GOD LED YOU TO READ THIS See Philippians 4:6-7 Stop Worrying... Worrying is a conversation you have with yourself about things you can't change. Prayer is a conversation you have with God about things that He can change. That's why the Bible also says do not worry about anything, but pray about everything. Because everything that's out of your control is in God's control. And God promised He's working all things, not some things, all things together for your good. If you believe, put Am

I was saved at twelve in a Southern Baptist church in North Carolina, and I did not read the Bible for myself until I was thirty four. For twenty two years I borrowed other men's sermons. I knew the church words, I knew when to nod in the pew, and I still could not open the Book at my own kitchen table and explain one hard chapter to my wife or our five kids. When I finally started reading the text for myself on break in a North Dakota garbage truck, two things hit me at once. Half of what I had been told was in the Bible was not there at all. And what was actually written in the text was sharper, plainer, and more useful for a marriage and a household than anything I had ever heard from a pulpit. "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 Nobody else can do your reading for you, and nobody else is coming to put your house in order. "Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:" Proverbs 24:3 Open the Book in your own house today.

There is a true law, a right reason, conformable to nature, universal, unchangeable, eternal, whose commands urge us to duty, and whose prohibitions restrain us from evil. Whether it enjoins or forbids, the good respect its injunctions, and the wicked treat them with indifference. This law cannot be contradicted by any other law, and is not liable either to derogation or abrogation. Neither the senate nor the people can give us any dispensation for not obeying this universal law of justice. It needs no other expositor and interpreter than our own conscience. It is not one thing at Rome and another at Athens; one thing today and another tomorrow; but in all times and nations this universal law must forever reign, eternal and imperishable. It is the sovereign master and emperor of all beings. God himself is its author, its promulgator, its enforcer. He who obeys it not, flies from himself, and does violence to the very nature of man. For his crime he must endure the severest penalties hereafter, even if he avoid the usual misfortunes of the present life. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (De Re Publica)

“Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ‘See! this our fathers did for us.’” John Ruskin The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849) 🤌🏼

Let this be on record, for everyone who follows me, especially if you are Provisionist. I have never read a word of John Calvin, and I have no plan to. I am not a fan of him, though I respect the man and his work. I have not read Augustine either. I am from India, and books on Reformed theology or church history are hard to get here. Amazon is the only place that has them, and by the time shipping and taxes are added, I cannot afford them. So even if I wanted to learn my doctrine from these men, I could not have done it. I came out of a Hindu home and then a Pentecostal church. What I believe today, I found by reading the Bible. I had never even heard the words "Reformed theology" until readers from other countries told me that was the name for what I was writing. I have mentioned John MacArthur and RC Sproul in my testimony, and I want to be clear about why. I was confused by what I was reading in Scripture, because it did not match what I had been taught, and no pastor I knew in India had an answer for me. When I found their teaching on YouTube, it confirmed what I had already seen in the Bible. They did not give me my doctrine. I argue only from Scripture. If what I say sounds like Calvin or Augustine to you, then the problem is with you and not me, because we took our doctrine from the same Bible. So do not answer me by naming a man. Open the Bible and show me where I am wrong, and I will listen. The Bereans did not take even Paul's word for it. They were "examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so" (Acts 17:11). Do the same with everything I write.

