng, Di-ng, Do-ng United we Stand, Divided we Fall … repeat 2x Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring-Ring the Bells, of Liberty Ring, Ring, Ring... those BELLS… Come King Jesus, Reign over our Land ....repeat 3x Reign over... our... LAND! Leading in Love, Linette Rainville Daughters United https://daughtersunited.org Linette@DaughtersUnited.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linette-rainville/message

Alison McDowell's Story Alison McDowell is a mother and an independent researcher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She blogs at the intersection of race, finance, and technology at wrenchinthegears.com (http://wrenchinthegears.com/). What began as an effort to slow the privatization of public education in her city evolved into an investigation of globalized poverty management, euphemistically known as social impact investing. After spending several years researching predatory educational-technologies, Alison began to dig into a new form of capitalism - biocapitalism or stakeholder capitalism, where humans are transformed into data commodities. You'll Learn: How healthcare, housing, and education are being weaponized Who is turning schools into private for-profit data centres Why we MUST NOT allow the Fourth Industrial Revolution or "Great Reset" to happen How Silicon Valley and the "Elite" are converting the poor into profitable commodities What Agenda 21, Sustainable Development, and the World Economic Forum have in common The looming danger of stakeholder capitalism a.k.a. poverty management capitalism How the Internet of Things, 5G, cloud computing, blockchain and smart cities tie in together How the Technocrats are harvesting our children's biometric and behavioural data through virtual reality tech Why UNICEF doesn't want children to grow up in the natural/real world How doctors are being set up as the new jailers under the New Normal - and WHY ...and much, MUCH more. This has to be one of THE most disturbing - and yet IMPORTANT - interviews I've ever done. Humanity is in dire straits and this information is crucial if we are to prevent what's planned for us. Please subscribe, drop a review, and share this information widely. Thanks in advance for supporting the nascent emergence of deep human self-awareness - and the peace, truth, and beauty this will bring. Special Guest: Alison McDowell.

In our last few +1s, we’ve been Optimizing our Optimism.   After hanging out with some long-lived nuns, we spent some time with Marin Seligman (NOT SMOKING two packs a day) then we spent some time with Sonja Lyubomirsky (journaling on our awesome future lives).   Today I want to go back to Kate Hefferon’s textbook: Positive Psychology and the Body.   RIGHT AFTER the section in which Kate chats about the nuns, she shares some wisdom in a sub-section called “Caveat to optimism.”   Cue suspenseful music.   → Dun DUN DUNNN!!!   Here’s what Kate has to say: “As with most of the topics in positive psychology, we must take into consideration the alternative viewpoints. We need to be very open about the benefits and indeed the negatives when dealing with optimism in health. Optimism may cause individuals to persist at trying to control situations that are biologically uncontrollable, which may in turn lead to enhanced levels of distress, disappointment and depression. It may also cause us to forgo adoption of medical advice and treatment. Overall, the ‘cult of optimism’ and tyranny of positive thinking must not go unheeded. Kashdan and Rottenberg have argued that psychological flexibility is imperative in illness and health environments, enabling us to adapt to uncertain environments and outcomes and to better adjust to these.”   Ah!!   The “cult of optimism” and the “tyranny of positive thinking” MUST NOT go unheeded.   Which is why Gabriele Oettingen’s Rethinking Positive Thinking is one of my favorite books and why we come back to her wisdom again and again.   One more time: Science says, we MUST (!) embrace the constraints of reality and honestly appraise obstacles.    It also says that unmitigated good isn’t good.    Instead, we’d be wise to counterbalance our levity with the appropriate gravity to create optimal BUOYANCY!   When?   How about…   TODAY!!!

How do you give a great sacrament talk?  Maybe you're not a professional public speaker, or maybe you're just really uncomfortable in front of crowds. What can you do? This episode will walk you through 3 things you MUST NOT do and 3 things you MUST do! Listen to the full episode to find out all the details!  

