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The Daily Brief:
An Online News Source for Intercessors
"Decreeing the Word of God Over the News of the Day"
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United We Stand Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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If you had to miss last night's call with Barb Bucklin in Austin, Texas, be sure to go here to listen to the recording. Praise God!
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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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Federal Agency Issues ‘Severe’ Geomagnetic
Storm Alert
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A federal weather agency alert said that a “severe” geomagnetic storm is impacting Earth on Sunday and will be lasting until Monday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center on Sunday warned that a “major disturbance in Earth’s magnetic field” is occurring Sunday as it issued a G4, or “severe,” geomagnetic storm alert.
A sun coronal mass ejection arrived at around March 24 and that “severe (G4) geomagnetic storming has been observed and is expected to continue through the remainder” of Sunday and into Monday. It’s not clear if the storm has caused any damage to satellites or telecommunications.
“The public should not anticipate adverse impacts and no action is necessary,” the agency said. “But they should stay properly informed of storm progression by visiting our webpage.”
The agency said that operators of infrastructure “have been notified to take action to mitigate any possible impacts” such as “frequent voltage control problems.” There is also an “increased possibility of anomalies” to satellites, and “more frequent” periods of GPS degradation is possible,” NOAA said.
In a statement posted to X on Saturday, the agency issued a geomagnetic storm watch as a coronal mass ejection from the sun is on track to impact the Earth. The storms, according to the agency, could be “moderate” or “strong.” It later revised it up to G4 as the storm hit Earth on Sunday. (Epoch Times) Read more here.
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- Lord God, we thank you that you are the creator of the heavens, the Earth and the entire universe. You are bigger than any solar flare storm alert. We declare that this solar storm will not cause any damage or harm to the earth or our atmosphere, in the mighty name of Jesus. And no harm or evil can come near us, in Jesus' name, amen.
- “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” (Colossians 1:16)
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Gov. Jeff Landry: Has the Supreme Court Forgotten the Importance of the 1st Amendment?
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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, the landmark free speech case revolving around government communications with Big Tech companies.
“I left the court really scratching my head at some of the questions that the justices offered to the new solicitor general from Louisiana,” says Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who was among those who first brought the case against the Biden administration back when he was Louisiana’s attorney general.
“Some of the questions seem to really leave you wondering whether or not the Court still has a real appreciation for the First Amendment,” Mr. Landry said.
Where is the case headed? What might the Supreme Court decide? (Epoch Times) View video here. |
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- Lord God, we lift up the Supreme Court justices to you now that they would rise up and protect one of the major components that makes this nation a free nation. Let them recall all the great men and women who came before us to fight for these freedoms like Fredrick Douglass who said, “To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” We pray that they would rule justly in all areas. in Jesus' name, amen.
- “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh ; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
(Galatians 5:13-14)
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What to Know: Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Pill Case
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that would decide access to one of the two pills used for medication abortions – the most common type of abortion in the U.S.
The case centers around the Food and Drug Administration's expansion of access to mifepristone, including allowing mail-orders. Medical groups who oppose abortion alleged the agency acted unlawfully when it relaxed the rules.
The court isn’t expected to make a decision on the case until the summer.
Pharmaceutical executives and investors believe the case could affect a wide variety of drug approvals. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals most recently upheld the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill but said it violated the law when it loosened use restrictions in 2016 and 2021. The Supreme Court, however, has protected access to mifepristone while the legal proceedings play out.
The highly watched decision could have implications for Election Day. In fact, the Biden administration is already on the offensive.
“This case could strip away access to medication abortion everywhere in this country,” Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said on a call with reporters on Monday. “It would be the biggest step towards Donald Trump's ultimate goal of a nationwide abortion ban since Roe was overturned. The impact would be disastrous, leaving millions of women unable to get the access to the reproductive health care they need.”
Democrats are making access to abortion and in vitro fertilization a top campaign issue as November approaches and as Republicans struggle to unite behind specific policies for either issue. President Donald Trump last week suggested he may support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy. (US News) Read more here.
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- Father God, we thank You that there are now many intercessors who are present in and around the Supreme Court, offering prayers of repentance and travail,
asking for Your will to be done in this case. We also thank You for the MANY across our land who are engaged in a nonstop "prayer siege" for three days surrounding this case.
May their prayers to defend LIFE in our nation be heard at Your Throne of Grace, and may justice rule when this verdict has been announced. In Your Name, Abba God, we offer this prayer, amen and amen.
