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RTL vous l'a révélé : un site internet publie les données personnelles de millions de Français, dont des candidats à la Présidentielle. Numéros de téléphone, adresses, Iban, numéro de Sécurité sociale et même plaques d'immatriculations. N'importe qui peu être potentiellement concerné. Concrètement, que peut-on faire ? Doit-on changer notre numéro de téléphone, notre Iban ? Ecoutez les conseils de Benoit Grunenwald, expert en cybersécurité.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

The Lindsay Clancy trial has been all of the rage recently, so we need to know: Where should we stand on personal responsibility in regards to temporary insanity?On today's podcast, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie talk through a very sensitive and controversial topic and look at the biblical (as well as historical) examples of insane individuals committing sin and see how God views the tension of personal responsibility and temporary insanity. Our hope is that as you listen, you will be better informed on the biblical perspective of an issue that isn't new to our country and has huge ramifications on how issues like this are handled in the future.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 Sam. 16:14-16, 23; 1 Sam. 18:10-11; 1 Sam. 18:8-9; 1 Sam. 20:30-34; Dan. 4:29-37; Mark 5:1-13; 1 Sam. 20:10-15; Rom. 1:18-21; Rom. 14:11-12; Rom. 2:14-16; Gen. 4:6-11; Num. 35:16, 20-25; Exo. 21:12-14; Num. 15:27-31; James 1:13-14; Gen. 3:6-7, 10-13, 16-19; Jer. 17:9-10; Eccl. 9:3.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!

Leão XIV passou o terceiro dia da sua deslocação a França em Lourdes, onde a agenda ficou marcada por dois temas particularmente sensíveis para a Igreja: o fim da vida e os abusos sexuais cometidos no seu seio. Entre os peregrinos que se deslocaram a Lourdes, a paz foi uma das principais intenções. No santuário de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, o Papa defendeu o desenvolvimento dos cuidados paliativos e da investigação médica, rejeitou a ideia de uma "morte programada" e lembrou que os doentes e as pessoas com deficiência não são um peso para a Igreja. "Sei que, para alguns de vós, devido a determinadas patologias e a dores por vezes insuportáveis, o horizonte pode parecer sombrio, incerto e sem saída. Mas nenhuma lei humana deve fazer-vos perder a certeza da vossa dignidade", afirmou Leão XIV. "Em nome dessa dignidade inalienável da pessoa humana, a tentação de provocar a morte sob o pretexto de uma falsa compaixão deve ser firmemente rejeitada. É impossível considerar normal provocar a morte. O que é legal não é necessariamente moral." O Papa foi ainda mais longe ao afirmar que "ninguém tem o direito, com base em algoritmos laboratoriais, de decidir sobre a vida de determinados embriões ou de determinadas pessoas idosas". E deixou uma afirmação peremptória: "Nunca a medicina deverá tornar-se na serva de uma morte programada." Durante a visita a Lourdes, Leão XIV abordou também os abusos sexuais cometidos na Igreja. Num encontro à porta fechada com os bispos franceses, exortou a Igreja de França a prosseguir a sua acção perante o "flagelo" dos abusos sexuais e, durante a missa dominical, lançou um apelo à conversão para curar as feridas provocadas pelos erros cometidos no seio da própria Igreja. "É hoje e não amanhã que nos devemos converter", afirmou. "Essa exigência da conversão envolve a própria Igreja na sua peregrinação terrena. Ela deve ter coragem de viver essa conversão em primeiro lugar, para curar as feridas profundas, as infidelidades e os desvios causados pelos erros cometidos em seu seio." Leão XIV pediu ainda à Igreja que reconheça as suas próprias falhas: "Devemos colocar-nos humildemente sob o olhar purificador do Senhor, reconhecer as nossas próprias falhas, o que é indispensável para o nosso progresso espiritual". O tema dos abusos sexuais continua a ser particularmente sensível para a Igreja francesa, cinco anos depois de um relatório ter estimado em 330.000 o número de vítimas menores no seio da Igreja desde 1950. Em Lourdes, Leão XIV manteve também um encontro privado com sete vítimas de abusos sexuais cometidos por membros do clero. No final da reunião, durante uma conferência de imprensa, as vítimas descreveram um Papa simples e disponível para as ouvir, manifestando esperança de que o encontro possa representar o início de um processo de mudança. Entre os peregrinos que se deslocaram a Lourdes, a paz foi uma das principais intenções. Nuno, que vive em Lourdes, considerou a visita do Papa um acontecimento raro para a comunidade local. "Como somos católicos, temos o gosto de receber o Papa na nossa vila. Esperemos que acabem com a guerra e que tenhamos mais paz." Questionado sobre os erros cometidos pela Igreja, nomeadamente os abusos sexuais, reconheceu: "Sim, sim, isso é verdade." Sónia, a esposa, defendeu a necessidade de enfrentar directamente os abusos: "Eu penso que sempre existiram essas coisas na Igreja, não é? Só que agora é mais falado. E eu acho que se tem de lutar mesmo contra isso. Enfrentar o problema." Edivânia veio de Carcassonne para ver o Papa e levou consigo um pedido pela paz. "A paz no mundo. Que acabe a guerra e que todo o mundo abra o coração para Jesus." Para esta peregrina, Lourdes representa sobretudo uma mensagem de fé: "A grande mensagem que ela deixou para nós: escutar sempre o Filho dela, Jesus, sempre rezar o terço e fazer sacrifício pela conversão dos pecadores." Neuza, que já no sábado tinha passado o dia inteiro no santuário, este domingo chegou às cinco da manhã e não escondeu a emoção quando o Papa passou mesmo à sua frente: "Eu senti uma alegria tão forte que eu queria dar um beijo nele, mas não deu. Ele parou aqui, pegou em duas crianças, deu um beijo nelas. Foi uma emoção muito grande." Carlos, vive em França há cerca de dez anos, viu pela primeira vez um Papa. "Sente-se uma alegria muito grande para as pessoas católicas como eu. E foi bom ver o Papa. Nunca tinha visto o Papa em toda a minha vida. Então, foi bom vê-lo." Entre os pedidos que trouxe a Lourdes estão "ter sucesso na vida como qualquer pessoa", mas também "que o mundo tenha um pouco menos de guerras e que sejamos um pouco mais compreensivos do que o que somos hoje em dia". Para o padre Vítor Gomes, sacerdote da paróquia de Orthez, na diocese de Bayonne, a visita de Leão XIV foi marcada por uma mensagem de paz e também pela preocupação com as vítimas de abusos. "Para nós é uma grande felicidade e uma grande alegria. Uma mensagem de paz, de fazer Igreja e também um pensamento para as vítimas que sofreram muito." Sobre o encontro do Papa com as vítimas, considera que "é muito importante, para dizer que nem todos os padres são assim, e para dizer também a compaixão da Igreja pelas vítimas que ficam marcadas toda a vida". Oliver, estudante brasileiro que vive actualmente em Portugal, fez questão de viajar até Lourdes depois de saber da visita do Papa. "Quando soube que ia passar o semestre em Portugal e soube que o Papa viria a Lourdes, eu tive de vir para cá. Fiz questão de passar aqui o fim-de-semana com ele e participar em todos os eventos." Sobre a mensagem de Leão XIV, fala em esperança. "São palavras de muita esperança também para os jovens, para o povo francês e também para o mundo. De continuar firmes na Igreja, na fé, nunca desistir." E acrescenta que o Papa colocou como intenção "que cessem as guerras do mundo". Questionado sobre o papel da Igreja no combate aos abusos sexuais, Oliver considera que a instituição deve continuar a actuar. "A Igreja sempre tem de lutar contra todas as violências. Tem lutado. É difícil. A Igreja é santa. Os homens não." Na sua perspectiva, é necessário "acolher e punir o que acontece e tentar prevenir". José e Amália, um casal português residente em França há décadas, também se juntaram aos peregrinos. "Somos portugueses a 100%, mas vivemos em França, o meu marido há mais de 50 anos. Gostamos muito de vir a Lourdes." Sobre a mensagem do Papa, dizem ter ouvido sobretudo um apelo à união e à paz: "Ele fala da paz, que as pessoas sejam unidas e falou que a miséria deve acabar e que todo o mundo viva em paz." José destacou a importância das palavras de Leão XIV num mundo marcado pelos conflitos. "Eu acho que ele é um Papa moderno. Um Papa moderno que quer a paz. Que não haja guerra. Porque vivemos num tempo muito difícil." E recorda a experiência pessoal da guerra: "Eu já fiz a guerra, sei o que é tudo isso, fiz a guerra na Guiné. E sei o que é o bem e o mal-estar. E é triste sofrer. Matar pessoas inocentes. É triste. É triste." O domingo de Leão XIV terminou em Lourdes com uma procissão de velas entre a gruta de Massabielle, local onde, segundo a tradição católica, ocorreram as 18 aparições da Virgem Maria a Bernadette Soubirous, em 1858, e a grande esplanada do santuário.

God's Peace through Prayer-Philippians 4:6-7 Call to Worship – Psalm 118:1-9,14,22-24,28-29 Scripture Reading – Matthew 6:25-34 -Why does God tell us not to be anxious? How is worry sinful? -What is your normal reaction to feeling anxious? Is it to pray? -How does thanksgiving help you overcome anxiety? -What obstacles to praying do you face? How can you overcome these obstacles? -What attributes of God and the Gospel do vv6-7 point to? What difference would the peace of God make in your life? For further study: Num 6:24-26; Ps 46:1; 121:1-5; 145:18; Mt 6:25-34; Jn 14:26-27; Phil 4:4-9; Heb 4:14-16; 1 Pt 5:7.

Every believer is a priest to God called to "offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:6; 1 Peter 2:5, 9). The Holy Spirit, who was given in special measure to Old Testament priests (Num. 11:25) has been poured out on all believers to make them "wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him." But while all Christians are priests, not all are ministers. The Lord still sets apart some of his men for vocational ministry. And it is beneficial for all of us to know how that happens.

Every believer is a priest to God called to "offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:6; 1 Peter 2:5, 9). The Holy Spirit, who was given in special measure to Old Testament priests (Num. 11:25) has been poured out on all believers to make them "wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him." But while all Christians are priests, not all are ministers. The Lord still sets apart some of his men for vocational ministry. And it is beneficial for all of us to know how that happens.

Every believer is a priest to God called to "offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:6; 1 Peter 2:5, 9). The Holy Spirit, who was given in special measure to Old Testament priests (Num. 11:25) has been poured out on all believers to make them "wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him." But while all Christians are priests, not all are ministers. The Lord still sets apart some of his men for vocational ministry. And it is beneficial for all of us to know how that happens.

Un romancier accusé d'avoir utilisé une IA pour écrire son roman. Une IA mobilisée pour le confondre… Et voici notre humanité plongée dans la perplexité. Parce que ce scandale dépasse et de loin le cas de l'écrivain Thélyson Orélien, il dépasse même le cadre de la littérature tant il interroge ce qui fonde notre humanité : la créativité et la confiance. Si l'on ne sait plus qui a écrit un roman, que croire encore ? Un article, une photo, un discours ? Et pendant ce temps, dans la Silicon Valley, certains de ceux qui fabriquent ces machines nous alertent : l'IA pourrait détruire l'humanité d'ici une dizaine d'années.Alors, le compte-a-rebours a-t-il été enclenché cette semaine ? Ce roman accusé d'avoir été écrit à l'I.A., est-ce le début de notre fin ? Ou bien n'est-ce que le début d'une nouvelle façon d'être humain ? Avec : Pierre-Michel MENGERSociologue, professeur au Collège de France, auteur de Le talent en débat (PUF, 2018)Lionel NACCACHENeurologue, chercheur en neurosciences à l'Institut du Cerveau et professeur à Sorbonne Université, auteur de Habeas corpus (Odile Jacob, 02.09.2026)Anne ALOMBERTPhilosophe et ancienne membre du Conseil National du Numérique, Maîtresse de conférences en philosophie contemporaine à l'Université Paris 8, autrice de De la bêtise artificielle (Allia, 09.2025)Clémentine GOLDSZALJournaliste autrice de Premiers cris : Les mystères de la néonatologie (Seuil, 02.25)Sibylle GRIMBERTRomancière, autrice de La Grande interruption (Seuil, 21.08.2026)

Te lezen: Lev. 23, Num. 29, Zach. 14 en Joh. 7.‘Roep het volk bijeen, de mannen, de vrouwen en de kleine kinderen, en de vreemdeling die binnen uw poorten is, om te horen, en om te leren de HEERE, uw God, te vrezen en alle woorden van deze wet nauwlettend te houden.'Deut. 31:12 (Herziene Staten Vertaling)In deze aflevering zullen we stil staan bij het Loofhuttenfeest. Een feest van vreugde, maar ook van luisteren. Eens in de zeven jaar moest heel het volk samenkomen om de Torah te horen. Opvallend genoeg worden de kleine kinderen daarbij uitdrukkelijk genoemd. Waarom is hun aanwezigheid zo belangrijk? En wat heeft dit feest te zeggen over de volken die volgens Zacharia eens naar Jeruzalem zullen optrekken?Support the show

Desde 2015, os preços da habitação em Portugal subiram em flecha: registámos o segundo maior aumento da UE, a seguir à Hungria. E o ritmo não está a abrandar. No início de 2026, a subida homóloga foi a mais alta da União Europeia. Mas o problema mais grave está noutros números: em 10 anos, o preço das casas aumentou quatro vezes mais do que os rendimentos dos portugueses.Nesta conversa, João Duarte e Manel Rosa explicam porque é que esta crise não afeta apenas quem procura casa, mas toda a economia. Ficamos a saber que uma cidade cara expulsa talento, fragiliza empresas, afasta serviços e pode travar a inovação. Num país em que se sai de casa dos pais, em média, aos 29 anos, a dupla aborda ainda o peso da habitação no orçamento das famílias, o choque das subidas de juros e o papel da Euribor, e a vida adiada dos jovens, cada vez mais limitados na escolha do seu destino.Para saber quanto custa a habitação ao futuro do país, este é um episódio [IN]Pertinente a não perder.LINKS E REFERÊNCIAS ÚTEISAzevedo, A. B., & Pereira dos Santos, J. (2023) «Barómetro da Habitação» (Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos)OECD (2021), «Brick by Brick: Building Better Housing Policies» (OECD Publishing)Hsieh, C.-T., & Moretti, E. (2019) «Housing Constraints and Spatial Misallocation» (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 11(2), 1–39)Diamond, R. (2016) «The Determinants and Welfare Implications of US Workers' Diverging Location Choices» (American Economic Review, 106(3), 479–524)Rognlie, M. (2015) «Deciphering the Fall and Rise in the Net Capital Share» (Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2015(1), 1–69)Dias, D. A., & Duarte, J. B. (2019) «Monetary Policy, Housing Rents, and Inflation Dynamics» (Journal of Applied Econometrics, 34(5), 673–687)BIOSJoão DuarteProfessor associado com agregação na Nova School of Business and Economics. A sua investigação foca-se na produtividade, em particular nas razões pelas quais a Europa tem crescido menos do que os Estados Unidos — tema do seu artigo publicado no Journal of International Economics. Manel RosaHumorista. Estreou-se no stand up comedy em 2019, quando tinha 15 anos. Em 2023, lançou «Mais isto do que aquilo», o seu primeiro espetáculo em nome próprio. No mesmo ano, criou «DISNARRATIVO», uma espécie de vlog no Youtube, que manteve até 2025. Juntou-se ao leque de apresentadores do Curto Circuito, um programa da SIC Radical, em 2024.

