#[-slips this into this verse HMMMMMMM-]

[ardenssolis]

@assortedsnacks said (inbox):

' can you imagine it? ' the ancient once-king's gaze casts wide over the desert's horizon, ruins sticking up like dry bone carcasses, squatted upon and endlessly picked at by vultures and foolish treasure seeking thieves. the faintest hint of a narrow is made out by gilded eyes, the rest of him still, towering and dark. ' ... men do not build their castles and cities in places none can inhabit. but the waters have long dried up, and so have our pastures and homes withered and crumbled. ' he once believed in paradise; how foolish the very thought seemed now. ' iwiw. surely you were born into this time. when you gaze upon this desert ... what do you see? is it home or a hollow, or does it mean nothing to you, you who have nothing? ' ( @kmmba )

     ‘WHAT DO YOU SEE?’ Sometimes he could not wholly comprehend the mind of this being – this KING – who so looked like him but with colder gaze and lonelier continence. He was one who remembered endlessly the lands that had existed in the past, while Ozymandias recalled nothing save for his name. In a way, it was almost laughable how similar the two were, yet dissimilar at the same time as if this king was another him, a different him with a wholly different history. Silent, he said nothing for a time and merely watched that grand expanse of sand with a pensive stare; pondering the response that he could give to the other that would be…satisfactory. ❝It is both,❞ he finally replied, his darker gold sliding along dunes and ancient buildings long since fallen to time’s cruelty. ❝Being here among this sand reminds me of something that I miss, though at the same time, it makes me feel hollow.❞ But he felt that a great deal of times in his life as he wandered from place to place, selling wares and hoping, hoping, that something would fill that hole in his chest left by an intense sense of longing he could not quite understand.

     Did they too feel the same way? Was it kinder to not remember at all, or kinder to remember everything? ❝I wonder if you ever desire to wholly forget. Would you not be happier in that ignorant bliss? The pain you carry would not exist because there is nothing to remember.❞ He sighed, arms crossing over his chest. ❝Do not forget that you too have nothing. The land that you ruled is no more, your name, perhaps, forgotten by all. To the masses, the only thing that exists of you and the people you ruled over is the items left behind – items that others look upon for profit.❞ Like himself, for example. He did not dig about in ruins, but if he found something on his travels, it would be placed on a merchant’s stand the first opportunity he got. The history of the artifact meant nothing to him. It was just something that represented the coins that would sit in his pocket. ❝So, I return the same question to you.❞ He turned his gaze over to his shadow – piercing in its sharpness. ❝When you gaze upon this desert…what do you see? Is it a home or a hollow?❞

[queeenpersephone]

you know the scene in civil war when winter soldier threw tony into those tables and almost choked nat to death, they didn’t show how they got up but i’m sure they checked on each other 🥺

hmmmmmmm. u right.

in the new years day verse...

Tony groans as he stumbles to his feet, forcing his eyes to be open and alert. The Winter Soldier has escaped. They are all in danger. 

Natasha is in danger. 

His eyes catch on T’Challa, who is sprinting up the stairs. Barnes is nowhere to be seen. Agent Carter is mirroring him several feet away, slowly getting to her feet with the elegance of a newborn colt. She looks remarkably unharmed, and it is all because his girlfriend took Barnes’ attention off of her. 

His girlfriend, who is lying on a table on the other side of the room, throat red with Barnes’ handprints as she gasps for air.

“Nat!” he calls, frantic, rushing over. He takes her hands in his, pulling her upright so she can lean against him. When she is secured, he releases her hands to cup her face. His fingers catch on and slide between strands of her soft hair, and all outside noise is cancelled as he inspects the damage to her vocal chords. He runs a thumb across her cheek, a familiar, endearing movement that they use to ask the other if they’re alright. With her breath still hitching, she nods, resting her forehead against his shoulder in an uncharacteristic show of public affection. He sighs, his hands slipping to the back of her head as his cradles her against him for as long as she will allow.

“And you?” She asks in return to his nonverbal question, lifting her head after a mere moment of rest, raspy and concerned. “You’re not used to hits without the suit.”

Tony nods. “Fine. If you let me give you one, you would be too,” he murmurs, an ongoing argument between them. 

“Not the time, shellhead,” she murmurs in response, hopping off the table and using her fingertips to retract his stealth bracelet repulsor with a knowing smirk in his direction. She’s the only one who knows the secrets of his suits, and he aims to keep it that way. “Though if you gave me some undercover batons that wouldn’t set off the metal detectors, I wouldn’t be opposed.”

Carter comes up beside them. “Rogers and Barnes just went off the side of the building,” she informs them, sparing a thankful look at Natasha for distracting Barnes. “Let’s go.”

