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Psalm 144:1-8
1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 2 he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
3 O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him? 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
5 Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! 6 Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! 7 Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, 8 whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Amen.
Amen
The war wont stop
so the lord is my rock
Like I was readin a psalm
..See,
I dont believe in fortune tellers
or any false prophet
trying to read my palm.
I remember this.
God Is...Gracious, Generous, Creator Of All, Love, Truth, Allknowing, Omniscient, Everlasting, Patient, Kind, Just, Fair, Real, Present. My Morning Bible Read Was Psalm 144. Theme: Rejoicing in God's care. Whether in times of prosperity or adversity, blessed are those whose God is the Lord.
How can there be a loving God who allows evil to thrive in this world?
It is through the actions and effects of evil that we come to know what is and isn't godly behavior and deeds.
First and foremost, we must remember that we are divine spirits experiencing human existence; not humans having a spiritual experience.
It's through our amazing biological machine that we are able to experience a wide range of complex emotions, not possible in spirit alone.
Your purpose is to be God's soldier and representative here on earth.
Imagine if the only thing that everyone did today was love the one right in front of them.
Imagine what the world would be like today if you allowed God's love to pass through you and you just loved the one right in front of you today.
Imagine what it would be like if you felt loved unconditionally by the one in front of you today...
When you love and are loved, many things just don't matter... It's a good place to start on a Monday.
May God bless you and keep you & may you feel God's love tell you that you are loved, that you're enough, that you're perfect just as you are right now, without judgement - May you bask in the knowing that God loves you no matter what - unconditionally.
In this war of good vs evil, it's important that we remember our purpose and the job that we signed up to do here as God's soldier.
I love and salute all of you. We are in this together. When this is all over, we're going to look back on this time from beyond and celebrate together!
I used to ask that first question and the simple answer is....you cannot have happiness without sadness. you cant appreciate the light without experiencing the dark
If its true and the Bible isnt REAL stories but more... parables to be served as life lessons - The story of Job should teach us that even when things look their darkest - the light will come. Nowhere in the Book does it promise a comfy ride.... it only promises salvation for those who choose to embrace it.
u/#q2301
honestly i dont care about the crumbs or the hints or anything anymore. I just want to see action. It's time. (And we've ALREADY seen action, dont get me wrong. I know this isn't a simple overnight mission its a chess game)
Just wishing my GAW family a good day today. Please stay safe if you are in the midst of the chaos. ((Hugs))
Hoping you have a great day as well fren🤗
feeling defeated today. i hope i make it through whatever it is we are going through to wherever it is we are going. been a while since i've had a conversation with the Lord, I think it's time to do that again
u/#peperain
u/#prayer
u/#pepedance
DRan, I just lifted you up in prayer for His peace to cover you today. We are going to make it through whatever it is we are going through to wherever it is we are going because we are all connected and are drawing strength from each other on this journey. Because God wins, so do we.
I just sent a quick "bless TXproverbs for seeing a soul in distress and calling to you, Lord." out for you too
Prayer is so easy, but people act like its the hardest thing to do. God WANTS you to talk to him.
Awww. Thank you dear fren! Love ya!
Thank you. I do appreciate that.
Go for a walk in the Woods. Bring some seeds along and feed a few birds and squirrels.
Not really an option for me but I can go walk through the pastures and talk to the cows and watch the quail take flight maybe see a hawk circling overhead. Yes indeed.
Watch out for the Cow Pies!!! Other than that enjoy your walk…
the pastures ARE the woods, fren. (all things considered for this context)
i used to take care of my grandpa from 2011-2022. Muscular Dystrophy is a hell I wouldn't even wish against my worst enemies....but, I'd do it all over again if I could. We lived 10 miles from a gas station and....the woods? the dirt roads? its a different world. Our town those 10 miles away had literally 2 stop lights lol
Sometimes feeling defeated is just a sign to ease back, relax, and breathe.
Lord, I ask that you put the armor of god on my fren DRan here, and give them a rejuvenation of body mind and spirit. amen.
Are your cell towers working?
I don’t know if it’s cell tower or slow internet, Verizon and Brightspeed. My phone has been in SOS mode over a week with the exception of going to the coast over weekend. It’s still working fine in SOS. It’s very strange.
Mine is in SOS mode - I’m on SOS all morning
Are you having issues? My phone is working fine. Just weird it keeps flip flopping in and out of SOS.