How healthy are you? When most think of health, they think of it in terms of physical health.We see the shredded guy at the gym and assume he is the epitome of health. But prioritizing health and wellness means taking care of more than just the physical. We also need to consider our spiritual, emotional, financial, and relational wellbeing.In this episode, Mike and Jackie sit down and discuss the 5 areas of health that MUST NOT be ignored for us to become our best self. They share their tips and tricks to help set you top for success in all 5 areas. •••••••••••••••••••Mike & Jackie's Book recommendations:Physical HealthEat This, Not ThatSpiritual HealthWisdom Of SundaysEmotional HealthCare Package: A Path To Deep HealingFinancial HealthRich Dad, Poor DadSecrets of the Millionaire MindUnshakable: Your Financial Freedom PlaybookRelational HealthThe 5 Love Languages•••••••••••••••••••Thank you to all who are sharing this podcast and spreading the encouragement. We appreciate you! Be sure to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts to help FORWARD ALWAYS reach more and more people. With your help. we can change the world one life at a time!

If you want to change your life for the better, what can you do right now to start creating it? How many hours should you put in order to achieve it?. On this episode, we'll be talking about: 1) How to use your time effectively 2) 4 words that you MUST NOT use to live the life that you love 3) How to start your day productively. And so much more ! So listen here and discover those things to create your best life. To learn more about Georgia, go to georgiawoodbine.com

Trevor sits at his desk working on his English homework. As he is writing his essay suddenly his desktop monitor goes black. A cryptic message appears on Trevor's screen explaining that he has been monitored by a student-operated secret society called... 'The Collective'.The Collective allegedly needs Trevor's talents on their sports team and instructs him that he MUST NOT tell anybody about the secret organization. Trevor is understandably spooked about the message and things only get worse as he is drawn into a world of secrets and sinister intentions. Join us on this episode of Tales of the Text as we explore the creepy underworld of secret societies in...'The Collective'.Join us after the drama for our After The Text segment where we discuss the themes covered in the show. We discuss how the characters and story lines in the show relate to our own lives and what lessons we can take from this episode of Tales of the Text podcast.Follow Us@talesofthetextpodcastInstagram@talesofthetextTwitterYoung VoicesFred MeadHugo Sunchild @hugo_sunchildExecutive Producer/Creator/NarratorMs. J (Joi Mitchell)Music Tafari Marley - ImagineThe Cratez ~ DeclineClark Make Hits - Save MeMusic From Epidemic SoundsJon Bjork - The Cost Of FearExperia - Dead BodiesAudio Editor:Scott Stronach - SoundMind EditingSound EffectsEpidemic Sound & Youtube Audio LibraryRecorded At Mystery Street Recording ~ Chicago, Illinois See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christmas is around the corner and this often can become a slippery slope for your fitness goals, in this episode of the powercast I have the pleasure of discussing practical tips to help you stay in shape with CJ Coachings latest team addition Brad Rossiter. In this episode we discuss in detail - How to manage booze and Christmas - The importance of being present - Why you MUST NOT skip meals - How to tactically time TREAT foods and maximise muscle building and fat loss! If you enjoy the podcast and find it informative, please make sure to leave a 5 star review! I will be picking one person at random who leave a review to win a FREE place on the next Shreddin8 program! If your interested in transforming your life and not just your physique, hit the link below to apply for my Elite One to One Coaching https://www.charliejohnsonfitness.com/pages/coaching-application Or join the WORLDS Biggest 8 Week Transformation Competition with Cash Prizes SHREDDIN8 and secure one of the limited EARLY BIRD places! https://cj8weekshred.com/8-week-shred-home28075522

aka - Mr. Rogers Selling (see Mr. Rogers TV show 1968 - 1970).   Bad manners are just bad business.  Being polite is not old school it's good school.  Listen in as Rick and Nancy discuss the 7 things you MUST or MUST NOT do! 1)  Be kind and polite 2)  Be transparent and honest 3)  Say please and thank you 4)  Don't lose your cool 5)  Don't over talk  6)  Don't bad mouth your competition 7)  Consider every potential client is your grandmother

Thank you for downloading Must and Must Not’s for an Elder, Leader and Believer by Pastor Robin Singh Find all information about our churches and services at DreamingRevival.com Here's Pastor Robin sharing at the Saturday Night service on 'Must and Must Not's for an Elder, Leader and Believer'. Share and bless somebody. To extend an Invite to Pastor Priji or the leadership team with us, click here, Thank you!

