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Ik ben van mening dat elke keer dat we gefrustreerd raken, dit eigenlijk wordt veroorzaakt omdat we ophouden God te vertrouwen. Dat mag misschien als een gedurfde uitspraak bij je overkomen, maar denk eens na over het volgende: God heeft jou en mij Zijn Heilige Geest en genade gegeven om alle dingen, die op je weg komen, te kunnen doorstaan. Op het moment dat we niet langer op Hem vertrouwen, maar proberen om in onze eigen kracht dingen voor elkaar te krijgen, raken we gefrustreerd. Het bovenstaande goed te begrijpen, heeft mij enorm geholpen. Elke keer dat ik gefrustreerd raakte, herinnerde ik mij eraan dat ik de plek van de Heilige Geest aan het innemen was. Ik probeerde een Heilige Geest Junior te zijn! Vecht je tegen een onafhankelijke geest? Op het moment dat je weigert om afhankelijk te zijn van God, dan zeg je in essentie, “Oké God, ik waardeer het dat U bij mij bent, maar kijk eens hoe ik dit aanpak.” Je afhankelijk van God opstellen kan soms lastig zijn, maar het is de sleutel tot de overwinning die we elke dag opnieuw in ons leven nodig hebben. Galaten 5:16 spoort ons aan om ons [gewoontegetrouw] te laten leiden door de (Heilige) Geest, dan zijn wij namelijk niet gericht op onze eigen begeerten. Merk op dat hier niet staat: “Overwin in eigen kracht het vlees... dan zul je niet gericht zijn op je eigen begeerten. Nee, er staat laat u leiden door de Heilige Geest. Kies ervoor om niet langer onafhankelijk te leven, maar op de Heilige Geest te vertrouwen. Ik beloof je dat je hier geen spijt van zult hebben.

Have you felt like you were holding the tension of two things? Joining me is School Psychologist and Podcaster Molly Evans who learned her parable lesson while living in Bangkok.  In our conversation, Molly shares her experiences of living overseas and the lessons she has learned along the way. In addition to her love for baking and karaoke, as well as her journey of finding courage from God. Over time she has noticed that God has given her the ability to hold two things at the same time. Plus, she also discusses the challenges of being single in church culture and offers insights on how to have meaningful conversations with single individuals. TakeawaysIt is possible to hold two conflicting emotions at the same time and find compassion and understanding in difficult situations.Churches should strive to create an inclusive environment for single individuals and avoid making assumptions or treating them as projects.Meaningful conversations with single individuals can involve discussing shared interests and inviting them to participate in activities and events.Reflection Questions:Ask the question: Ok God, what are we going to do?What are the two things you are holding right now?  It is so helpful to name it.Connect with Molly Instagram | @missmollyviolet Podcast A Word with the GirlsListen to her sister Emily Episode here #126#theparablepodcast #yourstorymatters #christianpodcast #hope #whatIlearned #faith #courage #duality #holdingemotions #singleness #churchculture #podcastHow to support The Parable Podcast: #1 Subscribe or Follow the show so you don't miss the next episode of The Parable Podcast through your favorite podcast app (i.e. iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher). #2 Share this show with a friend, this is a perfect opportunity to start your own Parable Conversation together. #3 Are you in need of a speaker for your Church, Women's Group, or event? Contact Danielle to learn more.

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"Ok God, I'm struggling to connect with you so I'm going to go for a run and I'm going to run in this direction until I run into you".  Filmmaker Jared Van Berkel from Fantail studios shares with Lizzie Oakes how he finds God through physical exertion.Support Star Radio: https://donate.rhemamedia.co.nz/?brand=starSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ep# 272 - Restoring Balance in Our Lives - An Interview with Healer and Author, Dr. Christopher Macklin We are in for a wild ride everyone. I have an amazing light leader and incredible man by the name of Dr. Christopher Macklin on Empowering Chats today.  He is a healer and an author. His most recent book is called “Centering the Mind.” Christopher's book came out in 2019 right before lock down and the pandemic. I remember praying and hoping that people would take this time of lockdown to look within and change their lives. And instead, we came out of this pandemic with more chronic stress and it is now creating havoc. Christopher recognized that the lockdown created so much separation with family, with society and it has divided people greatly. A lot of anger has been created as well. It is apparent the collective energy is affecting all of us. Christopher explains how as individuals and as a collective society we must become aware of the energy we are feeling. We must learn to identify our personal energy as separate from the energy of the collective. Christopher shared a story about his life from 2007 when he went bankrupt and his marriage dissolved. He was living in an apartment and went from having millions of pounds to having nothing. He turned to God and literally said: “Ok God this isn't funny. I worked all my life and now what?” And the answer he received was something along the lines of “Because the time is now.”  From there Christopher went on an amazing journey and he discovered his healing gifts, which he has brought to many, many people. Through his life experiences he has learned how we create dis-ease in our bodies by the stress we are living with. And many times we don't address the stress or the negative emotions so they get bottled up and show up as dis-ease. Christopher and I had a truly magical connection and a very powerful chat. He conducts 2 free global healing meditations weekly as well as his one-on-one healing sessions.  All are welcome to participate in the new protocol to remove health challenges, anxiety, Lyme/Morgellons/AIDS/HIV and experience Christopher's work.  To learn more about Christopher visit: https://www.globalenlightenmentproject.com/christopher-macklin-staff To participate in the free global healing meditations visit: https://www.globalenlightenmentproject.com/vision-mission To Purchase Christopher's book, "Centering the Mind: Healing Stress, Anxiety, Depression, ADD, OCD & PTSD" visit: GlobalEnlightenmentProject.com/centering-the-mind To learn more about me and how I show up in the world please visit my website: SusanBurrell.com

Ik ben van mening dat elke keer dat we gefrustreerd raken, dit eigenlijk wordt veroorzaakt omdat we ophouden God te vertrouwen. Dat mag misschien als een gedurfde uitspraak bij je overkomen, maar denk eens na over het volgende: God heeft jou en mij Zijn Heilige Geest en genade gegeven om alle dingen, die op je weg komen, te kunnen doorstaan. Op het moment dat we niet langer op Hem vertrouwen, maar proberen om in onze eigen kracht dingen voor elkaar te krijgen, raken we gefrustreerd. Het bovenstaande goed te begrijpen, heeft mij enorm geholpen. Elke keer dat ik gefrustreerd raakte, herinnerde ik mij eraan dat ik de plek van de Heilige Geest aan het innemen was. Ik probeerde een Heilige Geest Junior te zijn! Vecht je tegen een onafhankelijke geest? Op het moment dat je weigert om afhankelijk te zijn van God, dan zeg je in essentie, “Oké God, ik waardeer het dat U bij mij bent, maar kijk eens hoe ik dit aanpak.” Je afhankelijk van God opstellen kan soms lastig zijn, maar het is de sleutel tot de overwinning die we elke dag opnieuw in ons leven nodig hebben. Galaten 5:16 spoort ons aan om ons [gewoontegetrouw] te laten leiden door de (Heilige) Geest, dan zijn wij namelijk niet gericht op onze eigen begeerten. Merk op dat hier niet staat: “Overwin in eigen kracht het vlees... dan zul je niet gericht zijn op je eigen begeerten. Nee, er staat laat u leiden door de Heilige Geest. Kies ervoor om niet langer onafhankelijk te leven, maar op de Heilige Geest te vertrouwen. Ik beloof je dat je hier geen spijt van zult hebben.

It's been a rough week. Not only have I still been sick but a client is late on payment and we've been going through a heatwave. All of this is a recipe for FUN TIMES. I've stewed in anger and resentment, I've cursed out God, told Him how much I hate Him. I haven't felt serene, not even close. After I exhausted all of my options and had enough of simmering in anger, I stopped fighting. More in this week's post. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/another-world-is-probable/support

Once again we come to text of the Bible that is taken out of its historical context.  Once again we are surrounded by childish ideas of the Scapegoat and what the term עֲזָאזֵל Azazel means.  It is not a name.  And Jewish scholars agree that the scapegoat is NOT a sacrifice.  It does nothing for the person -  does not forgive sin - at all.  So what is it? On top of that Jesus says in John 5:39 the following ... "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; ..." (Joh 5:39)  OK - God says sometime between 24-30 A.D. that Scripture testifies of Jesus.  All they had was the Hebrew Scriptures the Old Testament and the Torah, the first five books of the Bible were the foundation of the Bible.  Does the Scapegoat, עֲזָאזֵל Azazel, testify of Messiah Yeshua, Jesus the Christ?  Does the  Scapegoat, עֲזָאזֵל Azazel, shows us the Lord?  Wait till you see!! Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0  

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“Ok God. If this is something you want me to do, and you know it's in my heart, I know You're going to make it happen.” Andi and Tonya enjoy a sweet time with a sweet friend in this episode, Lynn Parker. She is a vital member of the Communications Team, leads the Heritage Kids Greeters team, and engages in outreaches with her family every chance they get! Her life is one of leaning into God's direction and trusting where He takes her- even when it's hard. Many women can relate to the dramatic transition to motherhood that Lynn openly shares in this episode. Push play, well worth the listen!

...Ik zeg u dus: laat u leiden door de [Heilige] Geest.., dan bent u niet gericht op uw eigen begeerten. Galaten 5:16 (NBV) Ik ben van mening dat elke keer dat we gefrustreerd raken, dit eigenlijk wordt veroorzaakt omdat we ophouden God te vertrouwen. Dat mag misschien als een gedurfde uitspraak bij je overkomen, maar denk eens na over het volgende: God heeft jou en mij Zijn Heilige Geest en genade gegeven om alle dingen, die op je weg komen, te kunnen doorstaan. Op het moment dat we niet langer op Hem vertrouwen, maar proberen om in onze eigen kracht dingen voor elkaar te krijgen, raken we gefrustreerd. Het bovenstaande goed te begrijpen, heeft mij enorm geholpen. Elke keer dat ik gefrustreerd raakte, herinnerde ik mij eraan dat ik de plek van de Heilige Geest aan het innemen was. Ik probeerde een Heilige Geest Junior te zijn! Vecht je tegen een onafhankelijke geest? Op het moment dat je weigert om afhankelijk te zijn van God, dan zeg je in essentie, “Oké God, ik waardeer het dat U bij mij bent, maar kijk eens hoe ik dit aanpak.” Je afhankelijk van God opstellen kan soms lastig zijn, maar het is de sleutel tot de overwinning die we elke dag opnieuw in ons leven nodig hebben. Galaten 5:16 spoort ons aan om ons [gewoontegetrouw] te laten leiden door de (Heilige) Geest, dan zijn wij namelijk niet gericht op onze eigen begeerten. Merk op dat hier niet staat: “Overwin in eigen kracht het vlees... dan zul je niet gericht zijn op je eigen begeerten. Nee, er staat laat u leiden door de Heilige Geest. Kies ervoor om niet langer onafhankelijk te leven, maar op de Heilige Geest te vertrouwen. Ik beloof je dat je hier geen spijt van zult hebben.

