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The Daily Brief:
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"Decreeing the Word of God Over the News of the Day"
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United We Stand March 19, 2024
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You can listen to the recording of last night's outstanding call with David Robbins, founder of End-Time Ministries, by going here.
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Join our Bible Readathon, every night except Sunday morning, from midnight to 6:00 a.m. Call 508-924-5411 (no access code). Our moderator will welcome you and invite you to share in our reading. Praise God! His Word does NOT return to us void!
"So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11)
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>>> Be sure to read today's thoughts on repentance by Pastor Jeff Daly | National Day of Repentance. Go Here.
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Biden's Betrayal of Israel and National Day of Repentance on Purim, Sunday March 24
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Dear Church & Prayer Leaders in the body of Christ,
A National Day of Repentance is being planned for March 24, Purim, led by Pastor Jeff Daly and his team.
What is the most important National sin that America needs to repent of right now?
Although there are many sins we can repent of, the one national sin that the God of Israel warns about repeatedly is this: He says He will judge the nations for attempting to divide the land of Israel (Joel 3:1-3) and the city of Jerusalem (Zechariah 12: 1-4)
I ask again: What is the most important National sin that America needs to repent of right now?
For the sin of America for wielding the knife in seeking to divide the land of Israel to make a Palestinian state! Repentance for openly calling for Netanyahu to step aside, and seeking to overthrow the current Israeli government! (See Chuck Schumer's comments).
Like ancient Nineveh, I believe America needs to repent for the hand she has had in her attempts to influence, manipulate, and coerce Israel into dividing the land to make a Palestinian state.
(To learn more about the parallels between ancient Nineveh, Jonah, the upcoming Solar eclipse on April 8, and the call to National Repentance, CLICK HERE. )
How Can You Get Involved?
A significant Repentance prayer event will take place this year on
PURIM, Sunday, March 24th. This is a key strategy of REPENTANCE-led Pastor Jeff Daly and his team.
A call has risen at the grassroots for a National Day of Prayer, fasting, and repentance on Sunday, March 24, 2024. This also coincides with the celebration of Purim, based on the book of Esther, pointing to our nation’s Judeo/Christian roots in the Living God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Pastors are urged to set aside time in their Sunday service on March 24 for prayers of repentance for this National sin.
I hope and pray you will participate in this National Day of Repentance and encourage others to do so as well!
For resources, information and to get involved CLICK HERE
Blessings and shalom,
Laura Densmore
Bridge Connector Ministries
I stand with Israel!
Visit Israel Connect on YouTube
Your bridge to the land and people of Israel
email: bridgeconnector@startmail.com
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Fifth Circuit Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law Restricting Porn Site Access
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The Fifth Circuit Court of appeals has ruled 2-1 in favor of a Texas law requiring pornography websites to use age verification on their websites. The law, which was signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) last June, and originally scheduled to take effect in December, 2023, mandates such websites "use reasonable age verification methods" in order to "verify that an individual attempting to access the material is 18 years of age or older." (Image: Pixabay)
Companies that fail to comply with the law would face $10,000 penalties per day of non-compliance, $10,000 per day further for retaining identifying information, and $250,000 if a minor views pornographic content without verification.
The Free Speech Coalition, an organization affiliated with the pornography industry, led a lawsuit against the law, which originally led to it being blocked by U.S. District Judge David Ezra, who argued that there were other means of preventing children from viewing online pornography and expressed concern that it would result in a "chilling" of adults' free speech rights.
Judge Ezra's order was subsequently put on hold by the Fifth Circuit Court while the appeal was adjudicated. Ultimately, the court resolved the issue with the decision issued on March 7. In the majority opinion, Judge Jerry Smith wrote that requiring age verification on adult websites was no different than requiring age verification to purchase pornographic magazines, adding that to suggest otherwise ""implies that the invention of the Internet somehow reduced the scope of the state's ability to protect children." Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), meanwhile, has filed suit against Aylo Global Entertainment, the parent company of several pornographic websites.
The push by the adult industry to keep pornography accessible to children seems to parallel efforts to keep pornographic reading materials available to children in the public school system. (Breaking Christian News) Read more here.