Todo paciente que agenda e não aparece, sem desmarcar a tempo, carrega um custo invisível. Aquele horário não volta. Neste episódio, Dr. Lorenzo Tomé trata do no-show e parte de uma constatação simples: a maioria dos médicos nunca mediu a própria taxa. Num exemplo ilustrativo, uma taxa de 15% sobre 100 pacientes por mês, com consulta de R$600, representa mais de R$100 mil por ano deixados de faturar. Ele mapeia três obstáculos que impedem o médico de agir: tratar o no-show como fatalidade do mercado, a resistência da secretária a mudar o processo, e o medo de parecer mercenário ao cobrar antecipadamente. O episódio traz como a alta gastronomia e a hotelaria resolveram esse mesmo problema, e por que a medicina não pode copiar a solução da mesma forma: as normas dos conselhos regionais de medicina exigem devolução do valor caso o paciente solicite. A saída de Lorenzo não depende de reter dinheiro. Depende de vínculo, construído a partir do contato que se inicia antes mesmo da consulta presencial. O background do Dr. Lorenzo Tomé Lorenzo Tomé é médico radiologista formado pela UFMG, fundador e CEO da SD Escola de Negócios Médicos, escola especializada em estruturação de negócios médicos, com receita recorrente e acompanhamento longitudinal através dos Planos de Acompanhamento. Com mais de 500 médicos capacitados, desenvolveu uma metodologia própria que combina gestão, marketing, vendas, finanças e tecnologia aplicados à prática clínica. É autor do livro Além do Jaleco e atua como professor de médicos em diferentes especialidades, ajudando-os a construir negócios sustentáveis, éticos e alinhados com o propósito de cuidar. Aplique para a Sessão Estratégica SD! Uma conversa com nossa equipe para mapear onde o seu negócio está hoje e quais são os próximos passos mais estratégicos, avaliado nos cinco pilares: gestão, marketing, vendas, finanças e tecnologia. Você sai com um diagnóstico da sua situação atual e um comparativo em relação aos mais de 500 médicos que já passaram pela SD Escola. Sem compromisso, mediante aplicação, com vagas limitadas. Entre na Comunidade SD no WhatsApp e tenha conteúdo gratuito todos os dias sobre negócios médicos. Assista esse episódio também em vídeo no Youtube no nosso canal Saúde Digital Podcast! Acesse os episódios anteriores! SD376 - Sazonalidade não existe. O que existe é falta de previsibilidade SD375 - Quem não tem estratégia faz parte da estratégia de alguém SD374 - O médico que sabota o próprio plano de acompanhamento! Música: Declan DP - Climb Music © Copyright Declan DP 2018 - Present. https://license.declandp.info | License ID: DDP1590665

Num país com pouca margem orçamental, o PS e o Chega apresentam propostas que esperam que o outro não aprove e o Governo evoca 2011. Como se pode ajudar os portugueses nesta crise?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

À la veille du dernier débat avant les élections, la présidente du Conseil du trésor est en entrevue avec Benoit afin de rendre des comptes sur les finances du Québec et sur la question des dépassements de l’autre projet en informatique : SIFA. Entrevue avec France-Élaine Duranceau, présidente du Conseil du trésor et ministre de la Cybersécurité et du Numérique Regardez aussi cette discussion en vidéo via https://www.qub.ca/videos ou en vous abonnant à QUB télé : https://www.tvaplus.ca/qub ou sur la chaîne YouTube QUB https://www.youtube.com/@qub_radioPour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Être immigrant ici… pas un long fleuve tranquille | France-Élaine Duranceau répond à la polémique sur le projet SIFA | Encore une décision de Justice pas croyable concernant un pédophile récidiviste | Aucune réaction de cette école… alors qu’une élève se fait agresser deux fois Dans cet épisode intégral du 22 septembre, en entrevue : France-Élaine Duranceau, présidente du Conseil du trésor et ministre de la Cybersécurité et du Numérique Sergent Daniel Dubois, de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), Sous-officier responsable de la patrouille frontalière du secteur Champlain au Québec. Marielise Deschamps, maman d’une jeune de 13 ans. Une production QUB Septembre 2026Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Entre o estrondo de drones sobre Moscovo e o silêncio tenso do Mar Vermelho, o mundo acorda para uma nova geometria do conflito. Enquanto a Ucrânia ataca refinarias e parques tecnológicos a trinta quilómetros do Kremlin — precisamente no dia em que a Rússia vota numa eleição que muitos chamam de farsa —, no outro extremo do tabuleiro geopolítico, os Houthis ameaçam estrangular a jugular energética do planeta. A Operação Vivaldi tenta reescrever as linhas do Donbass, Washington desmantela redes de assassinos russos em solo americano, a inteligência artificial militariza-se a velocidade de cruzeiro e o espaço deixa de ser território neutro. Num episódio denso e perturbador do Leste Oeste, Nuno Rogeiro cartografa um mundo que não para de se reconfigurar — e onde cada peça que move arrasta consigo o risco de uma avalanche.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nota 7 para David Silva, árbitro que apitou o empate caseiro do Sporting com o Arouca. “Num jogo muito difícil de apitar”, Pedro Henriques acredita que a expulsão e o penálti foram "bem decididos".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Steven Friedman speaks to Amy MacIver about the collapse of Cosatu’s national congress and what it means for the future of the Tripartite Alliance. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La rentrée littéraire est l'un des grands rendez-vous culturels de l'année, mais elle revêt aussi d'importants enjeux commerciaux. Alors que plusieurs centaines de nouveaux romans arrivent simultanément dans les librairies françaises, le marché du livre ralentit. Baisse des ventes, fragilité des librairies, essor de l'occasion et nouveaux usages : toute l'industrie du livre est en pleine recomposition. Derrière l'abondance de nouveautés de la rentrée littéraire, le marché du livre français connaît un ralentissement. Selon le Syndicat national de l'édition (SNE), le nombre d'exemplaires de livres vendus a reculé de 1,5 % l'an passé. Le chiffre d'affaires des éditeurs a lui aussi diminué. La tendance se poursuit en 2026. Selon les dernières statistiques communiquées par le SNE, les ventes ont reculé de 4,4 % en juin. Derrière chaque exemplaire vendu se trouve une multitude d'acteurs : l'auteur, l'éditeur, l'imprimeur, le diffuseur, le distributeur et enfin le libraire. C'est notamment chez ces derniers que la baisse des ventes se fait particulièrement ressentir. Avec 3 400 librairies indépendantes, la France dispose de l'un des réseaux les plus denses du monde. Mais ces boutiques doivent faire face à une concurrence de plus en plus diverse et forte, notamment celle du e-commerce et des grandes enseignes culturelles. Le problème est d'autant plus important que les libraires indépendants ont des charges qui augmentent, alors que leurs marges sont extrêmement faibles, autour de 1 % en moyenne. À la différence de leurs gros concurrents, ils commandent également en plus petites quantités et disposent de surfaces limitées. Une baisse des ventes, même légère, peut donc rapidement les mettre en difficulté. Prix unique du livre et essor de l'occasion Pour encadrer cette concurrence, la France possède une particularité : le prix unique du livre. Depuis 1981, le prix d'un livre est fixé par l'éditeur et il est ensuite vendu au même prix partout, avec une remise maximale de 5 %. Mais ce cadre n'empêche pas les habitudes de consommation de changer. Le marché du livre est notamment bouleversé par l'essor de l'occasion. Selon le Syndicat national de l'édition, près de sept acheteurs de livres sur dix achètent aussi des livres d'occasion. C'est évidemment intéressant pour le portefeuille des lecteurs, mais cela signifie aussi qu'un livre revendu ne génère pas de nouveaux droits pour l'auteur et l'éditeur. L'occasion est donc devenue un nouvel enjeu économique pour l'ensemble de la filière du livre. Numérique, audio et réseaux sociaux changent les usages Le marché du livre évolue également avec de nouveaux usages : le numérique, le livre audio, mais aussi les réseaux sociaux. Grâce à Instagram ou TikTok, certains ouvrages connaissent de grands succès grâce aux recommandations des internautes. Il existe aussi d'autres relais de croissance pour le secteur. Au Royaume-Uni, par exemple, le livre audio a progressé de 31 % entre 2023 et 2024 et le numérique de 17 %. Ce qui change, c'est donc la façon d'acheter et de consommer les livres. Aujourd'hui, on écoute un livre. On ne le feuillette plus forcément : on le télécharge et on fait défiler les pages sur sa liseuse ou sa tablette. On ne le garde plus nécessairement dans sa bibliothèque : on peut aussi le revendre. Les Français ne sont donc pas forcément en train d'arrêter de lire. Ils étaient 47 millions à avoir lu ou écouté au moins un livre l'année dernière. Derrière les centaines de romans de la rentrée littéraire, c'est finalement toute une industrie qui cherche encore la bonne page à écrire. À lire aussiUne rentrée littéraire difficile pour les librairies françaises

O diabo daria a sua bênção a esta época, se fosse capaz de abençoar seja o que for. Disto, creio que estamos todos convencidos. Eis-nos de volta ao aperto da mais trocista das molduras, e vamos justificando-nos com uma espécie de compulsão, o voltarmos de cada vez, como se por inércia, caídos em circunstâncias em relação às quais todos se confessam alheios, num ambiente de onde, na verdade, apetece é escapar. Quem sofra maleitas por manter alguma luz acesa na divisão da consciência, anda por aí sentindo-se forçado a tomar parte numa valsa dos suicidas, procurando suportar toda essa farsa, sendo que se podia deitar tudo ao lixo, a começar pelas múmias que vemos triunfar e capturar os lugares de destaque. Num país civilizado teria já rebentado uma guerra civil, nem que fosse para impedir este azucrinante estreitamento da peça, mas como as paixões vitalistas, os grandes arroubos foram descatalogados, tendo-se tão má impressão da vida no geral, sobra esta guerra entre lacaios, entre jagunços, este jogo das cadeiras, e não deixa de ser uma guerra, mas só por poleiros, nem direito a sangue temos, e consegue, assim mesmo, ser ainda mais repugnante, mais desprezível. Há quem tenha memória de outros tempos, quem nos diga que cresceu perto de jovens duros, duros e sensíveis aos períodos de pura desolação, que atacam e tolhem até os espíritos. Aquele tipo também se lembrava de um tempo em que a maior virtude desta espécie traidora era a coragem, a única que tornava muito claro qualquer diferença, a não cedência ao cálculo, e depois também os adeuses… Há um génio na rejeição, o desses tipos que não se deixam confundir nem integrar, perfis cortantes, que adoptam como referência outro período, decoram algum buraco como se estivessem a induzir um transe, impregnando-se da consciência de si mesmos como artefactos desse tempo mais puro e mais honroso, e procuram assim, na expressão de alguém, atravessar a vida «como um rato que atravessa uma píton», um inchaço perceptível na musculatura lisa do resto. Têm em relação a essa históriz do «mundo» a mesma condescendência que se tem face a uma qualquer tendência azucrinante, uma ficção de mau gosto, que, mais tarde ou mais cedo, cederá espaço a outra coisa. E nisto, aquele bruxo ri-se e exclama: «Ah! A miséria do imaginário e do simbólico. O real sempre adiado para amanhã.» No meio deste fúnebre e frívolo carnaval, desde que os poderosos aprenderam a gerir a situação por meio de uma extorsão metodizada que recobriu todos os aspectos da nossa existência, e se ninguém contesta que este tempo soube tem coleccionado um impressionante número de crápulas, ser mau tornou-se uma imperiosa necessidade, sendo evidente que não se sai disto sem uma bulha para os anais, mas, e infelizmente, continuamos a chupar missas, esses figurotes que desfilam por aí os reflexos de um mesmo eixo nervosos amolecido, vindo com uma prédicas, uns tradicionalismos bacocos, umas moralidades que nos rebaixam a todos. Anda aí tudo numas momices, numas poses enfáticas, e assim nos condenam a esse longo suicídio declamatório que não mais terminará, enquanto todos parecem muito confortados com saber o que seja isso do artista, do poeta, estendendo-se por toda a parte o museu de cera, estas figuras embalsamadas na luz de mijo das instituição e enredos do prestígio. Mas de que servem os poetas em tempos de indigência? E não é óbvio? Dos poetas exigir-se que nos seduzissem para um embalo perverso, para as função desmoralizadoras, para nos arrancar aos moldes, a esse desígnio em que se supõe que o ideal é que cada um dos nossos passos possa ser exposto numa montra qualquer, cada atitude ou gesto exibida como exemplar, em vez de provocar perturbação, desordem, indigestão. Num tempo que aniquila todo o carácter interventivo, aos poetas pediríamos que nos amparassem na queda, encorajando o nosso riso sarcástico e agravem os nossos vícios ou as nossas estupefacções, como sugere Cioran. Lê-se as colecção da poesia contemporânea e não se dá por nenhuma maldade profunda, nem sequer aquela leveza dos seres encantados por se terem visto livres da tentação ou do remorso. Os versos que fazem alguma coisa num tempo assim desequilibram-nos, mostram-se maravilhosamente debilitantes… Também se poderá conceder que o papel de outro, de abordagem mais difícil, porque não alinham com as nossas amarguras e obsessões, poderá ser o de trazerem o conflito para um nível mais íntimo, e aparecem quando estamos maduros o suficiente para estarmos já um pouco fartos de nós mesmos, das nossas lamúrias. Estes surgem para salvar-nos das convicção em que nos deixamos engessar, quando essa mania, eminentemente moderna, de protestar e reivindicar parece ter-se tornado a única estratégia para a definição de uma personalidade, e assanhamo-nos com tudo por isso se ter tonado reconfortante. Nessas alturas, como vinca Cioran, é decisivo encontrar um espírito que jamais sucumba a esses empolamentos dramáticos, ao teatro das penas, injectando no nosso ânimo um sangue estranho que nos force a recuar perante essa comédia da dor e da revolta. Mas faltam poetas, faltam os profanadores do improfanável, falta quem corte com a ladainha neste sentido ou naquele, sendo evidente que «aquilo que persistia de tensão apaixonada entre o prazer e a sua busca aventurosa já se desagregou numa sucessão ofegante de gestos reproduzidos mecanicamente, e num ritmo do qual em vão se espera que este eleve nem que seja a um simulacro de orgasmo», como bem notou Vaneigem. No momento actual, com a corrosão a que os imperativos económicos sujeitaram já os próprios sentimentos e paixões, vinculando toda a urgência à satisfação de vícios, necessidades falsas, estamos naquele ponto em que pouco mais nos resta do que a lembrança de termos feito parte de uma espécie tremendamente audaz. Mas agora, mesmo entre as lendas e no confronto com a história, parece que nos vemos obrigados a viver apenas retrospectivamente, a admirarmos essa espécie com a qual fomos perdendo todos os laços. Afundados num tom baixo, até os piores crimes, os efeitos mais letais, não deixam de se mostrar reles, resultado de seres que alcançam a infâmia pelo lado da sordidez. E que lamuriosos são, tomando como estilo o gemido agonizante de obras que vão saindo em série, rematando um vazio de experiência que nada tem a ver com a altissonante grandeza daquilo que nos é narrado nos relatos de qualquer período orgulhoso. Mas se hoje alguns se apresentam como poetas, sabemos que não passam de farsolas. Os poetas que aprenderam a divertir-se com o que aborrece ou escandaliza os outros, foram expulsos, irradiados da cidade. Não perguntem para que servem os poetas, mas para que servem os indigentes que se põem com essas interrogações, quando eles mesmos não têm a menor paciência nem têm tempo para impor às suas vidas qualquer dose de eternidade.

