#as opposed to luke who was.. really going thru it
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loved ffx but im so happy i played tota cuz it touched on religion + had its protagonist die wayyyyyyyyyyy better than ffx did
#and like ffxs whole thing was religion meanwhile totas is.. slightly less#still very big on religion but there were other stuff too#but thats nojimas worldbuilding for you... its more vibes than coherency#i do rly love how grounded totas views on religion was its like 'itll take time for people to adjust their beliefs'#'theres no way to just throw out a religion'#etc etc etc#and unlike ffx it didnt 'disprove' the religion.. tota has a very strong theme of 'interpretation' which i really like#and our dying protags.... tidus you are my best friend but man. your reaction to all that kinda sucked#as opposed to luke who was.. really going thru it#both game has their strengths and tota did better than 10 in this regard IMO. ❤️#abyss
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TALES OF ARISE
As I stated before, I beat the game a few days back and just got the Platinum for it, so pretty much a 100%. First time ever doing that for a Tales game. Zestiria trophies are absurd and the game is mediocre at best, I have to play through Berseria one more time to complete it which is pretty doable considering how much I love that game.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT ARISE
Arise was a ton of fun, kept me guessing all across its story. Nearly all the theories I threw out there were wrong. I was right about one thing and right but also wrong about another, everything else was incorrect.
I really enjoyed the cast, the world, the gameplay. The battle system was very different from Berseria and Zestiria. Honestly more similar to older styles in that you had a standard attack in addition to artes while having what is essentially TP back but in a single pool for everyone and only healing draws from it. Which as far as I’m aware only half the party can heal. Shionne, Kisara and Dohalim
Gonna keep the more spoilery bits under the cut so keep reading at your own risk!
So about my theories, upon reaching Mahag Saar with the missing female Lord, I was under the assumption that it was Shionne. That she ran away from the place for some reason. Seeing how it was all bombed to heck you could see why. Not to mention she got pretty defensive about “Lords don’t run”
I thought the Zeugle research being done there was somehow tied to her wanting to get rid of her thorns. Of course it became obviously not once Almeidra was introduced.
I had theories that Alphen was a former Lord or even a previous Sovereign. At one point i thought he was the previous Water Lord given that Vholran’s rise to the position was commented on being strange. Wrong about the Water Lord. Right about the Sovereign tho at the time I believed the Sovereign was the Renan Leader as opposed to some puppet for a ritual.
The Red Woman bothered me so much, every time we fought a Lord she was there and yet no one commented on her. I thought she was like, a secretary for the Lords. It was odd there was no scene about her after Balseph and the point where it was clearly planned was when she appeared next to Vholran, then of course she came in to steal the Renas Alma.
My guess leading up to that was that the Red Woman was the main villain. Not so.
The whole “who is the main villain?” thing for this game reminded me of how Vesperia handled its final conflict. Duke didn’t really feel like a final villain to me. Heck you don’t even kill him. This time around the “final villain” was an entity, doing everything to continue living. A very strange final foe to be sure. Was nice to get one final duel with Vholran tho. That felt good.
As I reached the end of this game there was one thing I really really wanted. I wanted Alphen and Shionne to admit their feelings for each other and maybe even kiss. I doubted that’d happen but I wanted it.
When it happened, I cheered. We’ve gone what? 20 years of Tales games and yet no on screen kisses till now? SHAMEFUL! The main relationships in Tales titles I always thoroughly enjoy. Especially Luke and Tear. At the very least, there was no better time to get the damn kiss than with Alphen and Shionne. That felt good.
Lotta end game talk but yeah. I honestly thought after defeating Vholran and the Red Woman escaping, the game was ending. I thought credits were gonna roll and they were going to release a 2nd part thru like free dlc or something. But nope, whole nother section of the game was left with a second intro. They pulled a Radiation Gate on me that’s for sure XD
I played as Alphen the most followed by Kisara and Law, then Shionne then Rinwell and Dohalim. I enjoyed all their playstyles but I’m always about going in swords blazing rather than casting and/or healing.
Only things I can say i was negative about: i wish the Lenegis section was bigger, longer. Wish there was more to do there in terms of gameplay, a longer dungeon and such. And that the heavy narrative sections around there were more spread out. No joke, Lenegis and the space station with Hevrekt 35 had so. much. talking. obviously it was to explain the truth behind everything going on, i get that and it helped me a lot learning that everything was a lie or half truth. but one play session i had was like, a few fights, a boss then the entire space station talking before i stopped. it was a bit much. i’d say lose all the skits up there and just limit it to the cutscenes.
At the very least, at the end of all that talking they had the “night before the final battle” with the team breaking up into pairs and having heart to hearts. That was really nice. Made it all worth it.
Also the challenge was very well paced. Because EXP scales you are never overleveled. Enemy encounters feel great and bosses always felt tough. Especially the Lords, i really enjoyed that.
Spent a lot of time talking about plot twists and such but the gameplay was stellar. had a blast. Learned how to swap characters mid fight and was like YES! THEY KEPT THAT FROM BERSERIA!
Anyway, this has gone long enough. Anything more specific you wanna ask me about my time with the game, i’m open to hearing it :D
TALES RANKING
Abyss <3
Berseria <3
Symphonia <3
Arise <3
Vesperia <3
Zestiria -_-
Symphonia 2 >:(
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@dreamfaerye tagged me to make a list of 10 good things that happened in 2016 so here goes:
1. Tyler came into my life and helped me become myself again, helped me relight my fire and discover my passion, reminded me how smart I really am (despite hiding it and meeting him smashed outta my mind), and showed me that the right people (person) won’t be afraid of my intensity.
2. My Dad got out of the hospital after almost a year, and we started getting close for the first time in my life.
3. I started fixing what I fractured in my relationship with my mom during my Luke phase. And my family as well, to a lesser extent (I’m also far less inclined to fix things with them tbh).
4. I quit drinking, aside from the occasional beer or few drinks when I go out. No binge drinking or getting blackout drunk in months. I smoke a lot of weed but I feel good when I do that, as opposed to what drinking does to me mentally (and physically, esp to my skin) these days.
5. For the first time in over 7 years, I wrote. And I wasn’t ashamed of what I wrote. I found an incredible site to share my work on and for the first time, I’m not hiding my words.
6. I voted. For the first time. My mom and I went together and it was a really cool experience, and I’m really glad that I got to share it with her.
7. My mental health massively improved. I still struggle with anxiety and depression and at times it’s overwhelming but for the first time in many years, I feel in control and I feel hopeful. Without medication (aside from weed).
8. I survived some serious and life threatening health issues and while doing so, lost 60lbs, figured out who my real friends are, found an amazingly supportive group of women who share many of the same struggles as me (health-wise).
9. I learned how to forgive someone without an apology, how to move on and stop giving them any sort of power in my life. I also learned how to stop being so angry with people who didn’t show remorse for hurting me, and how to accept what people have to offer or their place in my life, even though it might not be what I want or deserve or would do for them.
