By Marsha West
Is it possible for a Christian to know God’s will and not have to agonize over it? Should a believer make a decision without first spending hours in prayer, asking God to reveal His will? Must a Christian avoid making a decision until he or she has a “peace about it”? What about waiting for a “sign” from God? Is it okay for a Christian to consult a psychic or a Ouija board to seek God’s guidance?
A married couple, John and Tina, is faced with a dilemma. They would like to move to Colorado to be closer to John’s family. They’ve been praying about it, asking God to show them His will. Their decision must be made before the end of the week, yet they’re still not sure what God wants them to do — should they stay or should they go?
Naturally John and Tina are confused and frustrated. John is leaning toward moving because he knows it will be good for the kids to live close to their grandparents. He’s even getting excited about it. Not Tina! She wants to wait for a “confirmation,” from God before they pull up stakes and move half way across the country.
John and Tina are in the proverbial pickle.
Many Christians talk about finding God’s will as though it were some deep dark secret hidden away in the pages of Scripture. Maybe God doesn’t want us to find it.
Where does the Bible teach that God tries to hide His will from us? Continue reading
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 16:24-25 (LSB)
(Mary Dowling) President Trump said the US movie industry is dying quickly because incentives are drawing filmmakers and studios away from the US. He’s planning a 100% tariff on movies imported to the US that are produced in foreign lands.
“But worst of all, television news has devolved into a daily cauldron of propaganda. Dishonest statements go unchallenged, phony narratives are peddled as fact. Somewhere in a very hot place, Joseph Goebbels is delighted.”
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“The reason that millions of young men are resonating with the sorts of things that people like Jordan Peterson are saying is that they are crying out to once again hear that it is OK to be male, to be a man, to be manly, and to be masculine. They want to be who they were meant to be.”
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(Mary Dowling) We should never allow the government to pay off news outlets ever again. President Trump just signed an Executive Order ending funding for NPR and PBS. The following gives you some insight as to why.
“Sadly far too many megachurch and megachurch-adjacent pastors, whether they be connected with the Andy Stanley-style attractional movement, TGC, Acts29, or many other organizations, are cowards. That’s not to say all of them. But far too many. And according to Revelation 21, cowardice is a damnable sin.”
“Under federal judicial guidelines, judges are supposed to recuse themselves if their impartiality could reasonably be questioned or if their spouse has a financial interest tied to the case. In Judge Thurston’s situation, actually both rules apply.”
“In his famous ‘Farewell Address,’ Washington reminded Americans that religious teachings and values must never be removed from politics and public policy…
“Ordinarily, when someone’s behind the wheel of a car crammed with illegal migrants, carrying a wad of cash, and driving on a bogus license, that should set off every alarm bell. But under Biden’s ICE, that wasn’t enough to warrant action. They never even bothered to pick him up. He was promptly back on the street.”
(Paul Schlehlein – Between Two Cultures) Answer: God’s anger upon his children is temporary, while His wrath up His enemies will carry on forever.
Trump introduced January Littlejohn at congressional address, called school district’s treatment of her daughter “child abuse.” Full appeals court called upon to fix panel’s Frankenstein ruling on behavior that “shocks the conscience.”
(Elizabeth Weibel – Breitbart) A federal judge ordered that the suspect behind the firebombing of a Tesla dealership in Kansas City, Missouri, be released from federal custody ahead of his upcoming court date.
(Revolver) While America was getting crushed by a wide-open border, skyrocketing crime, and runaway inflation, the Biden administration was laser-focused on one thing: censoring American citizens who didn’t fall in line with the progressive agenda.
“Tolerating this kind of foreign sectarianism is national suicide, as anyone can easily observe in Scotland and England, which are now on a probably irreversible trajectory toward civil war. We in America should pay attention because the same thing is happening here, albeit on a smaller scale.”
“So much of what Trump is trying to do for the betterment of the country is being slowed down by judicial hissy fits that are being thrown by corrupt perverters of the law. There isn’t a murderer or rapist they won’t defend if it can trip up the Trump 47 agenda.”
Firefly’s report listed several instances when ministry leaders tried to confront Brown, but he didn’t give consistent and full confessions. Firefly reported Brown showed a “calculated effort to evade accountability, suppress the allegations, and protect his ministry’s reputation.”
(Jordan Standridge – The Cripplegate) Pope Francis is dead.
“What can Christ’s congregations do to ameliorate this situation? How can the pockets of paganism be purged? First, the church’s leaders must recognize that a problem exists. Second, they must recognize embedded paganism cannot be remedied by a retreat, conference, rebrand, or other quick fix. Rather, leaders must implement strategies and tactics that supplant paganism with the beauty of orthodoxy. Here are some ways of doing so.”