Thank you for downloading Must and Must Not’s for an Elder, Leader and Believer by Pastor Robin Singh Find all information about our churches and services at DreamingRevival.com Here's Pastor Robin sharing at the Saturday Night service on 'Must and Must Not's for an Elder, Leader and Believer'. Share and bless somebody. To extend an Invite to Pastor Priji or the leadership team with us, click here, Thank you!

If you want to manifest incredible transformation into your life then you can't simply sit around idle and wait for the magic to happen. You must chase your dreams. You must actively choose to guide your energy towards the intentions that you wish to manifest. The Universe works with the flow and the buzzing vibration of excitement, enthusiasm, and most importantly, ACTION. So, what is Inspired Action? Inspired action is an action that you take when you feel inspired to do it. This type of action is almost always accompanied by a rush of energy, and feelings of excitement, enthusiasm and joy. When you're taking inspired action, you feel like you are flying along like a high speed engine and everything just flows. You will accomplish more in a relatively short amount of time than you ever realized was possible. You will work harder than ever, but it doesn't feel like work! In fact, you might stop when you suddenly become aware that you're hungry, only to look at the clock and realize with a shock that you've completely lost track of time, and you've worked the entire day and didn't even know it. You will know in your gut when you need to make a move. Whether you want to start posting a video of yours on social media, write a book or want to make an offer on a building. It's from this space of awareness that you can tune into the best time to take inspired action. For me, this kind of inspirational thought comes when I meditate. However, keep in mind that taking inspired action does not mean taking foolish risks with your financial stability. Taking inspired action is all about tuning inwards and getting the green light from your gut that it's okay to try something new. It doesn't mean you won't feel scared or fearful, it means that you are activating the lifeblood of manifestation. It's a beautiful space to occupy especially if you're thirsty for brand new energy flowing into your life experience. Life is supposed to be fun. Life is supposed to be a daring adventure. And when you remember that the Universe wants you to take inspired action you MUST NOT make the choice to stay in your comfort zone any longer. Because where does the magic happen? You guessed it. OUTSIDE of your comfort zone. To learn more about this, watch my Facebook live video here. Again, if you need my help to scale your Real Estate Portfolio, join my program 90 Days to $5K.

On this Episode of "Unrefined Broaxium!" G, Leahy and Miller talk about the amazing experience we had at SWCC 2019! We spent so much time with so many amazing people that its hard to put it all into a podcast, but we will sure try. Take a listen and hear some of the reasons why you MUST NOT miss SWCA2020 next year.  Please follow us on twitter @broaxium @taoswf @gerardbaer @stayontarget @leahygaga and get your Quick Shot of Broaxium updates and all the other nonsense we put out! Don't forget to join The Alliance of Star Wars Fanatics Facebook group to join in the conversation and as always...let's keep it positive! Thanks for checking this out and May the Force be with you!

Yes, you're listening to the right podcast right now. The podcast has new music and I have an announcement for you! I just restrained myself from using 10 exclamation points just there.  Luke Hogan from The Podcast the Must Not be Named joins me to talk about he politics of truth, and how our individual truths affect our politics, which affect policy. Have you ever had a moment where your truth was not believed? If so, Harry understands. In this chapter, Harry knows his truth, but almost no one seems to believe him. We also talk about "Moody's" truth and his penchant for a good ol' humblebrag.  Find us online: www.patreon.com/acciopolitics www.acciopolitics.com Twitter: @acciopolitics Instagram: @acciopolitics Facebook: www.facebook.com/acciopolitics Leave a voicemail: 915-996-1699 Our theme and transition music was written and recorded by the very talented Kayla Sluka. In addition to being an amazing composer, she is a fantastic photographer. You can find her at www.treasuredroots.com. Contact the show: info@acciopolitics.com