Num discurso ao país à hora dos Telejornais, o primeiro-ministro anuciou aquilo que já tinha anunciado, deixando de parte a implementação de cortes fiscias directos no cabaz alimentar ou nos combustíveis, para além da habitual mexida semanal do valor do ISP. Luís Montenegro mostrou-se cauteloso e prefere as contas públicas certas do que apoiar de forma mais robusta os portugueses num período onde os combústeis e o cabaz alimentar continuam a subir. Mas de que serve um país de contas certas se os portugueses estão a ficar sem dinheiro no bolso?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Num mundo em que as estrelas de reality show já não se insultam mas adjectivam-se, os casamentos das hiper-celebridades já não são megalómanos e que os eventos desportivos são um excelente gancho para um patrocínio de um restaurador de flora intestinal, a Cátia e o Marco analisam alguns temas acompanhados de uma geleia de buruti.

Deuteronomy 32 breaks in style and format with the rest of the covenant book. The chapter is a seventy-line poem that tradition holds Moses sang to the people on his last day. The song begins as a reminder to the Israelites of this generation to pass their story on to the next generation. They must tell their children and grandchildren about the miracles they witnessed in their deliverance from Egypt and their wanderings in the desert. After Moses recites the song, God instructs him to go up on the mountain so he can look out on all the land (Deut 32:48–52; Num 27:12–14). Then the Bible states, in a few words, that Moses was gathered to his people. He was 120 (Deut 31:2; Deut 34:5–7). This moment is the most desperate in the entire Torah. It makes the reader who has followed Moses from the burning bush to the rebellion of Korah scream out and beg God to reconsider. Support the showConsider donating (one-time or recurring) to www.TheJerusalemConnection.us so we can continue to bring valuable content via podcasts free to the public. Help us increase our audience reach and improve production quality. Your donation is 100% tax-deductible to our non-profit organization. Bible Fiber and The Red Alert Report are available via YouTube and all major podcast platforms. The Jerusalem Connection also engages in additional educational and advocacy programs. Check our "Projects" tab for all the endeavors we invite YOU to be part of.

Tecnologia, soberania digital, manipulação de massas, regulação, poder e participação cívica: a convidada deste episódio do podcast Um Género de Conversa é considerada por muitos uma verdadeira justiceira do universo da inteligência artificial, algo que lhe tem valido reconhecimento internacional. Citando Eduardo Galeano, a hacker brasileira Veronyka Gimenes recorda que “somos o que fazemos para mudar o que somos” e acrescenta o quão importante é o processo de nos irmos hackeando, transformando tudo o que a gente é em algo que faça mais sentido para o momento.” Esta ideia ganhou um significado particular depois da experiência que viveu em 2024, quando um episódio do podcast Entre Amigues, dedicado à diversidade dentro da comunidade LGBTQIA+, saiu da sua esfera habitual de ouvintes e se tornou viral por causa da menção à expressão boyceta. “Depois que você fura a bolha, acreditem, você quer voltar para a sua bolha”, admite, descrevendo a onda de violência online que se seguiu. Perante milhares de ameaças e comentários de ódio, a activista e co-fundadora da associação Código Não Binário decidiu, em conjunto com a sua equipa, responder ao ataque, recorrendo à própria tecnologia. Desenvolveu um modelo de inteligência artificial em código aberto, de língua portuguesa, capaz de identificar diferentes formas de violência online. O trabalho de rastreio e análise de mais de 12 mil conteúdos revelou aquilo que considera ser uma hierarquia de prioridades das plataformas digitais. “A gente viu, por exemplo, que se a gente denunciava o ódio como propriedade intelectual, copyright, aí saía do ar na hora o conteúdo de ódio. Agora, se a gente denunciava como discurso de ódio, não saía.” Os dados recolhidos serviram também de base a uma acção judicial contra vários gigantes da tecnologia. “É ousado, a gente fica com um pouco de receio”, assume Gimenes, que reconhece a dimensão do desafio. “Mas, ao mesmo tempo, é algo que precisa começar a acontecer. Não somos totalmente impotentes.” Considera que um dos desafios centrais da actualidade é a tendência de se confundir inteligência artificial com os produtos desenvolvidos somente pelas grandes tecnológicas, portanto, começou também a dar formação sobre como usar de forma consciente as novas tecnologias e que alternativas existem. “Quando a gente não diferencia a inteligência artificial da big tech das outras, a gente acaba servindo a big tech. Porque exactamente o que eles querem é que a gente pense que os produtos deles são sinónimo do sector inteiro. Não são.” Num momento em que os dados pessoais, a desinformação, os deepfakes e a concentração de poder tecnológico ocupam o centro do debate público, Veronyka Gimenes recusa o fatalismo. “Não basta a gente simplesmente acompanhar esse fim do mundo e entender que as coisas estão piorando e piorando e piorando. É o momento de agir.” Defensora do software livre e da tecnodiversidade, argumenta que a tecnologia não é um destino inevitável, mas um processo que pode ser transformado. “As tecnologias são como processos, os processos mudam, você actualiza”, afirma. A mesma lógica aplica-se aos sistemas de IA, que, sim, podem reproduzir desigualdades, mas também podem ser desenhados de forma diferente e servir as populações. “Qualquer pessoa pode programar hoje. Isso é muito importante para a gente definir os rumos da internet”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Dognosis desenvolveu o BreathEasy, um teste que analisa a respiração para procurar sinais de cancro. O sistema combina cães treinados, sensores e inteligência artificial.Num estudo de Fase 2, identificou sete grupos de cancro com cerca de 91% de assertividade.#Saúde

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L'équipe de France féminine de basket s'incline 97 à 79 face aux États-Unis en finale de la Coupe du Monde. Numéro 2 des tendances, le mariage d'une personnalité insupportable donne de l'espoir à tous. Le top 3 se clôt avec une vidéo virale d'un sosie de Michael Jackson frappé par une enceinte lors d'un concert.

Num mundo que aprecia o reto e o simétrico, no Cerrado vemos uma harmonia diferente: árvores tortas, raízes profundas e nomes que não é bom que sejam ditos em voz alta. Uma crônica sobre o que os frutos do Cerrado ensinam sobre a criação.Esse post encontra-se no:TEOmídia Blog - uma preciosa fonte de edificaçãoConfira também:TEOmídia - plataforma gratuita de vídeosTEOmídia Rádio - 24 horas no arTEOmídia Cast - disponível no seu serviço de streaming de música e podcast.

Num fim-de-semana em que Martita e Sofia conseguiram chegar às meias-finais depois de derrotarem a dupla 2 do mundo, Tapia e Coello voltaram a não dar tréguas. Quem serão os próximos portugueses nos grandes palcos da Premier Padel?

Septembre 2026 - Numéro 79 : ・Les nouvelles de l'équipe ・Les sujets d'actualité : Comment supporter l'été japonais, disparition des corbeaux à Tokyo, point sur le visa permanent, pistes cyclables, iles Senkaku et Kouriles, etc. ・Les recommandations : Vivant (série), L'innocence (film), The Furious (film), Soudain (film). L'équipe Gaijin San : Vincent (@Vince_Tokyo), Nicolas (@Ryo_Saeba_3) et Amaury

Fest der Erhöhung des Heiligen Kreuzes Lesung aus dem Buch Númeri (Num 21, 4–9)   Antwortpsalm (Psalm 78)   Lesung aus dem Brief des Apostels Paulus an die Philípper (Phil 2, 6–11)   Aus dem heiligen Evangelium nach Johannes (Joh 3, 13–17) Per Crucem Tuam     Montag, 14. September 2026 ________________________ Lesejahr: C I Sprecher:  Marek Gierszał, Thomas Kycia Gesang: Katarzyna Kaswen-Wilk (Psalm 78 & Halleluja); Dominikanerschola Ave Florum Flos (Per Crucem Tuam) Musik: Szymon Jakubowski, Piotr Pałka & Traditional (Per Crucem Tuam) Jingle: Haroun Sweis Foto: P. Adam Rokosz OP Grafik: Danuta Mikeska-Kycia Projektbetreuung: Thomas Kycia Kontakt: info@bibeltogo.de Mehr auf: https://bibeltogo.de oder https://bibeltogo.podbean.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bibel_to_go/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BibeltogoPodcast Hat dir dieser Podcast gefallen? Bitte bewerte ihn und schreib uns einen Kommentar auf der Plattform, auf der du ihn gerade gehört hast oder schreib uns eine Mail an info@bibeltogo.de.   Erzähle von diesem Podcast deiner Familie, Freunden und Verwandten! So werden noch mehr Menschen Gottes Wort hören können. _________________ Die biblischen Texte sind Bestandteil der von den Bischofskonferenzen des deutschen Sprachgebietes approbierten (revidierten) Einheitsübersetzung der Heiligen Schrift (1980/2016). Rechte: Ständige Kommission für die Herausgabe der gemeinsamen liturgischen Bücher im deutschen Sprachgebiet.   Bibel to go. Die Lesungen des Tages Die Lesungen und das Tagesevangelium Das heutige Evangelium vorgelesen Evangelium Tag für Tag Bibel zum Hören Tageslesungen Bibel online Jahreskreis

Num dos podcasts mais longos da nossa história, o trio Rafael Fischmann, Eduardo Marques e Marcus Mendes debate tudo o que foi lançado na keynote "Surprise and shine" da Apple. No ar! [Edição: Edu Garcia] 00:00:00 Introdução 00:05:02 Como acompanhar a keynote “Surprise and shine” na quarta-feira (9/9) 00:16:38 Siri AI ganhará suporte ao português em outubro! 00:20:57 iPhones 18 Pro/18 Pro Max chegam com novas cores, Ilha Dinâmica menor, câmera com abertura variável e mais! 00:39:43 AirPods 5 são apresentados com ANC 50% melhor; modelo mais caro ganha controle deslizante de volume 00:48:30 Apple Watches Series 12 e Ultra 4 chegam com novos sensores, chip S11 e mais 01:07:30 Apple apresenta o iPhone Duo, seu primeiro dobrável 01:52:13 Apple lançará serviço de segurança e monitoramento residencial, diz Mark Gurman 01:57:23 Encerramento

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O ponto de partida foi um ônibus, comprado por Carlos Chieppe – um colono que, anos antes, transportava café em lombo de burro no interior do Espírito Santo. Oitenta anos depois, o Grupo Águia Branca é um gigante de mais de R$ 20 bilhões e 20 mil funcionários, com atuação no transporte de passageiros, logística e comércio de veículos. Hoje quem dirige o negócio é Kaumer Chieppe, neto de Carlos. Num grupo de gestão familiar, o executivo passou diferentes papéis antes de assumir o volante. Até o fim do ano, chega a vez de ele deixar a direção. “Sou feliz pela minha carreira, acho que cheguei aonde queria chegar”, diz Kaumer em entrevista a Mariana Amaro, apresentadora do podcast Do Zero ao Topo. “Ao mesmo tempo, me sinto com energia. Vou ter prazem em conquistar outras coisas, nem que seja um topo menorzinho”._________________________INFOMORNING | A newsletter com tudo o que você precisa para começar o diaReceba informações, análises e recomendações que valem dinheiro diretamente no seu e-mail: https://www.infomoney.com.br/newsletters/

Captives of war being forced into marriage...does God seem to promote sex slavery in Deuteronomy?On today's podcast, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie talk through a listener question to look at a challenging passage on a very sensitive topic around the treatment of women after victory in war. This passage has been used to discredit God and the Bible as a whole, but we dig into why this passage proves God's love for women and that His commands to the Israelites led to treating even enemy women with more dignity and respect than any other nation of the time.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: Deut. 21:10-14; Deut. 28:30; Zech. 14:12; Isa. 13:15-16; Jer. 14:16; Isa. 22:12; Job 1:20; Gen. 50:10; 1 Sam. 31:13; Deut. 34:8; Num. 20:29; Gen. 2; Gen. 24; Gen. 29; Exo. 2; Josh. 15; Matt. 19:8; Exo. 21:16.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!