Ever get a Holy Spirit reminder that you are in the right place, at the right time? How about THREE in one day?!! Join host, Dei Brown as she shares a catch up on life and how God prompted her to share encouragement today. God reminded her that on an average Friday, He's still confirming the purposes He's placed in her, and you too! Let's be encouraged to Truthfully Walk In Newness together. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pastor Newms: [0:00] Hey Pastor Newms how was your week? Okay so my week was good. Pastor Bill: [0:04] Pastor Newms how was your week? Pastor Newms: [0:06] I know we're trying to keep it semi shorter than normal so we can get into the 20 things we want to talk about tonight. Pastor Bill: [0:13] We got a live 1 through 15 last time right. Pastor Newms: [0:15] We did we got through 15 last time and we're trying we're on 16 and I think that some of these ones we might just go hey let's talk about this one in this one together at the same time as opposed to doing explanations because like. Pastor Bill: [0:29] Why would we do that? Pastor Newms: [0:30] Because 16 and 17 are almost exactly like my answers are similar because they feed into each other what is one is one is one is two is kind of, but anyway so my week was good it was busy with work, I picked up my suit I honestly thought about wearing it tonight just to throw everyone off because I'm the one who wears the t-shirt and you're the one who wears the collared shirt and so would be really funny if, I'm in a suit. … Pastor Bill: [12:51] All right so we are on week 2 of going over the state of theology. Pastor Newms: [13:02] And for anyone not live who didn't listen to week one do you want to summarize what that is quickly. Pastor Bill: [13:09] Sure so every year or every other year rather this group called The State of Theology and and Life Way that used to run like for Christian bookstores they put out a it's not really a survey. its statements, and then you, whether or not each statement is true or false you answer strongly agree somewhat agree not sure somewhat disagree or strongly disagree, surveys this year and then you know put out the results of their state of Theology and it's very flawed, very flawed from a data standpoint from a Believer standpoint and the reason we're talking about it is because, this is what people are talking about people in the world are taking this survey and then you go and you see this is what Christians believe and. Mmm the takeaways that people are saying this is proof of what Christians believe doesn't represent what I believe and it doesn't represent how I feel about my neighbors, and doesn't represent the way I see God and and all of this so we're going over it because, we need to go over we need to go over you know why do we believe the way we believe and you need to decide as a listener or viewer what you believe about these different items, that's what this is, last week we went through statements 1 through 15 so this week we're going to pick up on 16 and Jonathan suggested we just lump 16, 17 together because they're they're pretty close to the same thing they're like super close to each other. Pastor Newms: [14:58] Well well and and I think that's part of like what I wrote in 16 is basically saying 17, I agree with but 16 go ahead so let's jump into it. Pastor Bill: [15:13] 16. The Bible, like all sacred writings, contains helpful accounts of ancient myths but is not literally true. So 25 percent strongly agree 28 percent somewhat agree, 6% not sure 14 percent somewhat disagree and 27 percent strongly disagree, with this statement. Pastor Newms: [15:41] And and what is 17 and then we'll talk about both of them at the same time. Pastor Bill: [15:47] 17. The Bible is 100% accurate in all that it teaches. And the numbers on strongly and whatever didn't change enough to even really talked about the change in numbers more people agree, but that's really the only big difference between the results on the two questions. Pastor Newms: [16:08] The sides just kind of flipped. Pastor Bill: [16:12] Really flip I mean strongly disagree barely changed it all. The Bible like all sacred writings contains helpful accounts of ancient myths but is not a literally true and then the Bible is 100% accurate in all that it teaches so. On 16, example of accounts of ancient myths but is not literally true I put somewhat agree, and the Bible is 100 percent accurate and all the teachers I put strongly disagree now what did I put because my results aren't here anymore and I didn't write them down I think I agree with that. Pastor Newms: [16:55] So I put. So my problem is this is my problem is in both of these is the wording because. Pastor Bill: [17:06] Well it's always the wording but where's our. Pastor Newms: [17:08] It is 1 it straight says like all sacred writings, contains helpful so right off the bat it Compares it to all sacred writings so I have two right off the bat it's like no, not like other writings it doesn't it's not the same, because it's not myths like other sacred writings so right off the bat I had it's like no the wording makes me say no I disagree completely and then I put that I agree on 17, in that it's accurate in what it teaches and I think that's the big. Like a lot of people would view those two questions as very similar but to me they're completely different because, the Bible is not a set of myths rather a book to be studied and learned from I believe it's all true, I do think that as written by men inspired by God through the Holy Spirit and then translated that some of its meaning has been lost to understanding of the original texts and then I used First Corinthians 13:11 - 13 when I was a child I spoke as a child I thought as a child I reasoned like a child when I became a man I put aside childish things for now we see only a reflection of reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face now I know in part, but then I will know fully as I am fully known now these three remain faith hope and love but the greatest of these is love, is what I put for the first one because it's one of those words like it's true in that it was written truthfully, and it was truthful accounts and it is truthful retellings of those accounts because truth and inaccurate are two different things and then.  Pastor Bill: [19:14] So I'm going to a little bit of a different route. And in the cutting my head buds just died so I have to switch that out here in a second but in the concepts I believe that the Bible is accurate, I think there are certain things that people have claimed the Bible teaches, that aren't accurate and so there's that problem. Um and so I believe if the Bible was 100% literally true, and it was like we said before if it was a it was a complete lie, verifiable history book that you had no question on whether of on the veracity of it one way or the other then it would eliminate the need for faith, um Hebrews 11 verse 6 says now without faith it is impossible to please God since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him, and Hebrews 11:1 says now Faith is the reality of what is hoped for the proof of what is not seen, if the Bible is literally literal and it's 100% literal and everything in it is, just literally the way it happened and it's 100% right and it's a it's a guidebook for every way that you should live your life down to the letter t, then that removes the need for faith and I just, I believe that would be the case I don't I don't that doesn't make any sense to me. Groggy says but isn't faith that we believe that it's 100% ride so that's having faith in the Bible not having faith in God I've talked about that in the past that, I feel like a lot of evangelicalism if that's the right uses that word has turned the Bible into an idol, where we have more faith in this collection of writings then we do in in actually in God and in the whole he's leaning on the Holy Spirit, and so we elevated what is an amazing thing to something that it was never intended to be, it's not intended to be worshipped and holy and put Faith in it, we're supposed to be creating disciples and having faith based off of what we're you know we're urging each other to faith in Christ to faith in God and then we're replacing that with oh well I think them this book. Pastor Newms: [22:24] To me I mean to me we've had this conversation a lot. Well and that's where there's a difference like I was saying there's a difference between shrew, truth and accuracy like for example here's an example in the Old Testament there are places where they give numbers of people, and they say this number, of people were here this number of people were here is that number one hundred percent accurate, the fact that there are 5,000 people at the feeding of the fish well there was 5,000 men well okay cool but what is a man. Was there 5001 was there 4999 so it's like 5,000 the the language that we use, is different and the meanings behind languages tree is different so the accuracy isn't, as important as truth you can tell the story and believe it is true and have faith that it is true while you're telling it, does not mean it's a hundred percent accurate because you might have actually you know use your left hand instead of your right, when you're telling a story doesn't mean you are wrong or misleading or lying it just means it's not perfect like we aren't perfect and the people who wrote it on, perfect even Paul says go ahead no go ahead. Pastor Bill: [24:17] What Groggy said here on Twitch was but if the Bible isn't true then the stories aren't true then what we believe isn't true and you my friend have just nailed faith on the head. Without the possibility for doubt there is no need for faith you have to have faith. That God is real that's God sent his son that God that God that that this happened that that happened not because the Bible says it not because you believe that this book is accurate but because you have faith. In God not in this collection of stories is your mom saying you have to have faith in God not faith in the, if you have faith in the Bible then you're saying that this book is literal and true and and yada yada all these things that we've seen recently and that leads us into the next one which ties into it perfectly statement 18 modern science disproves the Bible. You can go look up a list of the ways that the Bible doesn't line up with science, and over time there's been things where the Bible and science have disagreed and it was literally that, um science then later had a revelation that made it line up with the Bible or people's interpretation of what the Bible was saying, changed later and they realized oh my gosh science got that right and we didn't understand what the Bible was saying, but then there's been other times where like David is praying and he says consider the ants who have no Queen, who works alone and you're like but we know that ants work in a colony structure and they literally have a queen. There's that instance where you can't look at what David said and say oh because he got included in the Bible what David said that literally means ants don't live in a colony and they work alone and and they don't have a queen well no, David believed that, that's all that it's their scripture is saying is David believe that the ants to and that was part of his prayer, but this whole idea of literal Bible and faith in the Bible and faith in the Bible causes not only Christians to look at the Bible and get things wrong but for people in the world so look at the Bible and go, well if they if they believe this is literal and 100% true I can find ways that it's not and so why would I ever even consider what they're saying. Pastor Newms: [26:58] And and so. Pastor Bill: [27:01] It's literally an anti-gospel position, to believe the Bible is 100% true and. Pastor Newms: [27:09] It's an interesting one so for the on 17 the Bible is 100% accurate one of the things I wrote is, the teachings and the principles are what should be focused on not the history, certain of the historical aspects in certain of the parts that are specifically just parts of letters like hey this is your man Paul like okay cool that's not necessarily inspired that's, he wrote that at the top of a letter so they knew who was writing it. Pastor Bill: [27:40] Man I left my coat when I was there last time can you bring it to me. For those of you listening to the podcast abatbrain on Twitch said I keep hearing a door shut. Pastor Newms: [27:57] Yeah sorry so um in second Timothy 3:16, all scripture is inspired by God for and is profitable for teaching rebuking correcting and training in righteousness and I think that's a part that we ignore, is that last two words of in righteousness the point of the Bible is for religious teachings religious correcting religious training not, everything else. Pastor Bill: [28:37] And a lot of people get that word inspire wrong as well. Pastor Newms: [28:39] Yes it's Breathed. Pastor Bill: [28:41] Inspired doesn't mean God whispered word for word what people should write when they were writing things that later got included in the Bible, Paul, you talked about it before Paul we look at things as in a mirror Darkly dimly lit you know, Paul's talking about looking in a polished piece of metal by candlelight and trying to describe something behind you in the room, that's back there in the dim dark with a crappy mirror this this is us when we're writing by inspiration. That is not anything like God whispering in your ear what to write. Pastor Newms: [29:20] Well and I think it's one of those where, there's a difference between an inspiration and a whisper like you said there's there's this idea people like oh well it's inspired which means. You know it's like got the Holy Spirit, then God are standing behind you and telling you exactly as opposed to hey you should probably talk about this which we've all felt as Christians that leaning towards something hey you really should probably talk to this person about such and such that's the same inspiration, they just were writing letters. Pastor Bill: [29:59] And things like when Paul's writing and he goes now I'm not sure that God sees it this way but I think he does I think God's on my side on this one, this is my opinion and I'm not sure that God holds this opinion but I think he does. Pastor Newms: [30:15] Yeah and so it's interesting when we start to look at stuff like that and I know there's a lot of people who and this is one of those things that me and you don't 100% agree on is the usage, of how you say certain things as opposed to what you're trying to say, because some people take it a lot harsher because you are more strong on this opinion whereas I'm like it's not, and you're like probably an idol and I'm like well it's, can be if you have done certain things and yeah because people are doing it right now no I understand what you're saying what this is one of the only topics we're Pastor Bill is actually harsher than I am let's be honest. And and, abatbrain said she thought the door was some sound effect I might be hitting somewhere because it's exactly the same every time and that's just coincidence. Pastor Bill: [31:18] They're just over there randomly hitting a sound effect button just like tink. Pastor Newms: [31:22] Which which let's be honest that is. Pastor Bill: [31:25] I don't hear it in my ear bud. Pastor Newms: [31:26] That is something I would do let's be clear I mean let's be honest that is something I would do just to mess with people so it's a valid question, cuz if I was doing it, I would if I was doing it I would be like until someone says something every so many seconds that I've rolled on this dice I'm going to press this button and so um anyway number 19. Pastor Bill: [31:54] Yeah we're on the number 19 number 19. God chose the people he would save before he created the world. Pastor Newms: [32:02] Now so I want to start with this one because I made a boo-boo, when I was going through my text I made a boo-boo when I was going through and I was writing all the stuff down, I wrote disagree because I was trying to make sure I got through all of them and then I scroll back to the top and the worked back down through them to make sure I had them all. In the past I called myself a three-point calvinist Calvinism teaches that one of the, tulip one of the points of the Tulip is that. God selected everyone before and then. These are who's going to be saved the elect these are who's going to be saved everyone else is going to be saved some people even take it so far as to because of that we shouldn't even spread the gospel we shouldn't try to make disciples we shouldn't try to spread Christianity which is of course blatantly against you know the whole thing we're talking about, previously to talking about this which is we're supposed to build disciples and that involves preaching and if we're supposed to try to make disciples we can't know who the elect are so, you know I just put disagree no backup no nothing it's like just no I'm sorry, but I'm sure you probably did. Pastor Bill: [33:45] I also disagreed with this and I brought two scriptures okay for the first one Ephesians 1 chapter 4 through Ephesians chapter 1 verses 4 through 8 stick with me here okay. For he chose us in him talking about God, before the foundations of the world to be holy and blameless in love before him he predestined us, to be adopted as Sons through Jesus Christ for himself according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious Grace that he lavished on us in the beloved one the beloved one in this context is Jesus he mentioned them earlier, verse 7 in him we have Redemption through his blood the Forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of his grace that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding, pull the sounds like it backs up to statement doesn't it it sounds like. Pastor Newms: [34:45] No Pastor Bill: [34:47] He's talking to other Christians and he says he chose us in him to be adopted as Sons. Pastor Newms: [34:52] Now because he was. Pastor Bill: [34:53] Then we flip over to Second Peter 3:9. Pastor Newms: [34:56] He's talking about Humanity. Pastor Bill: [35:00] Mmm starting in verse 8 dear friends don't overlook this one fact with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day, the Lord does not delay his promise as some understand delay but is patient with you not wanting any to perish, all to come to repentance and then it talks about the day of the Lord's return in comes like a thief in the night, if the Lord predestined only certain people to be elected to be saved before the foundations of the world, and they're saved no matter what and those are the only people going no matter what kind of left they live right because that's the belief, then what is this disk delay that the Lord has hoping that everyone will come to repentance that everyone will be saved. It doesn't make any sense it's God's will that all, be sick not just so not just a few he didn't choose to see certain amount of