Are you in the Podcast Business? Or the Business of Podcasting?   Recently I interviewed Khayra Bundakji from the mstdfr network and founder of the Azzbda podcast, on Own the Future podcast, and learned two things:  When two podcasters/interviewers sit down it will be a marathon of an episode. You should quit the podcast business… Not the encouraging advice you’d expect to hear in an email newsletter about podcasting.    Let me explain . . . During the conversation with Khayra I asked how Azzbda podcast was going, download numbers etc. typical stuff . . . Khayra graciously revealed they are producing one episode a month, and receive TEN THOUSAND listens each month.   I was stoked. “10k while only putting out one episode a month. Epic!” I exclaimed. Khayra was not as enthused, “Yeah . . .” she said, “I mean I feel like we could have so much more.” *cue the record scratching* Wait what?? Hold the phone.    Ten Thousand people show up a month and you’re bummed?!?  Little did I know my hypocritical judgment was about to become exposed… For point of reference: The MEDIAN download of an episode (not mean or average) is 173 download per episode. For those of us who are foggy on our high school math, the median is middle number of the data set. Of the 660,000+ podcasts and hundreds of millions of episodes, 50% will have less than 173 download and 50% will have more than 173 downloads.  The MEAN (or average) of an episode is 2000 downloads per episode (after accounting for the top top podcasts and those waaay down at the bottom). [according to Rob Walsh with Libsyn, in a piece from 2016]. These stats may have changed in the last three years—but not by much. Okay… back to Khayra. They have 10k per episode. Sure, it isn’t in the millions, or hundreds of thousand, BUT it is in the top 5% of all 660k+ podcasts in existence.   On the graph you can see how Azzbda, the blue triangle, is performing better than 95% of all podcast! That better than 627,000 of the 660,000+ podcast—globally.  From my perspective, as a relatively new podcaster still in the days of small beginnings, I would be OUT OF MY MIND to have 10k listeners per episode.  The truth, however, reveals I’m a hypocrite. Because I look and my above median downloads per-episode, and I’m discouraged.  If I am honest, I’d be discouraged if I was getting 10k, 100k, or a million downloads per episode.  Why? Because there is always more, there is always another level of success to achieve.  So . . . Am I even qualified to be writing this email to you? What might I say to benefit you in your journey?  As I pondered all this . . . I came to a point of revelation, a point of truth in the form of a question: Why are you podcasting? Are you in the podcast business? OR . . . the business of podcasting?  Are you in the podcast business? Are you doing it for the numbers? The following? The masses? The “money”?  Hustling for another subscriber, the shout out, download . . . never stratified and always craving more? OR  Are you in the business of podcasting? Are you satisfied with the one? The individual you touched with your words?  What if you ONLY impact 173 lives. Would you continue? Would you continue to share your stories, truth, laughter, and tears with your world?  Is your message/story/perspective so important, so costly, so worth it you would show up even if only SEVENTEEN people listened? As Kharya says, “Podcasting will save the world.” It happens one person at a time.  Kharya is in the business of podcasting. She believes in her work and her message. She would keep showing up even she only changed one life through her work.  It is easy to get caught-up and blinded with the numbers. That can happen with ten, or ten million followers.  But, we MUST NOT miss the beauty of intimately impacting the ONE person listening. The ONE person caring about your work.  If you don’t believe your work is worth it if you only touch one life . . . then you should ask yourself if you are giving yourself to something you truly believe in? Or are you chasing an illusion of fame and significance? If you find yourself in the podcast business, yearning for the attention of the world . . . quit.  Instead . . . Join the business of podcasting . . .  . . . the business of putting you work/yourself out there  . . . the business of taking the time to saying something meaningful . . . but the business of seeing and saying something to the ONE.  . . . Because your work, your voice, your story is worth it—even if only one listens. 

Matthew 2:1-9. Like the wisemen who followed the light of the star searching for the newborn King of Jews, the Christchild, we must following the Light today! We cannot quit following the Light (Jesus is the Light). Regardless of the challenges we face, regardless of our feeling abandon or the Light be hidden, we MUST NOT stop searching. Don't quit having faith in God; He will give you the power to keep pressing.

