This Week's News

In this week’s news, we have the possibility of a nuclear attack dominating the headlines. The public’s reaction to this is painfully predictable. People are frenzied and scrambling about, the same way as when they were told killer particles were released from a Chinese lab.

I’m always amazed by the public relations campaigns that precede the dropping of bombs. Why would someone launching an attack advertise it ahead of time, except to get people to react in a certain way?

Manipulation is the sole function of today’s media and it works perfectly on a populace that’s disconnected from the Creator.

As we lose our understanding of the Word of God and outright reject it in some cases, we begin to lose our trust in the Lord’s provisions for us. Instead, we obsess over the possibility of our own deaths (which are imminent by the way) and turn to mortals for salvation.

God says:

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

-Psalm 32:8-9

This is not to discount the possibility of a nuclear attack or to say that we should not prepare for disasters, but we should always be turning our focus Godward and away from the schizophrenic media. God alone will instruct us and show us the path in this life.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

-II Timothy 1:7

Realize that you are no more at risk of dying today than any other day. This applies to the days of the staged pandemic as well. There is nothing to fear except your own soul being damned to hell for sin.

When it’s your time, God will take you, and when that time comes, the best-case scenario for you is a saved and washed soul.

Be led by the the bit and bridle of tyrants or put your faith in Jesus Christ.

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How To Pray Always: A Review of Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney

“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” — Ephesians 6:17-18

tThe Bible admonishes us to be praying always and not to faint (Luke 18:1, Luke 21:36). This is easier said than done. Rather than simply obey the Bible I found that I had developed a habit of reading ten chapters of scripture a day or more because I could only force myself to pray for a few minutes at a time. I felt like my prayers were a vain repetition since there’s only so much going on in life at any given time. And if I’m bored by my prayers God must surely be bored as well. So I would read more to overcompensate for my empty prayer life. Not that reading the Bible is a bad thing, but the saints have only had the luxury of a Bible in nearly every home for a miniscule portion of redemptive history. God wants to be accessible to us all at all times. There is simplicity in Christ. Prayer is the simplest and most fundamental practice in our walk with God.

Donald S. Whitney’s little volume titled Praying the Bible packs a lot of power into a small book. In it you will find succinct, practical advice on how to apply the psalms to supercharge your prayer life. His advice centers around the book of Psalms because that book is written for the purpose of giving us the words to praise a holy and unsearchable God. His method centers around selecting a psalm and reading it aloud verse by verse. After each verse or verses you read you let what comes to your mind be your prayer. He uses the example of Psalm 23: “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want...” You would read this first verse and see what comes to you. You might thank God for being your shepherd, for providing for your every need. You repeat this verse by verse until the psalm ends or you are ready to stop.

The book also offers a systematic method on how to select psalms based on the day of the month. I found this very helpful because it gives you some structure and discipline. When I go to the gym I know exactly what exercises I’m doing based on what day it is and what muscles I need to work. Using your calendar to guide your psalm selection saves time and gives your prayer life focus and order.

The book also guides you on how to apply these principles to praying through other portions of scripture as well, but it is definitely best applied to the psalms. This method works both individually and in corporate prayer. Overall this is great little book I would recommend to anyone new to Christianity or in need of help keeping the Bible’s command to persevere in prayer. Using this method will help you pray for longer periods of time without boredom or excessive repetition.

"Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD." - Psalm 150:6

A Righteous Thing

[5]We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; [4] So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: [5] Which is the manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: [6] Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you. — 2nd Thessalonians 1

Paul describes in his letter to the Thessalonian church the marks of God’s elect. He points out two signs that they are maturing in their faith: their piety abounds, and so does their persecution. Paul was not a prosperity preacher. The whole world lies in wickedness, and takes counsel against the anointed of God. That is Christ above all things, and also we who are in Christ.

I want to go back to the Old Testament to point out that the Lord changes not. I’ve already hammered the way this verse gets applied by Zionists in other posts but hear me out:

Genesis 12:3 says, “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee…”

We have a match right there in 2nd Thessalonians 1:6 where it says, “…Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you.”

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He will bless them that bless you and curse them that curse you “if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” Christ has made us the light of this world until his return. Men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil (John:3:19).

Jesus takes the persecution of his saints very personally. When the sheep and the goats are divided in the end of the age in Matthew 25 the Lord Jesus says that what you have done to the least of his sheep for better or for worse you have done to him. He will bless them that bless his sheep and curse them that curse his sheep because all of the elect are members of his own body, the body of Christ.

Selah.