people from the very beginning don't make sense. Pastor Newms: [36:07] And and the worst the worst part is can you make sure to put that scripture in the chat because I don't hear which one it was one of the, yeah please one of them one of the things I always find funny about the belief about the elect which is why I called myself a three-point calvinist because the belief of the elect is, another part of a bat another part of bat-brains you know something that a bat brain would make later, the it's a group of guano because it doesn't make any sense because. … Pastor Newms: it's crazy to think OK God chose this group of people and here's how you know, you know you were elected because you believed it if you question whether or not you were elected You're Not Elected. Pastor Bill: [38:01] Which is just that's completely. Pastor Newms: [38:05] Like ... Pastor Bill: [38:06] A cult answer from start to finish. Pastor Newms: [38:09] Like huh. Pastor Bill: [38:12] If you exercise free thought, you're obviously not chosen obviously you're not so. Pastor Newms: [38:20] It's like I doubt whether or not I ate I'm trying to remember if I took my pills each day like I don't remember if I did or didn't do did you do this, I honestly can't answer that Zaydie I don't know whether I did the thing that you're wanting to tell me that I did or not I don't remember I might have unloaded I might have put that dirty dish right there I might have you know it's so I don't know, like it's just funny to me that's like if you question then you a question did I put a shirt on today yeah no I am wearing one. Pastor Bill: [38:56] There's I think therefore I am. Pastor Newms: [38:59] Exactly exactly it. Pastor Bill: [39:00] So I think I'm saved and I guess I am I don't know. Pastor Newms: [39:04] It's absolute Bonkers okay number whatever. Pastor Bill: [39:09] All right number 20. … Pastor Bill: [39:23] Number 20 and you you jumped right into this one last week because you were like we're gonna hit that hard even though we weren't there yet 20. Hell is a real place where certain people will be punished forever. And of course we're going to jump to Revelations and I want we're going to look at verses 7 through 10 and then we're going to look at verses 14 through 15 okay that's the first thing we're going to do. All right well I guess I'll read seven through 15 then and then we'll move on all right relations 27 through 15 when the thousand years are completed okay so let's talk about. Pastor Newms: [40:09] Real quick can we just lump in 21 and be done with it. Pastor Bill: [40:14] The whole chapter. Pastor Newms: [40:15] No no no the question 21 because I actually have this written down for 21 also. Pastor Bill: [40:22] I have 11 through 15 for 21 okay yeah. Pastor Newms: [40:24] So can we just say what 21 is and. Pastor Bill: [40:27] So 20 is Hell's a real place 21. There will be a time when Jesus Christ returns to judge all the people who have lived Okay, so like I like we always do you need context sometimes you in the Bible says when the thousand years are completed Satan will be released from his prison, okay so there's this time when the Bible says that Jesus will come down and he will rule the Earth. For a thousand years, and anyone who has ever been martyred will come with him. Now this is post Rapture post and it cries post a whole bunch of stuff right as far as the timeline goes, Jesus comes back anyone who's ever been martyred comes with him they rule the Earth they rule over the Earth read a thousand years well during this Thousand Years Satan is locked in Chains in the bowels of the Earth, as punishment for everything that he's ever done the Rebellion everything at the end of that thousand years he's released scot-free, Penance paid. Right he's paid his Penance he's free to go he can step into eternity as an angel he's scot-free Satan released from his prison, but that's not what he does he doesn't go on scot-free he will go out to deceive the Nations at the Four Corners of the earth Gog and Magog to gather them for battle the number is like the sand of the sea, they came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the Saints. The Beloved City the in fire came down from heaven and consumed them, the devil who deceived them was thrown into the Lake of Fire and sulfur where the Beast and the false prophet are and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever that verse verse 10 right there that's hell, that's Satan or the devil, and all of the Beast and the false prophets and the fallen angels, they're all being thrown into hell to be torture, verse 11 then I saw. Pastor Newms: [42:46] Not a fun place he rules not a fun place he rules. Pastor Bill: [42:51] No not a place he rules it doesn't rule there. Pastor Newms: [42:54] Such a bad misconception. Pastor Bill: [42:57] For all of eternity, then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it Earth and Heaven fled from his presence and no place was found for them, I also saw the Dead the Great and the small standing Before the Throne and books were opened, another book was opened which is The Book of Life and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books, then the sea gave up the dead that were in it and death and Hades or steel is that word the place of the dead before Christ did what he did gave up the dead that were in them, each one was judged according to their Works death and Hades so, no more death and chill were thrown into the Lake of Fire. Pastor Newms: [43:45] The places themselves. Pastor Bill: [43:46] This is the second death yeah but that the entity and the place itself this is the second death the Lake of Fire and anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life, was thrown into the Lake of Fire right so several books some books to judge everything you ever did while you were alive, and then the one book that actually matters the pass or fail are you in the Book of Life did you have faith you know believe and in. Like we said last time it's more complicated than that because if you're shocked if you're casting a brush over all of creation you've got people that live on islands that have never heard you've got and so, extenuating circumstances God gets to decide it's God's decision it's not our decision. Pastor Newms: [44:39] He's who writes in the book and he's the one who judges on the book so. Pastor Bill: [44:44] Jesus said the only way to the father is through him right. Pastor Newms: [44:48] Right. Pastor Bill: [44:50] Then Jesus is free to reach out, at any point did anyone in the world at any time in the right way at the right time you know it's a whole thing and it's out of my hands it's not something I can do. So yeah so that. Did you want to add anything to that? Pastor Newms: [45:12] So I touched last time hard on it because you know. I tend to go hard sometimes when I'm not paying attention and get preachy not that I've ever been overcome with that before but I think it's I think it's so important to is Hell real, yes is the hell that we understand real no is anyone. Pastor Bill: [45:40] The hell that we modernly attribute to what exists comes from Dante's Inferno. Pastor Newms: [45:46] Right is hell. A place where the devil rules and ect ect no no no it is a Lake of Fire. Pastor Bill: [46:01] It's not even a place where people are right now. Pastor Newms: [46:04] Not the right where people are currently. Pastor Bill: [46:06] Not the lake of, not hell. Pastor Newms: [46:08] Lake of Fire in its is not where people are currently no no human people, there are certain Angelic beings that are not no they're not even trapped in the Lake of Fire they're trapped in Hades aren't they. Pastor Bill: [46:24] There are there's technically would be some that are in the Lake of Fire already. Pastor Newms: [46:29] From the from the chained up you know you made a huge amount. Pastor Bill: [46:33] You would have to go to some some extra biblical text to find the proof but yeah there are there are recorded some Angelic beings that have already been cast into the Lake of Fire. Pastor Newms: [46:44] Because they get opened up there at the very you know during Revelation and let free for a little bit to you know go mess around. Pastor Bill: [46:53] Well that's a different set of angels that are. Pastor Newms: [46:55] That is a different set I know but again fuzzy. Pastor Bill: [47:00] Those are good Angels aren't even bad Angels that's right there's the good guys, they're just so powerful and so overwhelming and so that. Pastor Newms: [47:11] They're in that area between they're not in, there in that area between what was Abraham's bosom and and Sheol and in the pit area just going a we're here we're waiting we're playing cards. Pastor Bill: [47:29] Playing card. Pastor Newms: [47:30] Time all right 22. Pastor Bill: [47:35] 22. Worshiping alone or with one's family is a valid replacement for regularly attending church. Y'all. Thirty-five percent strongly agree with the statement 32% somewhat agreed 9% weren't sure 14% somewhat disagreed and ten percent strongly disagreed listen, I understand. I do not go to a regular Sunday morning serve this and I strongly disagree with this statement, it is not a valid replacement worshiping alone or with your family is not a valid, for church and the reason why Church comes from a word that means Community right from the very beginning it was that Believers of different households, we joined Believers from other households and created a community to support each other, push each other and how they could outdo each other and extravagantly loving others and loving God, you don't get that when you're alone and you don't get that when you're with immediate family you just don't, the familiarity of family breeds, contempt and another word contempt is changed meaning over the years the basically it breeds this this this idea that not only do I maybe not can't, tell this person what to do but then when I do they don't have to do it I'm telling them to do you know like you can't tell me to do that I know you used to pee in the bathtub, that kind of thing. Pastor Newms: [49:27] Or I know you still pee in the shower. Pastor Bill: [49:29] I know that you still be in the shot yeah like it it doesn't work you need people from outside that Family Circle, that you Revere that you respect that have that edge on you to push you and doing good things for others to push you into loving God, it is being alone or just being with your immediate family that is not a valid, for regularly attending church but. Pastor Newms: [49:58] Define what church is. Pastor Bill: [49:59] Isn't always. What we see as Sunday morning Gathering and Wednesday Matt Gathering and we will get to that in question number, 24 about what church is but no. Pastor Newms: [50:15] See I shoved it all in here and then in 24 I said see above so what I wrote is defined Church churches the mind, church church in my mind and the mind of early Believers were that you would gather to study and to learn with each other not just one guy, being the one that. And so I used the Acts 2:42 through 47 which they devoted themselves to the apostles teaching to the fellowship to the breaking of the bread and to prayer everyone was filled with awe and many work wonders and signs were performed through the apostles now all the Believers were together and held all things in common they sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need every day they devoted themselves, to meeting together in the temple and broke bread from house to house the ate the food was joyful and sincere Hearts praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people every day the Lord added to their numbers those who are being saved and one of the things I found really interesting about 47 and I think this was the first time I noticed it was the early church was loved by all the people around them, because of the amount of love the early church showed which. Pastor Bill: [51:44] It's not that hard. Pastor Newms: [51:45] Very. Pastor Bill: [51:46] To endear yourself to someone it's not that hard to go up to someone and say hey what do you need, cool let's do it let's go do that thing let me let me take a couple of hours and let's go do that thing, and suddenly you've made a friend for life it's not that hard to love it's really not, it's not that hard to endear yourself to someone and make it to where they go oh my gosh you're a great friend what can I do for you how can I can I make your day as good as you've just made mine it's not that difficult to walk in love it's not, choose to make it difficult we say we are Democrat and I'm a Republican or I'm repelled you know I'm a Democrat or a Republican or oh I go to this church you got to be focused on these differences, that when you boil it down to brass tacks mean nothing and we allow those things to keep us from loving each other, the other Church didn't do that they didn't say oh will you believe in the Greek gods I can't love you or or oh you're a Roman I can't do that with you that's not what they said oh they loved their neighbors, to such an extreme that they had the favor of everyone to the point that when Paul who was Saul, came around to start killing people. It wasn't just the people in the church that were hiding the Believers the community around the Believers, them off and they would move their camp or they would hide them in their homes until Saul and his rating party left it was it was these non-believers were literally risking their lives, for these Believers because they loved them they loved the Believers because the Believers showed love.  Pastor Newms: [53:38] Yeah alright number 23. Pastor Bill: [53:45] 23. Christians should be silent on issues of politics. This is one where Pastor Newms and I disagree. Um we always have and I don't know if my earbuds just died again or you can I still hear you. Pastor Newms: [54:09] I don't know can you still hear me. Pastor Bill: [54:11] Okay yes I can hear you I just wanted you to be able to interject at any point if you needed to and if my earbud had died because you're canceling ear you're canceling thing with the system to and it just I don't hear everything going on on your end but so. 17% of people strongly agree with the, 13% somewhat agree nine percent aren't sure 21% somewhat disagree and forty percent strongly disagree that Christians should be silent on issues of politics, and I get it I understand that our system is set up the way it's set up and it makes people feel, like they have to be Hands-On and that it's not only a right but it's a duty that you have to do it. But, if we take a step back from all of that and we look at politics let's first let's look at our Representatives, if I ran for Senator, I would have to represent the viewpoints of all the political parties of the people, from my area I would have to represent all over the religious beliefs of the people from my area, and for me to just go well my Christian worldview and the way I see it is the way I'm going to do it is wrong. That's not secular. That's a whole damn don't stock right now you're coming out of much bigger if I gotta put this here but in and Swap this one out. Um so that's a religious government not a secular government and you only have to go as far as to look at what's going on in Iran right now. To understand that you don't want a religious government. Pastor Newms: [56:30] Like you said this is something we disagree on and worst of all is the the wording of the question should Christians be, on the issue of politics and that's where I have my issue and say I disagree because we should not be silent in our feeling of running the country but we should be very careful not to allow our Christian views to run over others belief subsystems and try to subjugate them the whole reason why the separation of church and state exists in America is the the founding fathers did not want one religion subjugating, the whole country the whole populace they didn't want anyone to feel, like they were being subjugated by a religion which is where some of them not all of them because it depends on which country they came from it depends on lots of situations of are the founding of our nation but lots of them came from oppressive governments that oppressed them and so they were looking for, a way to not be oppressed Ed so, what I pulled for this is a lot different I pulled John 15:12 this is my command love one another as I have loved you, and the reason I pulled that verse for this is because what's so important here is. There's a difference between being silent and forcing your belief system on someone else, speaking. Of how the country should be rant we shouldn't be silent on the fact that we don't want a road through a city that's around, this or we shouldn't be silent there are certain parts of politics that we shouldn't be silent on but if we are allowing our religious beliefs to, push upon people that's that's in my opinion where there is a problem, is that difference we shouldn't be silent in politics because there's a lot of that politics that have nothing to do with religion and there's. Pastor Bill: [58:59] There's a lot of politics that have nothing to do with I mean there's a lot of government that has nothing to do with politics. Pastor Newms: [59:06] Well and again that depends on the word that depends on. Pastor Bill: [59:09] Things you're talking about building a road here or there you're talking about local government. Pastor Newms: [59:14] That's still political though, because so and so wants it because he'll make more money if you build that road so and so doesn't want it because their Farms going to be cut off from such and such it is still that is still politics that is still political the problem as you mentioned is a two party system trying to prescribe one half of the country against the other half of the country which isn't, politics that's part of politics it's just the emotionally-charged part that we all think of, everything's political small town government is sometimes more political than big government this family runs the world you know etc etc. Pastor Bill: [59:57] I know you I know you already know everything I'm gonna say in this opinion and this you know issue but I believe in prayer and just trusting God to work it out, Romans 13:1 says let everyone submit to the governing authorities since there's no Authority except from God and the authorities that exist are instituted by God, um so I just pray and trust that the, authorities that God has instituted or gonna get it right, and I know that that's not always going to work out for me but the world's not really about me the Bible's full of times where it said and God appointed, so-and-so and so-and-so didn't like the Israelites and so he imprisoned them and it's like. Okay then that's you know, it's not all about me it's about what needs to be done and so I'm on the on the side of and that's why I mean I don't know if I've ever point-blank set it on the podcast but that's why I don't vote, it's because I believe that