10. I became a real person again. I found myself, rediscovered so much that I hid away. I remembered how smart I am, how talented and creative and just all around incredible and unique I am.
I’m gunna up the game and add 10 good things about 2017 so far too :)
1. I can add “social media manager” and “personal/music manager” to my resume, thanks to Tyler.
2. My dad says I can use his address for school to finish my degree, so I’m hopefully going to be getting back to school and getting my degree soon!
3. I got a GORGEOUS new truck that runs so well, thanks to my mom. Her name is Stella and she’s beautiful.
4. I’ve realized how good my support system really is (especially thanks to my TGC girls and my other Tumblr bbies)
5. Since I actively started hating myself less, I’ve noticed a huge difference in how I talk to/about myself- it’s a lot more positive and confident.
6. Luke and I finally had a talk about everything that’s gone down over the past few years, and he apologized for everything he put me thru. Unnecessary but appreciated.
7. I take risks. I say shit that scares me, I have conversations that make me uncomfortable, I put myself out there just a little more than I used to.
8. It’s 40 in January and I got to play in the yard with Roxy for a little bit today. Scout even joined in running around.
9. My room and living environment are slowly getting cleaned and decluttered, and I should be able to redecorate and paint and do the whole bad juju cleansing thing that I so desperately need to do.
10. I’m finally healing and moving forward and seeing the effects of (seven years of) therapy kicking in… like, all happening so fast
I tag: @desire-t0-be, @theenergyinlife, @quadvillain, @sonnii-bee, @thefatgirlspeaks, @fatmaninalittlesuit, @bangedbysatan, @pooooooooohhhh, @alaskancod, @acontemptress, @evolutionofacosfitter, @daisies-parasiempre, @cheynfit, and anyone else who feels like it to do this. You don’t have to do both 2016 and 2017 if you don’t want. I was just feeling this and wanted to keep the positivity going a little bit.
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Like Virus Itself, Future of Malpractice Liability Is Uncharted
https://frankgiunta.com/like-virus-itself-future-of-malpractice-liability-is-uncharted/
Like Virus Itself, Future of Malpractice Liability Is Uncharted
Members of the anesthesia department at New York’s Mount Sinai hospital work together in March, during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Mount Sinai Health System via AP)
Like Virus Itself, Future of Malpractice Liability Is Uncharted
May 1, 2020 | by BRANDI BUCHMAN| Courthousenews.com
WASHINGTON (CN) — Under normal circumstances, with malpractice suits and doctors’ Hippocratic oaths in mind, hospitals take great lengths to prevent patient infection.
During a pandemic, where contagious people crowd spaces shared with the uninfected or the healthy, concern over liability is heightened.
But even as extra precautions are taken, the paradox remains twofold: the crisis mode of the moment ups the ante for potential negligence and the increased contact ups the ante for additional liability.
When it comes to infectious disease, those who would file suit also face a causation hurdle.
“If you are alleging infection, that can be tough because where did the virus come from? Was it left on a counter or doorknob? Did a nurse sneeze? You have to actually prove it came from hospital failure instead of maybe, shaking your boss’ hand a day before you walked into a hospital,” Dr. Michael Wilson, a physician and lawyer based in Washington, D.C., said in an interview.
The question is also about a lapse in the standard of reasonable care.
Dr. Bruce Fagel, who practiced emergency medicine for a decade before becoming a medical-malpractice lawyer in California, said in a recent interview that, as with beauty, making the determination of reasonable or unreasonable care in a claim is largely in the eye of the beholder.
“It’s going to be very difficult to have valid claims against ER physicians, especially given the way things are happening right now,” Fagel said. “If the patient comes into the emergency room and has an urgent condition other than coronavirus, because the whole health care system has been upended, well, the standard of care has changed for them, too.”
Contract workers join the Army Corps of Engineers to get the dormant St. Luke’s Hospital ready for reopening on April 23, expecting a surge of coronavirus patients in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
States like New York addressed this new dynamic by activating legislation like the Emergency Disaster Treatment Protection Act and including it in its 2021 budget.
It protects licensed hospitals, nursing homes and similar facilities from most civil and criminal liability claims, while also shielding attending nurses, aides, EMTs, physicians, administrators and other staff. The protections began March 7 when Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state emergency, and they will not end until the declaration is terminated.
Similar protections have been extended in multiple states including Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, Arizona, Connecticut, Kansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas and elsewhere through executive order.
With this patchwork, one might be tempted to turn to sweeping federal legislation as a means to streamline the liability protection process.
But that could be a hard sell, Fagel said, noting old chestnuts in the medical malpractice arena that have moldered in Washington like California’s $250,000 cap on “noneconomic” malpractice damages, which has remained largely unchanged for 45 years despite lobbying.
“There’s no way to have a blanket catch-all, certainly not from Washington,” Fagel said.
Plus, states’ needs and resources are different in a pandemic so liability can shift. In California, he noted, emergency rooms have not been as overwhelmed of late, so a doctor in Bakersfield might not be experiencing the same resource shortage or circumstances ripe for malpractice like a doctor up to his eyeballs with patients in Brooklyn.
People prepare places to sleep in area marked by painted boxes on the ground of a parking lot at a makeshift camp for the homeless on March 30 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
At least one lawmaker thinks federal intervention is worth a shot: Nebraska’s Republican Senator Ben Sasse.
In early April, Sasse introduced the Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act, a bill that would protect doctors during the crisis who practice beyond their specialty plus those who are forced to use modified medical devices to treat Covid-19 patients. The liability protections also extend to practitioners working outside of normal facilities, like a field hospital in Central Park.
Expecting malpractice lawsuits to grow as the pandemic continues, the American Tort Reform Association published a white paper this month with its concerns and recommendations for states as policy and Covid-19 litigation intersect.
Tiger Joyce, the tort-reform group’s president, supports Sasse’s legislation. In an interview, Joyce said he would like to see similar language applied in the upcoming Covid-19 economic relief bill, which will be the fourth CARES Act as the packages are known.
The act includes a “Good Samaritan” protection that removes liability from health care professionals providing volunteer services to prevent, treat or diagnose patients with Covid-19 unless the harm was an act of omission, grossly negligent, reckless or flagrant.
For more than 40 days now, doctors and nurses across America have had to contend with record numbers of patients and personal protective equipment in short supply. The Journal of the American Medical Association published findings in late March — as the virus slowed down in China where it originated and picked up in Europe and the United States — that health care workers in China had increasingly returned to the breach with depression, anxiety and insomnia.
“I’m sure the hospital would say it is doing the best it can under the circumstances,” said Dr. Wilson.
Sasse’s expansion could be a balm for health care workers who fear legal repercussions as they try to do their jobs under extraordinary conditions, Joyce said.
As a guest enjoys his meal Monday at The Waffle House in Brookhaven, Ga., Tiffany gets to-go orders ready. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
But executive orders from state officials raise other questions.