Natasha and Tony exchange a glance. There is something deeper going on here, and they are going to get to the bottom of it.  

[ochibuogwu5]

I WILL DO A NEW THING IN YOUR LIFE EACH SECOND THAT TICKS

(A one-on-one online bible studies excerpt)

"For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, *‘Fear not, I will help you.’*

14 “Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you,” says the Lord And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 15 “Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff. 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall rejoice in the Lord, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 “The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the Lord, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together, 20 That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the Lord has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it." (Isaiah 41:13-20 NKJV)

Did you see verse-13 *saying/speaking* about fear not ?

Yes, "For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, *Fear not; I will help you*

Do you see that word speaking to you/I ? for all these moments you/I seem to be seeking to have deeper intimacy with HIM, He has been holding our right hand ? and we thought that we were not making any progress ?

Exactly. And is really pricking my heart. Sometimes, I would think of quitting.

But I was *not feeling it*. Not seeing the impact. Have been asking for help from above no matter how small. My faith seems to be failing me.   Some of this Bible passages, I don't think they are referring to us in this present age. I should be able to feel it, in-fact, to be fully confident that God is holding my right hand and he's helping me too. Do you understand me now ?

My dear, everything written in the holy bible has a prophetic aspect and literal aspect, and it is the word of God which is still active in each human life no matter the age or condition or geography or circumstances, This is the area you will need to open your heart to accept and grow in it.

Ok, How do I achieve that ?

Look at Romans 15:4 we were already brought together by the Holy Spirit to be helped to solve this problem, Can you read Romans 15:4 ? when you finish tell me, The old testament were fulfilled in Christ and we are now inside Christ.

AMP: For *whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction*, that *by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast to and cherish hope.*

I have read through the passage

Did you see that whatever is written in the Scripture is for every human being ? but there is context for understanding the new testament and the old testament ?

Yes I will dwell much on that Isaiah 41. It struck me.

The prophecy of Isaiah from chapter 40 to 52 is the prophecy about Jesus coming to fulfil the new covenant on the Cross

Ok

So, *each second of our earthly existence those passage*, He is trying to *lead us into a newer manifestation of JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED in our mortal bodies*

Ok, I am following

Let us go to Isaiah 43:18-21 When you finish reading tell me

Ok, completed.

Did you see God speaking to you/I directly that we should no longer remember the former things and times we thought that He was not fully with us ?

Exactly

Did you see God telling you/me that He wants to do a new thing in our lives *now* ? That He wants to give us both the physical and spiritual confirmation of His unbroken eternal presence with us ?

Yes

Did you see the list of new things that He wants to do for you/I and through us to all those around us now ?

So did you see all the list of new things that God wants to do *in your/my life from now* ?

Yes

but before this new things come, He is saying that you/I need to forget the old things ?

Alright

You/I need to recognize that there were things He told us previously that He will do in our lives and He did them. Can you remember any of them ?

Yes

let us look at Isaiah 42:8-9 please if you finish reading tell me

KJV: "I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. KJV: Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them"

I have read through it

Did you see that He is God who does not share His glory with anybody or image or spirit or being ? And Before He does anything, He tells you/I about it *because He has chosen 'out of HIS OWN FREE-WILL TO MAKE US' co-laborers with HIM in HIS OWN VINEYARD* not because *it is our right*

Yes

And those things that He said about you in the past has manifested. Before you/I can walk into the new things that He is about to do in our lives, we need to recognize that He said some things to us in the past and brought them to manifestation. You/I need to trust in His Grace and Mercy to speak something about our past, present and future *into our hearts directly and supervise them into manifestation*. Jeremiah 1:12 "I watch over my word to fulfill them". If you/I do not recognize that He has said those things in the past that has manifested them into our lives so far, you/I might have the tendency to think/assume that : 1. You/I are not coming from any useful or important position in the eyes of God 2. You/I might presume that it is our strength/determination/efforts/self-righteousness/religious-participation-spirituality that has sustained us *till now* This might lead you/I to be ungrateful about God's mercy and grace working in our lives and helping us to grow/breathe even till now

Hmmmmmmmm, It's well. Not all.

Let us look at the ones that He said and has done as well as *the ones that you think He said and He has not done together*......

Do you/I know that it is God's spoken word that planted you in your mothers womb after so many trials by your parents to have you as a child ?

Did you/I know that God was so careful not to allow the semen that fertilized us in our mothers womb not to fall-away or slip away after being deposited inside our mothers body or the tendency of our parents to give up on expecting a baby hence engaging in contraceptives or withdrawal methods ?