God ordains that leadership he ordains that Authority and it's my duty to pray and then trust that God will do the things that he said he's going to do that he's going to put people in place that, we'll do the things that need to be done and that he's going to move on those people to make policy and have things happen that align with his will for our country and for my life and, you know it causes a lot of arguments when you have that opinion and you have that viewpoint but once again, it's an opinion I'm not I'm not forcing anyone to follow my opinion good Lord Lord knows I could, turn this podcast into just me talking at a camera and then arguing with people online when they disagree with me but instead there's the two of us and we definitely don't agree, on this topic at least. Pastor Newms: [1:02:06] Yeah I mean there's a lot of things we don't and that's okay because that's not the point the point of Christianity is not a set of rules should be a set of rules it's. All right number 24. Pastor Bill: [1:02:25] 24. Every Christian has an obligation to join a local church Eighteen percent strongly agree 90% somewhat agree 8% not sure 19% somewhat agree disagree and 36% strongly disagree I somewhat disagree, because I don't think necessarily it needs to be a local church or a local church organization like I said before, Church doesn't always look like a Sunday morning service or a Wednesday night service or anything like that if we look at Matthew 18. Verse 20 this is Jesus talking he says for where two or three are gathered together in my name I am there among them. Church can be as small as two or three people who are believers coming together, to urge each other to love extravagantly urge each other to love God, take care of Orphans and widows I mean that's all James thought charge was was we should be taking care of Orphans and widows that's Church, that this is simply put that's church if you think church is going and hurting yourself into a crowded room to sing a few songs listen to a sermon and then book it without ever interacting with another human being, you're not going to church you still haven't gone to church yet all you've done is gone to a pretty show. Pastor Newms: [1:04:09] Some of them are really pretty too. Pastor Bill: [1:04:12] Yeah really pretty everything to add to that one. Pastor Newms: [1:04:16] No no I think we talked about it enough amongst other ones that are above that I don't need to add anything here. Pastor Bill: [1:04:26] Okay number 25 is starting to get fun y'all are y'all ready to start. Well I figured we should go an hour and a half like we did last time and then wrap it up next week. Okay 25. Sex outside of traditional marriage is a sin. Thirty-three percent strongly agree 20% somewhat agree 5% not sure 13% somewhat disagree and 29 percent strongly disagree, you know what the issue the main issue I have with this question do you know what the main. Let's talk about peanut butter. Pastor Newms: [1:05:32] Peanut butter should only be crunchy it should never be creamy and if you eat creamy peanut butter you're wrong. Pastor Bill: [1:05:39] What is traditional peanut butter. Pastor Newms: [1:05:41] Crunchy peanut butter. Pastor Bill: [1:05:44] You think crunchy peanut butter peanuts that haven't quite been crunched enough. Pastor Newms: [1:05:47] They've been crunched enough to be classified as butter. Pastor Bill: [1:05:50] So when you go onto the the aisle in the store there is conventional peanut butter, and then there's natural peanut butter you will never find traditional peanut butter because even the peanut butter industry recognizes that there is no such thing as traditional. Pastor Newms: [1:06:14] But the correct. Pastor Bill: [1:06:16] Traditions are torture driven. Pastor Newms: [1:06:18] Correct is Crunchy just in case where I've actually farmer firmer on this is the worst possible thing this is the. Pastor Bill: [1:06:23] Are you need to stop you taking it too far you need to stop. Pastor Newms: [1:06:27] I'm making a point and begin taking it too far though. Pastor Bill: [1:06:31] There is no such thing as traditional it doesn't exist oh well I mean according to the Bible, okay are you talking about a man can have as many wives as long as he can support and please them all which is the traditional Jewish point of view from the Old Testament are you talking about I mean what are we talking about, I mean heck even. Pastor Newms: [1:06:53] If you accidentally get a prostitute married you have to marry her I mean a prostitute pregnant you have to marry her like what are we talking about traditional. Pastor Bill: [1:07:01] There's the the one story about the guy who who went and spent the night with a harlot only to then find out that it was his daughter-in-law who couldn't give a son to his son and then she got pregnant by him and then that became one of the names of the tribes of Israel like, what is this traditional Marathon you're talking about, so I put down Ephesians 5 1 through 5 right and so we're going to we're going to read that but first let's talk about Sin for a second what is sin sin has imperfections. Is it still a sin for me to wear mixed clothing two different fibers. Is it imperfect it's not it's not in perfect not in my day and age, right maybe back in the day when they were mixing a fiber that was good for clothing in a fiber that was good for food together to make clothing and then that food couldn't be eaten. Pastor Newms: [1:08:17] If your clothing causes someone to starve IE child labor in another country, but then sells it to Walmart that the Pastor Bill is wearing. Pastor Bill: [1:08:30] Nothing to worry about. Pastor Newms: [1:08:30] I don't know either I just joking. Pastor Bill: [1:08:32] Ephesians chapter 5 verses 1 through 5, therefore be imitators of God as dearly loved children and walk in love as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God, but sexual immorality and impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you as is proper for sale, no sexual morality no impurity or greed, verse 4 I've seen and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable but rather giving thanks for know and recognize this all right so what is he doing here, he's telling you what you want to hear and then a saying but wait, there's a catch okay he says for know and recognize this, every sexual sexually immoral or impure or greedy person who is an idolater. Does not have an inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God he's saying I'm not saying, sex is bad and I'm not saying, that you have to be pure in all of your sexual relationships I'm saying stop going down to the temples of the other gods and participating in their sex acts of worship. And then we take versus like that and say oh well sex outside of traditional marriage is wrong Paul said survive here in the fish, somebody said, he said don't go be worshipping idols and having sex with the Priestess the priest and the Priestess is in those out in those temples that's bad don't do that. Pastor Newms: [1:10:40] Because that's an act of worship of another guy. Pastor Bill: [1:10:40] So it strikes outside of traditional marriage of sin. You know we talked about don't do things that are going to lead you down a bad path. Pastor Newms: [1:10:51] So Pastor Bill: [1:10:52] Unprotected sex, with someone that you have no intention of making babies with or and or having committed relationship with long term that would definitely be back, unprotected sex when you know that you're carrying an STD bad is it I'm saying. Cut and dry it's not abstinence or. Pastor Newms: [1:11:15] And I think, I don't think and the verse that I pulled for this and this the same verse I'm going to use for the next one with an extra one but first Corinthians 10 23 and you everyone who knows me knows this is one of my favorite scriptures just because, it's one of those that's like argue with it go ahead everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial, everything is permissible but not everything builds up so like when you think about traditional marriage and you think about relationships and you think about boyfriends and girlfriends and boyfriends and girlfriends and boyfriends and girlfriends is that beneficial. Not always if you set yourself up in a mindset of it's fine I'll get another one. Pastor Bill: [1:12:03] Yeah most of the time teenage sex is bad. Pastor Newms: [1:12:08] Because of. Pastor Bill: [1:12:09] Teaches you this world view of have it and lose it have it and lose it have it and lose it and then when you go to have a committed relationship your mindset is on have it in. Pastor Newms: [1:12:22] I'll get married if he leaves me it's fine if he makes me mad I'll leave if she doesn't cook well it's okay I'll just get another one you know that mindset. Pastor Bill: [1:12:34] And it's harder. Pastor Newms: [1:12:35] Yeah doesn't mean. Pastor Bill: [1:12:38] Impossible I'm not even by any means. Pastor Newms: [1:12:40] Not impossible. Pastor Bill: [1:12:41] You did then you're doomed that's not what I'm saying at all. Pastor Newms: [1:12:44] No Pastor Bill: [1:12:45] There are lots of people who have had lots of premarital sex who have had you know happy marriages and and been married for a long years I'm not saying it's it's the exact rule I'm saying, is a complication it is something that makes life harder and so therefore it is something that should be approached. Pastor Newms: [1:13:12] And that's the aspect, exactly and a lot of it comes down to your relationship your mindset your you know there's a lot this gets really hairy in a lot of those types of situations, because a personal relationship with God not a, everyone is in the same relationship with God so and not everyone has the same mental struggles some people can take a drink they can drink whenever they feel like it, and they have no ill effects I can take a drink and I can drink whenever I feel like it and I have even fewer, regrets and ill effects than other people do until I realize that oh wait, I am craving it I am needing it I am that's an ill effect that other people don't have whereas I can drink all night and not have a headache the next morning so to me, you know and everyone is different and in all things we have to consider because everyone's different everyone's different. Pastor Bill: [1:14:34] Because everyone is different everyone is different so we're going to wrap up tonight on this next one. Pastor Newms: [1:14:38] I was going to say if you wrap up in between I'm going to get upset it makes no sense not to lump this one in and be done. Pastor Bill: [1:14:44] 25. Abortion is a sin. Hmm okay hmm. On a on a face value disconnected from reality I agreed with that statement. Because sin is just imperfection that's why right if sin is no more or no less than imperfection in your life then yes a portion is a sin but that's not what you're saying you're not just saying abortion is a sin. Pastor Newms: [1:15:18] That's not what the question says. Pastor Bill: [1:15:20] Abortion is a tragedy and an imperfect but if your focus, is there then you're already too late to the issue the issue isn't abortion it's the cultural failings of the church, and the government the whole kit and caboodle that led to the moment. Where a woman is left with abortion as a viable option I'm not talking emergency care. Pastor Newms: [1:16:01] That's different it's completely different. Pastor Bill: [1:16:03] Can see situations, yeah you make emergency you make an emergency call that's just that's just how it is. If anti-abortionists want to end abortion vilifying or criminalizing the women that are in these situations. Is an ineffective and quite frankly and Evil. And we need to do better. Pastor Newms: [1:16:44] Right and so I wrote a couple things I wrote Of course in answering this question I'm taking away medical necessity because, that is obviously the medical necessity. Pastor Bill: [1:17:01] Ectopic pregnancy or the mother's not going to survive. Pastor Newms: [1:17:04] Right or there or the baby isn't. Pastor Bill: [1:17:07] Different ball of Wax. Pastor Newms: [1:17:08] For example situations that we have now where we've seen in the country in the last couple of months where the baby is already passed, but because the CPT code for abortion covers removal of dead tissue, they can't have it removed so they're forced to continue it to term no know that we're not talking. Pastor Bill: [1:17:32] Times it's it's past the point where it can. Pastor Newms: [1:17:36] Yeah now. Pastor Bill: [1:17:38] Cano resorbed. Pastor Newms: [1:17:40] So in those situations I'm discounting those because if you even believe that, abortion as health care and abortion as health care are one in the same or different, we already are disconnected and that's okay but I'm discounting those because those are a given that they should be necessary because they should be, what I'm talking about is as Pastor Bill was talking about the Situation's of, using it as birth control not using it as I view it as a sin, but not for the same reasons disconnected from the situation sin is in Perfection and sadness is in Perfection and so because of that that's why I view it that way but. Pastor Bill: [1:18:32] I don't think the sin starts at the abortion though I think the sin starts, where we refuse to educate people on contraceptives the sin starts, where we refused to teach young men to take responsibilities for their actions, and that rape is bad I think the sins starts where we refuse to listen to our young women when they say they feel unsafe or uncomfortable in certain situations, like the sin starts way before the point where the woman has to make a decision. Pastor Newms: [1:19:09] Where we vilify women for what clothing they're wearing to high school because there's not a strap on their dress because it's distracting who's it distracting and why aren't we vilifying them, that not caring not loving. Pastor Bill: [1:19:25] - Vilifying them but teaching them I mean you can't vilify someone because oh my gosh your shoulder just tracks me but you can educate that person dude that's a shoulder. Pastor Newms: [1:19:42] Matthew 7 1 through 6 I also used in this, along with the Corinthians which is, do not judge so you won't be judged for you'll be judged the same standard as which you judge others and you'll be measured by the same measure you use why do you look at the Splinter in your brother's eye but not notice the beam of wood in your own and that's what we're talking about, in it's so much of this how can you say let me take that splinter out of your I look there's a beam in yours you're a hit hypocrite first take the beam of wood out of your eye and then you'll clearly see the Splinter in your brother's don't give what is Holy to dogs or toss your pearls before. Pearls Before pigs I said that right yeah or they'll trample them under their feet turn and tear you to pieces sorry, I'm so used to Pearls Before Swine when I saw the three words together in the csb using pigs instead of swine my whole brain just went out the window, the. Pastor Bill: [1:20:52] They're not actually talking about. Pastor Newms: [1:20:54] Actual pigs. Pastor Bill: [1:20:55] The animal that pork comes from. Pastor Newms: [1:20:58] The point I have their the reason I pulled that especially is the problem is is, like Pastor Bill was saying we there are so many mistakes along this whole Road that, we then try to vilify the last step, and you're like whoa what about all of this that should have been talked about we have failed, as the church-going abstinence is the only way why because the Bible says so we're because it does and then expecting, people to live that way and like we were talking about earlier in politics, bringing your religion to subjugate someone else all of these are sin all of these are issues because they're not. Pastor Bill: [1:21:58] And when things like that what was it 34 page list, of clergy members from that particular denomination that were sexual offenders during their service, some of them repeat offenders where they swept it under the rug they intimidated the woman things that you have no right. To vilify those young ladies when they're in that situation when. As a church as the church we're allowing these predators. To prey on them and create situations that, prop up and supports a systemic culture that lie to. Sin is not start at abortion is a consequence, of multiple systemic and cultural sins that led a young lady to have to make a horrible decision. And it is you can you can try to turn off your brain and turn off your emotions and numb yourself to it and over time you may be able to do that. But when you're first faced with that issue that is a horrible place to be a place that no woman should ever have to be. Ascend starts way earlier. And not necessarily with the woman. That's how I feel about that, so this was the breed Manifesto live recording of season 3 episode 96 we record live on Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, he go to our website EK K dot house to see which twitch Facebook and which YouTube we are live on so that you can join us in the chat like you've heard us comment other people have done this podcast does come out on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. There is a slight delay on when it comes out now I figured it would be better to put a week delay in there, so the podcast were recording tonight will come out next Wednesday but we recorded last Sunday night will come out this Wednesday gives a little buffer there for, working on the transcript and for something comes up which is good little buffer there, all right go check out the podcast if you're a podcast Tech person send this to someone if you think it might help them and definitely you know you can go to the www.stateoftheology.com look at these statements, find out for yourself do you agree with statements do you not and why the most important part is the why, find the scripture find something to back up what you believe and if you can't find. A scriptural belief to back that up if you can't find like we talked about the Holy Spirit the one statement the Holy Spirit won't tell you to do something that violates the Bible, well it won't violate the spirit of the Bible if you can't find the spirit of what you believe in the text. Maybe you need to adjust what you believe. And make it more in line with the Holy Spirit but only you can make that decision I can't make that decision for you. Pastor Newms: [1:25:44] Huh. Pastor Bill: [1:25:46] I can't tell you what to believe and that's kind of a whole thing the Berean Manifesto were Bereans because we don't take things taught to us at face value we have to go prove it for ourselves, in the Bible and someone teaching us someone's preaching prophesying we don't take it at face value. Pastor Bill: [1:26:04] Right we go when we prove it for ourselves we own our relationship with God. I love you guys I hope you have a great week. Pastor Newms: Stay safe out there. Pastor Bill: And until next time.