Take Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s executive order that limits liability for staff, employees and contractors at medical facilities during the pandemic while leaving immunity off the table for injury caused by gross negligence and willful misconduct.
“That’s the appropriate step because it is essentially conferring emergency management worker status on people treating patients,” Joyce said. “It calls for elevated standards and a willful standard, which is a fairly high bar because it suggests a level of intention as opposed to error or just a mistake.”
Joyce thinks these moves will be challenged in court, just as groups have challenged orders from Texas and other states to suspend abortions during the pandemic. In Pennsylvania, businesses unable to topple an executive order to shutter operations that are “non-life-sustaining” now seek U.S. Supreme Court relief.
Governor Thomas Wolf’s reply brief is due Monday.
Protesters stop momentarily at a McDonald’s drive-thru, as they join fast-food workers protesting for a second day outside the restaurant in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles on April 6. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
“The question is whether [the lawsuits] will come in six months from now or a year from now,” Joyce said.
Nick Jurkowitz, partner of the Fenton Law Group in California, can see the argument for and against federal legislation to address liability for doctors.
“We are treating a situation medically that we may not necessarily know 100% of the right way to treat people. We could have much stronger negative consequences to the health of everyone if hospitals and health care providers are too scared to try experimental treatments, make changes or make hard ethical decisions,” Jurkowitz said. “If they’re so concerned they will be sued they might do what they need to and that could harm patient care.”
Assuredly, Jurkowitz said, it poses a conundrum.
“I think this is a really difficult situation modern law and medicine are facing,” he said.
He also suspects that if action happens at a federal level it may end up being retroactive.
“The potential for lawsuits as a result of this pandemic is great,” Jurkowitz said. “That could devastate the system in and of itself.”
Even if state governments are doing their best to keep an eye on things, the pandemic moves fast and the only constant is change.
“Courts are closed and strained right now,” Jurkowitz said. “People also might be a little sensitive to filing a lawsuit against a doctor in the middle of a pandemic. I certainly wouldn’t want to serve a health care provider right now, and I don’t think most lawyers would want to serve a doctor who is spending every night in the ER fighting a pandemic.”
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SATURDAY- [These are my 1 day roll outs- I make the videos- and add notes thru out the day- I did add some teaching links as well- and news links at the bottom]
Murder- Vegas shooter- science- news update- https://youtu.be/plj-ezAO9vE
http://ccoutreach87.com/10-14-17-murder-vegas-shooter-science-news-update/
.Emergency call
.Are my friends being murdered?
.Death Penalty case
.Harvey Weinstein
.Did twitter silence the Rose?
.Trump- media
.The courts ruled it unconstitutional already
.My google search for Global warming [I added at the bottom]
.Bias in science too
.Punctuated Equilibrium?
.Sounds good- but you stole the science from the opposing side- and then claimed it proved your point!
.Physics- Metaphysics- and the Big Bang
.Einstein
.Aristotle and Aquinas
.If I stop giving my homeless friends a dollar a day- it will cost me more!
.Yes- that's the news
Here are just 3 links- from reputable sources- that show real ‘smart’ people who have questioned the standard global warming paradigm- I did not just google for ‘deniers’ but I remembered these articles from being a news watcher. But the average public is told that any open debate comes from idiots living in the stone age! That was the same debate that went on about other scientific ‘beliefs’ that the were later shown to be false [Abiogenesis- etc]. I simply talk about these issues because they deal with real bias- both in the media and at times the scientific community. If you only watch an Al Gore documentary- yes- you will be convinced. But it works that way with many issues- it’s important to see both sides- Here are just a few links-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4192182/World-leaders-duped-manipulated-global-warming-data.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/5/climate-change-whistleblower-alleges-noaa-manipula/
http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/myths/31000-scientists-say-no-convincing-evidence
Henry-
https://youtu.be/hYzte5tY34M
http://ccoutreach87.com/10-14-17-henry/
.George
.Henry’s story
.She kept calling the cops on him
.She kept lying too
.Occult
.Cop in Texas faked his own death http://www.kztv10.com/story/36596602/charges-dropped-against-ex-cop-accused-of-faking-his-death
.38 special
Taught Samuel with homeless friends [New Christian Harvest]-
https://youtu.be/2bQ3Ebwa8Zw
http://ccoutreach87.com/10-14-17-taught-samuel-with-street-friends/
.Dog prays on video [no joke]
.Crow- Claire
.Furman
.Evelyn
.what do Crow and the prophet Samuel have in common?
NEW- [I guess I’ll add a ‘past posts’ section below- just to give this some value]
I wanted to cover some news issues- and talk about bias- both in the media- as well as in all areas of life.
I’m not sure how many more videos I’ll do today- if any- but I’ll add some of the news links below.
http://www.kztv10.com/story/36586596/inmate-executed-for-beeville-prison-guards-death I talked about this execution on today’s video. On the video I mentioned how this was the brother of a girl I know here in Flour Bluff- the strange thing was- she asked me to pray for him because they were going to put him to death- about 2 years ago.
I remember the case- and the name- I do pray for the guys on death row.
That they would ‘go out well’ if you will.
Some have done that- they have admitted to their crimes- asked forgiveness- stuff like that.
I just read the article and this was the same person I prayed for 3 years ago.
I forgot- but their were real questions to his guilt- and the courts gave him a stay at that time.
He was executed last night- as I write.
He was the brother of Tammy- she is originally from Houston- the article said the father and 2 brothers were convicted of a murder in Houston- one brother was 15 at the time- the Dad is in prison for life- the other brother got 40 years.
