Faith, Hope, Love and Trust

 Faith, hope, love, and trust form a biblical posture for Christians navigating political turbulence while keeping their eyes fixed on God rather than on human systems.

These four are deeply interconnected in Scripture. Faith, hope, and love are the classic triad of 1 Corinthians 13:13 (“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love”). Trust (especially the Hebrew batach and related ideas of taking refuge) is the practical, relational outworking of faith, particularly emphasized in the Psalms. Together they orient the heart toward God as sovereign, eternal, and trustworthy amid temporary storms.

Faith

Faith is confident reliance on God’s character, promises, and sovereignty—even when political outcomes are unclear, disappointing, or hostile. It is not primarily faith in a party, leader, policy, or election result, but faith in the God who “rules over the nations” (Psalm 22:28; 47:8) and works all things for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28).

In a polarized environment, faith anchors the believer so that headlines, court decisions, or cultural shifts do not become the measure of God’s faithfulness. It says, with the psalmist, that God is a rock and fortress regardless of surrounding chaos (Psalm 18, 46, 62). Practically, this means evaluating political realities through the lens of Scripture rather than through partisan media or anxiety-driven narratives. Faith also frees Christians from the idolatry of believing any human system can fully establish the kingdom of God (Daniel 2:44; Matthew 6:10).

Hope

Hope is forward-looking confidence grounded in God’s future, not in electoral cycles. Biblical hope is certain because it rests on the finished work of Christ, the indwelling Spirit, and the promised return of Jesus to set all things right (Romans 5:1–5; Titus 2:13; Revelation 21–22).

Political storms are real and can bring genuine hardship, but they are temporary. Hope keeps the horizon clear: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Colossians 3:1–2). It prevents both despair when “our side” loses and triumphalism when it wins. The early church lived under Roman occupation and persecution yet overflowed with hope because their citizenship was in heaven (Philippians 3:20). That same hope enables patient endurance, prayerful engagement, and a refusal to treat any election as the final word.

Love

Love is the greatest of the three and the most countercultural in political seasons. Jesus’ command to love God and neighbor (Matthew 22:37–40) includes loving enemies and praying for those who persecute (Matthew 5:43–48). Paul places love above all spiritual gifts and as the fulfillment of the law (1 Corinthians 13; Romans 13:8–10).

In practice, this means refusing to demonize fellow image-bearers who hold different political views, seeking justice and mercy rather than mere victory, and speaking truth in a way that builds up rather than tears down. Love does not require agreement or silence on moral issues; it does require that engagement be marked by the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23) rather than by contempt, mockery, or tribal hatred. Many Christians have noted that political identity can quietly become a greater loyalty than Christian identity; love for God and neighbor reorders those priorities. It also motivates constructive participation—voting, advocacy, service—precisely because we care about our neighbors’ flourishing under God’s moral order.

Trust

Trust is the concrete act of leaning the full weight of one’s security, future, and peace onto God rather than onto chariots, horses, princes, or wealth (Psalm 20:7; 118:8–9; 146:3). The Psalms repeatedly contrast trusting God with trusting human power, military strength, or political alliances. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5) applies directly when political analysis, polling, or strategy feel all-consuming.

Trust says: God is my refuge and fortress (Psalm 91:2); my times are in His hand (Psalm 31:15); He will not forsake those who seek Him (Psalm 9:10). It produces the practical fruit of not being shaken by the day’s news, of praying rather than panicking, and of doing good while waiting (Psalm 37:3–5). Because the previous conversation surveyed the many uses of “trust” language in the Psalms, those texts supply a rich vocabulary for this posture—God as rock, shield, high tower, and the one under whose wings we find shelter.

Holding Them Together While Weathering the Storm

These four work in concert. Faith believes God is who He says He is and is sovereign over history. Hope looks ahead to the certain consummation of His kingdom. Love governs how we treat people on every side of the political divide. Trust transfers the weight of our security and peace onto God rather than onto outcomes.