- "The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." (James 5:16)
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1. Israel to Agree to Release 800 Palestinian Security Prisoners in Exchange for 40 Hostages - United with Israel
As part of truce talks taking place in Doha, Jerusalem has agreed to release between 700 to 800 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza , according to various media reports.
The inmates include 100 serving life sentences for murdering Israelis, Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported on Sunday, citing two Israeli officials.
Ravid reported that the number stands at 700, while an Israeli official briefed on the Doha talks told Reuters the figure could reach as high as 800.
Hamas has reportedly demanded the release of 700 to 1,000 prisoners as part of any deal. An Israeli official told Ravid that the 700 figure is the same as a Qatari proposal from a few weeks ago, but that the number of prisoners serving life sentences is lower. (Read more)
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2. Netanyahu cancels delegation to US after Biden withholds UN Security Council veto - World Israel News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday canceled a high-level delegation to Washington after the Biden administration failed to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war against Hamas, the Prime Minister’s Office announced.
After four failed attempts, the Security Council passed its first resolution calling for an immediate halt to the military operation in the Gaza Strip until the end of Ramadan on April 9.
The resolution, which also called for the release of Israeli hostages, was supported by 14 nations, including veto holders China, Russia, the United Kingdom and France. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield abstained, allowing the measure to pass 14-0.
Following Monday’s vote, Jerusalem announced that “in light of the change in the American position, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided that the delegation will not depart.” (Read more)
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3. IDF destroys post used to launch rockets at Ashdod - Israel National News
The IDF's Spokesperson's Unit announced that earlier today (Monday), a number of launches were identified crossing from the Gaza Strip toward the city of Ashdod, a number of which were intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array, with the remainder falling according to protocol. The launches were fired from a humanitarian area in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, where civilians were present.
In response, IAF fighter jets struck and destroyed the post from which the launches were fired. Following the strike, secondary explosions were identified, indicating the presence of additional weapons in the area.
"The strike was conducted with precision, avoiding harm to the civilians who had evacuated from the area prior to the strike," the IDF stated. (Read more)
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4. Hezbollah Attacks Force Israeli Children to Take Cover During Holiday - Algemeiner
Purim, an especially joyous Jewish holiday enjoyed by parents and children alike, was marred in Israel by rocket alarms on Sunday.
Around noon local time, rocket sirens in the Golan Heights, a strategic region on Israel’s northern border previously controlled by Syria, sent families running for shelters or ducking for cover outside. Photos of the scene showed children, dressed in costumes as is the custom on Purim, laying on the ground, covering their ears to block out the loud sirens.
The alerts turned out to be for a drone from Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon, that was quickly identified and taken down.
The sirens came hours after Hezbollah fired more than 60 rockets into northern Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded with attacks deep into Lebanon and neighboring Syria, where local reports said the Israeli jets blew up an arms shipment to terrorist groups there. (Read more)
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- It makes us so sad to read this news. Please lift up the hearts of these precious Israeli children, that they may be protected from the violence that surrounds them. Amen.
- " . . . if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven." (Matthew 18:19)
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5. Three rockets fired from Gaza at Sderot area intercepted; sirens blare in southern city - Times of Israel
Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at the southern city of Sderot a short while ago. All three were intercepted by air defenses, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Sirens sounded in Sderot and nearby communities.
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have launched more than a dozen rockets at southern Israel today. (Read more)
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1. The Transgender Movement Is Morphing Into The Transhumanist Movement And The Results Are Horrific - Daily Wire
It’s been more than two weeks since the WPATH files demonstrated very clearly that so-called “transgender medicine” is the single most unethical and barbaric practice that the medical industry has ever endorsed. [Note: PATH is the acronym for World Professional Association of Transgender Health]. It’s a coordinated effort to permanently destroy the bodies of thousands of young children. The doctors who are involved in this butchery understand very well that children cannot consent to permanent sterilization and amputation. They’ve said it on tape, as the WPATH files prove, and yet, despite these revelations, no major hospital has announced that they’re cutting ties with WPATH. In fact, they haven’t responded to the WPATH files at all.
Instead, as of today, hospitals like UCLA and Massachusetts General proudly declare on their websites that they carefully follow WPATH’s so-called “standards of care” as they castrate their underage patients. What this means is that the medical industry is all-in on WPATH. Hospitals and medical associations aren’t going to disassociate with these quacks, at least not until they’re forced to.