And I talked about some news of the week as well-
PAST POSTS- [news links below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/atheism-apologetics-links-added/
https://ccoutreach87.com/overview-of-philosophy/
https://ccoutreach87.com/genesis/
I taught some on the 3rd video- here are my past teachings on it [lots of links below]
1ST- 2nd SAMUEL https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-samuel-links-updated-3-17/
(882)1ST SAMUEL; INTRO, CHAPTER 1- Originally the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel were one volume. When the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament was made [the Septuagint] they were added with 1st and 2nd Kings and were called ‘The books of the kingdoms’. In order to keep this volume from becoming too big, they were divided into the present divisions. In chapter one we see the family of Elkanah and Hannah [and wife #2 Pininnah!]. They go up to the Tabernacle of the Lord in Shiloh to worship the true God. Hannah has no children while wife # 2 does. This becomes a point of contention and jealousy between the two wives. Hannah pours her heart out to the Lord and makes a vow. She tells the Lord if he gives her a son that she will dedicate him to the Lord. Eli the priest sees Hannah praying silently [her lips moving but hearing no voice] and he assumes she’s drunk! Why? Was she stumbling and acting drunk? No. It was because he thought she was mumbling [speech] like a drunk. In Acts chapter 2 the same thing is assumed. Those who received the outpouring of the Spirit were thought to be drunk. Why? Were they stumbling and falling? No, once again it was a speech thing. They were speaking all types of unknown languages [known to the various groups there that day] and people thought they were acting like drunks when they can’t talk clearly. I emphasized this because it’s common today for renewal movements to associate the Spirit with people actually stumbling and driving in a drunken type state. While I don’t want to be dogmatic and say this can never be of God, yet many of these believers will use the Acts chapter 2 example to justify their belief. Act’s 2 does not teach ‘being drunk in the Spirit’ in this manner. Now the Lord hears Hannah’s request and she gives birth to Samuel. She keeps him until he is weaned [2 or 3 years old] and then she honors her vow and dedicates him to the Lord. She actually gave him up to become a full servant of God at Shiloh. It was not an easy vow to keep. As we go thru this book we will cover lots of interesting history. Samuel will become a mighty prophetic leader in Israel. He will be the one to introduce king Saul as Israel’s first king. The last verse in Judges says ‘there was no king in the land in those days, every man did what he thought was right in his own eyes’. It’s common to think this means God punished Israel for not having a human king. In actuality God will tell Israel that they were rejecting his kingship over them by wanting a ‘king like the other nations’. We will learn that God did not originally intend for Israel to have a singular human king. The description from judges simply shows us that sinful people, who reject God’s law, will go astray. In these instances a king can bring some sort of stability and government. The kings of Israel will serve in this capacity.
(884)SAMUEL 2- Hannah gives great praise to God for Samuel. This prophetic utterance is a lot like Mary’s ‘Magnificat’ in Luke chapter one. She says ‘God brings low the rich and helps the poor’. This week we had one of the worst financial disasters in U.S. history [9-2008]. It could have been worse, the government took over some major financial [and insurance] institutions. One of them was A.I.G., a major insurer. A day or so before they were taken over I asked my wife ‘did you take out the girls trust money’. We had a lot of money for our girls in the company [lets say between 50 and 100 thousand dollars]. My wife says ‘no, not yet’. I was a little perturbed to say the least. My wife is the trustee for the girl’s accounts, and I have been telling her for about a year to take the money out. So the day she makes the request all the talk on the financial shows is ‘will A.I.G. declare bankruptcy today’? I was upset. Another day went by and they said ‘overnight they will declare’. And we still didn’t get the money. Well the government stepped and basically took the company over and we got our checks. I was talking to my homeless buddies and they were somewhat aware of the crisis, but they could care less. Their lives were not tied up in these systems. They were still going to live the way they were living for most of their lives. Trusting God daily to meet their needs. It made me think of Hannah’s prayer. Also we see the first use of the word ‘Messiah’ [anointed] in the bible. ‘God will strengthen his king and exalt the horn of his anointed’. I read this yesterday and was quoting it all day. It’s appropriate that Mary uses this prophetic utterance while speaking of Jesus, the Messiah. The sons of Eli the priest are wicked. They are robbing the people and sleeping with the women at the tabernacle gate. Scripture says ‘the people abhorred the offering of the Lord’ because of their abuse. For many years I heard ‘if people are offended because the church emphasizes money so much, well let them be offended’. I never really questioned this reasoning. Then I began to see how the majority offence to unbelieving friends and family was the money issue. While most of the pastors were well meaning, they seemed to not realize that we do have a responsibility to not offend in the area of offerings. The apostle Paul adjusted his ministry in such a way that he would not allow the churches to support him while he was with them. [Not just Corinth either, but Thessalonica and Ephesus! Read Thessalonians and the chapter in Acts that deals with the Ephesian elders- 22?] The point being the church bears much responsibility to how the world views us in the area of offerings to God. Eli's sons abused the system to their own benefit and the people began to despise the whole concept of ‘church and money’. A prophet will pronounce judgment on Eli’s household and Samuel will ‘grow in favor with God and men’. Just like Jesus. Samuel is a type of Christ who knew his prophetic/priestly destiny from a young age. Jesus was in the Temple questioning the leaders at the age of 12, Samuel was serving the Lord at an even younger age.
(885)SAMUEL 3- Samuel is laying down at night and hears someone call him ‘Samuel’. He thinks it’s the voice of a man [Eli] and he goes to him and says ‘what’s up, why did you call me’? Eli tells him he didn’t call him. This happens 3 times and finally Eli realizes that the Lord is speaking to Samuel [though Samuel doesn’t realize it!]. Eli tells Samuel to simply reply ‘speak Lord, for thy servant heareth’. Sure enough the Lord returns and reveals to Samuel that he is going to judge Eli’s house and dynasty. Eli asks ‘what did the Lord tell you’? And Samuel tells it all. A few things. First, it’s possible for gifted young prophetic people to mistake men’s leadership for God. In Samuels’s case the Lord purposely bypassed human leadership. Even leadership that was God ordained to a degree! When we become over dependant on human leadership God will shake up the apple cart. Also Eli was still mature enough to direct Samuel towards the Lord. He knew it was not his job to mediate this gift. He could have been jealous and said ‘well, I guess you need to ignore the voice. After all who do you think you are trying to hear God while bypassing the official channels’. But Eli directed Samuel to the Lord. Also this chapter says ‘God let none of Samuels words fall to the ground’ all the people from Dan to Beer-Sheba knew that Samuel was a prophet. I have said in the past that true ministry does not seek fame and recognition. This does not mean that these things won’t happen! Often times God will elevate a prophetic gift while the person themselves are not seeking it. Jesus was a great example of this. He said in John’s gospel ‘I don’t seek the recognition from men, I know what’s in man’. What was in man? The same people who were extolling him would be part of the crowd who would yell ‘crucify him’ later on. The vanity of men’s glory is a shameful thing. Yet Jesus became the ‘most famous’ prophet in the history of the world. Samuel had a divine mission to accomplish, he was well recognized as a prophet sent from God for a particular season. Even Eli [the recognized official leadership] saw something special with Samuel, he was humble enough not to stand in the way.