The practical result is a life that can engage responsibly (as salt and light, Matthew 5:13–16; as citizens who seek the welfare of the place where God has placed them, Jeremiah 29:7) without being consumed by the storm. Eyes stay fixed on Jesus, “the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2), rather than on any candidate, party platform, or cultural trend. Both over-engagement that makes politics ultimate and under-engagement that withdraws into isolation miss the biblical balance. The early church, the prophets in exile, and Jesus Himself under Roman rule all model a faithful presence that is neither naïve nor despairing.

In short: faith steadies the heart in God’s character, hope lifts the eyes to His future, love shapes the way we treat others in the present, and trust actively rests the whole of life—including political circumstances—on Him as refuge. That is the path the Scriptures commend for weathering any storm while remaining oriented toward God.

It is also important to note that none of these (faith, hope, love or trust) are feelings based. They are all decision based. "I will" have faith, "I will" hope, "I will" love and trust. Start with Psalm 9 and Psalm 34, see all the "I will" statements there. "I will" is an act of willpower. Willpower is used to make decisions. We decide, not once, not twice but over and over and over again to lean on faith, we decide to hope, love and trust. Just like the hundreds or thousands of inputs you make to the steering wheel of your car or bike or whatever else you want to drive from point A to point B it takes lots of mini and sometimes macro corrections to stay on course.

Now and moving down the road into the future we are going to have to do things God's way instead of our way. At the tip of the spear for getting things done God's way is love. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets are summed up in this. That statement should make your jaw drop. The entire Bible, every book of it, every chapter and sentence summed up in love the Lord and love your neighbor. Also, we are not handwringing over the election results. The Word says be anxious for nothing but with supplication and thanksgiving present your requests to God.

Why do we have to do things God's way now? This is a spiritual war requiring spiritual weapons and tactics. We keep our eyes on our God and He will keep His Eyes on us. We do what He told us to do and He will take care of delivering on His Promises.

There is a very real chance the demon-crats are out over their skis with this latest victory. They just turned Houston Texas into a sanctuary city and they are moving quickly to turn as much of the US as possible into a third world backwater. We can take lessons from the Joey Diapers regime where it looked like they would sink the United States in four years but they could not quite get it done. We also have to remember that the left is anti-Semitic, anti-Christian and anti-human. Their alliance with Islam is linked to a hatred for Israel. Because the Lord has used the United States to protect and or watch over Israel on this earth, the United States itself has become a primary target of the left. The big problem the left has is that God Almighty Himself watches over both Israel and America (as an extension of Israel's security). Or another way of putting it, He uses America as a tool to watch over Israel. So, again it comes back to spiritual war. Israel vs Islam, right vs left, God vs the devil.

Our part in this great drama is to keep our eyes on Christ. We pay attention daily to His marching orders and we will be fine. Anxiety and despair need to go out the window, instead we lean on faith, hope, love and trust. the left, and the enemy will continue trying to establish their one world demonic order, however it is our God alone that greenlights it. The Restrainer, the Spirit filled Church, salt and light remain on the earth with a job to do. The "blue tsunami" while impressive, failed to dislodge the Restrainer from the earth which is a huge problem for them. Until the Restrainer is removed, the anti-Christ will not be revealed:

2 Thessalonians 2:6–7.

“And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.”

And without their satanic superman, there will be no one world demonic order.

Also, we remain in the age of Grace, God's Grace extended to mankind. That too has not ended with the "blue tsunami." The spirit of the Lord is emphasizing faith, hope, love and a big new addition of trust:

These are the instances of trust just in the book of Psalms. We have noted in the past the Lord is not wordy. He uses an economy of words because He is God. He knows exactly how to express what He wants to express in as few Words as possible. So, when we do see repetitive, recurring Words-we need to take note. One of the Words we need to put up there at the top of our watch list is Trust:

“Trust” / “put their (or my/your) trust”