They simply don’t care about the fact that they’re ruining the lives of children who can’t provide informed consent. In practical terms, for now, this means that some of the most disturbed and ideologically driven deviants on the planet — the “experts” at WPATH — will continue to write the book on so-called trans medicine. They have free rein. (Read more)
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- Oh Lord, help us for evil prevails in WPATH! May hospitals be forced to disassociate from this evil organization.
- "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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2. African Illegal Alien On Terror Watchlist Arrested After Allegedly Opening Fire At Business - Daily Wire
An illegal alien from near the Middle East was arrested last week in North Carolina after opening fire at a business and subsequently attacking law enforcement officers. Awet Hagos, 32, was charged in Gates County with three counts of assault on a government official, three counts of resisting a public officer, and one count of carrying a concealed weapon with more potential charges forthcoming.
Police were called to a Quick Stop convenience store where they discovered Hagos discharging a firearm, according to The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald. The suspect allegedly attacked law enforcement and managed to fight off tasers that that sheriff’s deputies used on him. As he fled to his residence — where he remained barricaded for hours — he allegedly tried to take a sheriff’s deputy’s rifle.
“Upon arrival, the deputies and a Trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol attempted to take the suspect into to custody,” said Gates County Sheriff Ray Campbell. “However, the suspect became extremely combative and at one point attempted to disarm a deputy of their firearm. The suspect then fled into a small camper located adjacent to the business.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reached out to the Gates County Sheriff’s Office and informed them that Hagos is in the Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) – also known as the terrorist “watchlist”.
WAVY TV 10 reported that Hagos is from “an area of Africa near the Yemen border” and had previously lived in Haiti. Prior to coming to North Carolina, he lived in the sanctuary state of California. (Read more)
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- We pray that, as more and more of these assaults happen by illegal aliens, the Biden administration will be forced to take action on controlling the borders! We pray, too, that pressure would come from all sides to finally take massive action to protect us!
- "Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)
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3. How Illegal Immigration Defeats the Pro-Life, Pro-Family Movement - The Washington Stand
The impact of illegal immigration fills our TV screens, crime blotters, and morgues every day. But too few Americans appreciate how lawlessness at the border advances other liberal policies. Illegal immigration gives Democrats extra votes in Congress and greater control over all three branches of government. It forces you to spend even more of your tax dollars on transgender procedures and masks the failure of big-spending government programs. Most offensively, it drowns out your voice in your own government.
Democrats draw artificial power for all of their plans — including expanded abortion and transgender procedures — from a seemingly unrelated issue: counting illegal immigrants in the U.S. census. Under the Constitution, the number of congressional seats, Electoral College votes, and federal funding each state receives depends on its population. Lumping in illegal immigrants and resident aliens with native-born Americans gives sanctuary states undeserved power. This opaque issue exploded into the open last week, when Senate Republicans introduced a measure to give you back the full sovereignty you are due as an American citizen — and Senate Democrats shot it down.
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) introduced the Equal Representation Act (S. 3659 and H.R. 7109), which would ask census-takers if they are U.S. citizens — and count only U.S. citizens when apportioning congressional seats. Chuck Schumer’s Senate would not allow a vote, but on March 8, Hagerty attached it as an amendment to a $460 billion spending package. Senate Democrats predictably voted against an honest census en bloc, 45-51. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined with the Democrats to give them an anti-accountability majority. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) claimed the measure attempted to “attack vulnerable, underrepresented groups,” because “our country has never excluded undocumented individuals from the apportionment process.” (Read more)
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- Lord, we pray You make a way for the Equal Representation Act to count only U.S. citizens when apportioning congressional seats.
- “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?" (Luke 16:10-12)
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4. In Defense of Women and Girl's Sports - Fox News
For far too long, the NCAA has turned a blind eye to women and girls, and has offered no protection, whether that be in the locker room or on the court.
This week, Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer and 16 female athletes filed a groundbreaking suit against the NCAA to hold them accountable for these abuses and to give a voice to women and girls in sports.
Reka Gyorgy, a collegiate swimmer who lost her All-American title to Lia Thomas, a biological man stated, “This is the time to speak up for all the women in the future...It’s been two years, and nothing [has] happened. When will we change things if it’s not now?” Gyorgy also sent the first letter of complain to the NCAA following this devastating result two years ago.
The lawsuit demands the association “revoke all awards given to trans athletes in women’s competition and ‘reassign’ them to their female contenders. It also asks for ‘damages for pain and suffering, mental and emotional distress, suffering and anxiety…” (Read more)
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- Lord, we thank You for this groundbreaking suit against the NCAA who has not helped women and has given awards to trans athletes in women's competition. We do pray they be held accountable.
