QUOTE-BYTE: Russell Moore: The Land of Promise is not the United States of America

In this era, Jesus calls his followers not to defeat enemies of flesh and blood but to fight “the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Eph. 6:12). And how do we do that? With the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.Gospel witness, which is a call to peace with God, and moral witness, which is a demonstration of a regenerated life and a faithful church, are where the greatest power lies.
The Land of Promise is not the United States of America but the “rest” that comes through Jesus (Heb. 4), whose name can be translated as “Joshua” in English. And just as Joshua spied out the Promised Land ahead of time, we’ve heard from a Pioneer behind the veil of eternity (Heb. 6:19–20)—the One who once was dead and is now alive. True power is not placing interns on Capitol Hill or filling clerkships at the Supreme Court—especially not if what’s behind these efforts is a dead “Christianity” that trades the power of the gospel for the gospel of power. A Jesus Generation—one that not only uses his name but also lives out his nature—is where the real power lies.
--Russell Moore (2023)

The waste is a terrible thing to mind.

The mind is a powerful source "More than anything you guard". the Proverb says, "protect your mind for life flows from it." (Prov 4:23). Some translations exchange the word "thoughts" for mind. I believe they are the same. Average Joe thinks it's your brain or your heart that holds the power of life...but that's not even so. Your mind can control both. You are, aside from being in a 1 out of 4,000,000,000,000 chance that allowed you to be born to your parents and their DNA structure ...you are a soul. And that slim chanc​e makes a you very unique indeed.

Author George Macdonald in a 19th century article wrote, "‘Never tell a child,' you have a soul. Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body. Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.’ As we learn to think of things always in this order, that the body is but the temporary clothing of the soul, our views of death and the unbefittingness of customary mourning will approximate to those of Friends of earlier generations.”’

The body, the heart, even the brain are part of a body that is destined to die and has been on its road to decay since the moment you first breathed your first breath. Your mind, however, is only being contained in your body. Your mind, which is part of your soul, was created to live forever through Jesus Christ.

"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:4-5). As a general rule we should all be aware by now that the Devil knows your weak spots. He knows your Achilles heal. That's where he will attack you first. Every assault is designed to assail you where it will wreak the most havoc: your soul. God wants to save your soul. The devil wants to kill it. The Evil One knows that if we do not cast down imaginations or every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God....that he can subdue us and eventually kill us.

I pull no punches when it comes to the Evil Ones plans. If the devil hurt you then you need to consider yourself blessed because the devil doesn't want to hurt you..he wants to kill you. Your mind is simply the gateway.

There are serious human anomalies which include a multitude of diseases and even brain or neurological damage which can affect a lot of things in your physical world....but a mind captive to Christ remains a mind captive to Christ. In recent years there has been much talk about Alzheimer's or similar diseases and what it means as a person's mental faculties begin to deteriorate. We need to understand that deep down inside ...though it may not seem so on the exterior....the soul..the mind...the person...remains in tact.

Today's culture..more than any time in history...is being assailed with information in numbers of ways that seem astronomical....and far too many to mention in a brief article. As the end of the age draws nearer...the Evil One, whose end also draws nearer, is not pulling any punches.
Keep guard, stay awake, for the myriads of ways that are available mess up your mind can become a crippling wasteland in your mind.
And that waste IS a terrible thing to mind.

Paula White-Cain

Paula White-Cain today: He is our greatest champion of faith of any president that the United States of America has ever had Anatomy of a Cult:
1) Evangelical leaders wanted someone to represent just them in govt.
2) Somehow they found Trump, a guy who is not Christian and has never been. But, he sought uneducated people and believed American evangelicals fit that descriptive.
3) Evangelicals, like White-Cain, met with Trump and somehow they started saying Trump is a Christian Leader. Some Christians said he was probably not Christian but God was going to make him President anyway and would protect them.
4) Right wingers thirst for right wing power seized on Trump and many elevated him equal with Jesus. (Remember, Trump made a special outreach to the uneducated right wingers....He knew they would believe almost anything.....without realizing they would actually believe anything.
5) Maga became a cult based very loosely on Christianity, because, clearly, nationalism and Christianity do NOT mix. Christianity pays the price in any attempt to dilute it.
6) And here we are.

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Thinkin 'Bout Plato

Plato, one of the great minds in human history, was convinced that a democracy could not last. The people could be swayed too easily by public speakers, he warned. And once the people discovered that they could vote based on their personal interests rather than the good of the nation, their democracy would begin to fail. I cant say he was wrong because this is where we are at today.

1984

In George Orwells novel "1984," he imagines a society called “Oceania,” one of three fictional superstates controlled by totalitarian regimes (for Oceania, the regime is called “The Party”). The party’s leader is “Big Brother,” who the population is completely submissive to. In every aspect of life, Big Brother is watching. One of the ways Big Brother and The Party maintain totalitarian control over Oceania is by censoring all information available to citizens, especially by the work of the “Ministry of Truth,” which forges and alters historical documents to exclude information about events and people involved in activities deemed contrary to the regime’s political ideal. The truthful documents are destroyed, and the public may only access the new information promoted by the Ministry of Truth. 🔼🔼Sound familiar?

Mike "I'm Moses" Johnson and the Law of Non-Contradiction

Speaker Mike Johnson (the one who said God told him he was the new Moses) went on camera and said he supports Ghislaine Maxwell testifying and wants “everything released” on Epstein.
Then he walked onto the House floor and voted to block the release of the Epstein files.🙄 The Law of Non-Contradiction, a fundamental principle in logic, states that a proposition and its negation cannot both be true at the same time and in the same sense. Essentially, something cannot both be and not be at the same time. ....And then came Maga

Tennessee has lowest score for quality of life

Tennessee has the lowest score in CNBC's quality of life metric, dubbing it the worst state to live in. Here's which other states are at the bottom of the list. 9: Oklahoma (97 out of 265) 8: Arkansas (95 out of 265 ) 7: Alabama (92 out of 265) 6: Georgia (89 out of 265) 5: Louisiana (87 out of 265) 4: Utah (87 out of 265) 3: Indiana (73 out of 265) 2: Texas (72 out of 265) 1: Tennessee (61 out of 265)

Trump Not Like Us

It hasn't Even Been 6 Months Yet....

What a ridiculous letter. Trump pushing Canada for tariffs again. I suspect we will lose their business. Trump likes tariffs because they helped in the late 1800s. The world economy is different than it was then. His hand picked cabinet stooges offer no input and just say "yes sir."
--Measles are on the rise.
--Trump is putting prisoners on an island surrounded by crocodiles with no due process (a Constitutional requirement).
He is ignoring judge orders and Congress doesn't make legislation any more...they just hold hearings and wait for Trump to tell them what to do.
--He has a personal gestapo holding martial law exercises in California.
--Trump's Proud Boys with masks beating people up across the country.
--Kristi Noem did not budget for FEMA, so if you have a flash flood..Trump wont even send you a "hope things get better" card. ....and you're on your own. That goes the same for any weather related tragedy.
--Trump's Secretary of defense keeps sharing confidential material through an unsecured line.
-Trump has created situations that has world leaders saying out loud that the USA cannot be relied on anymore.
-Trump is helping billionaires make more money by canceling poor peoples insurance
And this is NOT all of it.....
And we're only 6 months in. 🙄🙄