Did you/I know that some children were conceived in the womb at the same human time with us but they could not stay till 9-months and they were miscarried or aborted ?

Did you/I know that some of the children that came out the same day we were born, came out as dead-child ?

Did you/I know that it was not *wholly* our mothers carefulness or hygiene or medical experts specialty that brought us forth safely from our mothers womb ?

I am following

Having grown from childhood till date, how many of our age mates are still alive ?

Can you/I look back to our childhood or even past second of our lives and recall how death could have cut short our span on earth ?

You/I just walked home now from our duty-post, did you/I know that some people left their work/office/market/shop/meeting-point just to return to their house and they could not complete their journey as living beings rather as corpse in the mortuary?

hmmmmmmm,

Did you/I know that some people with the same sincere desire for God are still battling with sinful lifestyle and addictions yet they have fasted and prayed as much as their strength could carry them yet they have not connected to the grace of their complete victory over sin and an effortless communion with the HOLY SPIRIT ?

Did you/I think, it is by our power that we have been living holy life all these years ?

Hmmmmm, By strength shall no man prevail.

Did you/I know that some people read the same write-up that you read and they desire this type of connection with someone that the Holy Spirit will use to help them but they saw that post and did not comment while some just saw that post *as a motivational write-up that only requires AMEN* which they commented and left while still praying that God should help them with someone who will teach them How to connect to a deeper intimacy with God ?

Did you/I know that *salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ is the highest gift that God can give and has given to any human being (you/I)* ?

Yeah, With the things attached to it, makes it perfect.

Please tell me those things that God told you in the past that He did not do for you ?

Hahahaha, You said I should not remember the former things right??? That before he will do a thing I should first forget the past ?

First is for you to recognize that GOD IS GOD THERE IS NOTHING THAT HE SAID TO ANY HUMAN BEING THAT HE HAS NOT DONE rather *we have our own expectation in our minds as what we presumed* God told us that He will do for us due to some misinterpretation of scriptures; like *ask anything and you shall receive it from God*. Because *even in our sins or limitations, His grace still provides our daily needs for us* though *He hates sin* and *grace is not permission to continue in sinful living* You/I need to look at ourselves each day and *trust God* that He has never failed to show *us mercy fresh each moment despite our human limitations*

Yeah

Then we need to look at another thing about our lives that needs to be dealt with as something to forget. So, you/I are going to have the *1st prayer point/focus/word* of thanking God for keeping His word over your life and sustaining you till date. This is a sign to you/I that He wants to do a new thing in our lives. if He has finished with you in the last second, you/I would have died. So, we remember How God has been faithful.

Ok

then let us to move to another thing we need to remember, Revelation 2:1-7, if you finish reading tell me,

I have read through the passage,

Alright, Did you understand what God is saying to you/I in that passage ?

Yes, I did,

Alright, what is He telling you/I to remember there ?

Where I have fallen,

Yes, but most importantly *our first love*.

Did you/I see the list of all our efforts to please God and leave holy life ?

Yes

Why do you think those list where recognized by God yet He still found a problem with that Church ? A believer can have such engagements/activities in the household of God but he/she sees such activities as mere routine or expertise which does not have *fresh revelation because such person has become so-familiar with God and the things of God* This routine or expertise mentality *makes a believer not to be able to humble himself/herself to expect something fresh/new from the throne of God's grace in the place of daily personal consistent and progressive bible studies and fellowship with the Holy Spirit* Such a person *begins to speak more about what God achieved through his/her mortal body in the past while he/she is in the present* while the Word of God stated that *the latter glory shall be better than the former*

Hmmmmm, Error.

While *GOD is NEW every morning/moment(Lamentation 3:22)* and *He seeks for people who wants to forget about their past achievements/glory/mistakes/failures/disappointments/sins/limitations/wealth/status then seek to become ductile for a fresh outpouring/usage of HIM*

So, we need to remember where we have fallen which is *where we have started getting familiar with God and we have decreased our zeal for God* We need to remember how the Holy Spirit prompted/nudged our zeal for God's Word *fresh each moment* not as *a mere reading of the same letters or repetition*. How we failed to eat until we had completed our personal fasting and prayers with God each day. We need to remember how we left our personal comfort just to go and deliver God's word to people in the streets or in our neighborhood not minding how they will make mockery of our new found-love in Christ Jesus Crucified; "is this one also among the born-again/the prophets ?" We need to remember how we denied ourselves pleasure of food, drinks and friendship just to lock-up ourselves in our room in order to have quiet time with God. We need to remember how we switched-off our electronics and mobile devices just to discern a matter with the Holy Spirit.