(886)SAMUEL 4- DOES TRUE SCIENCE BACK UP BIBLICAL CREATIONISM? The reason I stuck this in here is because this chapter deals with the Ark of the Covenant [the box that ‘contained God’ or his ten commandments!]. I want to deal with the biblical revelation of Gods character and how it relates to creation. Do you remember the Indiana Jones movies? The Raiders of the Lost Ark. They showed a view of the Ark of the covenant as God being this super energy/light force that if ‘unleashed’ would completely decimate everything around it. Sort of like an Atomic bomb. The biblical account of creation is that in the beginning [of time and all matter and everything else, except God] that all you had was this self existent all powerful being who is Spirit [not matter]. And that by a singular act of speaking he created all matter and everything else in our universe. This concept was rejected by philosophers and scientists for over 2 thousand years. Even Saint Thomas Aquinas, the premiere apologist of the Catholic Church, believed that the universe always existed. He chose to defend God from the idea of ‘prime mover’. That is God is the initiator of all motion. He accepted the basic belief that the universe always existed. So you had the biblical world view, as seen in those who said ‘all matter and existence came into being at a point in history where God [this being of infinite energy and light] spoke and unleashed his creative power’. The majority scientific view was ‘this is impossible’. The 20th century will go down in history as the century that made the most breakthroughs in scientific thought up until the present time. Michael Faraday [the 19th century] would unlock certain keys that would become the groundwork for Einstein’s breakthrough in Physics. Up until that time all science treated energy and matter as separate fields. Faraday discovered that light itself was a beam of energy. He discovered Electro Magnetism. Einstein had an obsession with light as a little boy. He wanted to know what it was, how it functioned. Einstein’s famous theory E= MC 2 combined energy and matter in a way that was revolutionary to the scientific world. For the first time science would view energy and matter as co related fields. What worked in one field was true for the other. His theory stands for ‘Energy = Matter times the square of the speed of light’ C represents the speed of light- 670 million miles per hour! Einstein unlocked a tremendous secret that was hidden to the world of science up until his day. He showed that time itself is relative. Until that time Newton’s view was if you could actually travel at the speed of light and ‘catch up’ to the end of a beam of light, that it would still be moving away from you at the speed of light. Einstein believed this didn’t make sense. But the laws of physics up until his time did not leave room for a reasonable explanation. His breakthrough idea was that if you could actually catch up to the speed of light, you would theoretically be at a point where time stood still. These concepts seemed ridiculous before. The only place where you would find such silly ideas as ‘time being no more’ or as ‘all matter came into existence by this supreme light force’ were in the ancient biblical texts. So true science was getting closer to biblical revelation, not the other way around. Now Einstein’s theory meant that if you not only caught up to the speed of light, but actually surpassed it, what would happen? The energy used to surpass the speed of light would turn into density, matter. So you would actually be able to get matter [Hebrews 11] from ‘things that are not seen’ [immaterial]. This theory also meant that if you could unleash the potential energy from matter, you would be unleashing one of the greatest forces known to man. The Atom Bomb. Einstein’s theory has been measured and been proven to be true. As hard as it is to wrap your mind around, studies have shown that things do not age as fast when traveling at high rates of speed for extended periods of time. Einstein’s theory has made possible the belief that all things came into existence at a specific point in time. This supreme being of light and energy had the potential to create all the matter in the universe in a matter of seconds. This ‘super fast light being’ also transcends time, a thing thought to have been impossible in the past. Einstein enabled man to come closer to the ‘stuff of God’ more than at any other time in history. One other thing, Einstein’s theories break down right at the point of ‘singularity’. The exact moment of creation. Hey, God isn’t going to let you see it all without having some faith! NOTE- I am not advocating Pantheism here [the belief that the universe and the creation itself are actually God]. Light and energy [power] and ‘Logos’ [The Greek word for ‘Word’] are all descriptions of God, that he himself uses to reveal himself to finite man. But because he is the creator of light and energy and all things, he is revealed to man by his creation. But God himself is a personal self existent being. In his revelation of himself thru Jesus Christ he also exists in a bodily resurrected state at the right hand of the majesty on high.
LINKS [1-1-17]
NORTH BERGEN- NYC LINKS-
Every year I make a trip to North Bergen- NYC. I grew up in North Bergen- right across the Hudson river from Manhattan. Here are the links from those trips.
North Bergen/NYC [video links]
https://vimeo.com/178079925 North Bergen- 10-14 Jules, me n Ernie
https://vimeo.com/178083699 N.B. 10-14 Final word
https://vimeo.com/178087275 N.B. 10-14 me and Nick
North Bergen- 10- 2014- NYC videos
https://vimeo.com/173101615
https://vimeo.com/173102075
https://vimeo.com/173155715
https://vimeo.com/173157325
https://vimeo.com/173922515
https://vimeo.com/173927355
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/white-castle-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/vid_20141012_115200.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/song-of-solomon.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-me-teaching-2.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-menickdanny-green-pumpkin-and-bobby-whistle.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-me-teaching-1.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-jules-me-and-ernie.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-nergen-10-14-me.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-final-word.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/me-and-danny-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/me-and-jimmy-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/me-and-billy-nb-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/burger-king-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/black-sabbath-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-25-15-james-braddock-north-bergen-2015.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-23-15-3-brief-history-of-nyc.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-31-15-last-one.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-30-15-91st-nyc-skyline-davids-son.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-29-15-lifes-a-journey.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-29-15-kennedy-blvd-north-bergen-high-hudson-county-pk.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-27-15-the-rocks-the-keys-from-smith-ave.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-27-15-fatima-9-am.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-25-15-gary.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-25-15-gw-bridge.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-25-15-christmas-morning.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-24-15-work-of-art.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-24-15-danny-me-teaching.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-24-15-christmas-eve-incarnation.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-23-15-st-patricks.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/12-20-15-holy-savior.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/1-5-16-i-will-give-you-the-paintings-of-the-atheist.zip
1st- 2nd Samuel- [video links included]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/1st-2nd-samuel/ [Old commentary I wrote years ago]
VIDEO/POST LINKS-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/every-cop-a-criminal/ [1-2 Samuel]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/when-the-saints-go-marching-in-sam-3-john-2-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/just-a-box-samuel-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/would-you-be-isis/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/samuel-5-6/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/samuel-7-8/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/samuel-9/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/samuel-10/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/the-chapel/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/samuel-11-kings-n-priests/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/samuel-12-13/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/samuel-14/
https://youtu.be/iImxoD3cRfQ Samuel preview
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/john-12/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/samuel-15/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/samuel-john-hebrews-review/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/samuel-16/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/samuel-17/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/samuel-18/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/samuel-19/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/john-17/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/samuel-20/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/james-then-it-rained/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/samuel-21/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/11/05/samuel-23-24/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/14/samuel-25/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/16/jonah-revelation-samuel/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/24/samuel-26-eastern-star-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/29/samuel-27-28/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/06/samuel-29-30/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/12/samuel-31-conc/
1st, 2nd CORINTHIANS [Radio links included]
RADIO LINKS
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-8e 641- 1ST Cor.- intro
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-8a 643- 1st Cor. 3
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-89 644 1st Cor. 4
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-86 645 1st Cor. 5:1-8
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-88 646 1st Cor. 5-6
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-85 647 1st Cor. 6
ATHEISM- APOLOGETICS [links added- long version]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/history-of-everything-1/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/history-of-everything-2/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/qm/
MY RADIO LINKS-
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7R Kant, Hume, Sartre
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-6E Apologetics- Kant, Hume
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-62 Apologetics
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-6F DaVinci code
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7Q Something from nothing- Quantum Leap
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7O Multiverse
MY VIDEOS
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/10-18-15-nietzsches-twilight-of-the-idols.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/10-28-15-jean-paul-sartre.zip
GALATIANS [Links]
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/26/galatians-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/30/2nd-samuel-3-homeless-friends/
JOHNS GOSPEL [Complete- Links added]
LINKS-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/amos-5/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/15/jesus-christ/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/father-abraham/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/the-flood/ John 3
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/the-well-john-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/john-5/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/john-6/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/john-7/
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/8-10-15-john-14.zip
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/john-8/
https://youtu.be/f8VpxlYM_kU John 8- ‘who the Son sets free’
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/john-9/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/31/john-10/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/john-11-the-8th-sign/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/i-found-a-verse/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/john-12/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/samuel-john-hebrews-review/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/john-13/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/john-14/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/john-15/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/john-16/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/john-17/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/john-18/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/john-19/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/john-20/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/john-concl/
JONAH [links included]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/jonah-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/09/jonah-2-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/16/jonah-revelation-samuel/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/21/jonah-4/
JUDGES, RUTH study [Radio n Video links included]
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-cD Gideon
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-cG Parable of trees
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-cN Jephthah
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-e1 Lightning crashes
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-ez Judges conc.