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This week is about Honor...again. Honoring your father and mother is a command. Ok God we get it but sometimes it can be hard. This week we talk about practical ways you can honor your parents regardless of how they treated you. Respecting your parents doesn't stop at a certain age either. Even if you're 48, you can still show honor.

What's up what's up you guys it is lovely Friday is that a deal holes and I want to encourage you to these episodes that today is the day your breakthrough is coming your way don't give up don't give out OK just shout and say thank you thank you Lord for answering my prayers OK be blessed and don't forget give a shout out I'm still waiting on still looking where are you listening to a Boom Factor Radio Hosted he was state what country I want to hear from you today OK God bless you --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drdee/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drdee/support

Ik ben van mening dat elke keer dat we gefrustreerd raken, dit eigenlijk wordt veroorzaakt omdat we ophouden God te vertrouwen. Dat mag misschien als een gedurfde uitspraak bij je overkomen, maar denk eens na over het volgende: God heeft jou en mij Zijn Heilige Geest en genade gegeven om alle dingen, die op je weg komen, te kunnen doorstaan. Op het moment dat we niet langer op Hem vertrouwen, maar proberen om in onze eigen kracht dingen voor elkaar te krijgen, raken we gefrustreerd. Het bovenstaande goed te begrijpen, heeft mij enorm geholpen. Elke keer dat ik gefrustreerd raakte, herinnerde ik mij eraan dat ik de plek van de Heilige Geest aan het innemen was. Ik probeerde een Heilige Geest Junior te zijn! Vecht je tegen een onafhankelijke geest? Op het moment dat je weigert om afhankelijk te zijn van God, dan zeg je in essentie, “Oké God, ik waardeer het dat U bij mij bent, maar kijk eens hoe ik dit aanpak.” Je afhankelijk van God opstellen kan soms lastig zijn, maar het is de sleutel tot de overwinning die we elke dag opnieuw in ons leven nodig hebben. Galaten 5:16 spoort ons aan om ons [gewoontegetrouw] te laten leiden door de (Heilige) Geest, dan zijn wij namelijk niet gericht op onze eigen begeerten. Merk op dat hier niet staat: “Overwin in eigen kracht het vlees... dan zul je niet gericht zijn op je eigen begeerten. Nee, er staat laat u leiden door de Heilige Geest. Kies ervoor om niet langer onafhankelijk te leven, maar op de Heilige Geest te vertrouwen. Ik beloof je dat je hier geen spijt van zult hebben. Kort gebed: God, U bent alles wat ik nodig heb. Help mij om niet mijzelf te vertrouwen, maar om mijn vertrouwen in U te stellen en om van U afhankelijk te zijn.

Come on what's up what's up you guises Christmas Eve yes yes love you guys let's go and show some love to our family if you're able to be with your family you know I pray that you guys went took a Covid test and those that are vaccinated those days not vaccinated to come on as this mess up let's keep our hands clean let's go ahead and social distancing we still have to maintain these protocols you guys so we can stay safe and with that say I want to hear from you all over the world let me hear from where you are so on New Year's Day New Year's Eve I would have an episode just replaying all the shadows and when you leave me a message click the link on whatever platform that you were in or you listening to Boom Factor Radio Hosted you can leave me at 62nd message an hour we play for you and it will be shouted out on New Year's Day and I will reply back to youOK I want to hear from you God bless you send boom fact a shout out all right and I will plug you in on the episode for New Year's day from all over the world you have people from all over the world we love each other and we're going to take care of each other the best we know how because nobody else gonna do it so we're gonna have to help each other encourage one another motivate one another let's just do some good out here in this world OK God bless you --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drdee/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drdee/support

The Ambassador of Joy, Barry Shore, is a mental health activist, change maker, and life transformer whose profound message of joy is being embraced globally. He has experienced various setbacks in life such as a nasty car crash from which he had to take 2 years to recover, and then was completely paralyzed overnight from a rare disease that still affects him today, but he went on to build a system to enable people around the world to live in joy daily. “Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.” 9:27 We talk about the importance of expressing gratitude and approaching life, seeing the positive side of difficult situations and how it can change your life. You get to choose whether you see the good in life or if you want to be unhappy. Barry gives 3 tools to experience a shift in your life, which he calls breathe, appreciation, and dog poop. Understanding that things can change 5:13 3 principles to be happier, healthier, and wealthier 10:16 What about those for whom things just won’t go right? 15:33 3 tips and tools to experience “shift” in your life 20:06 Focusing on others 29:43 Check out Barry 34:16 “I was asking, “OK God, I’m a regular guy. What do you want? I’m not superman. What am I supposed to do?” And Antony, at that moment I was 55 years on this planet. At that moment, I had the most calm, aware, mind that I’ve experienced in decades.” 13:59 https://www.barryshore.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey Kings and Queens, I wanted to do a special podcast for all my people out there who are struggling with the holidays. Know that I'm praying for you and we are going to get through this together!!!! Many blessings to each of you!!!!

All right how are you guys Dr. deal with the boom factor and I want to say good morning and it is testimony Tuesday and I'm looking for some testimonies too babe be able to bring to Thanksgiving day to show people how the little things are so important to be grateful and thankful for it so if you have a awesome testimony days less than a minute you can go ahead and leave me a message quick way below this episode and say that they have a testimony that God is good hey do you have the deer got a testimony God bless me with a job hey DD I got a testimony I am free from her whatever that thing is you want to testify in the car with somebody within a minute go ahead and leave me a message and I will play it throughout the day on my broadcast on Thursday Thanksgiving day OK God bless you --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drdee/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drdee/support

I will help you guys good morning good morning good morning I am so excited to join the boom fact of the day I want to share some love to you that you're gonna have a awesome day and an awesome week this is Dr. D your house and I appreciate all my listening audience they have stuck to the end this month and birthday Martha boom fact the TV I will put the link on the description later on this afternoon for a live booth at the birthday party that's why I don't want to die from all over who listen don't be ashamed just tune in when I put the link in it is going to register and come on in tune in and have a blast share your testimony how you came across boom going to have a good all-time OK I've got a B on Wednesday night at 7:30 November 17 OK God bless you I love you have a wonderful wonderful day this is Dr. D sign it out God bless you --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drdee/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drdee/support

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Good morning are you guys does episodes will consist of how to be prepared for the hurricane season in natural disasters and how to pack a survival bag or a go bag for any type of storm to last you for 72 hours OK don't forget go to the bone factory YouTube channel and subscribe hit the notification bell because I also we will be filming or we have a live video of me showing you somethings you should already have in your house and preparing for a disaster OK God bless --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drdee/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drdee/support

Have you seen God? Do we know Jesus well enough to believe that we have seen God the Father? In John 14:8-9, Jesus shares how we can see the God. The way we get to know God and follow Him is through Jesus. Jesus is the path and the human representation of God. Jesus is the way. The more time we spend with Jesus, the Bible and His people, then more we come to know God and can trust Him. Jesus prompts us to know God better and we become part of the plan. We become the way other people see God in the world. Many people do not follow Jesus simply because of what they have seen in the behavior of people who claim to follow Jesus. Let us look to Jesus on how to live. Today, Mike challenges us to try and live in such a way that we honor God. That we represent Him well in our world. Mike states that he prays each morning, punches in and says, “Ok God, here I am. I am your person. What do you want me to do today?” One of the things He wants us to do is to pray for the people around us. He also wants us to listen to Him throughout the day. Another thing we can do is thank Him in advance for the things that He will do that day. Creating a design to know Him better. All the things that we do for others because we believe in Jesus, they help other people see God. It helps others see the positive change that God makes in our lives. In Mark 10:45 Jesus states that, “the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Let Jesus lead the way we live. By doing so we make Him visible to those around us, to those who see us, and to those who encounter us.