This is serious,

We need to remember how we read the holy bible from book to book in order to hear his voice and be filled with the fullness of His Word. We need to remember how we spent our money just to travel to villages and share the gospel with those who have never heard the gospel before in their entire life on earth or those who have heard before but have not believed yet as well feed, clothe and shelter those who cannot afford the basic needs of life. We need to remember how we spent hours praying in tongues just to understand a passage from the Scripture according to its original context not according to the adulteration of our fellowship/denominational-doctrines. We need to remember how we shared the gospel of Jesus Christ as a point of 1st contact with anybody we meet daily. These are some of *the list of our first love which we have left and Jesus is telling us to return to them or else He will come and take away our lamp from its stand*.

Some people who encounter us now *that our zeal/fire has gone down and lukewarm* might be giving us *a false hope that we are still zealous or progressing unto greater glory* because they never knew *how much more zealous we were concerning our relationship with Jesus Christ Crucified*, may be because *we have added drama and shouting to our latest schemes of displaying an outward sign of inward disconnection from the FLOWING RIVERS OF LIVING WATER WITHIN OUR HEARTS*

Wow,

You can add your own to the list.

You have listed all,

What were the things you used to do when you first believed in Jesus *that you are no longer doing or you have started seeing it as unnecessary* ?

None,

Alright, So, we have 2-things to remember: 1. How God has been faithful to His word in sustaining us by His mercy and grace 2. How we used to serve God with sincere zeal and *the current urgency* to return to them

Then let us go to the things we need to forget (things not to remember) before we can be *available vessels for the new things that He wants to do through us* let us go to Phil. 3:7-12

Ok,

Please if you finish reading, you can tell me.

I have read through the passage,

Alright, So, do you see the things we should not remember each moment we encounter the word of God or the Holy Spirit speaking fresh into our hearts ? If you read from verse-1, you will see Paul talking about His academic and jewish titles; "I am a hebrew of hebrews...."

Here are the things that we should forget: 1. Our present title(academic qualifications, beauty, intelligence, wealth, money)

Ok,

2. Achievements in walking with God (how many years we have gone without committing sin, how many miracles God has used us to perform, how many people that we prayed for and they received healing from Jesus, how many bible passages that we can quote, how many prayer and fasting we have ever done in the past, how many people we have preached to about Jesus before, How many people who repented and started following Jesus because of the Word of God/Gospel that came out from our mouths) 3. Past failures (how many things that we tried to do for God but could not do it, how many things that we have tried to do for ourselves but could not complete it, how many things that we wanted to do for people as a testimony for Jesus but could not do it) 4. Past disappointments (how many people who have promised to help us but did not fulfil it even while promising us with the name of God, how many people we have disappointed, how many times we have fallen into sin and disappointed God/ourselves/parents/friends/colleagues, how may times circumstances of life have disappointed us)

Hmmmm,

So we have 2-things to remember..... 1. The faithfulness of God's Grace and mercy all these years from our conception till date   2. The Initial zeal we had in pursuing the full love and knowledge of God

Ok,

then we have 4-things not to remember........... 1. Our Present Title/Position of honor amongst mankind   2. Our Past achievements in walking with God     3. Our Past failures   4. Our Past disappointments

then we look at Job 22:21-30 Please if you finish reading tell me.

“Quit quarreling with God! Agree with him and you will have peace at last! His favor will surround you if you will only admit that you were wrong. 22 Listen to his instructions and store them in your heart. 23 If you return to God and put right all the wrong in your home, then you will be restored. 24 If you give up your lust for money and throw your gold away, 25 then the Almighty himself shall be your treasure; he will be your precious silver!

26 “Then you will delight yourself in the Lord and look up to God. 27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill all your promises to him. 28 Whatever you wish will happen! And the light of heaven will shine upon the road ahead of you. 29 If you are attacked and knocked down, you will know that there is someone who will lift you up again. Yes, he will save the humble 30 and help even sinners by your pure hands.” (Job 22:21-20 TLB)

I have read through it. Sometimes I quarrel with God seriously,

Did you see God telling you/I to quit quarreling with HIM ?

Yes

It is good that God still wants to help you/I despite so many times we have quarreled with HIM ? so you have admitted that you/I were wrong all these while but God is correct abi ?

verse-22 talks about what prayer genuinely means; coming to listen to God and not coming to tell God what He must do for you We are going conclude our studies this moment with steps on how to engage in listening to God through daily consistent and progressive bible studies and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. verse-23, if you/I return to God in repentance concerning those 2-things we need to remember and those 4-things that we need to forget then our life shall be available for the new thing that God wants to do each new second we spend on this earth verse-25 then your life shall become a special treasure unto God for use each fresh second and you will never be recounting old glories while you are still alive (Do you know how I used to serve God in the past ?) and GOD WILL BE YOUR MOST PRECIOUS VALUE IN LIFE ON THIS EARTH.