• Psalm 2:12 — “Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.”
• Psalm 4:5 — “Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.”
• Psalm 5:11 — “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice…”
• Psalm 7:1 — “O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust…”
• Psalm 9:10 — “And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee…”
• Psalm 11:1 — “In the LORD put I my trust…”
• Psalm 16:1 — “Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.”
• Psalm 17:7 — “…them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.”
• Psalm 18:2 — “…my God, my strength, in whom I will trust…”
• Psalm 18:30 — “…he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.”
• Psalm 20:7 — “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”
• Psalm 25:2 — “O my God, I trust in thee…”
• Psalm 25:20 — “…for I put my trust in thee.”
• Psalm 31:1 — “In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust…”
• Psalm 31:6 — “…but I trust in the LORD.”
• Psalm 31:19 — “…which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee…”
• Psalm 34:22 — “…and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.”
• Psalm 36:7 — “…therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.”
• Psalm 37:3 — “Trust in the LORD, and do good…”
• Psalm 37:5 — “Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him…”
• Psalm 37:40 — “…because they trust in him.”
• Psalm 40:3 — “…and shall trust in the LORD.”
• Psalm 40:4 — “Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust…”
• Psalm 44:6 — “For I will not trust in my bow…”
• Psalm 49:6 — “They that trust in their wealth…”
• Psalm 52:8 — “…I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.”
• Psalm 55:23 — “…but I will trust in thee.”
• Psalm 56:3 — “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”
• Psalm 56:4 — “…in God I have put my trust…”
• Psalm 56:11 — “In God have I put my trust…”
• Psalm 61:4 — “…I will trust in the covert of thy wings.”
• Psalm 62:8 — “Trust in him at all times…”
• Psalm 62:10 — “Trust not in oppression…”
• Psalm 64:10 — “…and shall trust in him…”
• Psalm 71:1 — “In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust…”
• Psalm 71:5 — “…thou art my trust from my youth.”
• Psalm 73:28 — “…I have put my trust in the Lord GOD…”
• Psalm 91:2 — “…my God; in him will I trust.”
• Psalm 91:4 — “…under his wings shalt thou trust…”
• Psalm 115:9–11 — “O Israel, trust thou in the LORD… O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD… Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD…”
• Psalm 118:8–9 — “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man… [or] in princes.”
• Psalm 119:42 — “…for I trust in thy word.”
• Psalm 125:1 — “They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion…”
• Psalm 141:8 — “…in thee is my trust…”
• Psalm 143:8 — “…for in thee do I trust…”
• Psalm 144:2 — “…and he in whom I trust…”
• Psalm 146:3 — “Put not your trust in princes…”

“Trusted”

• Psalm 13:5 — “But I have trusted in thy mercy…”
• Psalm 22:4–5 — “Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They… trusted in thee, and were not confounded.”
• Psalm 22:8 — “He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him…”
• Psalm 26:1 — “…I have trusted also in the LORD…”
• Psalm 28:7 — “…my heart trusted in him, and I am helped…”
• Psalm 31:14 — “But I trusted in thee, O LORD…”
• Psalm 33:21 — “…because we have trusted in his holy name.”
• Psalm 41:9 — “…mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted…”
• Psalm 52:7 — “…but trusted in the abundance of his riches…”
• Psalm 78:22 — “…and trusted not in his salvation.”

“Trusteth”

• Psalm 21:7 — “For the king trusteth in the LORD…”
• Psalm 32:10 — “…but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.”
• Psalm 34:8 — “…blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
• Psalm 57:1 — “…for my soul trusteth in thee…”
• Psalm 84:12 — “…blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”
• Psalm 86:2 — “…save thy servant that trusteth in thee.”
• Psalm 115:8 — “…so is every one that trusteth in them.”
• Psalm 135:18 — “…so is every one that trusteth in them.”