Nope phone is down have WiFi through Verizon and is working fine the Cell Datat is coming through SOS. Turned off WiFi calling and “nada” no service at all. Turned WiFi calling back and “nuffin”. Kinda nice the wife can’t call me 😂. Central Valley, California
https://downdetector.com/status/verizon/
Ha ha, I know how to call hubby with out cell service. I begged him over a year to get a CB. He finally did and now he has CB, Ham & GMRS. He’s gotten together with a small group of men in our community on GMRS. If I can’t contact him in emergency I can get on his GMRS and get people in touch with him. He and my son in law take one in an emergency go bag every day to work. Praying he only uses radio for fun and not emergency. After seeing NC mountains it most definitely could be useful.
What’s GMRS (digital CB?). Went online for walkie talkies 1000 yard range - funny thing is it needs a SIM card from network provider- Verizon. ????? Come to find out that they they use - you can’t make this shit up…cell towers as repeaters😂😂😂 I couldn’t stop laughing/ so if cell towers are down it won’t work. Elon design a starlink phone quickly quickly please🙏🏻
It’s radio that works on local repeaters. My husband meet local people when he first got on the CB. The radio is small and portable. The only downside is you have to have a license from government. I’ve seen this talked about here before, most people don’t want to do Ham because of needing a license. I guess it’s a personal choice. It’s not like they don’t already know everything you do and where you go. The local GMRS group has started a radio club for the area. They don’t care if you are ham, GMRS, cb or all. It’s more about having local support friendship is a plus but the emergency aspect is a positive. Just today we had a tornado warning and if the storm developed it was coming right down our road. Hubby got on the radio and they were giving updates and checking on each other. Honestly it’s mostly a hobby for him or anyone. Glad to know it’s something we can use if grid is down. The radio expert in the group knows people from several counties and he says in case of emergency they can communicate messages from one area to the next. Most people on GMRS have ham license and could send messages through ham. It’s a hoot listening to these guys talk when it’s just chit chat. It’s not private! They know more gossip than I do. The radio is pretty inexpensive. I think you have to the local repeater or enter some code for each area. You can find them on YouTube.
I found these sites at the top of a search. I don’t know enough to verify if it’s good information.
https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/5261-better-understanding-how-gmrs-repeaters-work/
https://www.baofengradio.com/blogs/news/about-gmrs-10-things-you-better-know
https://offroadpassport.com/forums/topic/5775-gmrs-for-beginners/
GMRS is analog, no cell towers involved. It's up in the 460 range (UHF). It requires a license, but no test.
Functional in SOS is strange.
Yes very strange. I researched but anything on SOS from years ago. Last week I changed from 5G to LTE and it wouldn’t load anything. So switched back and it’s fine. SOS comes and goes throughout the day. They are probably doing something underhanded with cell service.
It wouldn’t surprise me. It seemed like people with older phones weren’t having the outage yesterday.
October surprise. Dock strike up and down the east coast and Gulf of Mexico. Could that swing the election?
Congrats for God bringing us to the last October before this election which may be the most important October we’ve seen so far! Would be pretty hard to beat 2020’s surprises but I’m confident it will happen.
I’m super excited for it to kick off and Julian Assange & JD Vance both having televised events tomorrow. Plus with all the popcorn completely from POTUS it’s going to be a great show!!
oHHHHHHHH I like the new picture we have on our side bar!!!!
Hang onto your hats everybody, the storms are coming!
Can someone link me to the 9 hrdoc about the great awakening by the Norwegian woman? Thanks
I was looking for a free AI Art Generator today and noticed that Canva had a new AI feature. Guess what? If you try to generate AI art with Kamala Harris’s image it violates their use policies. When I changed it to the current vice president the AI put Joe Biden in the picture. You know what happened when Trump was inserted. At any rate I found a free AI Generator with no sign up and limitless image creations. I suggest if you are on your mobile device- just click the photo and hit save. Desktop-right click and save photo. Enjoy the Meme making.
https://stabledifffusion.com/tools/ai-image-generator
BTW, the new FluxAI model is amazing for generating high quality images and you can run it in Comfy UI locally without having to depend on any service.
Anyone heard from @SuzyeQ? I believe she’s in western South Carolina, not sure how close to flooding or mountains. I heard from a friend, Greenville SC wouldn’t get power for several days. Sounds like there’s flooding in GA & SC as well as NC & TN.
Just because I'm in an oddly satisfied mood:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8j0zlasl89s
Rush E - Marble version
How do you feel 1 month from elections? Energized & excited!
What do you think will happen? I don't know
What do you hope happens? Trump wins, and fires up 4 years of cleanup, fixing government everywhere. ppv trials.
Thanks.