God Empowers the Weak (1)  (audio) David Eells, 9/6/26 To all those who have struggled to please the Lord and do His Will, I want to share with you some good news. It will be a rest and refreshing, a casting down of the burden of salvation, in all its many facets, by self-works. It is not in ourselves to do these things but in Him. Personal strength and determination will not be enough. As a matter of fact, it will get in our way and His. He will wait until we give up so that He may give the free gift through faith that He also supplies. So, ask for faith. Gideon was faced with an army that was “like locusts for multitude.” He gathered together all the manpower at his disposal. All of this human strength stood in the Lord's way of doing a miracle for His glory. Man would certainly take the credit, and then others would not see the true source of our physical and spiritual salvation. (Jdg.7:2) And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. At this point, the Lord proceeded to choose only 300 men and then gave them trumpets for weapons. In the natural, there was none weaker than this army. Now the Lord could show that His “power is made perfect in weakness.” And what of David, who was naturally the youngest, smallest and weakest of Jesse's sons? When Samuel anointed him with the power of the Spirit, he went on to slay Goliath with a sling in the very next chapter. How often is this scenario repeated through the Scriptures so that we might know that weakness is a true strength when it qualifies us for the Lord's power. We should refuse to size up the opposition, knowing that when the “odds” are against us, they are in our favor. Our victory is assured by the fact that it was accomplished already at the cross. Each of us needs to become as a child because we can walk with the Lord if we become as a child. The thing about grownups is they're self-confident, self-sufficient, and self-dependent. The world thinks of those traits as being positive, but in the Kingdom, God does not consider it that way. The Lord says the only way you can enter into the Kingdom is to be a child. Jesus said, “suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God (Mar.10:14). Forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God, is what it said in the original. Of such is the kingdom of God. (15) Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein. (16) And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.” Now we tend to think of the Kingdom as someplace that we're going to so that we can enter into it, but actually we're entering into the Kingdom here on Earth. In reality, the Kingdom is to be every place in your life. The kingdom of God is within you (Luk.17:21), Jesus said. The Kingdom is every place in your life where God is able to rule, where He is King. God is not able to rule until you're in agreement with Him. To be a child is to be confident in your Father, not self-confident. It's to be dependent upon your Father, not self-dependent. This is valuable to God. As He said, “my righteous one shall live by (“from” in the Numeric) faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him” (Heb.10:38). What pleases God is that we live from faith, that we do not live from our self-confidence, or our self-sufficiency, or our own ability, or the strength of the arm of the flesh, but that we put our trust in God and walk with Him like a little child walks with his father. In other words, there's no other way to enter into the Kingdom. We must give up being grownups. We must become as children. In order for God to be able to rule everywhere in our lives, we have to become as children.  (Mat.18:1) In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? (2) And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them, (3) and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. And these were His disciples that He was speaking to. These were not the lost Pharisees; these were the disciples of Jesus, those who were learning and following Him. He said you will not enter in unless you turn and become as little children. The process of the Christian life is this process of turning and becoming as little children and becoming God-dependent, God-sufficient and God-confident. (Mat.18:4) Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (5) And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.  You see, Jesus was a little child. That's Who He was. He says, if you receive one of these little children, you receive Me. That's somebody who's in My likeness; you receive Me. He was a child. He really was. He wasn't a grown-up in the ways of the world, in the ways of confidence in the world, the strength of the world. Grown-ups are known for making their own way, making their own living, being self-sufficient, being great providers, but the Lord wants to wash all that out of us. He wants us to put all of our confidence and our trust in Him and become as little children. If you receive one such little child, you receive Jesus. That's the way He was. He was confident in His Lord. I'll tell you, the best way we can help ourselves is by walking by faith in God's Word. You've probably heard the old saying that “God helps those who help themselves,” but that's not found in the Bible. That saying is credited to Benjamin Franklin in his Poor Richard's Almanack. No, the best way to help yourself is walking in faith in God's Word.  (Rom.14:22) The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. That's what the Bible says. You can help yourself. You can help yourself to everything that God has for you through faith in His Word. (Luk.10:21) In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. What was He talking about? Reveal what things to the babes? Well, the disciples had just come back from being sent out by the Lord to take authority over the works of the devil. They came back rejoicing that God had given them authority over the power of the devil and that they had done the works of Jesus, and they saw that the spirits were subject unto them. But why did Jesus call them babes? Well, it was babes who received this revelation of the authority of Jesus, and it was babes who received this revelation of how to use the authority of Jesus. Let's back up a little in this chapter. (Luk.10:3) Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. (4) Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and salute no man on the way. So we see they were babes because Jesus sent them out totally dependent upon the Lord.  (5) And into whatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, Peace [be] to this house. (6) And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again. And so he said, “salute no man on the way,” because you really don't know people, but you find out later who people are. We're going to find out before the end of the tribulation who people really are and who His children are.  God sent these disciples out as children, as totally dependent upon the Lord, not self-sufficient, not able to take care of themselves. He deliberately took away their ability to take care of themselves when He sent them by not letting them take any kind of insurance with them. The only thing they took was His assurance because He said, “the laborer is worthy of his hire” (Luk.10:7), meaning that if you just go, God will always pay His workers. You don't have to worry about it. God is that way. He wants us to go without our own sufficiency or our own insurance so that we can see His provision on the way. I really, truthfully believe that Jesus never changed this way of sending out people. Many times, if God says, “Go,” you may go. It doesn't matter if you have the wherewithal to do this. If God says, “Go,” you may go. He will never fail you. He will meet you on the way. He's done it many, many times with me when He said, “Go,” and I've noticed, “But, God, I don't have this” or “I don't have gas” or “I don't have money.” But God doesn't take “no” for an answer. If He says, “Go,” you can go because He will be there. He'll put gas in your car. He's done it to me several times. Or He'll make it run without gas. He's done that, too. Or He'll put money in your pocket somehow or another. He'll do it. Or He'll make your money stretch. He can surely multiply it. He can do all things. He'll have you meet up with people whom He has put there specifically to supply your needs, if you go by faith and be obedient to Him. If you go as a child, just trusting in your Father.  In America, there are far too few children. Everybody in America seems grown-up. Everybody in America wants to insulate themselves against anything that could happen, as though they don't believe in a sovereign God. The Bible says, “A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven” (Joh.3:27). God, Who is Sovereign, will make sure that He blesses you if you go by faith in Him. Believe me, the time is coming when everybody will have to go by faith in God because He's going to take away all the things that people have insured and insulated themselves with from the things that might happen in the world. But God is God. He never goes to sleep. He's never fallen off the throne. He's there always. He is going to make sure that His Word comes true. And we can be just like little children. We can cast ourselves on His mercy.  Children never even think about where the next meal is going to come from. Little children don't worry about those things; they just know that it's Momma and Daddy's responsibility; they'll take care of that. And you know, that's the way God is with us. He wants that kind of relationship with us. God's not happy with anything less. (Heb.10:38) My righteous one shall live from faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. God doesn't have pleasure in self-sufficient people. He has pleasure in people who walk by faith, talk by faith, live by faith. And it is a pleasure to live by faith. I don't yet know all of what living by faith is; God's only shown me the little parts that He's shown me, but I would love to live by faith in every direction. Some directions I've never even thought about, and other people will come and say, “Oh, did you try this?” For example, a sister in the Lord once told me that she and some other people just picked up some instruments and started playing them by faith, and pretty soon they got better and better at it. They were surprised at how God blessed them. Well, that led us to pray over our children, Nathan and Jennifer, by faith, and God answered that prayer. I tell you, it was just the very next week after that when they started playing music, picking it up quite naturally, by ear. So there isn't anything God won't do for those who put their trust in Him.  There is nothing that God can't do and won't do for those who put their trust in Him. I believe this is the reason that He said He revealed these things unto babes. God reveals the authority of God and God reveals the power of His name to people who will become children, people who will cast care to the wind and put themselves in His Hands, just trusting in Him, believing in Him. (Eph.3:20) God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. God loves it when we are weak, but we don't see it that way. We like to be strong, and we do our best to make sure that we're strong in every situation that we can get in. As I said, we do our best to insulate ourselves from any possible mishap, but that doesn't please God. It doesn't please God that we put our trust in the gods of this world, the saviors of this world. The apostle Paul learned that lesson. He was caught up to paradise and he said, “On behalf of such a one (the man who was caught up to paradise) will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses” (2Co.12:5). The King James Version translates that word “weaknesses” there as “infirmities” because they had the idea that the apostle Paul had some kind of sickness or infirmities, but a closer look at this reveals that's not the case at all. Those translators believed the apostle Paul had an eye disease or something like that and that God said, “my grace is sufficient for thee” (2Co.12:9), meaning, “You just keep that because you need that; you need that to be an overcomer; you need that to humble you.” But obviously that would be contrary to a lot of the rest of the Word. The Bible says, “by whose stripes ye were healed” (1Pe.2:24). It doesn't say that we're healed only when we really need it, and it doesn't say that we're healed only sometimes. You were healed all the time. Let's read on. (2Co.12:6) For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forebear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me [to be,] or heareth from me. (7) And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch. So we see that he said what the “thorn in the flesh” was. He said it was a messenger of Satan, an angelos. The word there is angelos, which is translated 181 times in the New Testament as “angel” and the other few times as “messenger,” but it means the same thing. It's the same Greek word, angelos. Here was an angel of Satan that was sent to buffet Paul so that he wouldn't be proud. Paul didn't say it was a sickness that was sent to buffet him. And, by the way, to “buffet” is not just one blow, like a sickness. It's to beat over and over and over. It's many blows. That's what buffet means. But a thorn in the flesh, in this case, was an angel of Satan that was sent to buffet Paul. In the Old Testament, for every verse that talks about a thorn in the flesh, never, not once, is it ever a sickness. It was always referring to the enemies of God's people that came against them, and in this case it's the same thing. An angel of Satan was sent to buffet Paul so he wouldn't “be exalted overmuch.” (2Co.12:8) Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. (9) And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. The King James here has that this word is “weakness,” but this word and the word up in verse five are the same Greek word, so one of them can't be “infirmity” and the other one “weakness.” Both of them have to be the same thing, and the truth is they are, because using the same Greek word in talking about Jesus, the Bible says, “for he was crucified through weakness” (2Co.13:4).  Now, nobody would have put “infirmity” there. Jesus wasn't crucified through infirmity, so they had to put the truth there and the King James did use “weakness” in that case. (4) For he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you. See, when you are weak in Christ, you're going to live through the power of God. It's when you are not able. It's being weak in ability to save yourself, being weak in ability to deliver yourself, being weak in ability to heal yourself. He says when you're in that condition, then God's power is going to be with you. This is the same thing Paul said back in 2 Corinthians 12:9. I'm pointing out this verse because in the King James they used the word “weakness” here and it could not possibly be put in as “infirmity” because we can't read anywhere in the Scriptures that Jesus was infirm, nor was He crucified because He was infirm. Now, that's the same word that's being used over here and over in 2 Corinthians 12:9. He said, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness.” You know, if we will be weak as a little child, God's power will be there. Most often, God's power is not there because we refuse to be weak. We want to be strong in a circumstance. We see what we think needs to be done and we run to do it, and we are not ceasing from our works. We are not entering into the Sabbath (Hebrews 4:11). We're not refusing to be strong. If we will refuse to be strong and we will put our trust in God, we will see His power there every time.  This reminds me of a vision I had years ago, in which Mary and I were sitting in some lawn chairs in front of our house in Louisiana. While we were sitting there, we saw this power line hanging from pole to pole. The strange thing about it, as we were looking at this and studying it, was that the power line was almost touching the ground in the middle because it was sagging so badly. And while we were watching that, a tornado came over that power line and sucked us up out of our chairs. Then the vision changed, and I feel like we were over in Florida, and the Lord was showing us something about our ministry over there. But what He showed me about that always stuck with me. As we were sitting there, ceasing from our works and resting in lawn chairs, watching the power of man come to an end (that's the power lines), as we watched the power of man come to an end, then the power of God took over. Man's extremity is God's opportunity. God's not ready to move until we cease from our works because we have faith. Every time you have faith, you can stop; you can cease from your work, you can cease from your struggling; you can cease from trying to save yourself because the Bible says you are saved. It doesn't say He will save you. If it said that, you'd wonder what method He wanted to use, but since His method is past tense and you believe it, you have to stop; you have to cease. And so God's power is made perfect in our weakness.  Paul said, “most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses (not “infirmities” because it's the exact same Greek word), that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2Co.12:9). Glory in our weaknesses so that the power of Christ may rest upon us. That's the way a child is. They have all the power of Daddy because he is the provider, he is the deliverer, he is the savior. He takes care of it all, and they don't think it should be any other way, and we should be that way, too. We've been trained up to think otherwise, to be grownups, but you know, we shouldn't be thinking in any other terms than what a child thinks. This is the way God wants it.  