i danced to this song at our wedding ..... only one standing , because i remembered and because David is one of my favourite people in the Bible https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1480268137441660&set=a.444336251034859 Pastor Jason Answers ·"When David danced before the Lord, he crossed a line many believers still fear crossing—the line where worship costs dignity. His praise was physical, visible, and unfiltered. And it offended someone close to him. Michal saw David’s worship as disgraceful. God saw it as devotion. David’s reply made the issue clear: worship is not about maintaining status, but about honoring God without reserve. He chose humility over image. Scripture then records that Michal bore no children—a stark outcome that follows her contempt for worship. The lesson is unsettling: God does not prize composure over surrender. He does not reward worship that preserves pride. As James reminds us, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. David’s dancing wasn’t chaos—it was surrender. Michal’s restraint wasn’t wisdom—it was pride. And the story still confronts us today: Are we worshiping with freedom—or managing appearances?"

Proverbs 6 4Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. Proverbs 24 Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; 2 For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of troublemaking. 3 Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; 4 By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong, Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength; 6 For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety. 7 Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate. 8 He who plots to do evil Will be called a [a]schemer. 9 The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men. 10 If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small. 11 Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. 12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds? 13 My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste; 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a [b]prospect, And your hope will not be cut off. 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not plunder his resting place; 16 For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity. 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; 18 Lest the Lord see it, and [c]it displease Him, And He turn away His wrath from him. 19 Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the wicked; 20 For there will be no prospect for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. 21 My son, fear the Lord and the king; Do not associate with those given to change; 22 For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin those two can bring? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neo1jNwQBb8

Most people don’t realize what they’re looking at… The picture on the left is the animation of what the Rock of Horeb would’ve looked like when Moses struck it… and the picture on the right is the REAL rock they found in the desert. The same split. The same height. The same formation described in Scripture. For generations people called these stories “symbolic.” But God keeps letting archaeology catch up to His Word. This isn’t myth. This isn’t legend. This is the Bible coming alive in the exact land where it happened. The rock Moses struck still stands today — split from top to bottom. Even creation remembers what God did

PSALM 104 Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, 2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. 3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, 4 Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. 5 You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever, 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains. 7 At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. 8 They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them. 9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth. 10 He sends the springs into the valleys; They flow among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches. 13 He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth, 15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart. 16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, 17 Where the birds make their nests; The stork has her home in the fir trees. 18 The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the roc badgers. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun knows its going down. 20 You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. 22 When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens. 23 Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions— 25 This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great. 26 There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there. 27 These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. 28 What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth. 31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; May the Lord rejoice in His works. 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord. 35 May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

“Bible prophecy is unfolding right in front of our eyes… and barely anyone is talking about it.” This is a before-and-after shot of the Euphrates River — the same Euphrates mentioned all throughout Scripture — drying up exactly the way Revelation foretold (Rev. 16:12, NKJV). You can call it coincidence… or you can call it what it truly is: A reminder that God’s Word doesn’t miss. Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up 12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings [g]of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” 16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, [h]Armageddon.

While there are no verses in Scripture that command abstainance from alcohol consumption, there are verses that caution and even command the reader to choose NOT to drink excessively and to get drunk. While Paul was happy that a little wine was good for the stomach, which it is, as it has substances called polyphenols, resveratrol and tannins that are anti-inflammatory and support gut bacteria but so does sauerkraut, so also we are taught to flee from even the appearance of sin and surely also temptation. Even so Jesus first miracle was to turn water into wine, although somehow I would think, THAT wine would not have been from this world as it was instant not forged from years of fermentation. However I think it is better to be filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit and to treat our temple with respect.... https://web.facebook.com/reel/1528498441670553

to all nigerians still trying to make a quick buck off old white ladies and kind people on social media... your life is headed nowhere, you have turned your back on God.... repent and make up for it by helping your people in Northern NIgeria, send them money, send them food, give them a place to stay , bring awareness create a legacy that one day you will be proud of. And to all the Christians out there, these are your family , at the very least pray for them. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19HsmdLktG/ 72 thousand Christians murdered by jihadists in the last 10 years in northern Nigeria.

https://web.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=2033038147484466 God wants to KNOW you .....

