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🙏Prayer Garden Podcast Ep26: DC Lidstone (Host of Enjoy the Show on Rumble)🙏
https://youtu.be/xivFMPOPdYU?si=HUFH_lXKqmyafhVC
Summary
Timeline Summary
🎤 00:00 - 02:45: Introduction and Welcome
🙏 02:46 - 05:30: Opening Prayer
📖 05:31 - 09:10: Discussion of Romans 12:21
🎬 09:11 - 12:55: Faith in Christ
🙌 12:56 - 19:00: Testimony of Transformation
🛡️ 19:01 - 25:30: Real Life Challenges and Spiritual Warfare
🎙️ 25:31 - 31:00: Podcast Journey
🌍 31:01 - 40:00: Addressing Media and Public Perception
⚔️ 40:01 - 50:00: Experiences with Spiritual Warfare
✝️ 50:01 - 60:00: Closing Remarks and Encouragement
🙏 60:01 - End: Closing Prayer and Farewell
Key Points
Key Insights
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the significance of Romans 12:21?
How did DC come back to faith?
What role does prayer play in this podcast?
What challenges does DC discuss regarding societal issues?
How can listeners support the podcast?
Conclusion
In this engaging episode of the Prayer Garden podcast, Ryan Slechta and DC Lidstone explore significant themes of faith, spiritual warfare, and the necessity of overcoming societal challenges with good, rooted in their commitment to Jesus. The discussion affirmatively reiterates the strength found in community and spirituality, especially in turbulent times. Moving forward, it is recommended to engage with your faith actively, support fellow believers, and stay grounded in God's guidance as challenges continue to unfold in the world. The discussion calls for a deeper understanding of how spiritual truths can lead to personal and collective transformations in a time when awakening to the truth is crucial.
I've seen / heard lots of good versions of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, but this is my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCpOkvw7RcM&list=RDZCpOkvw7RcM&start_radio=1
I want to share something, that hopefully helps others. I am 75, and have never been very organized, always flew by the seat of my pants, procrastinated, letting things go until it was obviously cluttered, and then with speed and agility, clean it up. Over the past decade, I slowed down, had chronic pain and flare ups, had to pace myself to the point I got out of shape, and now the chores and house maintenance seemed even harder, more painful, back spasms, etc. I do all the healthy things a person can do, I am not overweight, but things get cluttered and chores get put off, until it affects my mood. I got weaker. The kitchen remains clean, as do the bathrooms, but my personal space was getting worse than a teenagers, and god knows what may be under the sofa. I was becoming disgusted with myself and started to pray for strength. In those prayers, God revealed to me that I was suffering from sloth, not depression, not adhd, not chronic illness. It was sloth. I humbly submitted to that judgement, and began praying to be relieved from sloth, to confess it, and then asked for help to be restored from this deadly sin. No, I am not being hard on myself, I was being slothful. Well, as I was picking up the stuff outdoors, gathering tools to be put away for winter, I suddenly realized I was pain free. As I get each room in order, I seem to have less pain at the end of it all. Now I know that remaining active is very important as you age, and instead, I crumbled into self pity and sloth. I was taught about the 7 deadly sins a long time ago, so, I am here to share that if you do a good self inventory and pull up nagging problems that seem to be making you weak, see if that problem originates in one of those sins. Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, or Pride. I bet you will find that that one of them is causing trouble in your God given life. I am witness to mine. Oh, my pain has not been defeated, there is really bone on bone things going on, but a lot of the pain that was keeping me laying in bed with my laptop has gone, through admission of sin and prayer asking for help to defeat it. The devil wants us dead and sinful, and sometimes it is as subtle as people telling you to "just rest". The devil will take that suggestion and seduce you into staying in bed all day, eating in bed, and streaming for most of the day. God is great and will defeat all of the things if you ask him to help you straighten out!