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- Abba, we give you high praise that the Texas courts upheld a law requiring age verification to gain access to pornographic websites, protecting our children! We ask Holy Spirit to pour out this wisdom and understanding into the hearts of all judges who are faced with upholding other laws of this type, maintaining His cover of protection over our kids. Father God, we ask you to move on the hearts of all judges in our nation, bring conviction where necessary and blessing on those who hear your voice and obey what you say. We ask for parents who are called by your name, to rise up and demand these types of laws in their states if none exist. We ask this in the name Yahweh-Tsidkenu, The Lord Our Righteousness.
- "Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty.
His righteousness never fails." (Psalm 111:3)
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Google has ‘interfered’ with elections 41 times over the last 16 years, Media Research Center says
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‘No organization has more control over information than Google,’ Brent Bozell told Fox News Digital
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Google has "interfered" with major elections in the United States 41 times over the last 16 years, according to a new study from the Media Research Center.
"MRC researchers have found 41 times where Google interfered in elections over the last 16 years, and its impact has surged dramatically, making it evermore harmful to democracy. In every case, Google harmed the candidates – regardless of party – who threatened its left-wing candidate of choice," MRC Free Speech America vice president Dan Schneider and editor Gabriela Pariseau wrote in a summary of their findings.
"From the mouths of Google executives, the tech giant let slip what was never meant to be made public: That Google uses its "great strength and resources and reach" to advance its leftist values," they continued. "Google’s outsized influence on information technology, the body politic and American elections became evident in 2008. After failing to prevent then-candidate for president Donald Trump from being inaugurated following the 2016 election, Google has since made clear to any discerning observer that it has been — and will continue — interfering in America’s elections."
Google pushed back, insisting it has a "clear business incentive" to keep both sides happy and that safeguards ensure non-biased and accurate search results. (Fox News)
Read more here.
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- Abba, satan and his hordes are working through Google to destroy our country through pushing candidates that espouse leftist values and, through algorithms, hiding those with values that are traditional. Father God, we thank you that this type of information is being brought out into the light allowing people to understand how they are being manipulated. We ask Holy Spirit to intervene in decisions and applications being used behind the scenes in Google and all other Big Tech corporations. We ask for confusion in decision making and for system failures as they apply the applications in the systems. Jesus, we ask you to initiate major system failures with all the tech groups that are focused on bringing our form of government down. We ask for more and more Americans to wake up to the truth of the intentions of these companies, so much so, that they will no longer use them, but will opt out and begin using the smaller companies who are working to make our country better and safer on the web. We ask this in the name El Roi, The God Who Sees.
- "...For the Lord sees every heart
and knows every plan and thought.
If you seek him, you will find him.
But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."
(I Chronicles 28:9b)
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1. Netanyahu: Defeating Hamas would be ‘stinging blow to Iran’ - JNS
Victory in the war against Hamas would deliver a “stinging blow to the Iran terror axis,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, adding that Israelis are united in pursuit of this goal.
“The vast majority of the people, the army, the [IDF] reservists. They want victory because they understand that victory is essential for survival,” the premier told board members of the pro-Israel AIPAC lobbying group at his office in Jerusalem.
Contrary to the picture being presented in the United States, Netanyahu asserted that the vast majority of the public is behind the government’s goals of destroying Hamas, freeing the hostages and preventing Gaza from again threatening Israel. (Read more)
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2. Jordan, EU foreign policy chief accuse Israel of deliberately starving Gazans - Times of Israel
Israel came under withering criticism from neighboring Jordan, the European Union and international organizations on Monday, including accusations that it is purposely starving Gazan civilians.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told an EU foreign ministers meeting that “starvation is used as a weapon of war. Israel is provoking famine.” He made similar comments to the UN Security Council last week.
Also on Monday, the head of UNRWA, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, said that the hunger in the Gaza Strip was “man-made.” (Read more)
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3. IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas interior ministry ops chief - Jerusalem Post
During the IDF and the Shin Bet's reinvasion of Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza on Monday, they killed Hamas's Interior Ministry Operations Chief Faack Mabhough.
Mabhough has been in charge of all of Hamas's internal security forces both during the war and during peacetime.