Alright,

Then you will begin to pray according to the perfect-will of God just like Jesus and God will be manifesting His Glory and Power fresh.

Yeah, yeah.

And in the days of casting down, God will keep you always on-top while in the midst of sinful temptations, He will keep you holy by His mercy and grace from His Throne of Grace.

Now, as it concerns our personal daily bible studies and quiet-time with the HOLY SPIRIT *first thing each morning*, I will encourage us to use this method of *thinking through the Word of God and applying it directly to our lives as well as present situations, believe them, obey them and pray them into our lives as well as circumstances then THIS NEW CREATION LIFE OF CHRIST WILL EVER BE FLOWING FRESH EACH SECOND UNTIL ETERNITY*

Great Grace Brethren!!!

[enhihi]

thank you for the tag @gem1nis 💜 ;

pffft funny i just did something similiar for haikyuu yesterday, now i'm hopping into tr verse because why not

— ✦ which of the og gangs (like toman, valhalla, og bd, moebius, etc) would you be in/affiliated with ; first gen bd just because

— ✦ which of the future gangs (future bd, tenjiku, bonten, kantou manji, etc) would you be in/affiliated with ; hmmmmmmm idk they all seem like a bad choice, so i'm going with the worse. bonten

— ✦ what would your role be/what division would you be a part of in each gang ; i'll just be the kids' nanny for shin sigh i'll work under koko in bonten so that i can slip some money into my purse heh

— ✦ would you have attended school in the past ; certainly. simply because i cant stand the boys' cigar smoke

— ✦ would you have a job in the future? if so, what job would you have in the future timeline ; if i'm in bonten, i dont see the need to find a job. otherwise, i'd wanna be a content writer (spilling the teas of all the embarrassing things they did)

— ✦ mode of transport? bike? car? what type ; car ride with koko and audiiiiiiii

— ✦ what would your fashion sense be? would you have dyed hair ; minimal neat outfit in nude shades, my hair stays the way it is

— ✦ what would your fighting style be? dirty like kisaki? fair like draken? sneaky like baji? what would your signature be ; explosive and quick like mikey, kicks over punches

— ✦ which character/s would be your best friends ; gonna hang out with little emma, kakucho in bonten

— ✦ which character would be your boyfriend or girlfriend ; i'm dating koko's card 💜

no pressure tag: @keyk777 , @tsukkinivy , @smycc , @haitanni , @svnflowery , @okkatsudon , @omimigod , @nxtsnw , @introvert--weeb , @drakenxemma

lets do a tag game inspired by this get to know me! but make it tokyorev edition!!

which of the og gangs (like toman, valhalla, og bd, moebius, etc) would you be in/affiliated with? og’s tbh as much as I wanna say toman it’s probably actually probably valhalla lmao but like after baji I would def have been loyal to toman

which of the future gangs (future bd, tenjiku, bonten, kantou manji, etc) would you be in/affiliated with? humm def bonten

what would your role be/what division would you be a part of in each gang? in valhalla/toman I’d probably be in the attack division or the special task division (hi sanzu) in bonten I’d prob also be in a similar role to sanzu.

would you have attended school in the past? no fucking way lmao

would you have a job in the future? if so, what job would you have in the future timeline? in the future I personally think my entire job would be working under bonten LOL and honestly I’d probably do sw

mode of transport? bike? car? what type? in the past I’d probably have a bike (maybe an indian) and in the future I’d be one of those hot bitches that drives a black audi r8

what would your fashion sense be? would you have dyed hair? shit fashion sense. dyed hair absolutely. I love attention especially in highschool so I would probably dress in the most attention grabbing outfit possible. I was def a tease in hs

what would your fighting style be? dirty like kisaki? fair like draken? sneaky like baji? what would your signature be? dirty and sneaky for sure. In hs I used to carry around a switchblade in my boot which I used pretty liberally. but I also did judo and jiu jitsu and liked to get my hands dirty. I’d probably be known for snapping people’s joints. me n rin would make a good team.

which character/s would be your best friends? baji for sure, also definitely kazutora and sanzu

which character would be your boyfriend or girlfriend? kazutora (shameless selfship), and koko. ran too maybe!

tagging: @wakaslut @skidr0w @draekn @solzu @nanaminshousewife @01-20-1992 @shujiful @smycc @nxtsnw @myeternalyearning @miykui @manjiroscum @chuufuyu and anyone else who wants to do it!