Beautiful comment fren. Amazing testimony appreciate you sharing. Praying for you. God bless...much love
Thanks so much for this post. I needed it like a swift kick in seat! I'm inspired! Have a blessed day!
God is great. Amen. God bless you!
Today we went to get our tires replaced at a local garage. This owner is a man in his 80s, and he is bright as a young sprout, so kind and great at everything to do with cars and customer service and even gave us a discount. I believe he's an angel to our town. Bless him. I think it's important to keep busy and never lose your sense of purpose and keep going even as we get older.
By the way, try having a spoon or two of sauerkraut a day. The cheapest and greatest healing method , flush out oxalates and can really lessen those aging aches and sores. Also, try to eat at least 2-3 eggs a day and bacon, and some collagen will help with knees and such, and stay alert.
great story and reminder for sauerkraut
a week ago I visited relatives I had not seen in a long time. If only they ate sauerkraut & had better nutrition…. There are neighbor though, in her 90s, amazing, looked like she was in a healthy mid 60s ready to sail, tour of the world, and do 10 mile hikes!
Summit County, Ohio had one good issue pass last Tuesday. The issue was to put a cap on property taxes so it can never be raised beyond a certain point. It passed with 80% of the vote and got a majority in every precinct, including the far left ones. I know that we here want the property tax eliminated altogether, but this is a good step in a blue county.
Great start!
I'm so glad that there are still plenty of anti doomers here. Bless you frens.
I do the daily word-type puzzles on the NYT app. Before I click the "games" button, their headlines show. Today, the top headline was "Air traffic reductions ordered by Trump Administration..." (I can't remember the exact headline, because now, just a few minutes later, it is, "Hundreds of U.S. Flights are Canceled as Shutdown Hits Air Travel") Hmmm... It's almost as if they were told to change the headline.
Some of us have started marking our calendars for 2026. Just thought I'd share the link 4 Oklahoma's Elections.
https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/dates-and-deadlines/2026-voter-information-calendar.pdf
u/#ridetofreedom
A Song: https://youtu.be/4Rml71uMoLw
"OK, Fine."
👉🏻 2 Timothy 4:7: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Victims of Communism Memorial Day | November 7th
https://victimsofcommunism.org/programs/voc-day/
I learned yesterday if you don't have a paid subcription to X premium your limited to viewing either 500 to 1000 posts a day. For X premium it is up to 10,000 posts a day.
Origin of Biofluorescence in Fishes BY FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
MONDAY, AUGUST 04, 2025
https://www.icr.org/article/origin-of-biofluorescence-in-fishes/
Biofluorescence is a phenomenon in which creatures—plant or animal—absorb light at a certain wavelength and release or emit it at a different wavelength. The light from the animal becomes a different color from the light that was absorbed.
In 2020, ICR’s Dr. Jeff Tomkins discussed biofluorescence in the platypus, of all animals.
Biofluorescence is a glow-in-the-dark phenomenon in which short wavelengths of light are absorbed and longer wavelengths are re-emitted based on the specific bio-physical properties of hair, skin, scales, or feathers. Biofluorescence has been documented in a wide range of fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Among mammals, biofluorescence of the fur when exposed to ultraviolet light has been previously demonstrated in several nocturnal taxa including marsupial opossums and placental flying squirrels. In this [2020] research paper from Mammalia, scientists have documented the fluorescence of the fur coat of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) under ultraviolet light. That makes this the first report of biofluorescence in a monotreme mammal.1
SciNews recently published an article regarding this amazing ability in fishes.
Biofluorescence, the absorption of high-energy light and its reemission at lower energy wavelengths, is widespread across vertebrate and invertebrate lineages, especially fishes. According to two studies led by the American Museum of Natural History, fish biofluorescence dates back at least 112 million years and, since then, has evolved independently more than 100 times, with the majority of that activity happening among fish that live on coral reefs.2
The title of the recent article by the American Museum of Natural History is, “Fish Biofluorescence Has Evolved More Than 100 Times in 112 Million Years, Researchers Reveal.” Non-evolutionists would be more than satisfied to read how just one of those more than 100 examples evolved from scratch. Just one.