"I believe that my talent is a Gift from God to be used for his Glory and not mine." GabinoAll of my life I had been a Jack of all trades a handyman until I said. Ok God !” I Give Up”.  I can't do this on my own, I said, take me and do with me what you will.  And the term born again happened. I had a new identity with a new talent and gift. I'm most excited about what God is doing with me and through me. How did I get to where I am today professionally? That's a good question that is still a mystery to me but not really, I always said that God was my booking agent. In reality I still don't have a booking agent and it's amazing that even in this season of covid-19 when no live events or artists are being booked “God” my booking agent has gotten me some amazing Virtual Event Gigs with clients like the McDonald's corp. and sporting event halftime performance for the XFL.https://youtu.be/spf0Wv9o3lcGabino Bio:Fast, vibrant and choreographed to music. All done on a moving canvas. That is the unique performance viewers will experience when they watch Gabino Martinez perform his highly entertaining live speed painting.  As the only Live Speed Painter in the world who creates custom live art creations and performs them on a massive spinning canvas (4' to 8')..  From the intensive dedication to create, this self taught artist brings an explosive experience to a live show with music that Inspires and brings a large blank canvas to life and becomes a beautiful piece of Art. His creative gift allows him to create art specific for any event. As a Handyman turned Professional Artist, Gabino's  passion and desire is not only to create but also perform paintings that will inspire othersLISTEN TO THE REAL RAW TRUTH PODCASThttps://www.robbieraugh.com/podcast​https://www.podpage.com/real-raw-truth/https://open.spotify.com/show/2Xn6MMuvyUP41QJ0In5s8q  The Real. Raw. Truth. Podcast was started to engage in insightful, relevant conversations with Keri Spring and Robbie Raugh about the Mind. Body. Soul. Spirit. Each episode will focus on living life intentionally and intersecting God's Word in the real hard places that are a struggle for many. Our featured guests, spanning all areas of life, will provide valuable tools, tips or training within their area of specialty. We hope that a regardless of background, fears, age or stage of life, it's something you look forward to listening to each week!SHOP RESOURCES https://www.robbieraugh.com The Raw Truth Recharge Book – 7 Truths for Total Health and FitnessHealthy Eating and Cooking ClassesFree Health and Fitness SeminarsPrivate Nutrition and Health CoachingCONNECT WITH ME: Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/robbie.raughFacebook Page https://www.facebook.com/kerispringministriesFacebook Page https://www.facebook.com/realrawtruthInstagram https://www.instagram.com/robbieraughInstagram https://www.instagram.com/keri.springYou Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ZQ7grffXH4wKVL7W5CTqAYou Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYASorHrupEvYey4e_S_yswINVITE ME TO SPEAK Are you looking for your next women's event speaker? Email Robbie@Robbieraugh.comEmail kerispringministries@gmail.com

Thoughts Let's talk for a bit about Paul's going to Jerusalem, even though the Holy Spirit gave messages to Paul and others that imprisonment awaited him there. Some people believe that these were warnings from God that Paul should not go to Jerusalem, and that he was in rebellion when he went. What do you think? Would you go if you were in Paul's sandals? Let's look a little deeper. We read in Acts 19:21, “…Paul purposed in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia…” Other translations say that Paul “resolved in the Spirit”, another says “…Paul felt compelled by the Spirit…” So the Holy Spirit told him to go to Jerusalem. And in chapter 20:22, Paul said, “And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem.” So if Paul was given the task to go, he should go, right? Now, it does say in 20:23 that, “…the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.” And in chapter 21:10-11 Agabus prophesied, “The Holy Spirit declares, ‘So shall the owner of this belt be bound by the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem and turned over to the Gentiles.” Is the Holy Spirit sending mixed signals? Why would he tell Paul to go, and then tell him that he's in for a really rough time when he gets there? Maybe to prepare him? To give him a heads up? Sure. That's what I think. The people who heard about the upcoming difficulties for Paul were trying to protect him. They didn't want to see him hurt and thrown in prison. Their motivations were right, but they went against the instructions that the Holy Spirit gave Paul. Paul said in 20:24, “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.” And in 21:13, ““Why all this weeping? You are breaking my heart! I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but even to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus.” And then verse 14 says, “We could not convince him, so we gave up and said, “May the Lord's will be done.”” So let me get this straight. They couldn't convince him to do what they thought he should do, so they said, “May the Lord's will be done.” That strikes me as funny. Except that's what we so often do, isn't it. We decide what we want, and then when it doesn't work out, we say, “Ok God. Whatever you want. Your will be done.” Paul had it right, didn't he? Once he was given his marching orders, once he knew God's will, nothing was going to keep him from doing it.  Before starting a new endeavor, it's always a good thing to ask the Lord for His will. That does not mean saying, “Lord, I'm going to do this thing. Please bless me as I go.” What it means is saying, “Lord, do you want me to do this thing?” And then wait for his reply. Wait for confirmation. Don't get ahead of Him. And don't rush Him. If He wants you to do something, He will let you know, as He did with Paul.  Today's Bible Translation Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 21-22 GNT Support Please remember that this is a listener supported show. Your support of any amount is needed and very much appreciated. Find out how by clicking here. When you buy through links on this site, we may earn an affiliate commission, and you will earn our gratitude. Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Mary Tuano on Unsplash Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents By Rod Dreher / Sentinel Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn once noted that people often assume that their democratic government would never submit to totalitarianism---but Dreher says it's happening. Sounding the alarm about the insidious effects of identity politics, surveillance technology, psychological manipulation, and more, he equips contemporary Christian dissidents to see, judge, and act as they fight to resist the erosion of our freedoms. 304 pages, hardcover from Sentinel.

Good Morni this episode will express some things that are happening in the world of course about unemployment issues people going back to work how the government is really stealing right before our eyes especially the major corporations that are linked up to all these hierarchies so you guys say I don’t take nothing by surprise anymore I just see it speak about it he just share my views but to really really come back issues in your community go to your senates a website or type in reset our ESIST to the number 50409 and you will be able to submit a lot of petitions touch on petition and tell share about your concerns in your community that will help you a lot that’s our voice always stay tune share this radio program to someone that you know they need some inspiration and encouragement insight finding his witness just somebody to be real this is Dr. D this is my audio diary of my life in all it could be very interesting sometimes ha ha ha ha happy Mother’s Day to you guys out there and as I say this testimony Tuesday I guess I could share I have many many testimonies but I would like to hear your testimony and post it on a program I will also be going on another create another podcast I’ll be coming up soon so I’m working on some mini projects so if you see me being silent it’s not that hey what’s wrong with that date no all is well I’m just working you guys just working so will be bless you guys love you guysYes yes the most important thing right now to live your life to the full Ness be true to yourself take responsibility and accountability that’s the only way that you can walk around with a clean heart even in your hours and your mistakes in your madness in your times of trials and tribulations take responsibility of your actions correct the wrong make it right and guess what God will always show you the path of life OK God bless you peace --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drdee/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drdee/support

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There are times in all of our lives where we think God is telling us to do one thing…and so we go ahead and we confidently walk in it. Then somewhere down the line we start feeling like God wants us to do something else. And it can be very anxiety producing, right?  It looks like we’ve gone ‘all in’ and said, “OK God, I'm going to do what You say to do.” Things feel good and everything is just ticking along nicely. And then things change, and we aren't quite sure about God changing our direction.  What does this look like?  What do I do now?  Will I be OK in this change? How do I know if this is good?  How do I know what He's asking me to do?  Listen to this 11 minute podcast episode to walk out of ‘wobbly’ and into peace. Visit us at AWJToday.com

I pray for my brothers and sisters who feel sad it will be OK God is with us

“11 Days” – A True Life Novel Mark Holloway pt 1Failed marriage. Failed business. This is something that many people around the world are facing or have faced. The current situation with forced shutdowns and lockdowns and isolation just exasperate problems that have been lingering under the surface. Now, they are rearing their ugly heads. Financial problems are often the major cause of marital problems. And with this COVID situation all across the world – no businesses open means no jobs and no income. But yet, the bills arrive like clockwork. That just leads to further problems in the home. Well, my guest today faced something similar, except it was not COVID related. It was well before that. Mark Holloway’s life was spiralling out of control. His business failed. His wife left him. He was angry. And he was angry at God. And when he screamed out at God, he was amazed when God spoke back! I think I would be too! Amen! God then led him into a way to have amazing, ongoing conversations with Him. And he started to share this method of communicating with God, initially in a blog, and then in “The Freedom Diaries” – a book that has sold thousands of copies all over the world and helped untold numbers of people. Now, Mark’s marriage has been restored – which, by the way, is what God initially told him would happen when he first cried out to God – Praise the Lord. But he is now about to publish a book titled “11 Days.” “11 DAYS” is a novel based on a true story – Mark’s true story of how he stumbled on a conversation with God at the worst time in his life. And how that conversation lead to restoring his broken marriage and his failed business. It’s a story that has taught thousands to have their own back and forth conversations with God. As a result, marriages have been healed, drug habits busted, families restored, businesses revitalised and the Word of God has been shared around the world! Amen! Help me welcome to the program, all the way from New Zealand, Mark Holloway! Mark, thank you for coming on the program today! First question that I always ask is this. Other than that brief bit of information I just shared, can you tell us in your own words, “Who is Mark Holloway?” Now, let’s jump straight into your book. This is a novel, written around a character named Jack Kincaid. But this is all based upon your story, correct? Ok, so let’s go at it from your point of view and you can add in additional comments as you like from the book. But I want to set the background for everything you are sharing. It all started with what was published as “The Freedom Diaries.” And to put it in a nutshell for our conversation, your marriage is in tatters. You’re angry – and you cry out to God. What happens next? I know – before you answer, let me preface it with this – I know you cried out to God, and that you were led to start writing down your questions. But when you initially cried out, did God say, “Get a pen and paper..?” So lead us through that initial time… You were led at a Christian camp to write down your questions? How long did it take you to realize “this is how God was going to answer me…?” COMMERCIAL There are so many people hurting all over the world right now, for various reasons, the COVID virus is a big one right now. People losing their jobs, loved ones, etc. Would this be a way for them to draw closer to God? Just by writing their questions down? Once you write your question down, “Ok God, why is this happening?” type of thing. How does God answer? In thoughts, in other people, how? Folks, admit it – we have all wanted to talk with God and ask Him some questions. Now, you can read a riveting, true life story as written by Mark Holloway in his book, “11 Days.” You need to get this book. This is going to revolutionize how you view your prayer time with God. Guaranteed! Amen! Go to the links down below and order your copy of Mark Holloway’s great book, “11 Days – Based on a True Story.” And Support this podcast