‼️My wife wrote this. Please read ⏬ Did you know that a newborn baby really can’t regulate their nervous system on their own? Their little nervous system is still so immature. When they’re tired, uncomfortable, startled, overstimulated, or just overwhelmed, they don’t know how to calm themselves down yet. They need us to help them do that. It’s called co-regulation. It’s why a baby can be crying one minute and completely peaceful the second you pull them close. They hear your heartbeat, feel your warmth and your arms around them, recognize your voice and smell, and their little body begins to settle. They aren’t crying thinking, “I’m going to keep this up until someone picks me up.” They aren’t manipulating us. They’re communicating the only way they know how. Sometimes they stop crying almost instantly when they’re picked up because they needed something they couldn’t give themselves. Maybe that’s why these moments are so incredibly precious to me. I could stare at this sweet face forever and hold this little one against my chest, listening to those tiny breaths. There’s something so beautiful about knowing that simply being close can make his whole world feel safe. And I can’t help but think about Jesus. How often do we exhaust ourselves trying to calm our own fears, carry our own burdens, quiet our minds, and figure everything out on our own, when the truth is we were never meant to live independently of Him at all. This baby doesn’t understand nervous systems or co-regulation. He doesn’t understand why being held settles him. He just knows where he feels safe. But the beautiful thing is, his dependence on me doesn’t begin when he starts crying. He is dependent on me when he’s crying, when he’s sleeping peacefully, when he’s hungry, and when he’s perfectly content. Whether he realizes his need or not, he is completely dependent. And maybe there’s something for us to learn in that too. Our dependence on Jesus isn’t reserved for the moments when life becomes too much or when we’ve run out of answers. We are dependent on Him for everything, every moment, every breath. We don’t come to Him because we finally reached the end of what we can do ourselves. We remain close because apart from Him, we were never meant to do any of it on our own. Just like this sweet baby doesn’t have to understand what is happening inside his little body to rest in the arms holding him, we don’t have to understand everything God is doing to remain close to Him. “Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.” John 15:4

I will return to this paragraph by C. S. Lewis at least once a week until the day I die

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Frequently asked question: Q: How can we know the Bible isn't full of encounters with deceptive malevolent entities, similar to the entities involved in the abduction phenomenon? A: I don't have all the answers, and I don't have an extensive theological answer to this question-my answer is simple: I look at the message of the Bible vs the message of "the enemy" and the entities we typically encounter in channeling, many NDEs, abductions, and other close encounters: - The Bible is a unique collection of stories written by many authors spanning many years with many mysterious prophecies, yet somehow in a mathematical improbabilty, it comes together to form a single unified story of God's creation rebelling against Him, and falling into bondage/allegiance with the enemy, which results in God fighting like hell to redeem us, and buy us back. 😇 The Bible message: •The enemy is deceptive (you can be God) •Prohibits contact modalities with entities •Declares ultimate truth •Encourages morality •Offers redemption •Says humans aren't divine, we're created by God •Says only one path leads to God •Encourages humility and submission to God •God sacrifices Himself, ultimately ending sacrifices of all types •Forbids unsanctioned secret knowledge not meant for humans at this time - The message of "the enemy" (rebellious spiritual sons of God) and the nefarious entities we typically encounter, might have the illusion of benevolence, but underneath the apparent benevolence is a message that leads us right back to The Garden of Eden story, and enmity with God. 👽 The message of the enemy: •You can be God or like God •Encourages contact modalities •Well known for deception and trickery •Encourages moral relativism •Offers ascension/enlightenment •Claims humans are divine/fractals of source •Claims all paths (following aliens and little g god messaging) lead to source •Inflates ego with "you're special" messages •Tied to abductions, human trafficking, occult rituals, and sacrificing children to the gods •Exchanges secret knowledge and technology for our life force energy, frequently resulting in human psychosis Obviously, this comparison is not exhaustive. Ultimately, we're neck deep in a war between good and evil. The battles take place in the seen and unseen realms, with humans frequently being used as proxies. The enemy wants us to believe God is a dream killer, keeping us under His thumb, so we don't become like Him, while the enemy is giving us secret knowledge and technology to release us from God's prison (New Age, Luciferian, Promethean, Gnostic, anti-Yahweh). Yet, even as we continue to choose the enemy over God, God through Christ offers His hand to us and says, "Follow Me." The path we choose to follow determines our destiny in the afterlife, and each individual must decide for himself. Be well, friends.

I teach high school auto shop and one of the biggest problems with my graduates who want to get into the field is having the ability to purchase tools. As most of you may know, mechanics must have their own set of tools and box and that’s a rather expensive purchase. Many simply cannot afford that and end up working fast food or something like that. One of my good students recently reached out to me and asked if I had any extra tools he could buy as he got a job in a small shop and needed tools. Well me being a veteran technician had plenty of extra tools at home, so I gathered them all up and put them in a box and took them to him.. The shock and smile on that young lad’s face when I dropped that box off to his place of employment cannot be described. Of course, he asked me how much he owed me for those tools to which I replied, nothing. Good luck on your new career and thank you for being a good student in my class.