In the abstract of the referenced study by Carr et al. in Nature, the authors state,
In this study, we present a comprehensive account of all known biofluorescent teleosts [fishes] and estimate the timing and frequency of the evolution of biofluorescence across this diverse group. We show that biofluorescence evolved numerous times in marine teleosts and is estimated to date back ~112 mya in Anguilliformes (true eels).3
Do they “show” this? No. Additionally, to say “that biofluorescence evolved numerous times in marine teleosts” is not an explanation of biofluorescent origin, nor is saying that this complex biochemical process “has evolved independently more than 100 times.” Instead, we creationists say God created biofluorescence in a number of marine teleosts and in Anguilliformes (true eels) thousands of years ago.
But by rejecting God and His creation, evolutionists like Emily Carr of the American Museum of Natural History can only state that
to really get to the root of why and how these species use this unique adaptation — whether for camouflage, predation, or reproduction — we need to understand the underlying evolutionary story as well as the scope of biofluorescence as it currently exists.2
But there is no “underlying evolutionary story”2 to understand.
It is one thing for scientists to study the mechanism of biofluorescence and to elucidate the structure of proteins involved. For example, zoologists determined the structure of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) structure isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria. It was found to be encoded by a single gene. But it is altogether different to claim in a science paper’s title the “Evolution of Biofluorescence in Marine Fishes”3 when this development has not been described.
Most evolutionists rely on the unscientific idea of convergent evolution4 in an attempt to explain, in this case, fluorescence. For example, “multiple red/green color diversification events in the [green fluorescent protein] superfamily may reflect convergent evolution of the more complex three-step pathway [emphasis added].”5 But Lee Spetner said,
Convergent evolution is…an invention. It was invented solely to avoid addressing the failure of the phylogenetic tree to support Common Descent. There is no theoretical support for convergence, and whatever evidence has been given for it is the product of a circular argument.6
Ugalde et al. also said that the “red color appears to have evolved gradually by small incremental transitions [emphasis added].”5 But what exactly were these small transitions? What was the biomolecule that began this conversion to the red color? Once again, evolution is claimed without being described or demonstrated.
Similarly, toward the end of the SciNews article, the reader is still left wondering about the origin of biofluorescence in fishes. The article ended with, “As these studies show, biofluorescence is both pervasive and incredibly phenotypically variable among marine fishes.”2 Who would doubt it? But what is the origin of biofluorescence? How did such a remarkable ability evolve via chance and time?
With no explanation on the origin of biofluorescence, we are forced to conclude that scientists simply do not have one. The conclusions based on the process of evolutionary development of biofluorescence are therefore suspect. When we turn our eyes to Scripture, however, we find a consistent and truthful answer: God made them all.
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. (Psalms 104:25)
References
Tomkins, J. Glow-in-the-Dark Platypuses Illuminate the Creator. Creation Science Update. Posted on ICR.org November 16, 2020, accessed July 16, 2025. Two New Studies Shed Light on Ancient Origins of Biofluorescence in Fishes. SciNews. Posted on sci.news June 17, 2025, accessed July 16, 2025. Carr, E. et al. Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Biofluorescence in Marine Fishes. Nature Communications. Posted on nature.com May 24, 2025, accessed July 16, 2025. Guliuzza, R. 2017. Major Evolutionary Blunders: Convergent Evolution Is a Seductive Intellectual Swindle. Acts & Facts. 46 (3): 17–19. 13. Ugalde, J. et al. 2004. Evolution of Coral Pigments Recreated. Science. 305 (5689): 1433. Spetner, L. M. 2014. The Evolution Revolution: Why Thinking People Are Rethinking the Theory of Evolution. New York: Judaica Press, Kindle Locations 1229–1231.