- "So then each of us will give an account of himself to God." (Romans 14:12)
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5. Republicans blast Biden admin's 'Red Flag Operation' as one that will 'violate' Second Amendment rights - Fox News
'What the hell is this evil,' Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie questioned in a social media post about the effort
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Florida on Saturday where she will tout a Biden administration effort to provide "training and technical assistance" to individuals "responsible for implementing laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others."
The new program drew immediate backlash from some Republicans who called the effort a "massive Red Flag Operation."
The National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center, according to a Saturday Department of Justice press release, will specifically provide assistance to law enforcement officials, prosecutors, attorneys, judges, clinicians, victim service and social service providers, community organizations and behavioral health professionals.
"ERPO laws, which are modeled off domestic violence protection orders, create a civil process allowing law enforcement, family members (in most states), and medical professionals or other groups (in some states) to petition a court to temporarily prohibit someone at risk of harming themselves or others from purchasing and possessing firearms for the duration of the order," DOJ noted. (Read more)
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- We intercede over this effort by the Biden administration. May this be watched closely to make sure this doesn't infringe upon the rights of responsible gun owners.
- "The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving." (Proverbs 14:8)
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6. House passes ‘minibus’ package with money for Israel, nonprofit security - JNS.org
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the “minibus” spending package that combines six appropriations bills, with billions in funding for Israel and other projects supported by U.S. Jewish groups.
The $1.2 trillion package, which passed 286-134 on Friday, funds the U.S. Departments of Defense, State and Homeland Security. The vote split the Republican caucus in half, garnering further opposition from progressive Democrats. It needed a two-thirds majority of 280 votes to pass. (Read more)
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- Thank You Lord that this bill passed and will help Israel and Jewish groups. May Your Name be praised!
- "I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:3)
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7. Wyoming becomes 24th state to ban gender transition procedures for minors - Christian Post
Wyoming has become the latest state to ban minors from obtaining body-disfiguring gender transition procedures, bringing the total to two dozen.
Wyoming’s Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed Senate Enrolled Act 52 into law Friday. Gordon’s approval of the measure, which prohibits doctors from performing body mutilating sex-change procedures on minors, comes after the state’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved it in a 55-6 vote on March 6, and the Republican-controlled Senate passed it in a 28-2 vote the following day. The bill is scheduled to take effect on July 1.
In the state House of Representatives, one Republican joined all Democrats in opposing the legislation while one Democrat joined all Republicans in supporting it in the Senate. The bill bans body mutilating sex-change surgeries on minors exhibiting gender dysphoria as well as the prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. (Read more)
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- Thank You Lord for this bill to ban sex change surgery on minors. We pray for our youth...may they have changed hearts to understand how they were created.
- “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 22:5)
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8. Putin Vows Retribution for ‘Barbaric Terrorist Attack’, Claims Suspected Shooters Attempted to Flee Into Ukraine - Breitbart
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to punish those behind a “barbaric terrorist attack” on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133, saying Russia had arrested four gunmen who were trying to flee to Ukraine.
Kyiv has strongly denied any connection, and Putin made no reference to claims of responsibility by the Islamic State in his first public remarks on the attack.
At least 133 people were killed when camouflaged gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall, in Moscow’s northern suburb of Krasnogorsk, and then set fire to the building on Friday evening. The jihadist group has claimed the attack, writing Saturday on a Telegram channel that it was “carried out by four IS fighters armed with machine guns, a pistol, knives and firebombs,” as part of “the raging war” with “countries fighting Islam”.
It is the deadliest attack on Russia in almost two decades and the deadliest in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State.
Russian officials expect the death toll to rise further, with more than 100 injured in hospital. “Terrorists, murderers, non-humans … have only one unenviable fate: retribution and oblivion,” Putin said in a televised address to the nation on Saturday. Calling the attack a “barbaric, terrorist act”, he said “all four direct perpetrators … all those who shot and killed people, have been found and detained”.
“They tried to escape and were travelling towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the state border,” he added. (Read more)
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- Lord, we do pray for Russia and this horrible terrorist attack that has killed 133 people. May all involved in this attack be found and brought to justice.