Be a Hero, NOT a revolutionary! usana Trimarco disguised herself as a madam and walked into brothels across northern Argentina, searching for her missing daughter among women trapped in sexual slavery -- and in the process, she sparked a movement that would free over 3,000 sex trafficking victims. It began in April 2002, when her 23-year-old daughter, María de los Ángeles Verón, left for a doctor's appointment in their city of San Miguel de Tucumán and never returned home. Frustrated by a police investigation she believed was deliberately sabotaged by corruption, Trimarco obtained the names of known pimps and sex traffickers from police files and launched her own search. She posed as a buyer interested in purchasing the captive women and girls -- some as young as 14, who could be traded for about $800. One rape victim told her she had seen María drugged, with swollen eyes, in a trafficker's home that doubled as a holding place for newly abducted women. But by the time Trimarco could follow the lead, her daughter had been moved. Though María was never found, Trimarco's relentless pursuit transformed her into one of Argentina's most powerful human rights activists and forced sex trafficking onto the national agenda. "The desperation of a mother blinds you," she says. "It makes you fearless." Through this dangerous work, Trimarco discovered the full scope of sex trafficking and the corruption within the police and judiciary that kept women trapped in forced prostitution. "The police would hand [the trafficked women] back to the criminals," she recalls. "They used to say: 'Don't leave me. Take me with you.'" Trimarco ended up becoming the personal guardian to 129 survivors of sex trafficking, sheltering them in her home and helping them reunite with their families. Trimarco's relentless advocacy forced change at the highest levels. Her work helped lead to the first law, passed in 2008, making human trafficking a federal crime; the subsequent reforms have led to thousands of people being rescued from sex traffickers. These successes, however, have come with a high personal cost to Trimarco: she has suffered many reprisals over the years including countless death threats, having her house set on fire, and several attempts to run her over in the street. As more trafficking survivors and families of trafficking victims reached out to her for help, Trimarco says, "It came to a point where I just did not have the capacity to help them all. That is when I decided to open a foundation." In 2007, she founded Fundación María de los Ángeles, a non-governmental organization focused on helping people escape from trafficking and lobbying for legislation to prevent it. Her efforts focused on her daughter's disappearance eventually resulted in trials for 13 people, including several police officers, in 2012; all 13 were acquitted, a ruling that prompted outrage by many and led to impeachment proceedings against three judges. In December 2013, the Tucumán Supreme Court reversed the acquittals and convicted ten of the defendants, who received sentences ranging from 10 to 22 years in April 2014. But despite it all, Trimarco still hasn't found out what she wants to know most: what happened to her daughter. Some witnesses say she was murdered -- although her body has never been found -- and others say she was taken overseas. Twenty-three years later, Trimarco's work continues in her daughter's name and for all survivors. Her foundation remains at the forefront of the country's fight against human trafficking, recently helping to dismantle trafficking rings in 2024 and 2025. In recent years, the foundation has expanded its role as a legal plaintiff in trafficking cases, ensuring survivors have representation throughout the judicial process. Now in her seventies, Trimarco remains internationally recognized for her work, though her search for answers about María's fate has never ceased. "Every woman I help somehow helps María," she reflects. "They represent hope in this new life of mine."

https://web.facebook.com/reel/1815108012453045 JOHN 3.16 The New Birth 3 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born [a]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [b]who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should [c]not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

In a very rare event, Jang Seok, a Chinese Christian, was released from a North Korean prison after serving 11 years. This is a significant answer to prayer. Jang lived in China near the border of North Korea. Jang “regularly hosted North Koreans who secretly came across the border, sometimes for weeks, providing them with practical aid such as warm clothing, food and supplies they might need for their return home to North Korea. He saw it as his Christian duty to welcome the stranger, cloth the naked and care for the sick. He also shared the gospel with North Koreans and some became Christians and attended Bible training at his home. He also taught them how to share the gospel with their loved ones.” North Korean security police entered China in 2014 and abducted Jang for his Christian ministry to North Koreans. He was sentenced to prison in North Korea for “defaming the regime, attempting to incite subversion of state power and providing aid and gospel to North Koreans.” Heavenly Father, we rejoice that Jang Seok has been miraculously released from prison in North Korea. He survived the brutal conditions by the power of the Holy Spirit. Now that he is free, protect him from further harm. Keep him safe from those who might still wish him harm. Give him wisdom to know how to serve You in the future. Bring healing to his body, soul and spirit. Surround him with his family and Christian believers. Continue to use him for Your glory in the future. In Your great name we pray. Amen. “He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.” – Psalm 91:4 https://www.churchinchains.ie/prisoner.../jang-moon-seok/ Photo: Church In Chains

https://web.facebook.com/reel/1084319847248842 TITUS 2 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, 12 training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age, 13 looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds. 15 Speak these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

The Whole Armor of God - Spiritual Warfare every Christian should practice .... 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. https://www.facebook.com/ChristsForgivenessMinistries/videos/651238410682235

The Sin-Bearing Messiah ISAIAH the prophet (written 400 years before the birth of Christ) 53 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripe we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2937727643281708

Every April 7 many churches celebrated the feast of Pandita Ramabai, in honour of her passing away in 1922. If you’ve never heard of her before, well you are in for a treat! Pandita was a pioneer, an activist for womens empowerment and a devoted Christian. Born into a high caste family of devout Hindu’s, Pandita could recites hundreds of Hindu scriptures by the time she was 12 and the priests her family were connected with were absolutely amazed. By the time Pandita was 13, she had lost her mother and father to severe starvation through famine. The priests gave her the title of “Pandita,” which means scholar. A phenomenal reality for a woman in the late nineteenth century. Pandita travelled teaching the Hindu scriptures but the more she learnt, the more she lacked peace. Eventually she married a lower caste lawyer which shocked her friends but he died after 18 months. Widowed and alone by the age of 23, she wrote a book called Morals for Women and another attacking the Hindu caste system which oppressed women. While travelling to the U.K. and US, she came to faith in Christ and returned to Bombay starting a school for young girls. It was called The Home of Salvation. In a short space she had 2000 girls she was educating and she encouraged them to be missionaries and to travel for the gospel. A huge revival fire broke out among her students and many of her students went on to preach the gospel. Pandita was always advocating for a better life for women and young girls, and her legacy still lives on. Today, her school is still active and continuing to serve girls and communities even 100 years after her death. See less

