David Faris, MaineStreams.com @MaineStreams@dingdash.com

It's okay to have a political opinion; let's just be careful about where we broadcast it.
The first computers were database machines, used for national census tabulation. They were also used to target the Jews in several nations for the Holocaust.
Facebook and the other major Social Media Networks are databases, far more detailed than in World War II. They are used thousands of times a second to target advertising.
Find out more in IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/black-ibm.html

Learn to praise the LORD in your Marah, and in your Elim. (Numbers 33:8-10)

In vain you rise up early and stay up late... for He provides for His beloved ones, even in their sleep. (Psalm 127:2)

When a stream flows in the Negev desert, it brings life, plants, animals and villages.
Those who sow in tears will reap in joy... (Psalm 126)

Far better to be out of the boat, half drowning from the storm, than safe in the boat with our friends, criticizing from a distance. (Matthew 14:28-32)

When Jesus passes by, cry out loudly for Him! Don't let the crowd shame you into silence! (Luke 19:35-43)

Have a good conscience, so that those who falsely accuse you may be ashamed. (I Peter 3:15-18)

If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father - Jesus Christ the Righteous One. (I John 2:1)

"I had a choice of how to look at it: I could choose to accept that this is part of God's plan for my life, or I could choose to let it drag me down and question my faith."
When life picks you up like a farm combine and rips you apart, He is holding your hand through it all.

https://vimeo.com/430906246

Our Heavenly Father promises to clothe and feed us... but He Himself will be your Refuge. (Luke 12:28, Psalm 46:1)

Has Pastor Dana heard from God, or not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TdpMSMP9x4

You don't belong under the bed. Let what Jesus did in you shine out to a darkened world. (Luke 8:16-18)

Why do religious leaders hate hearing Jesus say to sinners, "Your sins are forgiven?" (Luke 5:17-26, 7:39-50)

Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. (Song of Solomon 8:7)

http://davidknightwrites.blogspot.com/2010/10/many-waters-cannot-quench-love.html

Oh LORD, help me to care more for the man with the paralyzed hand, than for those who wait to accuse me for letting YOU heal him through me. (Luke 6:6-11)

Financial freedom allows us to do what we want to do. Financial struggle allows God to do what He wants to do.