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Oh yea.. that's the good stuff. Looks like it could rival the ones I eat in Antakya
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RUN FROM HER!
@sinbach can you get pork rinds in that jungle? Remote mountain villages have them, but you have to work hard to get them😆 😋
Considering all the prophesies, conspiracies, real news, fake news, raising awareness, fear mongering, truths, and lies we are bombarded with daily... And if it's true that the proverbial poo is about to hit the fan...
I rarely hear any practical advice about what to DO, except pray and vote.
We really simply go on with life without changing much. "As it was in the days of Noah... marrying and giving in marriage... until the door of the ark was shut... so shall it be when the Son of Man returns."
How about... "owe no man anything but to love"
"Work while it is day.."
"Redeem the time for the days are evil"
How do we apply those practically?
Should we be bringing children into this world if we really believe it is, or soon will be, so bad?
Or do we not really believe it and we just add to the noise?
Thoughts?
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Soy bean capital! Woohoo🙄
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Ok thanks. I just ordered the book, with trepidation, since the first book of yours that I read was... "The six lies I tell... " 🤣
@sinbach Like everything else in life, we have to compare to the Word.
Thank God, my fear based salvation turned to a love based salvation and now the events, people, and timing of the end times is less influential.
@sinbach 5 years old... at church. We watched "Thief in the Night" and "A Distant Thunder." Both are 70's rapture/end times movies and both cheesy. But they scared me into salvation because I didnt want my head chopped off. Thing is, we lived on a farm next to railroad tracks. So every night the house would shake and I would hear a loud 'trumpet.' I ran downstairs to make sure mom and dad were still in bed.
It's funny now, but not back then!
My eschatology has changed but people still make cheesy end times movies. And worse yet, viewers of these movies take them as scriptural!
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prostrate and prostate🤣
I'm probably way late to the game on this... but this could come in handy for some people in some countries that need to hide their Bible app..
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It was good to meet you! Thanks for coming this way. I could have held you up even longer than I did with all my questions... 😆
Ozzy, my cockatiel, taking a bath... in my hair
@sinbach I'll be there! Looking forward to it!
@sinbach Just finished reading "The 6 Lies.." 😂 should be mandatory reading in Bible schools!
All those points are reasons that I am self supporting. I work and save, then send and go. No need to exaggerate. No newsletters, or judgments. Just keep genuine relationships for accountability and encouragement. Pray and obey.
Next book... "The 6 lies indigenous leaders tell Westerners. "
1) you're my only supporter ** one church had 5 different sign boards for photo ops as needed**😆
2) there are no other churches around **of their particular denomination**
3) we're planting a church in every village **on paper only**
4) there are no churches around **church buildings... home groups dont count unless it is theirs**
5) I have #### churches under my care
6) I am caring for #### orphans
"Westerners... we can do it faster, better, cheaper than you. STAY home. Send money. We'll provide photos. We know you like photos."
There are too many things to be concerned about. A human being, as much as he/she may want to, CANNOT actively care about everything wrong in the world. We simply dont have the capacity. We cant give to every need or even feel passionate about it.
We can pray, but most of the time, that is all we can do. If our Father leads us to be more intimately involved in a certain cause or need, then of course, we obey.
I'm personally involved in church planting, Bible schools, children's homes, and such in the 10/40. But I dont expect everyone to jump on board with the same things in the same places.
"Cast your cares upon Him, for He cares for you."
Pray and obey. Leave the rest to God.
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Wow! Praise God he is free. I've never been to Nigeria, so I cannot speak authoritatively, but it seems like such a dichotomy from what I've read and researched. For example, just web search the top 10 richest pastors in the world. 5 Americans, 2 Zimbabweans, and 3 Nigerians with mega churches and political influence.