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Ever get a song stuck on in you head?  Blaring in our ears.  I hate it when it's a song I don't like.  Ever ask God why that song?  There's a meaning and plan in everything.  God's plan is so intricately thought out.  Every detail accounted for.  Every resource set.  We just need to live out... walk out our part.  What is that though?  What is our part in the body of Christ?  Am I the pretty part?  Am I the mouth, eyes, brain, arms?  OK God, surely I'm not that last part of the colon, right?  Every part of our body has role.  Big or small.  Even the parts that doctors don't know at all.  And that's what makes God so great.  Join me today as I explore the body.   Radio Show airs on: www.wkby1080.net , 2 pm & 10 pm ET, 11 am & 7 pm PT on WKBY 1080 AM (Chatham, VA).   *** The RZNGMEN Show can also found on iTunes & Spotify!! ***   Resources: Romans 8 The Passion Translation 8 So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One.[a]2 For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us[b] from the “law” of sin and death. 3 For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature.[c] Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God's Son gave his body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin. 4 So now every righteous requirement of the law can be fulfilled through the Anointed One living his life in us. And we are free to live, not according to our flesh, but by the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit![d] 5 Those who are motivated by the flesh only pursue what benefits themselves. But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities.[e]6 For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace. 7 In fact, the mind-set focused on the flesh fights God's plan and refuses to submit to his direction,[f] because it cannot! 8 For no matter how hard they try, God finds no pleasure with those who are controlled by the flesh. 9 But when the Spirit of Christ empowers your life,[g] you are not dominated by the flesh but by the Spirit. And if you are not joined to the Spirit of the Anointed One, you are not of him.[h] 10 Now Christ lives his life in you! And even though your body may be dead because of the effects of sin, his life-giving Spirit imparts life to you because you are fully accepted by God.[i]11 Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God's Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, he will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you! 12 So then, beloved ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it. 13 For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste his abundant life. Sons and Daughters Destined for Glory 14 The mature children of God are those[j] who are moved by the impulses of the Holy Spirit. 15 And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,”[k] leading you back into the fear of never being good enough.[l] But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,”[m] enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!”[n]16 For the Holy Spirit makes God's fatherhood real to us as he whispers into our innermost being, “You are God's beloved child!” 17 And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has.[o] We will experience being co-glorified with him provided that we accept his sufferings[p] as our own.[q] A Glorious Destiny 18 I am convinced that any suffering we endure is less than nothing compared to the magnitude of glory[r] that is about to be unveiled within us.[s]19 The entire universe is standing on tiptoe,[t] yearning to see the unveiling of God's glorious[u] sons and daughters! 20 For against its will the universe itself has had to endure the empty futility[v]resulting from the consequences of human sin. But now, with eager expectation, 21 all creation longs for freedom from its slavery to decay and to experience with us the wonderful freedom coming to God's children. 22 To this day we are aware of the universal agony and groaning of creation, as if it were in the contractions of labor for childbirth. 23 And it's not just creation. We who have already experienced the firstfruits of the Spirit[w] also inwardly groan as we passionately long to experience our full status as God's sons and daughters—including our physical bodies being transformed. 24 For this is the hope of our salvation. But hope means that we must trust and wait for what is still unseen. For why would we need to hope for something we already have? 25 So because our hope is set on what is yet to be seen, we patiently keep on waiting for its fulfillment. 26 And in a similar way, the Holy Spirit takes hold of us in our human frailty to empower us in our weakness. For example, at times we don't even know how to pray, or know the best things to ask for. But the Holy Spirit rises up within us to super-intercede[x] on our behalf, pleading to God with emotional sighs[y] too deep for words. 27 God, the searcher of the heart, knows fully our longings,[z] yet he also understands the desires of the Spirit, because the Holy Spirit passionately pleads before God for us, his holy ones, in perfect harmony with God's plan and our destiny. 28 So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together to fit into God's perfect plan of bringing good into our lives, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose. 29 For he knew all about us before we were born and he destined us[aa]from the beginning to share the likeness of his Son. This means the Son is the oldest among a vast family of brothers and sisters who will become just like him. 30 Having determined our destiny ahead of time, he called us to himself and transferred his perfect righteousness to everyone he called. And those who possess his perfect righteousness he co-glorified with his Son!            

The biggest losers in this election is our children. It is more important than ever you establish God's Word as the foundation of your home and make sure your children understand no matter how many politicians may say something is OK---God says its still wrong! 

Wisdom & KnowledgeWisdom is a gift to us from God that we can embrace and work on that makes our lives so much better. Definition of Wisdom: discernment, understanding, gaining understanding about something or skillful living.Wisdom gives us the information on how we can act or react. I Chronicles 1:7 What if we look at situations and ask, OK God what can I learn from this? How can I grow?Here are some principles we can apply to our lives to have wisdom...Choose Wisdom: approach with positivity When we trust our instinctsSet boundaries and be intentional about what we are seeking wisdom forSurround yourself with wisdomLearn from your mistakesWhat can I learn from this and how can I apply it to my lifeLearn from the mistakes of othersChoose it daily! It’s a conscious decision to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. If we will be intentional about asking God how we can learn and grow. That’s how we gain wisdom and that’s how we gain life!

Ten years after a relationship breakup, Kimberly Tetterton thought she was healed. She’d gone through all of the stages of healing while functioning as a software programmer and serving as a director of a national organization that supports women. [All that time, says Kimberly, I was the one who needed support! During this pandemic, while becoming deeper depressed and having high anxiety, I said, OK God, I am over this!! After recognizing there was a stronghold over me and fasting and praying, I finally had my epiphany. I was on my last stage of grief. I went from mourning to finally burying what had control over me. Now I’m on the road to being totally free to do what God has called me to do and to getting on the path He has planned for me.] Kimberly graduated from college in 1997 with a BA degree in Information Systems and Operations Management and immediately entered into the corporate world. She has over twenty-five years of software programming experience in accounting and in the public safety industry. A Wilton Certified Cake Decorating Instructor and a lifelong volunteer, Kimberly received her professional certified life coach training and certification from P4 Coaching Institute. Her company, Too Gifted by Kimberly LLC, includes custom cake designing, event planning, and life coaching services. She received the 2016 ACHI Magazine Woman of Inspiration Award and the 2017 ACHI Magazine Volunteer of the Year Award. She currently serves as a Regional Director of the nationally known non-profit organization ACHI WSWA Inc., in which she leads all members across 8 states. With her tools, skills, resources, and God-given gifts, Kimberly helps others unwrap their gifts--gifts they never even knew they had. ​

Ok God, so when?You've prayed about it. Cried about it. Fantasized about it. Gotten mad and said forget about it and then wished for it again.But marriage still doesn't seem to be coming!  So what is really the problem here?Everyone's situation is different and there are many possible reasons. Here are three to consider:1. You are not visible- you don't go anywhere or do anything. You love being at home and don't purposely try to go where men are. Sorry Hun, God will not send your husband into your living room.2. You are too predictable- each week you have the same routine where you go to the same gym, the same grocery store, go to work the same way, etc. The only way to expand your network is to meet new people. The only way to meet new people is to create opportunities for it. On purpose.3. You are too gullible- Why didn't you run when he whipped out his player card? Or liar card or cheater card?  Oftentimes we have a feeling that a man is no good for us from the very beginning but because he's good-looking or "our type" we choose to ignore it and dive in hoping that he would be different. Unfortunately, some women get "stuck" with men like this for far too long. They are afraid of breaking it off because of the level of personal and emotional investment they have already made. God cannot bring a new good man into your life while you are still the girlfriend of a bad one. Create space.Be a Husband Factory insider