Well, I think that we can see by now that the ‘verse,' “God helps those who help themselves,” is not Godly at all; it's antichrist. It will never allow you to enter into the power of God. It will never allow the Spirit and the power of Christ to rest upon you. So Paul says he glories in his weaknesses so that the power of Christ may rest upon him. (2Co.12:10) … I take pleasure in weaknesses…. King James says “infirmities.” Nobody takes pleasure in infirmities. That's ridiculous. The word here is the same Greek word again; it's “weakness.” Yes, we take pleasure in weaknesses. It's great to be weak. It's great to not have the ability to deliver yourself because then you get to see the miracle of God. And he went on to say, in “injuries,” or actually the word there is “insults,” according to the ancient manuscripts and the Received Text and several others; it's “insults,” not necessarily “injuries.” You don't take pleasure in injuries, but “in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2Co.12:10). Now, what was this buffeting that this angel sent his way, this angel of Satan? Some people say there are no such things as angels of Satan. You know that the demons are angels. Some people say the demons are not angels, but no, that's not what the Bible says. The demons are the angels of Satan, so just forget about that theology. Don't believe that and don't go down that road because it's wrong. Michael and his angels fought with Satan and his angels (Revelation 12:7), the Bible says. Demons are all fallen angels. That's where they came from. They are the fallen angels, the non-elect angels. So what is this buffeting? What are these many different blows that the angel of Satan brought Paul's way in order to make him weak, and bring him into a position of weakness? Well, Paul gives a list of them. (2Co.11:21) I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. (22) Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. (23) Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft. He's talking about the places where he was weak to save himself. You know, when we get into places where we don't see any possibility of saving ourselves, that's wonderful because we get to see the power of God. If we walk by faith in those places, then we get to see the miracles of God. That's what God wants to teach us. He brings us into those places. Remember, God was the One Who sent this angel of Satan to humble Paul.  Why do we need humbling? We need humbling because we're grown-ups and we need to become children. We need to not be self-sufficient; we need to be God-sufficient. We need to be trusting in our Lord because His promises are there to save us in all these situations. So God brings us into these places, and Satan's angel brings us into these places where we're weak, where we need the power of God. If we will be weak, we will see the power of God. Many times we want to look for man's help, man's way, man's wisdom.  Let's continue reading Paul's list. (2Co.11:24) Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one. (25) Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; (26) [in] journeyings often, [in] perils of rivers, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils from [my] countrymen, [in] perils from the Gentiles, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren; (27) [in] labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. He was in all these places in order to be weak so he could see the power of God. God put him in those places, like He brought the Israelites into those places in the wilderness so that they could see the power of God. Being weak is not a time to be anxious or worried; it's a time when you should expect to see the power of God. It's God's purpose to bring us to weakness so we can see His power. This is His plan. Don't ever be cast down because of what you see, because what you see is these places that make you weak. It's God's plan for you when you get into these places that you put your trust in Him and that you see His power. This is the place where God's power rests upon you. This place of weakness, the place of your own inability to save yourself or deliver yourself, is the place you can look for the promise of God and trust in God.  Paul went on, “besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches (2Co.11:28). (29) Who is weak (that's the word “weak”), and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not? (30) If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.” That's another place that the King James calls it “infirmity.” It's the same word! In the same text, if a word is translated one way in one part of the text and another way in another part of the text, that is dishonest. That is deceiving; it's wrong. It either has to be one or the other. If you look at this word in other parts of the Bible, the conclusion is that it's talking about weakness, not infirmity. Thank God for the places that He brings us to where we're weak! That's the only place we ever see miracles. Do you realize that? It's the only place we ever see miracles, and yet that is the place we're most tempted to throw up our hands and be anxious or worried or troubled. That is the place where all miracles are given, right there, in a place of weakness, the place where you're unable. Now, if you have the mind of a child and you get in that place, you just expect Father to take over from then on. This is something that He normally does. God normally supplies your need, like in the teaching Jesus gave about the birds and the flowers. He said they don't labor and they don't toil to clothe and to feed themselves (Matthew 6:26,28). You mean, the Lord is saying you don't have to work to bring about this clothing and feeding? You don't have to toil? That's exactly what He said. Go back and read it. It's so clear. That's exactly what He said. He knew that you'd get yourself in a situation, and He even ordained these situations to come, where you wouldn't be able to provide for yourself. And He said, “are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father (Mat.10:29). (30) But the very hairs on your head are all numbered. (31) Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.” Look, not even a hair falls out of your head; can you imagine that God doesn't know it?! He knows us so intimately that not one hair can fall out of your head without Him knowing it. I mean, your hairs are always falling out and growing back. How can He number the hairs of your head? That is an intimate God Who can number the hairs of your head. He knows a lot, so how could we possibly get into a situation that He doesn't know about and hasn't planned for? He is our Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord our Provider. (Php.4:19) And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. You can't get so far out that God can't reach you. You can't get in so impossible a situation that He can't take care of it. He can pay your taxes out of a fish's mouth (Matthew 17:27). He can do anything. Think about some of the things that God has done in the Scriptures, and He really did do them. He stopped the solar system for a day so Joshua could defeat his enemies. God can do anything. And, you know what? The great thing about it is He's “the same yesterday, and to-day, [yea] and for ever” (Heb.13:8). He is the same. He will still do anything to meet your needs if you will be weak and have faith. Be weak and have faith. Now, the time when you ought to have faith is when you're weak, because God doesn't need to meet your needs when you don't have any. You don't need a miracle until you need a miracle. Don't think that you can avoid a trial of your faith by receiving the miracle before you need it. No. God tries your faith. The miracle doesn't come till the miracle's needed. Trust in Him between here and there because He will be there. He will do what you need. Be confident in Him. Be children in Him. This is what we need to learn, and it's not an easy lesson. It demands the death of self, but religion has trained us up with the mind of the beast because religion has taught that God helps those who help themselves and it trains us to take care of these situations. Religion trains us to trust in the arm of the flesh. They even changed God into a god which He has never been so that they can trust in the arm of the flesh. “Now God does it this way,” they say, as if Jesus doesn't heal the same way He always healed, by laying hands on the sick or by speaking the word of faith. He's always healed that way and He still does. But you see, they've changed God so that you can trust in the arm of the flesh, so that you can be strong. You can run out and get the strength of the world, make your alliances with the world, get your insurance from the world. They'll change God and go to any extent to let the flesh live. But we have to become as a child; otherwise, Jesus says, you're not entering into the Kingdom of Heaven (Luke 18:17). The Kingdom of Heaven is where God rules, God reigns, God saves, God delivers. He hasn't changed. Man has attempted to change Him.  God put us here in this weak position. He planned for us always to be in a weak position, so that He could be our Savior. (2Co.4:7) But we have this treasure (the treasure Paul is talking about is the light of the knowledge of the glory of God) in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves. God put this treasure, this knowledge of God, in such a weak vessel so that when anything happened, it would have to bring glory to Him and not to us. He could have put us in a strong vessel. He could have put us in a very knowledgeable, very wise, very strong, very healthy vessel, and we wouldn't have needed His help. He wouldn't have needed to be God, would He? We would have been our own gods.  If we watch all the children's superhero shows, we'll notice the thing that's super about them is they're their own gods. They do what they want. They are able. That's not what God ever wanted. God didn't choose us because we are able. He chose us because we're not able. He wanted to give us His ability freely through grace, and that's unmerited. You can't earn it; you can't pay for it. He wanted to give it to us freely. When you get yourself in an impossible situation, think about it. God put you there and He put you there so that you could see how great He is. So God put this wonderful treasure in a very weak earthen vessel. (2Co.4:8) 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 (which is the death of self), so that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. God wants Jesus to live through us, but we have to be weak for Him to do that. The power of Christ will rest upon those who are weak. We're powerful only because we have faith in God. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us (Philippians 4:13) but He doesn't strengthen until you're weak, you see. We have to cease before He will start. We have to keep the Sabbath and cease from our works and enter into His works through faith. God not only put us in a world that's bigger than us and with an enemy that was a lot bigger than us; He put us in a vessel that was weak to begin with, so that when the salvation came, we would also know it was from Him and not from ourselves. We think we're so great and we've been trained to be self-sufficient. Mommas and daddies train up their children to be self-sufficient. That's not what God wants. He wants a child. He's always chosen the weak (1 Corinthians 26-29). He's never chosen the strong and this gives you hope. This gives you hope that when you get in impossible situations, God planned for you to be there so that He could show you His power, His deliverance, and His salvation. This is God's plan. It's been His plan from the beginning and He's done it over and over. (Deu.7:6) For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. And did you know that God still does that? God has still chosen you above all the peoples upon the face of the earth. Did you know that? If He chose you, He chose you above someone else, but He didn't choose you because you're wiser or smarter or more able or mighty, because “not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]” (1Co.1:26). God chose the weak. God called the weak “above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.” (Deu.7:7) The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples. And it's still that way, isn't it? God chose “the fewest of all peoples.” Why did He do that? Certainly, if He was fighting battles with all the Canaanites, He would want the greatest number, wouldn't He? No, because when the battle was won, He didn't want anybody to say, “Look what we did!” And when the battle is won in our lives, He doesn't want anybody to be able to say, “Look what we did!” “Look how powerful we are!” “Look how wise we are!” Or “Oh, we were smart enough to follow God.” You know, all these things that people could say. No. God said He didn't choose us because we were the mightiest but because we were the fewest. It's still that way today. The true Christians are few. Don't think that the Christians in this country are the many. What do they call them? The “moral majority.” That is just totally ridiculous! For proof of that, look at the people we have in elected office. If there was a moral majority, believe me, you would always have a government that was moral and good because that's the way democracy works. There's no moral majority. Never was.  God chose us because we were the fewest of all peoples. (Deu.7:8) But because the Lord loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he swear unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, and from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (17) If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? (18) thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; (19) the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid. And so shall the Lord thy God do to all of the curse that you come against, and to all of the flesh that you have to conquer, and to all the principalities and powers that you have to conquer. They are made strong, and you are made weak for a purpose, so that you can see the power of God move against them.  We never need to count on our own strength. David did that and brought a curse on Israel (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). He counted the people of Israel and brought a curse on them because God sent a pestilence that killed 70,000 men, just so David couldn't count on his own strength (2 Samuel 24:15; 1 Chronicles 21:14). When you count on your strength, look out because you have trouble coming. God's going to humble you. God's in the humbling process with us. He wants to deliver us from trusting in the arm of the flesh. You know, in almost every battle that Israel won, they were outnumbered. Isn't it amazing that God demanded that they be outnumbered before He would give them the victory? For example, in Judges we're told that the Israelites had an army coming against them that the Bible says were as the sands of the sea for multitude (Judges 7:12). The Midianites, the Amalekites and the children of the east were coming against them, and all the men of Israel who could be gathered together weren't enough to do the job and they knew it. At first they were counting on their own ability and the numbers they had, but they were ridiculously outnumbered. (Jdg.7:2) And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. Well, that was just the beginning of God whittling down the people and those people who are fearful will not be the ones who have the victory over the enemy. Being weak is one thing, but being fearful is quite another. Being fearful is not trusting in the power that God has given us to come against our enemy. Being fearful is judging by your own ability. It's looking at your own ability or your own inability, but that's where God is putting us on purpose. This is God's plan to put us in a position of weakness, to make our enemy look big. He sent the Israelites into a promised land where the enemies were giants, and they were vastly outnumbered. It was God's plan for it to look like an unfair contest. In every trial that we go into, it's going to look that way so that when we get the victory, we know it's God's power, not our own.  If you're thinking, “Yeah, but God chose Gideon, a great man of valor, to bring this about.” Well, let's go back and look at Gideon. (Jdg.6:12) The angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. The Lord tells you the same thing. He's with you. His authority is behind you whenever you walk for Him. Whatever we do, we do in the Name, representing Him. His power and His authority are behind us when we act on the Word. (Jdg.6:13) And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.  