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-ec Samson
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/gone-fishing-ruth-1/
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/6-1-16-beware-of-it.zip Ruth 2
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/ogopogo-ruth-3/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/over-the-rainbow-ruth-conc/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/king-david/
RADIO LINKS-
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7I Radio 627- Judges 1-3
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7E Radio 628- Judges 4-5
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7C Radio 629- Judges
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7B Radio 630- Judges 7-8
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7z Radio 636- Judges 19-20
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7A Radio 638- Ruth 1
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7x Radio 639 Ruth 2
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7w Radio 640 Ruth 3-4
MY LINKS-
WP LINKS- WHAT IS THE CHURCH?
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/what-is-the-church-1/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/what-is-the-church-2/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/what-is-the-church-3/
RADIO
Philosophy- Apologetics
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7R Kant, Hume, Sartre
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-6E Apologetics- Kant, Hume
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-62 Apologetics
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-6F DaVinci code
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7Q Something from nothing- Quantum Leap
http://wp.me/a4V5qQ-7O Multiverse
VIDEO AND POST-PAGE LINKS-
Philosophy- [video links only]
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/10-18-15-nietzsches-twilight-of-the-idols.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/10-28-15-jean-paul-sartre.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/1-13-15-plato-and-church-history.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/1-6-15-draw-me-a-picture-gods-set-time-socrates-too.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/8-19-15-plotinus-n-jesus.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/8-12-15-machiavelli-n-jesus.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-3-15-telos-or-jack-nichols-n-the-3-dollar-tip.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/6-17-16-2-history-of-everything.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/6-12-15-god-science-n-logic.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-26-15-does-god-exist.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-24-15-church-history.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-22-15-john-locke-political-theory-and-jesus.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-20-15-hebrews-10-13-kant-john-mill-moral-theory.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-2-15-octavian-cicero-and-dead-sea-scrolls-goes-with-hebrews-7-9.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-17-15-aristotle-and-the-city-of-god-real-windy.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/2-18-16-quantum-mechanics.zip
Atheism- Apologetics [pages- posts- video links included]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/history-of-everything-1/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/history-of-everything-2/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/26/history-of-everything-3/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/qm/
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/1-19-15-aliens-economy-and-does-god-exist-2.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/8-19-15-plotinus-n-jesus.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/8-12-15-machiavelli-n-jesus.zip https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-3-15-telos-or-jack-nichols-n-the-3-dollar-tip.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/6-12-15-god-science-n-logic.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-26-15-does-god-exist.zip https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-24-15-church-history.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-22-15-john-locke-political-theory-and-jesus.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-20-15-hebrews-10-13-kant-john-mill-moral-theory.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-2-15-octavian-cicero-and-dead-sea-scrolls-goes-with-hebrews-7-9.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/5-17-15-aristotle-and-the-city-of-god-real-windy.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/2-18-16-quantum-mechanics.zip
North Bergen/NYC [video links]
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/white-castle-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/vid_20141012_115200.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/song-of-solomon.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-me-teaching-2.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-menickdanny-green-pumpkin-and-bobby-whistle.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-me-teaching-1.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-jules-me-and-ernie.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-nergen-10-14-me.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/north-bergen-10-14-final-word.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/me-and-danny-2014.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/me-and-jimmy-2014.zip
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How Millennials Win And Lose Below The GOP Health Bill
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How Millennials Win And Lose Below The GOP Health Bill
Designing skateboards are simply one in every of Luke Franco’s gigs. He has simply sufficient time earlier than his subsequent shift to chat at a café in downtown Providen.
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“I work on the YMCA Monday thru Friday with kindergartners via fifth graders. It’s break up shift; seven to 9, to six day by day,” he says. “With the relaxation of my day, I also paintings at a nearby pizza region. And similarly to that, I additionally own and operate a small skateboard employer.”
However, none of his jobs offers medical insurance. I ask him if he issues approximately that.
“Yes, especially being an avid skateboarder,” the 26-12 months-antique says. “That is constantly something within the again of my head now — before I do that trick, what occurs if I get hurt?”
So he’s looking for a full-time task with advantages. Till then? Franco hasn’t clearly explored his options. he is a member of the millennial era. They represent extra than a quarter of the nation’s populace. These are human beings 18 to 34 years vintage, and we’re listening to lots of them inside the Health care debate. How they fare Underneath the GOP Health care Invoice going thru Congress is complicated.
Franco does not recognize whether he qualifies for Medicaid or a subsidy to buy insurance on the exchange installation Beneath the Low-cost Care Act, additionally referred to as Obamacare.
If the Republican plan to repeal and update the ACA goes forward, his alternatives might be extra restrained than that.
“I am assuming that paying full charge for it [health care] might be completely unaffordable for me,” he says.
The GOP plan could provide Franco a tax credit score of $2,000 a yr — This is the amount for which 26- to 29-year-olds would be eligible. the quantity goes up to $2,500 for the ones a long time 30 to 39. However although Franco should purchase a plan for a few hundred dollars a month, he desires to keep directly to what little pocket money he has for dinner or drinks with friends Fanz Live.
Jen Mishory heads an organization known as Younger Invincibles, a tongue-in-cheek call for millennials who assume they are too healthy to want medical insurance. But the organization is critical about advocating for Young people. Mishory says the ACA helped this era.
“You are beginning pre-ACA with an uninsurance price of approximately 29 percent for Younger human beings. We see that uninsurance price drop, over the course of the closing five, six years to about sixteen percentage,” she says. It truly is thanks to many elements, the expansion of Medicaid, for one, and youngsters being capable of stay on their mother and father’ coverage Until age 26.
However, insurance at the exchange is still costly for a few millennials. Even with subsidies, they didn’t sign up for the ACA exchanges in the numbers insurers have been hoping for.
Mishory factors out the GOP idea to roll lower back Medicaid enlargement may want to harm some Young, single adults. The proposed tax credit would possibly assist others.
