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...Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends...
Thru the Bible - Sunday Sermon with Dr. J. Vernon McGee
For centuries, man has been seeking the idyllic form of society where all people live in perfect harmony—where poverty and sickness have been abolished and prosperity exists for all. But how do these man-made visions compare with the God-given revelation about the coming Millennium?
https://www.oneplace.com/ministries/thru-the-bible-sunday-sermon/player/?type=branded#now-playing
Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee
God's Wonderful Mercies
God was merciful to David. And He will be merciful to you and me today. I had a fellow—I’d heard him speak down in Pershing Square years ago, deriding and ridiculing the Bible. I saw him in church one Sunday evening when I was pastoring in downtown Los Angeles. After service he came up to me and he says, “Preacher, I have a question to ask you. Why did God choose a man like David?” I said, “I’ll tell you why God chose a man like David. So that you and I would be able to come to Him. Because if God will take David, He might take you and He might take me.” And I said, “That’s the reason.” The “sure mercies of David”—how wonderful they are.
Daily Promises
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them]. (Mark 11:22-24)
The incredible strength and majesty of our God! He has the might to move mountains and does so through even our smallest faith. When we place our trust in Him, He molds us as He gives us the desires of our hearts.
Plant It In Your Heart
A sower went out to sow his seed… – Luke 8:5
Simply reading the words of the Bible will not make us a strong Christian. We must take those words and plant them in our hearts.
https://anotherwell.org/2024/05/05/plant-it-in-your-heart/
Casting Pods
NATO PANIC - UKRAINE'S TOWNS FALLING LIKE DOMINOES...Garland Nixon Podcast
https://www.rokfin.com/stream/48344/NATO-PANIC--UKRAINES-TOWNS-FALLING-LIKE-DOMINOES
NATO CROSSES RUSSIA'S RED LINE SCOTT RITTER ON UKRAINE'S COLLAPSING WAR CHINA'S NEW THREAT...Danny Haiphong Podcast
https://www.rokfin.com/stream/48348
Russia updates wanted list. ICC Elensky curse. Kremlin targets Europe, Nord Stream silence...The Duran Podcast
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - MOATS with George Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/live/DIL_GHHNLiw?si=XQVabQKH3SxUDS6z
Ukraine’s Donbass Lines Collapsing - Russia’s Strategy of Attrition Comes Full Circle...The New Atlas Podcast
https://youtu.be/ctPlxiD0G4o?si=DJkoFYPlY7JMYagZ
The Neil Oliver Show Sunday 5th May
https://www.youtube.com/live/d2JCuWLFSsk?si=GmSUnRtlHlnkXzlg
Dog Woo
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken
Preparedness Notes for Sunday — May 5, 2024
https://survivalblog.com/2024/05/05/preparedness-notes-for-sunday-may-5-2024/
The Origins of the Deep State in North America Part I: The Rise of the Round Table Movement
APPLES IN VIRGINIA, ALBEMARLE CIDERWORKS, & THE ROYAL PIPPIN
https://fightingmonarch.com/2024/05/04/apples-in-virginia-albemarle-ciderworks-the-royal-pippin/
THE TWINNING REACTION – DOCTOR MENGELE IN THE NEW WORLD
https://fightingmonarch.com/2023/04/25/the-twinning-reaction-doctor-mengele-in-the-new-world/
The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z
Today's Wins
1 The May 4th Deaths: Kent State 54 Years Ago...The late Murray Polner wrote this article for Antiwar.com in 2000.
https://original.antiwar.com/murray-polner/2024/05/02/the-may-4th-deaths-kent-state-54-years-ago/
2 On January 6, did America’s highest-level military officers willfully disobey their Commander in Chief?
3 The Truth About Operation Wetback
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/the_truth_about_operation_wetback.html
4 Boeing Faces 10 New Whistleblowers After Two Die
https://vigilantnews.com/post/boeing-faces-10-new-whistleblowers-after-two-die/
5 Is it a crime for politicians to pay off people to hide the truth from the public because an election is coming up?
https://truthsocial.com/@Ashlanddog/112391408419023159
6 Michigan Senator Goes Viral After Dire Election Fraud Warning
https://vigilantnews.com/post/michigan-senator-goes-viral-after-dire-election-fraud-warning-2/
7 See the Ad Google Doesn’t Want You to See
https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1786654804300751298
8 Trump Campaign Reports $76 Million Fundraising Haul in April...The massive campaign funding haul suggests that the Trump campaign could be gaining ground against Democrats’ fundraising lead.