Have you ever thought, “Where are the mighty works of God?” Well, I'll tell you where they are. They're waiting on people to be weak. If people won't be weak, they won't see them. As long as we're strong to save ourselves, we don't need God. There's no faith involved in that. So now Israel had just gotten itself into a position of weakness, and do you know what? God chose just as weak a man to lead them. (Jdg.6:14) The Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent thee? “This thy might”? What is the Lord talking about? What does He mean here? It's because God sent Gideon. This kind of reminds you of Peter. “Lord, you just bid me to come to You on the water.” And when the Lord said, “Come,” Peter stepped out of the boat. The Lord said he could do it, and just on the word of the Lord, Peter did it (Matthew 14:28,29). He stepped out of the boat by faith. Nobody else stepped out of the boat, but he did. You know, if the Lord told you in the Word, that's all you need. “In this thy might.” God's always going to be behind His Word. If you step out on His Word, exercising faith in His Word, then His might is going to be there. You're always going to be weak, but His might will be there. “Have not I sent thee?” It's the same thing the Lord did to Moses when he protested, “O Lord, I'm not an eloquent speaker” (Exodus 4:10) and God answered him with, “Who hath made man's mouth?” (Exodus 4:11) God chose Moses not because he was great; God chose him because he was weak. (Jdg.6:15) And he said unto him, Oh, Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. Gideon wasn't listening, was he? “My family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least of my father's house.” There it is. God chose the weakest and the least. Don't expect God to send Superman. That's not what He's looking for. This will not accomplish the purpose that He has. God is going to send someone who's weak, someone who is like a child. That qualifies some of us. You know, we can be as a child; we are unable in so many things. Sometimes we're forced into a position of being unable. But I tell you that what Jesus wants for us is not that we be forced into a position of weakness, but that we walk in that position of our own free will, refusing to be strong. This is the great thing. If we will learn to refuse to be strong, we will see the miracles of God now. And when we get forced into that position later, it won't be a big thing. It was no big thing for Moses to go through the wilderness with the children of Israel. They were being tried. He wasn't being tried. He'd already gone out into that wilderness and lived in that wilderness by faith in God. And God sent him because he had been there. He sent him back to bring the rest of the Israelites through that wilderness. And if you've been there, it won't be a big trial for you, but you'll be able to show others. This is very important for the times that are coming. People who are weak are going to be strong in the times that are coming, and others are going to be fearful. This wilderness experience that's coming is going to weed out the strong from the weak. The ones who are strong, who've always trusted in their own strength and who refuse to do anything else, they're going to fall by the wayside. It's going to be the babes who are going to go through the wilderness and make it to the other side. And God's always planned it that way. God will not permit salvation to come any other way but by grace. Some people look around and they say, “Look what God did here,” and “Look what God did there,” but if you look carefully, it's what a man did. They're giving credit to a man. (Exo.7:3) And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. It's funny, but you see God on both sides of this thing. It was God who hardened Pharaoh's heart, as it says here, so that the miracles that came would be mighty miracles. God gave the Israelites a strong enemy who would not let them go. (Psa.105:25) He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants. The Egyptians brought the people of God into bondage because they hated them. And in Psalm 106, God made them set His people free.  First God hardened the Egyptians, then He made them set the Israelites free. It was God's plan to put them in an impossible situation so that they would know how great God's salvation was. “I hardened Pharaoh's heart and multiplied my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.” (Exo.7:4) But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. (5) And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. It is God's plan to put us in an impossible situation. We think it's the devil's plan and the devil fighting against us. No, it's God's plan for us to be in impossible situations. A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven (Joh.3:27), the Bible says, so God puts us in these impossible situations full-well planning to do a miracle for us. When we get in these situations, we shouldn't look at the impossibility of the situation and then look at our strength and say, “Woe is me!” because we can see from history this has been God's plan all along. When we get in that kind of situation, we should figure that the odds are in our favor, if you figure odds. See, when a situation is impossible, that's when the odds are in your favor. It's just the opposite for the world because they count on their strength and not God's strength, but when you look with your eyes and you see the situation is impossible and you see the promise of God, that's when you should be confident in God. He put us in this situation so we could see what a great Savior He is. He hardened Pharaoh's heart; He turned the Egyptians' hearts to hate His people, to bring them into bondage so that He could do mighty miracles to deliver them. It was His plan all along to do mighty miracles to deliver them. Instead, people want to be strong. The Egyptians wanted to be strong. Pharaoh called for their wise men and sorcerers and magicians to see if they couldn't do the same curses that Moses was bringing. (Exo.7:11) Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. (12) For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.  So the curse is sent by God upon the earth. The whole chapter in Deuteronomy 28 is about the curse, and it came by the Hand of God. I know that we've been talking about the hand of the devil, but that's not what the Scripture says. God said He sent the curse. But men, in whom we put our trust, they also propagate the curse. In this instance, Moses brought this curse, but also the magicians brought this curse. And the magicians, the sorcerers, never took away a curse, not one time. (Note that the word in the New Testament for “sorcery” or “witchcraft” is the word pharmakia.) According to this, they can't take away a curse. They can bring a curse, but they can't take one away. Moses was the one who always took the curse away, both the one that he brought (from the Lord) and the one that the magicians brought. Moses was always the one who took away both curses (Exodus 7:12; 8:13). And it wasn't until the sorcerers came to the end of their ability that God made a division between Goshen and Egypt. The sorcerers couldn't duplicate any of the curses from the plague of lice onward (Exodus 8:19). That's when God made a division, right there. When they failed to duplicate the plague of lice, when they came to the end of themselves, their ability, then God made this differentiation. By the way, we are called to walk in health. For instance, God said, “I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee” (Exo.15:26). When did He do that? God did it right here. When the sorcery came to an end, when the witchcraft came to an end, then God made a division. From then on, the curses always fell upon the Egyptians and not on the Israelites. So what are we here for? We are here to be weak in the ways of the world. The carnal church is not weak in the ways of the world. They have absorbed and taken hold of the ways of the world; that's why they're called the “harlot.” And we're called to step out by faith, to put our trust wholly in God, not just in the area of healing, but in deliverance in circumstances. The Lord came to deliver us from everything that involves the curse of sin and of death. In fact, in Ephesians, where he says, “by grace are you saved (sozo) through faith,” the word “saved” there is used in the Scriptures for salvation of the soul, for salvation regarding healing, for salvation in circumstances (when they were in the boat that was filling with water, for instance), and for deliverance from demons. The same word is used in all of those instances. Sometimes it's translated “made whole.” (Eph.2:8) For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; (9) not of works, that no man should glory. God will not permit us to have His salvation where we can earn it or where we are strong enough for it. He doesn't permit it. He puts us in situations where we're not strong or wise enough. But the world and the worldly Christian will try to convince you that you can be wise enough, you can gain enough strength to take care of this thing and they will give you all their worldly wisdom so that you'll come against it but, ultimately, because God loves you, He will see to it that you fail. In all of your efforts to save yourself, because He loves you, He will see to it that you fail. Men can't take one curse off, although they can sure shove it around. Only God can take a curse off because these curses come to try us, to get us in the position of being saved by God. Therefore, if you fail in this point, then you're going to go around the mountain again and you're going to come into the same trial again. This is why men can't ever deliver you because, if you do it man's way, well, you're just going to bump into it again down the road. You're going to go around that mountain, and the same trial again and again; and you'll just keep going around until you get it right. All man can do is put more curses upon you, you see. You'll keep going around and come back to the same trial until you get it right, until you do it God's way. How many times did God run the Israelites around out in that wilderness? And they cried, and they moaned, and they groaned, and they wanted to go back to Egypt (Exodus 14:11-12; 16:3). That's what the worldly church leadership is teaching people. “Go back to Egypt. Go ahead. There's nothing wrong with that. That's the way God does it now. Go on back to Egypt. Go back to the ways of the flesh. Go back to the strength of man, the arm of the flesh,” and so on and so forth, you know. They want you to put your trust in the arm of the flesh, but no, don't do it because there's a curse in that. (Jer.17:5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.) The curse is here, if nowhere else. You see, we've been given a certain amount of time to run this race and to bear fruit, and if all you do is run in circles, you're never going to finish the race. You never finish the race running in circles. We're running a race against time and at the finish line, we have to have the fruit. And God puts these trials in our way so that we go through them His way and overcome them His way. He puts them in our way because they're much bigger than we are. We can cry about going back to getting the strength of Egypt, or we can walk by faith in Jesus to overcome and have that strength for the next trial. Every time you overcome, you have that strength from Him. You can look back and remember what God did, and that's His plan. It was God Who brought the Israelites out into that wilderness, into some impossible situations.  When they first came out of Egypt and were going south, they were free; they were delivered; it was nothing but open country in front of them. (Exo.14:1) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. (3) And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. (4) And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh….  Who do you think Pharaoh might be? He was the ruler over the Egyptians, but I'll tell you another thing that can be seen here. If you remember, Paul likened the Israelites going through the Red Sea to them being baptized (1 Corinthians 10:1,2) and, of course, going through the Red Sea, the old man dies, but the new man is given life. So the old man was the Egyptian and the new man was the Israelite. When they went through the Red Sea, they were baptized in the Red Sea, in the water and in the cloud, and the old man, the Egyptian, died. Well, Pharaoh was the Lord, the god of the Egyptians. In fact, that was what his name meant – “The God.” Now, who is the god of the flesh? Satan. The devil is the god of the flesh and has been given power and authority to do what he does. Jesus said, “all authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth” (Mat.28:18). “All of it. All of it's been given unto Me.” Therefore, what the devil has, God gives him. And what the devil has, we give him. You can make “Pharaoh” bigger or you can make him smaller. You can take away his authority and power by agreeing with the Word, or you can give him authority and power by believing in him, believing in his strength and believing in his might. You can do that. Well, God made Pharaoh strong. He hardened Pharaoh's heart, and He made him strong. He made Pharaoh's people strong so that the salvation would be from God.  God gave us an enemy to conquer that appears to be so much stronger than we are, and that's the flesh. You look at your flesh. You look at the old man, the Egyptian, and you say, “Oh, Lord!” You get worried. The more you look at him, the more worried you get. “How am I ever going to beat this giant?” But God puts you in those positions on purpose. He has you there with enemies that appear much bigger than you are, but in actuality they're just bread for you. I like what Joshua and Caleb said about the people of Canaan: “they are bread for us” (Num.14:9). They're just something that is made for you to eat up and get bigger and stronger. God put them there so that His power would totally conquer them. He wasn't counting on your power. The Israelites had no power against the Egyptians. The Egyptians were a mighty, well-armed army, and God put the Israelites in that position so their salvation had to come from God. Back where we left off, Pharaoh wanted them to serve God in Egypt and God told Moses what to say to Pharaoh. (Exo.7:16) And thou shalt say unto him, the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened. And then later, when Pharaoh was starting to give in a little bit, he called for Moses and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land (Exo.8:25); in other words, in Egypt. You know, that's right where a lot of Christians are. They're sacrificing to God in Egypt. That is, they think they're doing it God's way, but they're doing it in Egypt. (Exo.8:26) And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God. See, we can't serve God in Egypt. We can't do it the Egyptians' way. If you're copying the world in any way in your salvation, then you're missing God because that's not the way God does it. Pharaoh's going to tell you, “It's okay. You can serve your god but just do it in Egypt, don't do it in the wilderness.” In Egypt they trusted in the strength that they received from Egypt and lived off the flesh-pots (Exodus 16:3); in other words, they lived off the flesh. But God wanted them in the wilderness where they couldn't have any help from anything else but Him. The power came from God, His ability. And the devil's going to tempt you the same way. He does it all the time. “It's okay, serve God, but do it this way. Just do it the way the Egyptians do it.” But God is doing it in such a way that we'll never be able to put our trust in the arm of the flesh again. It'll be a total victory over the flesh.  So God brought the Israelites out there into that wilderness, and He put them in this neat little trap between Migdol and the Red Sea to see what they would do. They didn't handle it well. They cried out, “Whoa! We wish you would have left us in Egypt to serve the Egyptians!” (Exodus 14:10-12) But God brought them there to part the Red Sea and do the greatest miracle of deliverance for them. He brought them to that situation, and we ought to see our situations that way too. We are in a wilderness experience going through this world. God is bringing us to all these impossible situations so that He can prove how big a God He is. His whole purpose is to prove how big a God He is. And the more impossible the situation, the bigger He becomes, in our mind anyway. That's what He wants. He wants us to glorify Him for what a great salvation He brings us to. And so God brought the Israelites from this trap to other traps. He brought them to the bitter waters (Exodus 15:23) and He had Moses throw in a tree that made the bitter waters sweet (Exodus 15:25). And I personally believe that the “bitter waters” symbolize our tongue because James talks about the sweet and the bitter waters that come from the same well, and he says it shouldn't be this way (James 3:10,11). (For a deeper understanding of this, read our book titled “The Tongue Conquers the Curse.”) God delivered us at the cross. That was the tree that was cast in that made the bitter waters sweet. God delivered us from the bitter waters of our own tongue because “death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof” (Pro.18:21). “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” We have the ability to change things in this wilderness that we're in with our tongue. God gave us that ability at the cross. He made the bitter waters sweet at the cross. The very next thing God did was make an ordinance. (Exo.15:26) If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee (Hebrew: Jehovah-Rophe). And God brought them to the place in the wilderness where there was no food (Exodus 16:3) and He gave them the food. He met their need for food. And He brought them to the place where there was no water (Exodus 17:1) and He brought water out of the rock (Exodus 17:6). God brought the Israelites to impossible situations, one after another, and He brought them against enemies who were much bigger than them. It was one impossible situation after another and, in every case, God planned a great deliverance for them, if they would just put their trust in Him. We see over and over in the Scriptures that God did this. Look at what God did with Gideon's army. The Lord whittled them down from 32,000 men to 10,000 and then from 10,000 down to 300 (Judges 7:7) to come against an army that was as many as the sands of the sea (Judges 7:12), so that Gideon's army couldn't say, “mine own hand hath saved me” (Jdg.7:2). There were too many Israelites for God to give the Midianites and Amalekites and children of the east into their hand, and He would have to whittle them down so that they would know that this was a mighty miracle from God. And how did He do it? He sent those 300 men out there with pitchers and torches, and when they broke the pitchers, the torches shone forth (Judges 7:20) and put the enemy in a fright (Judges 7:21). I believe those torches are likened to our spirit and that those pitchers are likened to our carnal vessel, our earthly vessel. The torch is like the spirit-man, so that when we're broken, the spirit-man is able to shine forth and the enemy is put to flight. What a simple thing! No swords, no cannons, no nothing! God made it ridiculous. He put a fright in those Midianites and Amalekites so that they feared and they ran, and they killed each other because of 300 torches. God's plan will work when reason just never will. You wouldn't think that would reasonably work. Nobody would make a plan like that except God, Who has the ability to put fear- total, devastating fear- in your enemy. I've seen Him do that. It's so wondrous how He can do that, make them turn and run. Praise God!