“For some Younger people [the tax credit] can be extra than what they acquired Beneath the ACA,” she says. “But for a number of the low-income Younger humans, they might see reductions in that subsidy.”
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What concerns Mishory maximum is the Republican provision that insurance corporations could fee customers 30 percentage greater for a plan if their coverage lapses.
“Young human beings are the maximum probably to look gaps in coverage,” she says. It is due to the fact teens circulate and trades jobs lots. In addition, they tend to have lower earning, so the penalty may discourage millennials, in particular, healthy ones, from enrolling in coverage again.
Molly Tracy says she’ll purchase insurance, penalty or now not. She’s 25 and works at a charter school.
She concerns the Republican model may not be Less costly.
“I am now not rich! I work in public schooling. So even if I do have coverage, having a $3,000 medical Bill … It really is going to pose a sizable assignment for me,” she says.
Proper now, Tracy is protected by using her father’s medical insurance. However her 26th birthday is coming soon, she says, “So I am seeking to get a tonsillectomy earlier than my coverage lapses. This is one of the issues. The other issue is scheduling, having sufficient time to recover.”
While Tracy does get her personal health insurance through paintings q4, she wants to recognize what she may be getting. Will start control remain Less costly? Will mental Healthcare be included? A Congressional Price range Office evaluation unearths people like Tracy might come to be paying plenty extra out of pocket for the one’s benefits than they might now.
32 GOP Bills on the Wall
within the event that the approaching failure of Democrats’ socialized medicinal drug Bill leads them to a few soul-looking-perhaps listening to what their materials were telling them all summer season or taking GOP advice to begin from scratch – It is well worth noting that Republicans in the House have introduced 32 Fitness care reform Bills because the spring, all caught on the referral stage.
A lot of Those lonely Bills address just one or numerous aspects of Healthcare reform, rather than presenting grand, sweeping Ten-12 months Plans so one can trade Fitness Care as we comprehend it. not all the Payments are knockouts; a couple is downright stinkers. However honestly all contain some true ideas, and some of them incorporate not anything But properly thoughts which means that no Democrat will ever for a moment remember any of them.
For the ones desiring ammunition to counterattack the liberal charge that conservatives criticize the whole lot they pay attention from Democrats But don’t have any ideas on their very own, here is a primer on the law prepared through our committed GOP servants in the Residence:
o numerous Payments are flat-out winners: Clifford Stearns’ Fitness Care Tax Deduction Act, Michele Bachmann’s Fitness Care Freedom of Choice Act, and Rodney Alexander’s Sunset of Life Protection Act. Those laws offer for earnings tax deductions of medical health insurance rates and prescribed drugs; clinical charges; and long-term care rates, respectively. All three Payments are so short they could in shape onto a cocktail napkin collectively and still have room for a list of Obama’s failed Cabinet nominations. This isn’t always sudden: Payments overlaying what people are allowed to do require much less verbiage than Payments mandating what people are required to do for the government.
O Marsha Blackburn’s Fitness Care Selections for Seniors Act and Louis Gohmert’s Affected person-Controlled Healthcare Safety Act allow seniors to decide out of Medicare and receive vouchers for Fitness savings debts, an association analogous to school vouchers (some other incredible idea liberals oppose). Edward Royce’s Bendy Health financial savings Act permits people to carry over unused Health savings account budget from year to 12 months.
O John Shadegg’s Health Care Choice Act removes restrictions on interstate governing of medical health insurance, the primary cause of the limited inside-kingdom competition amongst personal insurance plans that President Obama continues bleating approximately.
O Bills-John Gingrey’s Health Act and Michael Burgess’ clinical Justice Act-enact malpractice tort reform by regulating proceedings for Healthcare accidents or deaths. William Thornberry’s scientific Legal responsibility Procedural Reform Act sets up nation “Fitness care tribunals” or medical courts to adjudicate claims.
O several unobjectionable However minor Bills expand blessings for veterans, reserve members, and their dependents.
O a few Payments might amend the kingdom Children’s medical insurance Application to make it more responsible; however, Those Payments provide the luxurious, bloated SCHIP so much legitimacy that I’m suspicious in their authors’ credibility.
O Other Payments have top intentions However will cause greater paperwork and regulation than they purpose to prevent; as an instance, Thornberry’s Fitness Care Office work Discount and Fraud Prevention Act, which proposes a “Fee on Health Care Billing Codes and Forms Simplification” to standardize billing Paperwork. No doubt the government will first want to set up a separate Fee just to simplify the Fee’s name.
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O Thornberry has proposed more horrific Payments (why do public officers who want to thieve our liberty usually invent so many devious methods to do it?). One is the Partnership to enhance Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, which subsidizes scholar mortgage reimbursement for doctors who take delivery of Medicare payments; not exact inside the Bill is how tons of our bountiful federal surplus can be used to cool this provision. every other is the Patient Equity and Indigent Care Promotion Act, which permits docs to deduct for tax purposes unrecouped charges from “Patient terrible debt”-because nothing increases accountability like imparting incentives for docs not to check ahead whether or not sufferers pays their Payments!
Other GOP Bills comprise Other provisions, and most of the Payments are a mixed bag; However the factor is that they’re all better than HR 3200, that is putrid Proper all the way down to its last length. Thinking about even some key GOP Payments over the following couple of years might be a legitimate way to deal with individual additives of Healthcare reform, in a piecemeal fashion, rather than upending our economic system Proper now due to the fact Democrats insist on synthetic deadlines to maximize their political advantage.
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10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55
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.Gary- George- Roger [mentioned]
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.Did my prophecy come to pass?
.Jesus’ parables
.Rise of the missionary movement [England]
.D.L. Moody
.Bible societies
.Church history
.Thursday night visitation- I did it- have you?
.Preview of Mark 13
.End times prophecy?
.Titus- A.D. 70
.This generation [you too]
.Don’t rob from the poor
.The simplicity of 1st century church planting
.1st century religious system [Temple] versus the simple church [Jesus and his men]
.The highly funded temple and it’s system ceased- and Jesus and his poor men turned the world upside down [Don’t miss this]
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NEW- Today I talked from the verses from some of the local churches- and taught on various themes.
I’ll try and add some past teaching below- and do a short teaching here.
In the 1st century the Jesus movement was indeed a rag tag team of homeless guys.
Yet- you had the well funded superstructure of the temple and it’s preachers.
Jesus himself prophesied of the destruction of the temple-
Mark 13:2
And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
And the prevailing nature of the simple church-
Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Yes- the Jesus movement would spread- the early apostles went from city to city- on very limited funds- and preached Jesus-
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
At the same time the super structure of the temple and it’s multitude of trained teachers [Pharisees- Sadducee s- etc.] was coming to an end.
How did the early church do this?
It was by the power of God- and not thru their wealth- that accomplished this.