Israel will send a high-level delegation headed by its Mossad chief to Qatar on Monday for mediated talks with Hamas designed to secure the release of 40 hostages in exchange for a six-week Gaza truce, an Israeli official said. (Read more)
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4. US confirms Hamas number 3 Marwan Issa eliminated - Israel National News
The US government confirmed today (Monday) that Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of the military wing of Hamas, was eliminated in an airstrike last week.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that following Issa's death, "the rest of the top leaders are in hiding, likely deep in the Hamas tunnel network, and justice will come for them too. We are helping to ensure that."
A week ago, IDF aircraft attacked the Nuseirat camp in Gaza after obtaining accurate intelligence information about Issa's whereabouts. (Read more)
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5. Israeli team heads to Qatar as Israel offers 6-week truce for release of 40 hostages - World Israel News
An Israeli delegation led by Mossad chief David Barnea will depart for Doha on Monday afternoon for another round of ceasefire negotiations after the War Cabinet approved the trip the previous night.
The ministers also set the mandate for the talks to secure the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Two Israeli sources briefed on the matter told Channel 12 that the delegation will be allowed to talk in general terms to test how serious the terrorist group is in reaching a deal.
“There is going to be a long and complex process here—the negotiations are moving to be with [Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya] Sinwar. Even if there is ‘Hamas abroad,’ they have zero mandate to make decisions. Every comma and every point will take between 24 and 36 hours. It’s going to be a complicated process,” a senior Israeli official said.
The source added, “The offer that Israel received from Hamas is not good, both sides will have to be flexible. There is a start of negotiations here. We come with a clear mandate, it is not amorphous. The picture is clear from the point of view of the negotiating teams, we are not just listening: We come with a work plan on what is allowed and what is not, what Israel is willing to be flexible about and what it is not.” (Read more)
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6. Israel Prayer Update - Bridges for Peace
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7. Friday Prayer Points - Intercessors for Israel
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1. COVID Vaccine Gene Could Integrate Into Human Cancer Cells: Researcher - The Epoch Times
Following his discovery of DNA contamination in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, genomic researcher Kevin McKernan has recently found that the DNA in these vaccines can potentially integrate into human DNA.
The COVID-19 vaccine spike sequence was detected in two types of chromosomes in cancer cell lines following exposure to the COVID mRNA vaccine. Mr. McKernan’s findings, which he presents on his Substack blog, haven’t been peer-reviewed.
These are expected to be “rare events,” but they can happen, Mr. McKernan told The Epoch Times. (Read more)
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- Lord, we intercede for those who received the vaccine and pray that no harm or evil effects will hurt them.
- "Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge." (Psalm 16.1)
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2. Gun Control Advocates Set Their Sights on Gun Industry Trade Group - Epoch Times
A national gun control organization has taken responsibility for creating the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) legal problems, is setting its sights on a firearms industry trade organization, and is calling on people to join its fight.
In a March 14 email, Brady—formerly The Brady Campaign—solicited signatures on a petition for Congress to pass more gun control laws to end the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).
Mark Oliva, managing director of public affairs for the NSSF, said he is not surprised by the email. He said Brady is only one of several groups assaulting Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
“I think, if anything, [the email] is a testament to the effectiveness of NSSF and our ability to advocate for our industry,” Mr. Oliva told The Epoch Times.
He said he expects anti-gun groups to continue, and even intensify, their attacks.
“The National Shooting Sports Foundation ... is the firearm industry’s biggest trade group ... and, as the NRA crumbles in disgrace, they are poised to take on [the NRA’s] deadly ‘guns everywhere’ agenda,” the email from Brady reads. (Read more)
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- Lord, we pray for our second amendment rights to own firearms and intercede for the protection of these rights. We do pray for balance and responsible citizens who own their firearms, and do pray that those who seek to do harm to others will be found out before they purchase firearms.
- "Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." (Proverbs 2.11)
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3. Trump Vows to Axe Every Open Border Policy of Biden Administration on Day One - Epoch Times
Former President Donald Trump said at a Saturday rally that, if elected in November, he would move quickly to fix a host of problems plaguing the country, including using executive power to free Jan. 6 “hostages” and ending every single “open border policy of the Biden administration” on day one after taking office.
The former president opened his March 16 rally in Dayton, Ohio, with a standing salute to Jan. 6 “hostages,” while a recording of the Pledge of Allegiance played in the background.