Le voici le voilà, je ne pensais pas qu'il arriverait si longtemps après le dernier update d'octobre 2024! Mais voilà, après 2 ans, 9 mois et quelques jours Numérobis a décidé d'arrêter de téter.On a continué pareil, on a aussi essayé de faire du mixte, on n'a pas réussi, on a tiré beaucoup de lait, on a un peu râlé, peu dormi, on a beaucoup tété aux sorties de bains et de baignades, et on s'est bien marrées à faire des blagues pendant les tétées. Bref on a allaité jusqu'au sevrage dit « naturel » et c'était pas prévu au début mais c'était très cool. Et puis, en vous le racontant, on a un peu chouiné :). Merci d'avoir suivi nos aventure, je continuer de suivre les vôtres et de vous transmettre tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour allaiter si vous le souhaitez. Cet épisode fait suite aux épisodes 98/99/100/104/107/110/111/125 et 126. Le mieux c'est de les écouter avant pour tout comprendre ;)Prenez soin de vous,Charlotte Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

La France n'a pas choisi la souveraineté numérique par conviction. Elle l'a subie, sous la menace de Donald Trump. Et si notre indépendance technologique n'était qu'un réflexe de panique ?Dans cet épisode de Trench Tech, Anne Le Hénanff, Ministre de l'iA et du Numérique, répond sans détour aux questions qui fâchent : notre vraie dépendance au cloud américain, SecNumCloud, le risque de "kill switch", l'AI Act sous pression américaine, et la majorité numérique à 15 ans.Anne Le Hénanff est Ministre déléguée chargée de l'Intelligence Artificielle et du Numérique, ancienne rapporteure de la loi visant à sécuriser l'espace numérique (SREN), nommée au gouvernement en 2025. Au sommaire :- La conquête de notre souveraineté numérique- Un Moment d'Égarement : Theranos, la reine du faux diagnostic- Les moyens de nos ambitions numériques : jusqu'où l'État ose-t-il aller ?- Le debrief de Cyrille Chaudoit et Mick Levy Retrouvez Anne Le Hénanff sur https://www.linkedin.com/in/annelehenanff/ (c) Trench Tech, LE podcast des "Esprits Critiques pour une Tech Éthique"Épisode enregistré le 27/03/2026 --- Tu kiffes Trench Tech ?Participe à la diffusion de l'esprit critique pour une tech éthique !1/ Abonne-toi 2/ Laisse 5 étoiles et un avis sur Apple Podcasts, Spotify ou YouTube Et RDV sur notre site : http://www.trench-tech.fr et sur LinkedIn Notre collectif Conception et animation : Cyrille Chaudoit et Mick Levy Chroniqueurs : Laurent Guérin (Un Moment d'Égarement), Emmanuel Goffi (La Philo Tech), Fabienne Billat (Patch Tech), Gérald Holubowicz (On Refait la Tech), Louis de Diesbach (La Tech Entre les Lignes), Sandrine Charpentier (Elles font la Tech), Virginie Martins de Nobrega (Débats en Technocratie), Laura Sibony (Mémoire Vive). Site web : Thierry PirèsRéal. Vidéo : Grégoire de la CotardièreMoyens techniques : MonstudioTV, hébergé par ISEG NantesHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Spiritual Authority and Dominion (1) (audio) David Eells, 8/26/26 I want to remind you and encourage you about the difference between using carnal and spiritual dominion. The Bride is maturing and overcoming the flesh, and she's using her dominion over the spiritual host of wickedness and doing warfare against the DS satanists. The Lord says, If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goeth: If any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed … (Rev.13:10). Jesus exercised dominion in His kingdom; not the kind of dominion that some want and false religious leaders have, which glorifies man. Jesus rejected the offer by Satan to be a worldly king with carnal dominion. The Pharisees and Sadducees had a carnal dominion over the people of God. Jesus commanded the people not to do what they did but to obey them because they sat in the seat of Moses. They were given governmental authority much the same way they are today in the church. Jesus exercised dominion over the curse and over Satan's kingdom. He was destroying the works of Satan in the lives of His people. Jesus had spiritual authority, and the people followed Him willingly because they were drawn of the Father, not because they were under the condemnation of the Law. Spiritual authority was necessary to be spiritually and physically fed, healed, and delivered. The apostate religious leaders had no authority like that then, nor do they now. Even though the disciples did not resist their carnal authority, they did resist their attempt to exercise spiritual authority when it was important. They said, “We must obey God rather than men.” When Peter tried to enforce his carnal authority with the sword, Jesus said, … All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword (Mat.26:52). Then, to show that His spiritual authority can, when necessary, dominate the carnal realm, Jesus said, (Mat.26:53) Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? Anyone who has an angel, much less twelve legions, would not need a puny sword for defense. One angel killed 185,000 men to defend Zion. Jesus then makes the point that if He calls the angels to defend His flesh, how would it be crucified? (54) How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be? This is a good principle for us who also must be crucified. According to type, crucifixion does not necessitate the physical death of the body, but the old nature. (Rom.12:1) … Present your bodies a living sacrifice … The body is dead, meaning that it no longer has a will and rights of its own but is devoted to the service of God. In type, just as Jesus sacrificed His literal flesh, we sacrifice the flesh of the old man while we live. We are told that those who try to defend the body by physical force will be killed for their lack of faith. (Rev.13:10) If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. It is also clear here that if a person needs captivity to fulfill in some way their own crucifixion, the sword will not save them. In fact, it will be judgment to them. (Joh.18:36) Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews …. Those who wrestle with flesh and blood in disobedience to the Word are not fighting for God's kingdom but the world and the flesh. They are attempting to exercise carnal dominion. Jesus exercised dominion to save God's creation. He did not exercise dominion over people who wanted to put to death His flesh. As He did a few times, we also have permission to flee, for it was not yet His time. That is a type for us. We must go through many things in order to put to death our flesh. That is what the world was created for: to bring us into sanctification through the death of the old man, the flesh. Even while the world around us is spiritually putting us on our cross by insults, injuries, persecutions, slander, etc., we have to cooperate with them by turning the other cheek. We have authority to save, heal, deliver, provide, and die to self. Exercising our dominion is God exercising His sovereignty through us. Jesus exercised dominion, but He personally resisted not the evil by turning the other cheek. While the world was crucifying Him, even before He came to the natural cross, His spiritual man was exercising dominion and delivering His people from the curse.  Sometimes we can get mixed up about when to exercise this dominion and when not. We do not have authority to save the old man. We do not want to keep our old life; we want our new life. Jesus said that unless we lose our life, we would not gain our life. So this authority to exercise dominion that God has given us is the same as Jesus had. This dominion is not to get rich in the world, but it is to have all we need to do God's Will. God gave me my last two houses and cars free, in order for me to do His Will. (Php.4:19) … My God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Dominion is not to live after the lusts of the flesh, as they do in a false, worldly prosperity that encourages and empowers the flesh to live. (1Ti.6:8) But having food and covering we shall be therewith content. (9) But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. Here is a promise to those who are not content but love the things of the world. They will be overcome by lusts, and it will be as impossible for them to enter the Kingdom as it would be for a camel to go through the eye of a needle (Mat.19:24‑26).  Jesus exercised dominion over His flesh when He was going to the cross. He said, “Not my will, but thine, be done.” He gave them authority to crucify His flesh. In the garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus spoke to those who came to take Him, “they went backward, and fell to the ground,” showing that He could stop them if He wanted to save His life, or until it was time to go to the cross. He said in John 10:18, “No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself.” A couple of times, He passed through their midst, apparently translated, because it was not His time to die (Luk.4:30). He had been given authority to save God's people, who believed, and to destroy Satan's kingdom. Our flesh (the carnal man) is part of Satan's kingdom (Rom.8:7). The book of Esther is not only literally true but also a prophetic parable. Haman (the beast) had been given authority by the king (the Lord) to destroy the people of God, while Esther (the bride) had been given authority to save the people of God. The beast and the bride were given opposing authority at the same time by the same king. In type, the beast was given authority to crucify the old man, the carnal nature, and the bride was given authority to bring to life the spiritual man. The king's authority could not be annulled in anything, just as our Lord's authority. Ultimately, the house of the beast was given unto the bride to have authority over it (Est.8:1).  The time will come when God will no longer offer grace to the Gentiles but will return it to Israel. He will permit Christians, at that time, to exercise authority over the people who are trying to kill them. Fire from the Witnesses' mouths destroying their enemies, smiting the earth with every plague, and stopping the rain for 3 ½ years, are examples (Rev.11:5-6). From there to the end, authority will be manifested to destroy the beast's kingdom until this world becomes God's kingdom and He takes control (Rev.11:15). Personal control differs from control by proxy. God runs everything, but He must use vessels of dishonor now (Rom.9:21‑24). The time is coming when He will take control in and through His saints who believe. This dominion is ours as spiritual children of Jesus Christ, but we will grow into it by grace. Dominion starts here in the training grounds but continues for eternity. Here, the Lord teaches us how to be rulers under Him over His creation. (1Co.6:1) Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? (2) Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (3) Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? (4) If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church? (5) I say [this] to move you to shame …. If we have authority to judge fallen angels, how much more do we have authority to judge things in this life? Jesus taught His disciples to pray like this: “Thy kingdom come thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” The Lord pointed out to me that this is a command that God is putting in our mouth. Some would object that this puts us in the place of commanding God. Look what God said in (Isa.45:11) Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me. In effect, what we command when led by the Spirit, He carries out. In Acts 3:6, Peter commands the lame beggar, “What I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” See, we represent Christ. Peter had authority to represent Jesus and to command the curse. When the lame man walked and bystanders were tempted to credit Peter, he said, “Why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?” (Act.3:12) God's power fulfills what we command in obedience to Him. Our work here is to manifest God's kingdom here on the earth. At the last trump, it will be said in (Rev.11:15) … The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ …. Through whom did God bring this to pass? The Bible gives credit to the saints. (Dan.7:26) … The judgment shall be set, and they (the saints) shall take away his (the beast) dominion, to consume and destroy it unto the end. (27) And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High …. The saints, by God's grace, shall exercise dominion to end the beast's dominion. God gave dominion unto Samson even in his ignorance. What was the secret of Samson's power? Judges tells us that the secret was his long hair, and as soon as he lost his long hair, he lost his power. Samson was not a big, muscle‑bound man. In Judges 16:17, he told Delilah, “If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.” His enemies wanted to know the secret of his power. They were not asking, “How did you get such big muscles?” That did not occur to them. It is not because of our great ability, or power, or wisdom, or even sinlessness, but through what Jesus did at the cross that we have this authority to reign over sin and its curse. Samson reigned over the enemies of God's people. When Samson lost his submission to God, he lost his dominion. In 1 Corinthians 11:3‑16, the long hair was given unto the woman as a sign of submission to her husband. The Bride submits to the Lord, Who is our husband. The one who took the Nazarite vow, as Samson did, could not cut his hair as a sign of submission. The point is that this great dominion was given to Samson, and he lost it because he lost his hair, a sign of his submission to the Lord.  Nazarites were separated from the world by their submission unto the Lord, signified by their long hair. (Num.6:5) All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long. This separation by submission is the meaning of holiness. How did Samson lose his holiness and power? (Jdg.16:19) And she (Delilah) made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. Samson went to sleep, spiritually meaning he no longer had his eyes open to the light of the truth. He submitted his head, or mind in the lap of the harlot Delilah and lost his hair (submission, separation, holiness) and consequently his power or dominion. The moral of that story is that we should not let the harlot have our mind, for then we will have no power of dominion. The religious systems of man, the harlot, have deprived God's people of their power because they are not submitted to the Word of God. (2Ti.3:5) Holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away. The “bride” in the Song of Solomon was a prophetic parable of the sojourning of the Bride today, who temporarily lost her submission. (Son.5:7) The watchmen (or ministers) that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls (denominations or sects) took away my mantle (Hebrew: “veil”) from me. The watchmen are identified by the Lord as shepherds (Hebrew: “pastors”) in Isaiah 56:10‑12. These pastors, in trying to keep the Bride within their sectarian walls, smote her and took away her veil, which is also a sign of submission to her husband, the Lord. (1Co.11:3) … The head of the woman is the man … (5) But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head … (10) for this cause ought the woman to have [a sign of] authority on her head … (13) Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? False shepherds have made the people of God submissive to religions rather than Christ as it was in Jesus' day.  In a true type to our day, the Bride in vain sought her beloved first in the broad ways of Babylonish religion. (Son.3:2) [I said], I will rise now, and go about the city (Babylon); In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (She sought Him from the false shepherds whose loyalty was to themselves and their own kingdom.) (3) The watchmen that go about the city found me; [To whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? (It was not until she was delivered from them that she found the one whom her soul sought.) (4) It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, (In her excitement she wanted to share Him with those among whom she was first conceived and birthed.) Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me. The other daughters of that corporate mother did not share her excitement for her peculiar beloved. (5:9) What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us? Because of her not being content with “another Jesus,” she was not defiled with the religions of these other daughters and was chosen by her Lord. (6:9) My dove, my undefiled, is [but] one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed …. She regained her dominion when she became undefiled with the women representing the false religious systems. Those who bear fruit will walk in the holiness of her steps, not being defiled with the seed (word) of men, for they are spiritual virgins. (Rev.14:4) These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, [to be] the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb. The sects of Christianity have become defiled with what Paul warned in 2 Corinthians 11:4, “Another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or [if] ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different Gospel, which ye did not accept.” (2Co.6:17) Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you. Only the Word is the truth that sets free. (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. Jesus calls His sheep out of the fold of apostate religion to “follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.” (Joh.10:3) … He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. (4) When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. (5) And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This little flock that follows the Lord in rest is what the bride sought for. (Son.1:7) Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? The veil in this case represents the blindness and bondage of submission to religion. (2Co.3:15) But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart. (16) But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away. (17) Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty. (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 …. As we can see, those who are unveiled of the legalism of religion see the Lord and come into His likeness. The beloved Lord's answer to “Where thou feedest [thy flock]?” was (Son.1:8) If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. In Jesus' day, it was not possible to feed His Church, meaning “called-out ones,” in the apostate sects of Judaism, so He fed them “beside the shepherds' tents.” Likewise, because the Church has greatly apostatized in our day, Jesus is feeding the flock of freedom, rest, and truth, outside the shepherds' tents. This brought reproach to the bride and Jesus. (6) … My mother's sons were incensed against me …. Those who take up their cross to follow Jesus are commanded to accept this same reproach. (Heb.13:11) For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest [as an offering] for sin, are burned without the camp. (12) Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. (13) Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.  Moses, in a true type of Christ, led his people out of the camp of the rebellious apostates. (Exo.33:7) Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought the Lord went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp. It is in these days that thundering judgments will put the fear of God in those in the camp to come out and meet with the “called‑out ones” on the true mountain of God's Kingdom. (Exo. 19:15) And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman (apostate sect). (16) And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning (the beginning of the third day millennium since the last Adam – where we are now [2 Pet.3:8]), that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. (17) And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. If you have discovered that you have been following man's religions and decide to repent, God will restore your dominion. While in bondage to the Philistines, Samson repented, and his hair began to grow. His dominion returned and he brought down their false temple upon their heads. (Jdg.16:30) And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life. Likewise, as we die to self, we increase in dominion over our enemies. Few who ever exercised dominion in the earth for God were manifestly perfect, including Samson. He refused the dominion of the Lord over himself, and he ultimately lost the dominion that he had over the earth. It is not necessary for God to take away the promises of dominion from the rebellious. Their own heart will not have the faith to partake of it. (1Jn.3:21) Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. If we do not serve God, our own heart will condemn us, and we will have no faith to exercise dominion. He is still not speaking of manifestly perfect people here, but He does expect us to be disciples, walking in the light that we have. In this way, we are perfect by faith until we manifest perfection. The baby Christian has little knowledge of good and evil, but he is innocent in God's eyes if he is doing what he knows to do. Baby Christians have dominion over sin and the curse, but not over God's people. I have shared this revelation before, but years ago, I had a dream instructing me about the way in which God promotes some to leadership positions over His people. I am making no claims for myself with this dream, merely pointing out principles. In this dream, there were two mountains. (The first mountain represents the kingdom of the world, Babylon, and the second mountain represents the Kingdom of God, Mount Zion.) I was driving a car down the first steep mountain. (This represents humbling ourselves to the Word [Isa.40:4], becoming as a child [Mat.18:4], and losing our carnal life in this world [Mat.16:25-26].) The road that descended this mountain had a trench going down the center of it to the bottom. My car had one set of tires on one side of the trench while the other set was on the other side. I could not turn right or left without falling into the trench and, of course, halting my progress. (Joshua received instructions similar to this for taking the Promised Land. (Jos.1:7) Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. Turning to the right or to the left symbolizes getting off the narrow road of Scripture. It will stop us from exercising authority to take our promised land, which symbolizes living on the promises.) At the bottom of this hill, I got out of the car. I sensed that I had many enemies. (The more we humble ourselves to God's Word, the more enemies we will have, both in the carnal church and the world, just as our Lord.) Then I found, hidden under a bush, some tools like hammers, screwdrivers, and wrenches, which were drenched in oil. (The burning bush is where Moses received authority to deliver God's people from bondage. These tools all bind and loose, as does God's authority given to His disciples (Mat.18:18). The promises of the Word are the binding and loosing keys to the Kingdom of God that were given to disciples. The oil signifies the power of the Holy Spirit. In other words, if we stay in the straight and narrow way, we will receive authority to bind and loose for God.) From there, I turned to the right (The sheep are set on the right [Mat.25:33].) and went up a steep mountain. (Going down the first mountain entitles us to go up the next. Being humbled in the estimation of the world makes us great in the estimation of the Kingdom. The last shall be first, and the least shall be greatest. (Isa.40:3) … Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the Lord … (4) Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low …. The way of the Lord is that those who are humble in the world shall be promoted on God's mountain, but those who are exalted on the worldly mountain will have to come down.) (Jas.4:10) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.) Reaching the top of the mountain, I went through the door of an immense palace. (Joh.10:2) But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. (7) Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. (Jesus is the only Shepherd of the sheep. He uses vessels that come to the sheep only through Him, the Door. This palace represents the New Jerusalem on Mount Zion, the city that rules over God's people.) Old Jerusalem ruled over God's physical letter people just as New Jerusalem rules over God's spiritual New Testament people. Paul declared that we have come to this spiritual city. He showed us that it is not a physical city that can be touched. (Heb.12:18) For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched … (22) but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem … (23) to the general assembly and church of the firstborn …. (Jesus' called-out ones come to this mountain. Our journey is to come to this mountain, climb it, and enter the throne room through the Door.)  Then I saw Jesus, the Son of David, sitting on the throne of David. I walked over and sat down next to Him, and we talked. (The throne is the place of dominion that the bride has next to her King.) (Rev.3:21) 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. All who overcome the stubbornness of their evil heart, to abide in the Name of Jesus, will come to this throne. (Jer.3:17) At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations (of the mostly Gentile Church) shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart. (All who overcome the first mountain of the world will live on the second mountain of the Kingdom of God. These act in “the name of the Lord” because they are seated in the throne of authority with Jesus.  This position has been given to all who are born again, but many have turned to the right or left and do not take their rightful position by abiding in Christ.) (Eph.2:5) Even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), (6) and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus. As I talked with Jesus, I heard a noise behind me and turned to see some men trying to climb up into the throne room through a rear window. Jesus said, “Don't worry about them; they can't come in here.” (Obviously, the position of authority may be usurped in Babylon but not in Zion, God's mountain and kingdom.) (Joh.10:1) … He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. Jesus, speaking of the apostate ministers of His day, said, “All that came before me are thieves and robbers” (Joh.10:8); and so it is today. Many have stolen the position of authority by not going down the road of humbling themselves to the Word and entering through the Door of Christ. They have robbed the sheep of gifted mentors. They have robbed the sheep of Christ, for ministers can only pass on what they are. Religion has historically made the same mistake. They mistake education in a sect of Christianity to be God's authority and commission. The disciples were perceived to be unlearned and ignorant by the religious leaders (Act. 4:13). However, the religious leaders knew that the disciples had been with Jesus by their gifts. Faith, fruit, maturity, submission to the Lord, and personal knowledge of the Lord and His ways must be passed on to the sheep. Ministers cannot pass on what they do not possess themselves. The daughter harlots (Rev.17:5) are still mass producing hirelings (Joh.10:12-13; Isa.56:9-12); but Jesus comes to lead His sheep out of the Babylonish sheepfolds of men (Joh.10:3-4) so that, unhindered by the traditions of men, they may run after Him. A man must be an elder in experience and maturity in the Word to be promoted as a bishop (overseer) over God's people (1Ti.3:1-7; Tit.1:5-9). A friend dreamed about Christians as babies with beards, showing they had been with the Lord for many years but were still immature. God's people have loved the world, so He has given them immature apostate leaders to tell them what they want to hear. (Isa.3:4) And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. (5) And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable. (Choose the man with the gift over the man with the title.) (2Ti.4:3) For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; (4) and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