- "He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light." (Job 12:22)
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The Calling
The Daily Jot, Bill Wilson, March 25, 2024
The contemporary church puts a good deal of emphasis on “your calling.” We often hear from the pulpit exhortations about “finding your calling” or “knowing your calling.” There are seminars about how to find your calling. There are so-called, and often self-proclaimed, modern day “prophets” who pick people out of the congregation and prophesy over them of their great calling before the masses. While these proclamations and exhortations may be well-intended, they also may be missing the point. There is a sweet simplicity in the Lord’s calling that has to do with your relationship with God. Finding your “calling” starts with understanding that you first are called by the LORD most high and moves from there.
The book of Leviticus in Hebrew is translated Vayikra. It means “He Called.” Exodus leaves off with Moses unable to enter the Tabernacle “because the cloud (of God’s glory) remained on it, and the glory of God filled the tabernacle (Exodus 40:35).” Leviticus begins with God’s glory in the tabernacle and the LORD calling Moses to come forward. The language is one of being summoned, beckoned, a tender invitation of love and friendship. Rabbi Jonathan Sachs, in his book Covenant and Conversation, puts it, “In love, God calls the people of Israel to come close to Him, be regular visitors to His house, to share in His quality of holiness, difference, apartness: to become, as it were, mediators of His Presence in the world.” Read More
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How Your Search Results Changed
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By now, you are surely aware that your Google search results are dictated by a political doctrine that you are supposed to hold. The algorithms overwhelmingly favor approved talking points, even if false, with a vast and hugely influential machine now serving one political interest and dictated by one agenda. Google has become the tip of the spear in the management of the public mind.
The latest example is the sudden redefinition on Google of the word “bloodbath.” In a matter of days, it went from the actual definition to a highly politicized definition, all in the interest of feeding the obvious myth that Donald Trump said something about how not getting elected would lead to a bloodbath. What he actually said was a metaphorical reference to what would happen to the car industry.
Search is no longer reliably informative of what’s actually out there.
It was not always so. This deserves some explanation if only for the history books. The change has been dramatic but also surreptitious to the point that many people have not noticed that it happened. The user trust built up from the early days has been ported over to become a user habit with many people completely unaware of how they are being manipulated.
“I’ll Google that,” once meant to get a wide range of outlooks on a topic. Now it means mostly to find out what the opinion cartel wants you to believe. (Epoch Times) Read more here.
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- Holy One, we thank You for technology, however, we beseech You for management and controlling authority upon it, in Jesus name. We are keenly aware that the power exists and has been used to sway elections in the desired direction. We pray for the body of Christ to turn away from Google, in Jesus name. We thank You Abba, for the alternative and non-tracking search engines available which are even more effective because they provide a wide range of sources. We pray for their viability and strength as we come into the election season, in Jesus name.
- "The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death." (Proverbs 11:3-4)
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs bill protecting parental rights in medical decisions
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The governor of Idaho has signed a bill into law that will prohibit the provision of healthcare services to minors without parental consent as concerns about the usurpation of parental rights persist in the United States.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 1329 into law on Thursday. The measure, approved by the Republican-controlled Idaho Senate in a 27-7 party-line vote on Feb. 27 and passed by the Republican-controlled Idaho House of Representatives in a 59-11 party-line vote on March 13, seeks to ensure “parental rights in medical decision-making.”
Specifically, the legislation declares that “parents have the fundamental right and duty to make decisions concerning the furnishing of health care services to the minor child” and states that “an individual shall not furnish a health care service or solicit to furnish a health care service to a minor child without obtaining the prior consent of the minor child’s parent.” It also prohibits healthcare providers or government entities from denying “a minor child’s parent access to health information.”
The measure defines “health information” as “information or data, collected or recorded in any form or medium, and personal facts of information about events or relationships that relates to” the “past, present, or future physical, mental, or behavioral health or condition of an individual or member of the individual’s family.”
Additionally, the bill gives parents who feel that a health care professional or a government entity acted in violation of Senate Bill 1329 a private right of action against the violator and seek “declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and any other relief available under law.”
Matt Sharp, an attorney with the conservative law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, praised the bill's enactment in a statement published Thursday. “Parents know and love their child best,” he said. “And they have the right and responsibility to direct the care and upbringing of their children—including making decisions regarding their child’s health care.”
“As we continue to see instances nationwide of government officials actively seeking to replace parents as the ultimate determiners of what’s best for children, we commend Idaho for safeguarding the vital role of parents to guide the medical care of their children,” he added. “Now and always, a loving parent will always be the best advocate to ensure their child gets the care needed.” (Christian Post) Read more here.