After walking up to the mic amid loud audience chants of “USA! USA!”, the former president praised the “spirit of the hostages,” referring to the people who have been jailed, sometimes without being charged, for their roles in the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“They’ve been treated terribly and very unfairly,” President Trump said. “And we’re going to be working on that soon, on the first day we get into office,” he continued, while calling the Jan. 6 detainees “unbelievable patriots.”
Dozens of Jan. 6 detainees are still languishing in jail awaiting trial, over three years after the Capitol incident.
President Trump has previously vowed to free from prison those involved in the Jan. 6 incident as one of his very first acts upon taking office, if he wins the election in November.
(Read more)
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- Lord, we do pray that these border policies that are in place right now will be reversed and we pray for tighter control over our border and that we finally will have a solution to a grave problem.
- "You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.’ ” (Leviticus 24.22)
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4. Sens. Scott and Rubio Call for Plan to Confront Mass Migration From Haiti - The Epoch Times
Two senators from Florida, Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), are asking President Joe Biden for his plan to prevent and stop a possible influx of Haitians into the United States amid political and social unrest in the Caribbean country.
In a letter dated March 15 to President Biden, Mr. Scott and Mr. Rubio raised their concerns about the recent humanitarian and security crisis in Haiti. They warned that the current open-border policy could lead to mass migration from Haiti into the United States and have a “direct negative impact on American families” across the country.
“Floridians and the rest of the American public will not tolerate your administration again opening the floodgates for countless, unvetted foreign nationals to stream into our country, putting our national security at grave risk and creating untold public safety threats for our communities,” the letter reads. “We must consider this danger due to the numerous reports of gangs committing jailbreaks in Haiti and releasing thousands of dangerous criminals.”
Haiti fell into chaos as the government declared a state of emergency earlier this month when fighting escalated between government forces and criminal gangs. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry was in Kenya seeking to seal a deal for a long-delayed U.N.-backed security mission to restore order in the country, which has been grappling with gang violence since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
In the letter, the senators condemned President Biden and his administration for the ongoing Southern border crisis.
“Since you took office, your administration has allowed more than 8 million people to pour across our southern border, including untold numbers of foreign nationals that you have released into the interior of the country,” they wrote.
“You create a magnet for illegal immigration here, appease evil regimes, and put the American people at risk, while further expecting taxpayers to pay for the unrest, humanitarian crises and mass border crossings that result.” (Read more)
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- Lord, we pray over this crisis that Haiti is facing. This situation is now so dangerous! We are even seeing reports of cannibalism taking place by the gangs in the rural areas! We do pray that measures will be put in place quickly to prevent an influx of those trying criminals and gangs who are trying to attack America.
- "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God." (Romans 13.1)
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5. Tennessee House passes bill requiring fetal development video in schools - Live Action
The Tennessee House approved a bill on Tuesday that would require that public schools include an approved preborn child development ultrasound or computer animation as part of the state-required family life curriculum.
House Bill 2435 lists Live Action’s “Meet Baby Olivia” as an example of a computer animation that would meet the bill’s requirements. Schools could choose to show a different three-minute animation or high-resolution ultrasound, according to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Gino Bulso. If this bill is signed into law, schools will begin using fetal development videos in the 2024-2025 school year.
A similar bill was enacted in North Dakota last year, and others have also been introduced in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, and Iowa. The bills, along with the “Baby Olivia” video itself, have come under heavy attack from pro-abortion groups. The Associated Press painted the video as a pro-life political move, and used pro-abortion sources to attempt to discredit the video. However, “Baby Olivia” has the backing of medical experts and was created using detailed “award-winning content” from the Endowment for Human Development (EHD). EHD is a self-described “nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health science education and public health” which is “committed to neutrality regarding all controversial bioethical issues.” Its website states that its “board of directors, board of advisors, staff, and volunteers includes accomplished educators, researchers, authors, programmers, and clinicians from a variety of scientific and business disciplines who share the common goal of improving lifelong health through prenatal development-based education.” (Read more)
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- Lord, we thank you for this bill passed by Tennessee for Public schools to show this fetal development movie. May this knowledge aid in the decrease of abortions across our land.