Num episódio que, do nada, teve um convidado especial que na verdade nem é convidado nem é especial - nosso amado traíra Nerdloser resolveu fazer uma visita -, a gente esmiúça a terceira temporada de A Casa do Dragão (HBO), o que ela teve de ótimo e de péssimo; e discute se Fúria (Disney +) é ou não é uma das melhores coisas do ano. Também falamos de Lanternas, The Pitt (HBO), Ted Lasso, Cabo do Medo, Sugar (Apple), The Bear, Não Diga Nada (Disney), Treta, 30 Rock (Netflix) e The Real Housewives of South Lake City (Universal +). Só vem. 

Prophets like Elijah and Elisha had full confidence that God would answer their prayers, from opening the eyes of their servant to see the spiritual realm to calling down fire to stopping rain for years. Does it work like that today for us?On today's podcast, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie talk through a listener question to look how prophets understand God's will and pray with confidence. From there, we dig into how things are similar and different for us today and how to pray with a similar confidence!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: 2 Kings 6:15-17; 2 Kings 1:9-12; 1 Kings 17:1; Deut. 28:15, 22-24; Num. 22:31; 1 Kings 18:20-39; 1 Kings 17:2-4; 2 Kings 1:15-16; 2 Kings 1:1-4; Num. 12:6; 1 Kings 18:1, 42-45; 1 Thess. 5:17; Luke 18:1-8; James 5:13-18; Psa. 66:18-20; James 4:3; Rom. 8:26-27; 1 John 5:14-15; Luke 9:54-56; 2 Cor. 5.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!

1Sam 15:12-23; Num 20:10; Gen 3:18; 2Tim 3:1; Jh 14:15; Act 5:29; Rom 5:19;Deu 28:15Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-jesus-says--4116133/support.The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified. Isaiah 61:1-3 

Génesis 13:11; Exo 12:37; Num 33:5-6; Lev 23:34; Gen 31:13; 35; 23:19, 33:20, 28:12-21; Josue 24:32; Mateo 8:8-10; 2 Sam 24:24-25; 1 Cro 21:24.“Escrituras tomadas de la Nueva Biblia de las Américas (NBLA), Copyright © 2005 por The Lockman Foundation. Usadas con permiso; todos los derechos reservados." www.NuevaBiblia.com

In Can We Keep the Biblical Pilgrimage Festivals Today?, we explore whether believers outside Jerusalem can faithfully keep Unleavened Bread, Shavuot, and Sukkot. Torah provides accommodations for unavoidable circumstances, and both diaspora Jews and early Christians honored these festivals wherever they lived. Scripture ReferencesDeut 16:16; Ex 23:14–17; Num 9:6–13; Deut 14:22–25; 1 Cor 5:7–8; 1 Cor 16:1–4 TakeawayYHWH desires faithful obedience. Even when literal pilgrimage is impossible, we can honor the festivals by keeping every commandment we are able to fulfill and directing our hearts toward His chosen place.

The Word works and we have to believe & partner with it. We need a revelation of God's integrity & His ability!Jer 1:9-12 / Num 23:19 / Gen 21:1 / Ez 2:1-2 / Ez 2:5 / Heb 10:38 / Ez 2:9 / Ez 3:1-3 / Mark 11:22-23 / Prov 4:20-27 / Jer 20:9

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, August 9, 2026 2Co 11:1-3 Title: The simplicity of Christ We'll discuss a matter of great importance today. Can a Christian be deceived? How do you defend against being deceived? How can we help others who might be? Paul has a godly jealously for his readers (2Co 11:2). That desire distinguishes him from the false apostles. Eph 4:11-16 Be clear: God is a jealous God - He has a desire for His people and their obedience, and deservedly so. Num 25:6-13, Deu 4:20-27 The term chaste virgin (2Co 11:2) refers to a certain purity in doctrine (Ephesians 5:22-27) as the church awaits a marriage to come. That marriage: Rev... for full notes: http://www.lbible.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1801

 I know My Redeemer livesA form of the word for redeem גאל the verb translated redeem is used to talk of the kinsman- redeemer- Lev. 25:25, 26, 33, 48, 49, 49, 49, 54; Numbers 35:12, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 27; Deut. 19:6, 12; Joshua 20:3, 5, 9; Ruth 2:20; 3:9, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13; 4:1, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 14; II Sam.14:11. 1.In the OT the kinsman-redeemer redeemed the property of near kinsmen- Lev. 25:25, 25, 26; Ruth 4:1-12; Jer. 32:6-15. If a man was forced to sell a piece of land handed down in the family over the generations, the kinsman-redeemer would pay the debt and keep the land in the family.  2. They redeemed a poor relative from slavery- Lev. 25:47-49. Specifically, the word appears in Lev. 25:23-24, 48, 49, 49, 49. If a near relative had to sell himself into slavery to pay off a debt the kinsman-redeemer paid his debt and released him from bondage.  3. The kinsman-redeemer avenges the death of a relative- Num. 35:12, 16-28; Deut. 19:6, 12; Josh. 20:3, 5, 9; II Sam. 14:7, 11. The word is used specifically in Num. 35:12, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 27. This may be the best comparison for Job invoking a redeemer here. Job had been done a great wrong that must be avenged. He has been the victim of violence (19:7).  4. The redeemer, if needed, married the wife of the near kinsman to raise up a descendant for the late relative- Ruth 3:9-13; 4:1-8. This responsibility is not specifically stated in the law, but it is lived out in the historical books. The practice in Ruth is a seeming implication of the law of the kinsmen-redeemer. The Levirate law of marriage in Deuteronomy 25:5-10 extended to other relatives beyond brothers living together.  The go'el plays a significant part in the book of Ruth (2:20; 3:9,12; 4:1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 14). A go'el demonstrated great commitment to and sacrificed himself for another- Ruth 4:1-8. The relative closer than Boaz was willing to redeem when he knew there was no heir, and the land would be his. However, when he realized that he had to marry Ruth and raise an heir up to inherit the land then he did not because it might endanger his own inheritance. A redeemer often acted at great expense to himself. The law required that a landowner leave the corners of his field- Lev. 19:9-10; 23:22. The landowner was not go back over their field, olive tree, or vineyard a second time for anything missed- Deut. 24:19-22. Boaz went far above and beyond anything the law required. Boaz invited Ruth to glean in his field- Ruth 2:8-9, 21. He gave her access to the water- Ruth 2:9. Boaz invited Ruth to eat with him- Ruth 2:14. He served Ruth- Ruth 2:14 Boaz commands his workmen that if Ruth gets ahead do not rebuke her- Ruth 2:15. He tells his workmen to deliberately to miss some things for Ruth- Ruth 2:16. Boaz did not do the bare minimum for Ruth, but he went above and beyond the call of duty for her.  In the Exodus God acted as Redeemer- Exodus 6:6; 15:13. The term is used for God thirteen times in Isaiah 41:14; 43:14; 44:6, 24; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7, 26; 54:5; 59:20; 60:16; 63:16. Many of the references in Isaiah focus on the return from Babylonian captivity. God is redeemer in Jer. 50:34. “In the Bible God is the ultimate Kinsmen Redeemer who sets the people free and restores them to their land” Ross, 461. Also see Jer. 31:11; 50:34; Lam. 3:58; Hos. 13:14; Micah 4:10. This word communicates God's love to His distressed people- Isaiah 41:14; 44:24; 49:7-9, 26.

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Dans ce cinquième épisode de la série de l'été, je vous emmène à la librairie Mots en marge pour une interview avec l'écrivain David Foenkinos, à propos de son roman Numéro deux (Editions Gallimard). Le 90 se cache dans notre échange — tendez bien l'oreille ! A real conversation with David Foenkinos, one of France's most popular contemporary novelists, recorded at a Paris bookshop. We talk about his novel Numéro deux, tthe strange true story that inspired it, and a trip back to a very different Paris. Because Foenkinos is a writer, he expresses himself with unusual clarity – this is spontaneous, unscripted French, but easier to follow than most everyday conversation, making it a great entry point into real interviews. This summer, no pen, no notebook – just listening and speaking. Subscribers receive a podcast letter with this episode: a question to think about before pressing play, cultural markers to go deeper into the episode, a line from the interview worth repeating out loud for its rhythm alone, and a comprehension question to answer once you've listened all the way through. A different way to make progress in French. D'autres épisodes à écouter aujourd'hui : 2083 — Le ridicule ne tue pas la podcasteuse : début de rencontre avec David Foenkinos
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