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391885144920110
9 How Trump seals the deal in 2024
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/how_trump_seals_the_deal_in_2024.html
10 Quarantine Lawsuit Update & Summary
11 15 states have sued the Biden administration for changes to the 1972 civil rights law meant to protect females from discrimination.
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391870164880962
12 Rising Tide of Traditionalism Among US Catholics
https://moonbattery.com/rising-tide-of-traditionalism-among-us-catholics/
13 Trans: middle school girls lead the way
https://truthsocial.com/@Ashlanddog/112391351886738188
14 In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/in-coastal-british-columbia-the-haida-get-their-land-back/
15 CAITLIN JOHNSTONE - I Oppose Israel's Atrocities In Gaza Because I'm Not A Psychopath
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/i-oppose-israels-atrocities-in-gaza?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Look What The Dog Dragged In
16 THE INESCAPABLE REALITIES OF THE UKRAINIAN BATTLEGROUND
https://www.theinteldrop.org/2024/05/05/the-inescapable-realities-of-the-ukrainian-battleground/
17 RUSSIA HAS PUT ZELENSKY ON THE WANTED LIST. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112392284273991605
18 U.S. Intelligence Operatives Appear to Have Intentionally Groomed Mass Murderer Charles Manson
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391685775076940
19 Student Sit-ins and Wild in the Streets: My Own Story, Back in 1968...Everywhere we hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy...but where will it end?
20 Jewish Prophets Who Predicted Nightmarish Escalation of Israeli-Palestine Conflict Were Blacklisted and Ignored
21 MIND WAR: Big Tech and the Censorship-Industrial Complex
https://thehayride.com/2024/05/mind-war-big-tech-and-the-censorship-industrial-complex/
22 Has Leftist Lawfare Created the Police State Yet?
23 Eighty-Six Percent of Guantanamo Bay Inmates Were Sold to American Troops in Response to $5,000 Bounty Offer
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391732424346705
24 Houthi Causing Headaches For the White House
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/05/03/houthi-causing-headaches-for-the-white-house/
25 Nord Stream Insurers Refusal to Pony Up For Damages to Sabotaged Pipeline Is Based on Dubious Legal Grounds
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391696786225938
26 RFK Jr. Takes on Trump and Biden Over Four ‘Existential’ Issues
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391844745630701
27 Marielle’s Charging Bulls: An Abrupt End To Brazil’s Six-Year Long Homicide Investigation
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391679206829542
28 BRICS VERSUS G8: EMERGING ECONOMIES AND THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL BALANCE
29 New Orleans Postal Workers Are Stealing Your Mail
https://thehayride.com/2024/05/new-orleans-postal-workers-are-stealing-your-mail/
30 Owning the US a Living? How much longer can the United States exist on the assumption that the world owes it a living?
https://michael-hudson.com/2024/04/owing-the-us-a-living/
31 Imagining the Ether (dialogue with Roman Campolo)
https://youtu.be/FvsqrIm1n50?si=QEVsvWT2DiRKp9-p
Health Briefs...Unleashed
32 Emergency Declared on Tuberculosis in California City: What to Look For...Authorities in Long Beach declared a health emergency due to an outbreak of tuberculosis, a highly fatal bacteria.
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391895996322301
33 Nanowire Brain Networks For Brain Computer Interface - Hydrogels To Create Tissue Engineered Electronic Nerve Interface For Artificial Memory & Nanotechnological Neuromodulation
34 SYNTHETIC CELLS THAT MIMIC BIOLOGY COULD OFFER CLUES ON MYSTERIES OF LIFE, ITS ORIGINS, AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS
35 Trojan Tomato: A New GMO is Designed to Infiltrate America’s Gardens...Gardeners can buy a new seed, a genetically modified tomato the FDA barely looked at and GMO proponents hope will win Americans over to more modified foods.