- "The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” (Job 33.4)
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6. Kamala Harris becomes first vice president to visit Planned Parenthood facility in pro-abortion tour - LifeSite
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (LifeSiteNews) — On Thursday, Kamala Harris became the first U.S. vice president to personally tour an abortion facility, the latest in the Biden administration’s ever-intensifying efforts to signal fealty to the abortion industry.
The Star Tribune reports that Harris’s office announced she would be visiting Planned Parenthood’s St. Paul location as part of her so-called “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, which has been ongoing since January.
The visit, where she was met by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, was meant to hear “how Minnesota has been impacted by extreme abortion bans,” “hol[d] extremists accountable for proposing a national abortion ban,” and highlight how the White House, Democratic officials, and left-wing activists have worked to promote “access” to abortion – the violent destruction of unborn children – since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to her office.
“The visit will undoubtedly show the smiling faces of the abortionists and a deceptively pleasant atmosphere, but they won’t show the helplessness and heartbreak each mother feels as her child is killed, and torn from her womb,” responded pro-life Family Research Council.
“They won’t show the tools used to literally tear a child limb from limb. They won’t show the room where the abortionist callously reconstructs the baby’s body to make sure he got all the parts.” (Read more)
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- Father, forgive this administration for their abortion support at any cost. Open their eyes to see what they are doing and change their heart to change their ways, and Jesus name
- "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." (Isaiah 5.20)
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7. Trump: Biden Has Shown ‘No Compassion’ to Laken Riley Family - Breitbart
PALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for president in 2024, told Breitbart News exclusively that Laken Riley’s parents are “great people” who “lost an angel” when an illegal alien that Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration allowed into the country allegedly killed their daughter.
Trump met with Riley’s parents last weekend while he was campaigning in Georgia. At a rally in Rome, Georgia, over the weekend, Trump met with Laken’s father, Jason Riley, and mother, Allyson Phillips.
In late February, Laken Riley went out for a jog but was murdered. Biden for weeks refused to acknowledge that the illegal alien he let into the country allegedly killed her, but then finally, thanks to pressure from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at the State of the Union, went off-script to say her name—even though Biden mispronounced it.
Trump, in his 90-minute exclusive interview with Breitbart News at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday evening, told Breitbart News of his meeting with Laken Riley’s parents last weekend.
“Her parents are great people. They lost an angel,” Trump said. “They lost a person they loved more than anybody else. She was the top in her class and everything she ever did. She wanted to be a nurse and maybe would have ended up being a doctor. Her friends were there too. They said, ‘We were not as good as her.’ She was like this perfect person and a good person. Her parents are very good people. I spent time with them. I met with her sister, who’s beautiful also, inside and out. These are people that can’t believe what happened.”
Trump slammed Biden, too, for showing the Riley family “no compassion” in the wake of Laken’s murder.
“They’ve been shown no compassion from Biden other than he called out the name with the wrong name,” Trump said. “He only called it out because Marjorie Taylor Greene shamed him. It’s like he picked up the pin to try to read it and he didn’t read it very well. These are people who can’t believe what happened to them and can’t believe what he’s doing. They’ll never be the same.”
“Her parents are great people, and they’ll never be the same,” Trump added. (Read more)
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Are You Connected?
The Daily Jot, Bill Wilson, March 18, 2024
Many of us have experienced situations during our lives where the only option to endure them is faith, the substance of our hope. In Deuteronomy 31:6, Moses gives a promise to the Israelites on behalf of God, saying, “Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” Moses repeats this to Joshua in 31:8, “The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.” We can be courageous and strong because the Lord is with us. It is the Lord’s design from creation to the millennial kingdom to be with us. He desires your relationship. A connection with you.
From the beginning of creation God desired relationship with humanity, which is revealed in the imagery of the Tabernacle. Certainly, He was physically present with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, when He walked among them. When they became separated from Him through sin, the LORD provided a way for Him to “dwell” among them through instruction, Torah, and the building of the Tabernacle. Moses anointed the Tabernacle and all of the contents with the holy anointing oil, called shemen Ha-mishchah. The word mishchah comes from the same root as “Messiah,” inferring that the Mishkhan/Tabernacle, which means the dwelling of the Divine Presence of God, would foreshadow the redemptive work of the Messiah. Read More
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Supreme Court Appears Wary of Limiting Biden Admin’s Social Media Contacts in Free Speech Case
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Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of state arguments on March 18 that the federal government was wrong to communicate with social media platforms about public health issues during the recent pandemic.