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- Praise You Father, for this stand that the state of Idaho is making to protect vulnerable children from medical predators, including hospital systems, in Jesus name. We call for this legislation to be spread far and wide across Idaho and the nation, so that there is a groundswell of determination to protect children and strengthen families, particularly during the vulnerable and challenging teen-age years. We decree that all the states in this nation will stand up and protect families, in Jesus name. We particularly pray for families who are fighting for the life and bodily integrity of their children against the ugly system that seeks to re-define humanity. Holy One, would you please pour out wisdom, covering, provision and love all over these families and draw their children to You, in Jesus name.
- "Children's children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father." (Proverbs 17:6)
". . . So are the children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed. But shall speak with their enemies in the gate." (Psalm 4b-5)
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Trump Says He'll Post $175 Million in Fraud Case After New Court Order
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The stay is conditioned on the appeals being done by September 2024.
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The Appellate Division, First Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court has granted a stay of enforcement on the $464 million judgment on former President Donald Trump with conditions, allowing the Trump Organization to avert having assets imminently seized by the New York attorney general.
The order came after defense attorneys argued that a $464 million bond was impossible after having contracted four brokers to negotiate with more than 30 companies. Sureties don’t issue bonds that big for private individuals, and even if the Trump Organization was a public conglomerate that they could issue such a bond to, it would require some $570 million in cash to cover additional premiums.
The court’s conditions for lowering the bond include President Trump posting $175 million within 10 days and the other orders on the judgment going into effect.
The judgment permanently bars former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg and former Comptroller Jeffrey McConney from serving in financial control of any New York business entity; permanently bars President Trump, Mr. Weisselberg, and Mr. McConney from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation for three years; bars President Trump from applying for loans from New York financial institutions for three years; and bars Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump from serving as an officer or director in New York for two years.
There was no stay requested for the continuance of an independent monitor overseeing financial matters in the Trump Organization or the installation of a compliance officer, and that will continue.
The stay is conditioned on the appeals being done by September.
President Trump was attending a hearing regarding the trial date in a separate case at the time, and during the break told reporters that he would be posting the $175 million “quickly.”
He also released a statement shortly after the appellate ruling, criticizing Justice Arthur Engoron and saying that the new order showed how “ridiculous” his original order was.
“This is a confrontation between a Judge and those that rule above him—A very bad situation in which to place New York State and the Rule of Law!” he stated. “This is the 5th time in this case that he has been overturned, a record. His credibility, and that of Letitia James, has been shattered.”
He maintained he did nothing wrong, and that “New York should never be put in a position like this again.” (Epoch Times) Read more here.
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- Mighty God, we give thanks for this reduction of an unconstitutional fine levied against President Trump. We pray for vindication for him while at the same time, laying bare the many layers of wrong-doing and backroom deals for all parties involved, in Jesus name. We call for logical consequences that leave no other option for relief except repentance, in Jesus name.
- "My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me." (Psalm 101:6)
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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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Ancient Tunnel Complex From Bar Kokhba Revolt Discovered in Israel
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The most extensive hiding complex discovered to date in the Galilee, the finds reveal dramatic episodes in the history of the Jewish people.
A recent dig at Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee in Israel involving students, locals, and soldiers, uncovered new things about Jewish history, such s when people prepared shelters for the revolt against the Romans led by Bar Kokhba in 132 to 136 CE.
During the dig, it was found that the people of Huqoq adapted their water cistern, originally made in the Second Temple period, into a hiding place. They did this as part of getting ready for the First Revolt in 66 CE and the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 132 CE. When danger loomed, they even made a tunnel from a mikveh, breaking a wall for escape routes, as reported by an Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) spokesperson.
These tunnels allowed sneaking around under houses in tight spaces. This underground system, the biggest found in Galilee, had about eight hiding spots. Read More
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"I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
I will keep Your statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!"
(Psalm 119:7,8)
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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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O How I Love Jesus
To listen to this classic hymn, CLICK HERE
Words: Frederick Whitfield
Music: 19th American melody
Scripture: Because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19
Lyrics:
There is a name I love to hear,
I love to speak its worth;
It sounds like music in mine ear,
The sweetest name on earth.
Refrain
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me!
It bids my trembling heart rejoice;
It dries each rising tear;
It tells me, in a still small voice,
To trust and never fear.
Refrain
Jesus, the name I love so well,
The name I love to hear!
No saint on earth its worth can tell,
No heart conceive how dear.
Refrain
This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road,
Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.
Refrain
And there, with all the blood-bought throng,
From sin and sorrow free,
I’ll sing the new eternal song
Of Jesus’ love to me.
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