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391861837887008
36 The New World Health Organization IHR Changes Are Merely Cosmetic
https://doortofreedom.org/the-new-world-health-organization-ihr-changes-are-merely-cosmetic/
37 Ex-CNN Host Chris Cuomo Reveals COVID Vaccine Injury: ‘I’m Sick Myself
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391825621987050
38 Tick-Borne Diseases: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, and Natural Approaches
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391910304188907
39 The Effect of Touch on Depression, Anxiety, and Pain
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391903119566292
40 Ancient Medicinal Blessed Thistle May Regenerate Injured Nerves
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391922995237159
41 7 Brain Nutrients to Shield Against Vaccines, Pesticides, and Other Toxins
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391852275707048
42 Ancient Use of Rice Has Unexpected Gut Benefits
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391936511505922
43 Research Reveals Types of Exercise That Can Extend Your Lifespan
https://truthsocial.com/group/unleashed/posts/112391916059368324
The Best Of American Thinker
44 I am an expert on experts!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/i_am_an_expert_on_experts.html
45 Glass Words
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/glass_words.html
46 LGBTQ community disproportionately harmed by pollution?
47 Am I different from them?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/am_i_different_from_them.html
48 Government mandates that your car 'monitor' your behavior
49 Image courtesy of Michael Hardstark.
https://images.americanthinker.com/ov/ovnobuj1ty6svpjk2l2y_800.jpg
The Worst Of Babylon Bee
50 New York DA Indicts Trump For Bringing Firefighters Pizza But No Salad Or Cheesy Bread
https://babylonbee.com/news/new-york-da-indicts-trump-for-paying-off-firefighters-with-hush-pizza
51 Trump’s Finger Hovers Over ‘Send’ Button As He Ponders Whether Sick Burn Worth Another $10,000
52 Ivy League Grads Slip Below County Fair Carnies On Forbes List Of Most Desirable Employee Candidates
53 People Blocking Students From College Based On Race Probably On Right Side Of History Again
54 ‘It's Not The Breed, It's The Owner,’ Says Man Being Swallowed By Shai-Hulud, Great Maker Of The Desert.
PowderRoomPolitics...Presents...Hodge Podge Of Animals
1 Phoenix The Lost Cat Found - At Animal Shelter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAzTgo_ViJU
2 Cockatoo Finds New Home, Now Always Wants Cuddles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqhWCVwc22w
3 Queen Bee The 35 Yr. Old Horse Finds Boyfriend, Rules The Farm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv6stjlwULo
4 Newborn Pony Cuddles Little Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOMe4Af1zxM
5 200 IQ Dogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv7cVW4w6hc
6 Two Legged Dog Helps Foster Puppies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwBdnytrwPQ
7 VIP Cat Eats Right From The Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LB-b04g2jM
8 Stray Skinny Pup Saved From Meat Trade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoHb18fZkmM
9 Pup Rescued From Side Of The Road After Car Hit It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaic6i8Q-_E
10 Dog With Tree And Fence Climbing Skills?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR_dxE2DLqE
Meow Mix With The Missouri Wildcat Taffy333
1 The Origins of the Deep State in North America Part I: The Rise of the Round Table Movement
...Good Night Newshounds...
Head Up...
Eyes Forward...
Hold The Line Patriots....
Keep Calm
And
Howl On
https://kirschsubstack.com/p/what-the-data-says-about-vaccines/
https://www.skirsch.com/covid/Data.pdf
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Challenge your friends to find an error!
This is a difficult post for me to write...sometimes sharing personal details is hard...but I am reminded that this is a loving community that does care and pray for each other.
Many may recall that my daughter was a social worker with hospice. Long story short, a year ago January, she was having trouble with anxiety concerning her job and was using alcohol to cope. She was in a head on collision that injured two older people. They have had their medical needs taken care of, won a nice settlement from her employer and have recovered nicely, which is certainly a blessing...they did not deserve to be in an accident, and we are happy their needs have been met.
Christina was charged with various felonies and misdemeanors and finally she went to court last Monday, pleaded guilty to the felony charges and was sentenced to 150-180 days in a detention center. We are grateful for the amount of time, but it is difficult for her to be away from her family...her children are 5 and 8.