At the same time, during oral argument in the case of Murthy v. Missouri, the states argued that the federal government strong-armed social media companies into censoring disfavored views on important public issues such as side effects related to the COVID-19 vaccine and the pandemic lockdowns.
Vivek Murthy is the U.S. surgeon general. The state of Missouri and other parties sued the federal government for alleged censorship by pressuring social media companies to suppress certain content.
Brian Fletcher, principal deputy solicitor general of the United States, acknowledged that the government “may not use coercive threats to suppress speech,” but argued it was “entitled to speak for itself by informing, persuading or criticizing private speakers.”
There is a “fundamental distinction between persuasion and coercion,” he said.
In this case, the states of Missouri and Louisiana, plus five individuals, are trying to use the federal courts “to audit all of the executive branch’s communications with social media platforms,” Mr. Fletcher said.
“That problem has infected every step of this case. Respondents don’t have standing at all because they have not shown an imminent threat that the government will cause a platform to moderate their posts in particular,” he added.
Justice Neil Gorsuch asked Mr. Fletcher if President Joe Biden’s statement that social media companies are “responsible for killing people” if they don’t alter their policies could be considered coercive.
Mr. Fletcher said it wasn’t coercive.
“I just want everyone to look in their mirror ... and imagine what would happen if this misinformation was going to their opponents,” the lawyer said. “I think it’s clear that this was exhortation, not threat.”
Mr. Fletcher told Justice Clarence Thomas that the government is allowed to “persuade” private parties.
(Epoch Times) Read more here.
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- Father God, some have said that this is a protest to call out the Biden Administration’s Attempt to Pressure Social Media Companies to Censor and Deplatform Political Opponents; and that this is the most important case on censorship is to be heard by the Supreme Court in 50 years on Monday morning!
The question that has now been set before the Supreme Court is whether we will defend our first amendment rights to the freedom of speech, or lose them. Abba, Mighty Holy One, we ask that Your wisdom invade the minds of our Supreme Court Justices as they now weigh this decision before You. We pray for victory for our Constitution, in Your Name, amen and amen!
- " If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him." (James 1:5)
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Supreme Court unanimously rules that public officials can be sued for blocking critics on social media
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The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday that government officials who post about work-related topics on their personal social media accounts can be held liable for violating the First Amendment rights of constituents by blocking their access or deleting their critical comments.
In a 15-page opinion, Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted that the personal social media accounts of public officials often present an “ambiguous” status because they mix official announcements with personal content.
The court ruled in two cases where people were blocked after leaving critical comments on social media accounts of public officials.
The first case involved two elected members of a California school board — the Poway Unified School District Board of Trustees — who blocked concerned parents from their Facebook and Twitter accounts after leaving critical comments.
The court upheld the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that said the board members had violated the parents’ free speech rights. (LifeSite News) Read more here.
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- Thank You Father, for elevating our rights of free speech to be protected in the social media sphere where public officials are concerned. Though we know the environment in our nation can have a divisive or angry nature to it, that does not mean our voice can be silenced because of it. We are thankful for the ruling that decrees we absolutely can fight for our freedom of speech, even to include taking legal action against those who would silence us because of their public position in the community. May the words of our mouth and the typing of our fingers be acceptable to You, O Lord, in Jesus name.
- "For You have been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall." (Isaiah 25:4)
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REPORT: SELF-PROCLAIMED HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST ARRESTED AT BORDER IN TEXAS, WAS HEADING TO NEW YORK TO 'MAKE A BOMB'
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A Lebanese migrant apprehended near El Paso, Texas, reportedly claims to be a Hezbollah terrorist. The Lebanese national claimed to be headed to New York and said he wanted to make a bomb.
Border Patrol agents arrested 22-year-old Basel Bassel Ebbadi, a Lebanese national, after he illegally entered the United States from Mexico near El Paso. “I’m going to try to make a bomb,” Ebbadi told Border Patrol agents when asked why he came to the U.S., according to an exclusive report by the New York Post.