After I shut the video off I taught more- and my daughter told me she appreciated seeing the bigger picture.
Often times well meaning men- pastors- teachers- read the bible- and miss the underlying message.
Often times we see the need as lots of money- when in reality- the need is more dependence on God-
Realizing that Jesus taught us not to see money as the thing that will get the job done- as a matter of fact those were the verses that some of the churches taught on this Sunday-
1 Timothy 6:10 [Full Chapter]
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
In short-
Jesus and his men turned the world upside down- not because they amassed a lot of money- but because the power of the Spirit was working thru the people-
If you look at the actual story in the books of Acts- that's what took place-
Acts 17:6
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
At the same time- the monolithic structure of the temple- and all the finance's that were going into that system- was coming to an end-
Mark 13:2
And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
It really is an amazing story to see- if we open our eyes to it-
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Yes- the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead- dwells in us.
And we are this church- this temple that God dwells in-
That’s where the power of the kingdom is-
In us-
Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
See?
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(864)ROMANS 12:1-8 ‘I beseech you by the mercies of God to present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service [spiritual worship]’. Most times we see ‘by the mercies of God’ as a recap of all that Paul has taught from chapters 1 thru 12. This is true to a degree. I think Paul is honing in on the previous chapters that dealt with the purpose of God specifically seen in the resurrection of the body. As we read earlier ‘for we are saved by hope’ [the hope of the resurrection]. Basically I see Paul saying ‘because of what I showed you concerning Gods redemptive purpose for you body, therefore present your body now, in anticipation of it’s future glorious purpose, as a living sacrifice ‘holy and acceptable unto God’. Why? Because you are going to have that thing [body] forever! [in a new glorified state] Paul exhorts us to be changed by the renewing of our mind, the way we think. I have mentioned in the past that this renewing is not some type of legalistic function of ‘memorizing, muttering the do’s and don’ts all day long’. But a reorganizing of our thoughts according to this new covenant of grace. Seeing things thru this ‘new world’ perspective. A kingdom view based upon grace and the resurrection of Jesus. This resurrection that is assured to us because we have the deposit of the Spirit which is our guarantee that God will complete the work that he has begun in us. And Paul will jump into one of his ‘Body of Christ’ analogies which he uses often to describe the people of God. Because we are all one body, we should think soberly about our different gifts and purposes. God gave some ‘better’ [or more noticeable] gifts for the overall edifying of the body. So don’t boast about it. All have varying gifts, freely given. Administrate them with much grace. Do it with humility and cheerfulness. We are simply children thru whom Gods Spirit manifests himself in different ways. Don’t boast that ‘Wow, daddy gave me a bike’. Or look, I got a more expensive Christmas present than you. Daddy distributes the gifts freely as he wills. They are for everyone’s benefit. Don’t use this grace gift as a means of self importance or prestige. It would be like ‘prostituting’ a gift for self aggrandizement. People have done it, but it displeases the giver of the gift.
(865)ROMANS 12: 13 Paul continues to give some basic guidelines on practical Christian living. Notice his teaching on financial giving ‘distribute to the necessity of the saints’. This basic Christian doctrine from Jesus teachings has become the premier act of giving for the New Testament saint. The reason I have stressed this teaching as opposed to the more popular view of tithing, is because the scriptures place such a high priority on Christian charity. As I have mentioned before, Jesus even uses this basic description to describe those who ‘are righteous’ or ‘unrighteous’. He teaches the final judgment will be based on this outward identifier of ‘what we did to the least of these’. If you read carefully the New Testament epistles you will see a picture of ‘local church’ as a caring community of people who show their love for one another thru these acts of kindness and compassion. None of the New Testament letters teach a type of financial giving that focuses on ‘support the ministry/institution’ as being ‘the new testament church’ that replaced the ‘old testament temple’. For example a tithe system that supports the ‘pastor/priest’ in the same way the Levitical priests were supported under the law. It’s so vital for us to see and understand this. Because the average believer is taught thru out his life that his primary expression of giving is to ‘bring the tithe into the storehouse’ in such a way that it violates the actual primacy of giving as taught in the New Testament. Which is to regularly give to meet the needs of those around you. The fact that there were instances in the book of Acts or the letter to the Corinthians where believers gave an offering in a corporate way [the collection for the poor saints- 1st Cor. 15, or the laying of the money at the apostles feet in Acts] does not excuse the believer from the teaching that we should all regularly give to meet the needs of those around us. This is flatly taught as a regular part of the Christian experience. The other fact that Paul never once teaches the tithe as a function of giving for the Gentile churches should cause us all to take another look at the way we teach giving in the church today.
(866)ROMANS 12:14-21 Notice how Paul puts such a high priority on the principles of Jesus. He exhorts the saints to live by the precepts of the great ‘sermon on the mount’. Often times believers try and make a division between Paul’s revelation of justification by faith and the ‘liberal moral teachings of Jesus’. I see no division here. Paul actually quotes Jesus ‘if you’re treated badly, respond in love. By not getting even you heap “coals of fire on your enemies head”’. Actually, I remember how a few years back, when everybody was coming up with their ‘new revelation knowledge’ ideas on scripture. Things like ‘the camel going thru the eye of the needle’. Some taught Jesus was not really rebuking wealth, he was simply talking about a ‘low gate’ thru the wall of the city that was called the ‘eye of the needle’ and the camels had to crouch a little to get thru, true silliness! This verse ‘coals on the head’ was taught as saying Jesus was simply saying you were helping your enemy on cold nights by ‘keeping his head warm’! Sad. Jesus said don’t avenge yourselves, God will avenge you. Doesn’t sound like the lord is talking about ‘head warmers’! Look at these verses carefully. Paul incorporates the teachings of Christ as having a very high priority for the believer. We are often inundated with modern concepts of ministry. How to raise funds [or amass wealth]. Paul ‘locates’ the important thing as being centered on Christ. He knew if the churches [believing communities] of the first few centuries would follow this idea, that they would truly turn their world upside down for the cause.
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VERSES- These are the verses I quoted or talked about on today’s video-
1Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
1Timothy 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
1Timothy 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
1Timothy 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Timothy 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
1Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
1Timothy 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
1Timothy 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
1Timothy 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
2Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
Isaiah 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
Isaiah 3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Isaiah 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Isaiah 3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Isaiah 3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Isaiah 3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
Isaiah 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Isaiah 3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Isaiah 3:12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah 3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
Isaiah 3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah 3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
Isaiah 3:17 Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
Isaiah 3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
Isaiah 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
Isaiah 3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
Isaiah 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels,
Isaiah 3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
Isaiah 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
Isaiah 3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Isaiah 3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
Isaiah 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Isaiah 4:3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Isaiah 4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Isaiah 4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Mark 13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
Mark 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark 13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
Mark 13:4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
Mark 13:30
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
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Luke 15
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15 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Exodus 13:21-22
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21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Psalm 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
Acts 28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Acts 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Acts 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
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