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:37-38 (NIV).My friend Kathy is an amazing Christian, who wants to share God's love with everyone she meets. A few years ago, she invited me to meet her at a local strip club, so we could tell her friends, who work there, how much God treasures them. Kathy told me, many of these dancers didn't want anything to do with Christianity because of things church people had done to them. Since I'm also bitter about church culture, she knew I'd fit right in. That night, I was amazed by the beautiful souls of the dancers I met. I was so inspired by these women that I continued to work in strip club ministries for a long time after that first night. Though the ladies who worked in the clubs had very different stories than mine, I loved the community I found with them. I never struggled to talk to them, to see their strength, or to sincerely desire the best possible life for each one of them.On the other hand, it was always a struggle for me to deal with how much I hated the men in the clubs. See, there are often abusive jerks in the clubs, who think having a little money means they can talk to women like they're garbage. I have seriously sat and prayed, “God help me not punch this guy in the throat.” I hated them. My rage towards these jerks extended to all the men in the clubs, and it blinded me to seeing them as anything else. It took a lot for God to change my heart in this area. Softening my heart took years. I struggled. Not just a little, I intensely struggled with emotionally unhealthy vengeful hate.In the last chapter, I mentioned praying for abusers. My most memorable experience of praying for abusers, took place as I drove to a strip club one night. I vented to God. I was bitter, self-righteous, and full of hatred. I despised the abuse I had seen, but I didn't want to see the whole picture. I wanted people to blame. I saw my friends only as strong survivors and their customers only as abusive jerks. The messes in this world are seldom so neatly divided. Obviously, I still had a long way to go on my journey towards fully living in the peace and hope Jesus provides.As I drove, I ranted to God about my whole, ugly, hate-filled mess. Finally, the truth about my attitude came out. I said, “OK God, why aren't you fixing this?” There it was. My real issue: I was still mad at God for the things I'd been through.Honestly, I didn't struggle so much with the abuse I endured. I was angry about the shame heaped on me by church people. Why didn't God break through and yell at them? Why didn't he make it clear how much he cared about me? As I was recovering, I needed to know he still loved me. Unfortunately, people who should have told me how much God still loved me, told me he didn't let bad things happen to people who love him. They told me I was “forgiven”, but I'd always have to pay for my mistakes. The way they misrepresented God, filled me with bitterness. It tainted everything I did. I desperately wanted to protect my friends, who are dancers, from ever feeling the shame I felt. Deep down, I also didn't want to deal with the anger I felt towards God. My anger towards God was too raw and painful to face, so I stuffed it. But stuffed emotions never stay stuffed, so mine came out as hatred towards the men.Somehow, when I finally voiced my real frustration, in my car that night, I had a sense of how incredibly beautiful God's way really is. I knew those church people were wrong. Now, so was I. I was reminded of a truth I didn't want to believe: “Hate doesn't change anyone”. Though I knew this was true, in that moment, hate felt better and I wasn't ready to let go of it. So, while driving, I angrily blurted out, “OK God, I see it, but if you want me to care about these guys you are going to have to do it through me. I can't do what you're asking.”I want you to know, this was not a nice eloquent prayer session. I was angry. I was yelling in my car like a crazy woman. I was real about all the pain I saw and how much I hated it. I was arrogant and bold. Little did I know, I was about to be humbled, yet profoundly honored. God was about to show me a glimpse of how he sees the men I hated.As I went into the club, I forgot all about my prayer and began joking around with my friends. I didn't associate my ranting prayer with anything that could happen that night. Simply because, I did not talk to the men, ever. I was merely going to avoid them, as usual, while hating them a little less. Turns out, God was preparing me to meet Greg, a man who was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, and needed to know how much God still loves him.Greg came up to talk to the dancer I was talking to. I tried to slip away unobtrusively, but my friend said, “This lady is a Christian, you should talk to her.” So, Greg turned to me, not for a conversation, but to tell me how much he hated religion.I listened to Greg's rant. Amazingly, God was honoring the challenge I had issued earlier: “If you want me to care, you are going to have to do it through me.”As Greg continued his story, I knew God was working on me. Despite my bitterness, I heard the deep hurt behind Greg's angry complaints about the religion forced on him as a child. He had experienced rejection and shame for not living up to their standards.After a while, Greg finished his beer. He turned to me with a sudden seriousness and said, “I don't want Jesus to forgive me because I don't deserve it.”The anger in his voice turned to despair as Greg told me the story of his sophomore year in college. He had pressured his roommate, who had just broken up with his girlfriend, to go to a party with him. His roommate never drank but gave in because he was feeling low. Greg remembered handing his roommate a drink with the promise, “this will fix you.”. He had no idea how depressed his roommate really was that night. After just a few drinks, his roommate jumped onto a motorcycle; sped up the curvy mountain roads; then drove off of the only overlook with a broken guardrail. Greg never forgot getting the news of his friend's suicide.As he sat there beside me in a strip club, recounting this trauma from over twenty years ago, I began to actually see Greg. I saw how he was weighed down by guilt. I saw how he blamed himself for all kinds of problems around him. I saw a desperate, hurting soul looking for solace in the company of these dancers. I saw a glimpse of how God sees him. I saw hope for him. I saw how he struggled with the same shame that Jesus had freed me from.When Greg said, “I don't deserve Jesus' forgiveness.”, I saw the glaring truth of my hypocrisy. I remembered that I too had said the same thing to God twenty years earlier. As a young overwhelmed mother, I had cried out to God. “I can't raise these children. I'm too messed up. I don't deserve them.” Like Greg, I felt I didn't deserve good things in my life because of what I'd done. My path was different from Greg's. I dealt with my shame by throwing myself into church work. But, no matter how good I got at following the rules in church, I couldn't shake my shame. I knew I could never measure up and never deserve God working in my life. Like Greg, I knew how much I didn't deserve forgiveness.When I finally got to the point of desperation where I cried out: “I can't do this. I don't deserve my children.” I came to the end of me. I got quiet and I listened. I felt the calming, peaceful presence of God reminding me of the story of the Apostle Paul. Paul was responsible for the deaths and imprisonment of many early Christians. God completely forgave him and empowered him to be one of the key leaders of the early Christian community. In comparison to Paul, it seemed ridiculous to think God couldn't work with my mistakes. I didn't deserve forgiveness. Thankfully, God gave it anyway, and he also empowered me to accept it.Yet, here I was, all these years later, condemning all these men for the sins I saw in them. Why was I so ready to see people like Greg as hopeless, when I knew God didn't see him that way?After a while, Greg didn't want to hear any more. He ended our conversation with, “Listen. I know all about your religion. I can't follow all of those rules. I just think Jesus wants me to care about people.”I told him he was absolutely right on both points and God still loves him. He shushed me and said, “He shouldn't”I didn't push anymore. I simply promised Greg I would be praying for him.This morning as I read Luke 6, I remembered exactly how judgmental I can be. I haven't seen Greg in years. But I still pray for him to know how much God longs to walk through this life with him, to give him the peace, healing and hope he has been seeking.It is crazy miraculous, (like healing the blind kind of stuff!) that I ever talked to Greg. It is proof of how much God wants to reach out to him. Literally, twenty minutes before I went into the club, I would have immediately judged him and refused to talk to him. Graciously, God broke through my judgmental pride to give me a glimpse of how he sees Greg.I thank God for being so patient with me. I thank him for being way more loving and accepting than I can ever comprehend. I thank God for not giving up on the Gregs in this world, who don't know how loved they are. I also thank God for being patient with the religious Cindys of this world, who get a little bit better, then think they can condemn the rest of the planet for not living up to our messed-up standards.Before you judge me too harshly, remember this not judging thing is hard. If you don't think so, then you aren't doing it right! Our society seems to thrive on judging other people. I mean let's all be honest and admit: deep down, wouldn't we all love to be Judge Judy and hand out sassy judgments to everyone we find annoying? Our desire to justify ourselves by condemning others is why Jesus' calling in Luke 6:37-38 is seriously hard stuff.In those verses, Jesus calls his follower to be gracious in how we see people, forgive freely and give generously. Thankfully, Jesus didn't simply throw out these commands then say, “Good luck with that. I'm watching.”In the rest of Luke 6, Jesus taught some pretty amazing points to free us from being shame-filled judgers.Consider carefully who you follow.Jesus continued by saying “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.” Luke 6:39-40 (NIV).We aren't supposed to “judge” in a negative, hypocritical sense but we are supposed to make wise judgments about who we follow. Don't expect anyone to lead you somewhere they aren't going. If you want to be gracious in your assumptions of others (non-judgmental), forgiving, and generous, then you need to actively seek leaders who model these traits.Sounds like no-brainer advice until you think about how often we surround ourselves with people who make us feel better, instead of people who challenge us to be better. Real growth comes from finding people who will confront us in our shortcomings and model areas where we want to grow.Deal with the mess in your life so you can help others with theirs.“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.” Luke 6:41-43 (NIV).Jesus uses an exaggerated word picture to tell us two things: First, we all need to deal with our own mess. Secondly, there is actually very little we can accurately judge in other people's lives.Seeing our own mess accurately is no easy task. I often joke that denial is my favorite coping skill. One clear indicator that I'm denying my own mess: when I judge people harshly, it is because of something I'm not willing to deal with in myself. For example, in my opening story, I judged the men harshly because of “my plank” which was me being angry with God.When we refuse to deal with the messes in our lives, they don't go away. They pop up everywhere and influence everything we do. They have power over us. They become a nagging voice of shame, constantly telling us we are not good enough. We compensate by comparing ourselves to others. We look for problems in their lives so we can say, “See. I'm not so bad.” We live with the shame of trying to deny our messy plank, and we compensate by being judgmental.Jesus' advice frees us from the cycle of personal shame and doubts which cause us to judge others. He gives us the power to deal with all of our real issues, our deep hurts, and our shame. Healing all of these hurts can be a long process. Sometimes, we just aren't ready to admit our deepest hurts. Amazingly, even while we are in the process of simply admitting the hurts are there, Jesus provides freedom. When we admit we have a “plank”, it frees us to know we are going to deal with it. We no longer have to stuff our deepest pains and pretend we are “OK”. We get to admit, we aren't OK, but we will be! The peace we find from Jesus' acceptance of us and our “messy plank”, frees us from the need to build ourselves up through judging others.But what about the speck? Are we supposed to just deny other people have problems? Surely, we are supposed to help.Absolutely, we should help other people with their problems. We just need to realize; we only see the tip of the iceberg. We don't know all of their struggles. We only see a speck of their pain and the struggles in their lives. Of course, we should help people with problems we see. We just need to be sure we start with a humble attitude, which comes from being fully aware of our own mess, God's patient grace with us, and our very limited perspective. This humble attitude frees us from condemning others.Years of working with at-risk youth has given me unique insight into our “plank-eyed” tendencies to judge with condemning certainty, based on a “speck” of information. For example, I always think of Matt, one of my favorite students of all time. Matt was a young man with a huge heart and a tough home life. His mom worked two jobs just trying to make ends meet. His father was not in the picture and his older brother was a drug addict who, at seventeen years old, had already been arrested twice. Matt did everything he could to help his mom. He was consumed with not wanting to be another man who let his mom down. He worked his butt off trying to help her. His grades, appearance, and health suffered from the heavy load he was shouldering at such a young age. When I was assigned to be his tutor, I sat in on meetings where his teachers judged him as lazy and apathetic. The truth is, he worked harder than any of them; he was just ashamed to tell anyone. From their limited perspective, they saw his actions, then judged his motives. And they were dead wrong.Matt needing support at school was the “speck” his teachers could see. When they judged him, they no longer felt responsible for helping him with that speck. They hadn't dealt with the “planks” in them, which made them so ready to judge a thirteen-year-old boy.When we condemn from our limited perspective, it always points to our own plank. We miss the joy of helping people in the small areas where our lives intersect. “Holy speck helping” begins with “humble plank acknowledging”.Your focus determines your direction.I can't imagine anyone reading the previous two points and not wanting to apply them. We all want to follow wise leaders and to be non-judgmental, encouraging people. We all want to see the best in others and inspire those around us to greatness. I'm sure you've never thought: “What I really want out of life is to harshly judge everyone who makes me feel uncomfortable about anything I struggle with.”Despite our desire to be encouraging, judging people is a trap we have to constantly battle. How do we read these stories and Jesus' teaching about not being judgmental and really live differently?Jesus addressed the continual nature of our struggle in the next part of his lesson on not judging. He said:“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:43-45 (NIV).The “fruit” in our lives comes from all the things beneath the surface, deep in our souls. In order for our lives to produce good things, like not judging people, we have to store good things in our hearts and souls. In other words, if we want to accept people the way Jesus did, we have to continually focus on who he is and how he accepts people. It is a discipline we practice because of our desire to honor what Jesus has shown us. Our focus determines our direction. When we focus on ourselves, our hurt and our shame, we remain stuck in lives full of shame-filled judging. Thankfully, when we determine to focus on Jesus and his acceptance of us, we are freed from shame filled judging and we get to grow and accept others.Doing these things will help you build your life on a solid foundation that will not fail you when times are tough.“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.” Luke 6:46-49 (NIV).Jesus ended this sermon with a final challenge comparing and contrasting the two responses to his message. Everyone believes being gracious, forgiving, and generous are good things but few people focus on growing in these areas.The foolish man building his house on sand reminds me of so many teens I've talked to through the years. I've helped several young people whose parents neglected and abused them because of drug addictions. These teens were using drugs while telling me, they didn't want to be like their parents. They believed they could just quit when they had families because they'd care too much about their kids to use drugs. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for any of them. None of them had learned any coping skills for the struggles in life. Instead of building their lives on different decisions, they escaped the hard emotions of their teen years by self-medicating with drugs. When they had families, they had no foundation for dealing with adult stresses. Sadly, they became the thing they hated most.In life, we don't get to suddenly have great character when we need it. Wanting to be good isn't enough. Character is built over time through frequent choices. We will all have hard times in our lives which will shake us and reveal our true character. If we follow the principles Jesus teaches in Luke, he will prepare us for these times. He helps us see ourselves accurately, then empowers us to change, grow, and become the good people we want to be. If we continually build our lives on the principles he taught, the hard times will not destroy us, they will reveal the strength of our character.So, whatever your shame struggles are, there is hope for you. You can quit judging yourself and others.Trust me. It's a journey.

It's been a doozy of a week what with the primaries in the U.S. and the coronavirus sweeping the world. There's lots of fear and panic in the air. What are we supposed to do? How do we handle a situation that we have so little control over? The answer in this week's post. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/another-world-is-probable/support

Psalms 40:1-2 NIRV I was patient while I waited for the LORD. He turned to me and heard my cry for help. 2 I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out. He brought me up out of the mud and dirt. He set my feet on a rock. He gave me a firm place to stand on. Patience by Tris No H Patience is almost as important in your walk-through life as consistency. Patience is defined as the capacity to accept or tolerate delay. Remember I told you that the delay is not God preparing the blessing for you, but rather preparing you to receive the blessing. When I am patient, I don't allow myself to pace back in forth in my mind, worrying about the end that God established before I was ever even born. I know that everything works out for my good, because I trust my God and I am happily allowing Him to work out His purpose through my life. When I am patient, I am not watching the clock saying OK God it's been 7 minutes, 7 days, 7 months or even 7 years, where is the blessing? No I trust God's perfect timing and focus my mind on the last assignment He gave me. If you can't remember the assignment its probably things you still have left unfinished. When I am patient I am not walking around in a bad mood, I am happy and filled with good cheer because I know that God is never late. This is Tris No H, reminding you that patience may just be the lesson God needs you to learn while He is preparing you for the blessing. Chew on that. Peace

"Ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened unto you." Matthew 7:7We often hear people quote this verse, but many times the way in which it is quoted is not exactly the way Jesus intended. We hear, "Ok God, where is my new car? I asked for it...where is it?" or "I asked for lots of money, but I'm still broke."It took me awhile to come to a full understanding of this verse myself, although I have always believed it, because it comes from the Word and the Word is TRUTH. The Lord loves us. He wants to give us "exceedingly, abundantly above all that we can ask or think." Ephesians 3:20This is a promise that He, the Lord our God, creator of the universe, has made to His children. But, we must be in relationship with Him, we have to allow Him to do His work in us. We must be, not only led by the Holy Spirit, but we must also let our life become a life in Christ Jesus.If you look back to Matthew chapter 6, verse 33, it says, "Seek ye the kingdom and all His righteousness and these things will be added unto you."Fill yourself with the Holy Spirit, read His word daily, and pray about everything. Talk to Him about all that you have going on, talk to Him about your fears, your doubts, talk to Him as if you were talking to your best friend, because in reality, that's exactly what you're doing.Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-matthew-7-7-ask-seek-knock/

“OK God, I Have a Problem…” from www.vopwc.org by Pastor N. R. Taylor, Jr.. Released: 2020. Genre: Vocal. The post OK God, I Have a Problem… appeared first on Voice Of Praise Worship Center.

Life is full of tough choices. When there are big decisions to be made, and the outside world thinks that you've gone crazy, what do you do?  Today's guests, Phil and Shae Bynes, share about how they choose to lean in to each other, listen to what God is saying and share every bit of […] The post Episode 101: Ok God, We're Listening | Phil and Shae Bynes appeared first on Legendary Marriage: Build a life, a love, and a legacy together..

Music and Message on October 14, 2018

Message "Ok God, I'll try again"

Who was Peter's brother- Andrew. Who worked with Paul in the ministry- Barnabas. The former may be better known than the latter, but that's OK- God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love-

Pete Spear preaches the sermon "It's OK, God is in this! - Luke 2:1-20" in the "…and He Stirred" series

Donald C. Mann is a business growth expert and scientist. He is the president and CEO of RiteMann Consulting. With the tools provided in OK God, Now What? you can flourish in any situation in your personal life, economic or business environment. In this show, he shares how to use your subconscious mind to develop your positive attitudes and therefore, … Read more about this episode...

"Seriously, F#@K Obama!" - Judges 4:20 (Ok God, now that is just uncalled for)Download Here, if ya please In which them good ole boys return to resolve last episode's shocking cliffhanger -- sort of -- before flashing back to the carefree days of Scoop Johnson, Professional Muckraker. Matt exposes his tongue-tied Deep Throat, James exposes the most racist website in existence, and a dust jacket exposes the alcoholic cyborg ghost controlling it all. With voodoo. OBAMA '78: STREET WALKIN' LOVER, JIVE TALKIN' BROTHER      Links: Dumber than... what? I'm only linking this because I don't think you believe me about the GIF. AFTER-SHOW UPDATE: The Empire has FALLEN. Where will the internet get it's racist blog headlines now???

If you have seen the movie "Soul Surfer" or if you know Bethany Hamilton's story, I imagine that you have been impressed, as I was, with her resilience and her faith. She was only 13 years old when a shark bit off her left arm. And while that was an incredibly traumatic experience for her, she spent almost no time at all feeling sorry for herself. Her almost immediate response was, "OK God, how can you use this for good? How can you use me for something good?"

If you have seen the movie "Soul Surfer" or if you know Bethany Hamilton's story, I imagine that you have been impressed, as I was, with her resilience and her faith. She was only 13 years old when a shark bit off her left arm. And while that was an incredibly traumatic experience for her, she spent almost no time at all feeling sorry for herself. Her almost immediate response was, "OK God, how can you use this for good? How can you use me for something good?"