This has been the worst nightmare anyone can imagine, but I will share that much good has come out of it. Her husband was saved, and Christina has been going to AA and has been alcohol free since the accident. She has been to rehab, is in counseling and has taken all the classes required, done her community service, etc. She has learned a lot about herself and strategies to cope. This was all needed...they have a wonderful church family that loves and supports them, and she has much support in the AA community...and she has family that loves and cares for her and her family very much.
I could get into some of the legal issues that are very heavy on my heart and concerning to me, but I won't. It is never easy to deal with these...the hardest aspect is the total loss of freedom...just little things like her ability to be on a good vitamin regimen, which is vital to her physical and mental health or even missing out on her AA support system and counseling...which is so vital to her recovery. While she is in county jail waiting for a bed, her incarceration time is not counting for time served...so many aspects that just don't make sense to me.
However, we are trusting that God is in control and has a plan...I don't doubt for a minute that this is true...the hardest thing as a parent is to give your children up unequivocally to the Lord, who loves them so much more than we ever could. This has been a learning experience beyond my wildest imagination...unfortunately, alcoholism runs in my husband's family and using alcohol to cope is not an uncommon strategy among my kids...
Her immediate needs are to get transferred quickly to the detention center, so she is not wasting time incarcerated that is not counted as time served. Then prayers for her safety and wellbeing, including mental, spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing, while she is incarcerated...that is enough for now...when she gets out there is a whole different set of issues...but that is tomorrow's problems.
Please pray for her husband and their children...it was the sweetest thing to see her 8-year-old hug her and tell her he loves her and then to say..."see you in 6 months, mom." Kids say the darndest things and at least I got a chuckle out of that...he is the sweetest, most loving, caring grandson you could ever want, and truth be told he has a special place in my heart.
Thank you so much for your prayerful consideration for my family... Psalm 136:1 "O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever"....God is good...all the time...
Lastly, I will share three songs that are very meaningful to me at this time...I know there are so many in this community that are hurting, and I hope these songs will minister to those who have broken hearts...
Joy Comes in the Morning... https://youtu.be/9_x7eCuk8NM?si=R7UfRbBvBjQ4sxKO
Hold on my child joy comes in the morning
Weeping only lasts for the night
Hold on my child Joy comes in the morning
The darkest hour means dawn is just in sight
God Will Make a Way... https://youtu.be/1zo3fJYtS-o?si=9CtUYGTR75yqjXs1
God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way
And then...Little Flowers... https://youtu.be/i-PywSxurdo
Little flowers never worry
When the wind begins to blow
And they never, never cry
When the rain begins to fall
Though, it's wet and oh so cold
Soon the sun will shine again
And they'll smile unto the world
For their beauty to behold
So, let it rain, let it rain, let it pour
Let trouble keep on knocking at my door
If we'll learn the right from wrong
It will help to make us strong
So when the clouds begin to gather
And that old wind begins to blow
Little flowers don't complain
Though they're tossing to and fro
Well I guess I've learned the secret
That only little flowers know
If it never, never rains
Then we'll never, never grow
A pastor has said it had to be a miracle no one was hurt, after a man pulled a gun on him during a service on Sunday, but the firearm jammed.
The moment was caught on video thanks to the Pennsylvania church’s livestream, with the pastor jumping out of the way as the suspect brandished the gun at him from the aisle.
Pastor Glenn Germany, of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, said Monday he was thankful to God to still be alive.
“He pulled the trigger and a miracle of God happened that the gun got jammed. That bullet had a name on it,” Mr Germany told ABC’s Good Morning America.
The suspect, Bernard Junior Polite, 26, was later arrested after a member of the congregation tackled him to the ground.
He reportedly told Pennsylvania State Police officers after his arrest that “God told him to do it”, ABC News reported.
Later Sunday evening, a body was reportedly found at Mr Polite’s home on the 500 block of Stokes Avenue in North Braddock.
Allegheny County Police Department said that a man had been shot to death, with the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office confirming the victim as Derek Polite, 56.
So my thrice vaxxed and boosted SIL/BIL, to give you some context, were responding to my aunt's comments about the college protests, and basically responded that these protests are fake and not grassroots. My BIL - who is definitely Big Pharma Brainwashed - was nodding "yes!" at my adding that the whole thing was clearly funded from an outside source with the matching tents, etc. Then on his own he added that a large majority of the protesters arrested were not even students.
It's a small thing I know, but at the same time, seismic.