Agents captured Ebbadi on March 9 after he crossed the border from Mexico into Texas. The agents transported the Lebanese man to the El Paso hardened facility for processing and investigation. Two days later, Ebbadi told the agents he was going to make a bomb. The agents moved the man to isolation and contacted the Tactical Terrorism Response Team to conduct an interview. (Breitbart) Read more here.
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- Praise You Holy One, that this is one that didn't get away. We agree that all others like him will also be apprehended and stopped, in Jesus name. We pray for our border patrol agents to have keen God-given wisdom and discernment to know how to engage with and ferret out those who are a direct danger and would quickly return them to their home countries, in Jesus name.
- "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them." (Psalm 145:18-19)
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And Now . . . Lion of Judah: ROAR!!!!
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"The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies."
(Isaiah 42:13)
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Do these photos show the iceberg that
sank the Titanic?
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One resembled the Rock of Gibraltar and matched the eyewitness accounts of a crew member, but which iceberg do experts say brought down the mighty Titanic in 1912?
It riveted the world more than a century ago, yet photographs depicting the iceberg that may have caused the greatest nautical disaster in history continue to fascinate.
One such photo showing an iceberg that, experts say, the massive Titanic ocean liner may have likely struck before sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic, is the first one believed to be taken by a passenger on the S.S. Carpathia, a passenger ship re-routed to help to the sinking Titanic.
After departing Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, for its maiden voyage to New York, the "unsinkable" Titanic struck an iceberg just before midnight on April 14. The much smaller S.S. Carpathia was sailing to Italy and had departed New York on April 11. According to Encyclopedia Titanica, "the early days of the voyage were uneventful, but for the intense cold, remarked upon by both passengers and crew."
News that the Titanic, the largest passenger steamship at the time, was sinking was received by Carpathia's wireless operator, shortly after midnight. The captain of the Carpathia, Arthur Rostron, ordered his ship to be turned around and directed the ship’s crew to make preparations for the rescue of more than 2,000 people. Carpathia passenger Howard Chapin later noted that the night was "bitterly cold."
The Carpathia reached the scene at 5:30 a.m., three hours after the Titanic went down with 1,503 passengers and crew. May Birkhead, who was on deck as the ship arrived, was quoted in many reports as having said that Carpathia passengers were “greeted with a most beautiful sight of icebergs on every side -- some of much greater dimensions than the ship, and then some baby ones -- all beautiful white in the calm sea and glittering sun, a most impressive view.” Read More
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Airline Worker Sings 'You Raise Me Up' For Grieving Mother On Flight
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This powerful song is one of the most iconic numbers of our generation. It was made popular by opera voice Josh Groban, but countless artists have covered the song over the years.
“You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up to more than I can be”
Today, we’re hearing the song in an entirely new way. While on a Southwest flight, a mother was grieving the loss of her son. Her son was a state trooper who died in the line of duty. That’s when this airline worker decided to comfort her in a very special way. He started to belt out the powerful words of ‘You Raise Me Up’ over the loud speaker for the entire flight to hear.
“When I am down, and, oh, my soul, so weary
When troubles come, and my heart burdened be
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence
Until you come and sit awhile with me”
When this kind airline worker performed over the intercom, everyone on the flight paid attention. Now, all the passengers could offer their love and support for this mother during her time of need. The world needs more people like this man. Don’t you agree? (GodTube) Read More & Watch Video Here.
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- Lord, we give PRAISE for all opportunities to testify of Your faithfulness to a hurting world! We pray this unexpected experience caused a tug upon many hearts to know our life-giving Father. We speak Your transformation into the mind of each passenger and restoration for every hurting heart needing comfort. We celebrate Jesus being revealed in the most unexpected places through believer's obedience in inviting others to receive Your living water! In the powerful and mighty Name of Yeshua-Amen.
- "He who believes in Me, as the scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water'". (John 7:38)
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"But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world." (Hebrews 1:2)
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"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name."
- Provided By: Billy Graham
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In the Garden
To listen to this classic hymn, CLICK HERE
Words and Music: C. Austin Miles
Scripture: Thinking He was the gardener, she said, Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him. John 20:15
Lyrics:
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.
Refrain
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.
He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.
Refrain
I’d stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.
Refrain
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