I call it the Golden Thread .. woven into the scripture, a seamless pattern across time and 66 authors.... Jesus / Yeshua was present both in the old and the new testament , in one part as a shadow or a revealed and present character that appeared before prophets and Kings, as Melchezadek the eternal High Priest or the burning bush that brought Moses to His knees, as the passover lamb that covered the Hebrews from the angel of death ..... In the new as the passover lamb that took away the sins of the World and as the living and risen Saviour. And in the future a roaring lion bringing judgement on the wicked. DANIEL 7 (605 BC) 13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. MATTHEW 24 (around 27 - 29 AD) The Coming of the Son of Man 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. MATTHEW 25 The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations 31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the [c]holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. MATTHEW 26 And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” 63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!” 64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” MARK 13 The Coming of the Son of Man 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then He will send His angels, and gather together His [h]elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven. MARK 14 Again, the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62 Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” LUKE 21 The Coming of the Son of Man 25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” ACTS 7 Stephen the Martyr 54 When they heard these things they were [h]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” REVELATIONS 14 ( Any day now) Reaping the Earth’s Harvest 14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come [j]for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” 16 So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Silently ministering to people ... The unseen faithful of history.. FEELING DISCOURAGED, DEPRESSED OR EVEN DESPAIRING? Helen Howarth Lemmel experience the same when she was struck by a disease that caused her to go blind and as a result was abandoned by her husband. Yet amidst her situation she turned to Jesus and wrote over 500 hymns of praise and worship! This beloved hymn came out in 1922. "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace."

I just had this thought, because our marriages reflect the intimacy of a wedding with the church being the bride and the Groom our saviour, will Jesus be overcome with this deep sense of love and emotion as He sees His spotless bride walking towards Him ..looking all beautiful in her pure white gown covered by His Holy Spirit purchased with His blood... 14 “O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the cliff, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your face is lovely The Shulamite 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his https://web.facebook.com/share/v/17fQZfAuh8/

Anyone who enjoys historical research may enjoy this one, although it is very long. Lloyd de Jongh is a South African who has lived in the middle-east for 14 years. He worked in the security field and is also a prolific researcher with access to libraries in the countries that he has worked in that most people would never hope to use. He keeps all his research in a dropbox which is freely available for people to download. He is a Christian and while i do not agree with some of his doctrinal interpretations and theological perspective , he is meticulous with his historical fact. its interesting and in some cases eye opening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4kkl4bWkW0&t=4487s

https://web.facebook.com/share/r/1GNzWYrinD/ 21 Also He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? 22 For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

the difference is that Jesus succeeded in the wilderness on our behalf ISAIAH 43 “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen. 21 This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54d_GhBthI

https://backtojerusalem.com/when-chinese-christians-took-a-knee/ There has been a compromise and lack of understanding that has occurred in China the same type of compromise that occured within the German Church during the NAZI (national socialist) party uprising.. This compromise and ignorance of God's Word and nature has led to the imprisonment, death, disappearance and torture of 10 million Chinese Christians . Just recently there was a fresh burning down of churches and arrest of Pastors in China by militant atheist communists. THE CHURCH is supposed to be the salt, she is supposed to be a city whose lamp is erected on a hill.. She is supposed to be leading the political discourse not trying to fit in.. Everywhere in scripture from the first to the second testament.. God was to endorse the concept of ownership, boundaries, walls, gates and inheritance of descendants... The communal life of a Christian ought not to lack those things otherwise we lose the reflection of God's character... No instead God gives us His things to possess as our responsibility and as faithful stewards so that we may be proven faithful in all things, so that we may be tried and tested in the refining fire, so that we may Give Him Glory, so that we can be blessed in the earth and set apart for our works.. So that we may draw all men to Christ..so that we may heed the voice of the Holy Spirit in all things pertaining to life and Godliness.. Nowhere does God distribute what is His equally amongst all.. Even within the parable of Talents.. He discriminates between wisdom, faithfulness and religious hearts when working with finances.. The Body of Christ has not been asked to give up ownership but rather acknowledge the Sovereignty of their Creator who owns everything that they have been given to possess in season.. We are to build his Kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven. A Kingdom is a government. So no! In no way, shape and form does the body of CHRIST resemble the communist spirit of the anti-Christ which is atheist at best and gnostic at worst.. Not in Whom we worship and certainly not in the way we are meant to live with each other.. Ignorance of scripture remains an overriding issue..

In these times we all need to reflect and ask God for discernment and strength to pass this test Proverbs 25:28, "Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls". Another related scripture is Proverbs 16:32, which says a person who rules their own spirit is greater than one who captures a city, emphasizing the power of self-control over external conquest. It compares a lack of self-control to a defenseless city, highlighting that without discipline, a person's life is vulnerable to internal and external harm.