Matthew 2:1-9. Like the wisemen who followed the light of the star searching for the newborn King of Jews, the Christchild, we must following the Light today! We cannot quit following the Light (Jesus is the Light). Regardless of the challenges we face, regardless of our feeling abandon or the Light be hidden, we MUST NOT stop searching. Don't quit having faith in God; He will give you the power to keep pressing.

For a full list of prayers available through this podcast and our website, please follow this link: https://psalm71.podbean.com/e/full-list-of-available-prayers-1513057365/   NOTE: This prayer has been recorded TWICE, first for listening and agreeing, then again for repeating.   WARNING: This prayer MUST NOT be prayed over any land or property where the persons praying DO NOT HAVE any legitimate authority or invested spiritual rights. It is both foolish and dangerous to wage spiritual warfare unless the Lord has indicated AND CONFIRMED the mandate to do so.   This prayer SHOULD be prayed over every place of residence, but may also be prayed over any property where the persons praying have any real, vested presence and involvement. It is especially recommended to pray this prayer if there has been any dark or malevolent spiritual activity (e.g., recurring nightmares; poltergeist manifestation; frequent accidents; sudden strong incursions of witchcraft; etc.) which has not been broken and dispelled by cleansing the home or property at the surface level. Deliverance minister William Schnoebelen writes, “The owner or renter of the property should stand on the property (ideally assisted by a pastor or minister of the gospel, or a veteran prayer warrior) and prayerfully declare this”. This prayer covers: Speaking the Word of God to establish the prayer contextFollowing the biblical model of applying the blood of sacrificeAcknowledging and declaring the power of the Blood of JesusAsking the Father to administer the Blood of the LambRecognizing the cleansing work of Jesus’ bloodCommanding out all evil spirits whose rights have been removedAsking for the installment of angelic guardiansForbidding further incursions of the kingdom of darknessAgreeing to all points, in unity in Jesus Christ Author: William Schnoebelen  www.withoneaccord.org Text source: Prayer to Remit the Sin of the Shedding of Innocent Blood over the Landhttp://www.withoneaccord.org/Spiritual-Warfare-Defense_ep_51.html  

In this episode, I referenced a story from the Old Testament book of 1 Kings and highlighted common mistakes of young leaders that can prove disastrous. 4 Mistakes that Rehoboam made that church leaders MUST NOT repeat: 1. He undervalued the voices of experience. 2. He overvalued the influence of position and personality. 3. He […]

It's NOT Soccer PodcastEpisode Forty Five - Worst Dating Advice EVER2 Guys! 2 Mics! Too Much Information!In This Episode of IT'S NOT SOCCER podcast, Its Not anything really, Adam and Billy return from the break. Back on the mics the two sit down and discuss dating! Billy gives his advice to those looking for love, in a podcast recorded over Valentines night.WARNING: The advice in this podcast MUST NOT be taken seriously, else you will end up alone.It's NOT Soccer Podcast is a Comedy Podcast with the mixed ramblings of Hosts Adam @BarkerPODcasts and Billy @Bilo66. Each Episode These 2 Guys sit down with 2 Microphones and give out TOO much Information.It's NOT Soccer!........It's NOT Anything ReallyMake sure you follow us on Twitter @NOTsoccerPodPart of The Barker PODcasts Collection at http://barkerpodcasts.webs.comOn Spreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/user/oddcastpodcast

As always, Coppock on Sports is brought to you by the fine folks at American Taxi. With a couple of weeks before pitchers and catchers report, Chet wants to let new Cubs skipper Rick Renteria know that he MUST NOT take his club's bleak 2014 season personally, or he'll risk losing his sanity.

As always, Coppock on Sports is brought to you by the fine folks at American Taxi. With a couple of weeks before pitchers and catchers report, Chet wants to let new Cubs skipper Rick Renteria know that he MUST NOT take his club's bleak 2014 season personally, or he'll risk losing his sanity.