In addition to living in faith, hope and love, we are also going to trust. We will trust the Lord not as a feeling we have but as a decision we make over and over and over again. "I will" trust the Lord because I have made a decision to do so. When we catch ourselves slipping and sliding all over the place, we make another decision and another and another, moment by moment, hour by hour, day by day etc. That is the process. This is the road forward. We remain on the road called Love with Faith, Hope and Trust as guard rails along the way.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

What is Next?

 Midterms historically punish the president’s party, and 2026 produced a large Democratic wave (House gains well into the 40s, Senate control with flips in multiple states that had been reliably red). Exit polling and post-election analysis pointed to a mix of factors—cost of living, the Iran conflict and its economic effects, candidate quality in some races, and Trump’s personal approval. Trump had explicitly framed the election as a referendum on him (“I’m on the ballot”). When the results came in, his public posture shifted quickly to externalizing the market drop (“you only have yourselves to blame”) and emphasizing that the fault was with Democrats rather than Republicans. That pattern—claiming credit for gains, distancing from losses—is consistent with how he has spoken about markets and elections for years. Whether the candidate slate was especially weak or the headwinds were simply too strong is a matter of debate; both can be true at the same time.

On the Christian response:
This is the more important part. Scripture is clear that political figures, parties, and outcomes are not the ultimate source of hope.

• “Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save” (Psalm 146:3).
• “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes” (Psalm 118:8–9).
• God “changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others” (Daniel 2:21). Leaders come and go; the kingdom does not.

A Christian posture after an election like this does not require defending every statement of a preferred candidate or pretending the results are ideal. It does require refusing to locate ultimate hope, identity, or peace in any political figure or party. When a candidate or party loses, or when a leader disowns responsibility, the believer’s response is not primarily “how do we win next time?” but “how do we remain faithful right now?”

What “what’s next” looks like for a believer:

• Keep first things first. Seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness (Matthew 6:33). Daily faithfulness—prayer, Scripture, integrity, generosity, the care of family and neighbor—does not depend on which party holds Congress.
• Live by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Markets, approval ratings, and electoral maps move. The promises of God do not.
• Hold leaders lightly. Pray for them (1 Timothy 2:1–2), speak truth when needed, and refuse to make any of them an idol or a savior.
• Remember that short-term political setbacks do not overturn God’s long-term purposes. The same God who worked through Joseph in Egypt, Daniel in Babylon, and the early church under Roman rule is not surprised by 2026 midterms.

Trump will be gone soon, the Kingdom of God will not.  After 24 hours of grieving over the advance of evil, now we move onto "what's next?"  Whats next is the process.  Living in faith, hope and love every day.  Leveling up into the best versions of ourselves for His Glory and to do His Will at the highest level.

This servant would ask you to consider the timing of the message and emphasis on faith, hope, and love with the world around us.  The Lord has prepared us for today and the days ahead with what He has already provided.  He has shown us the path forward for us, regardless of what is happening in the world.  The Church is salt and light in this world.  The Spirit of God in us also means we are life to this world.  Rivers of living water flow from us because of Who lives within us.

Disappointment can often breed bitterness, that is not the path forward for us.  Faith, hope, and love are the path forward.  Eyes on Christ in the midst of the storm is the path forward.  Strap on your armor and get to work, we have alot to do!

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

After The "Blue Tsunami

The pain and disappointment after the election are real. Many believers woke up after the midterms feeling the punch—higher costs still pressing on families, cultural and political momentum shifting further away from the values they hold, and a sense that the ground under their feet just moved. Acknowledging that is not weakness; it is honesty. Getting hit hard does not mean the fight is over. Being knocked down is not the same as staying down. You are still here, still breathing, still on the face of the earth. That fact itself means you retain the ability to respond.

Responsibility is response plus ability. The question is not whether the blow landed; it did. The question is what you do with the next moment, the next day, the next decision. Scripture does not call believers to pretend the blow never happened. It calls them to respond from a different center than the circumstances that just shifted.

A response of hope does not require the immediate reversal of the results. It rests on the character and promises of God that remain unchanged (Romans 15:13; Hebrews 6:19). Hope looks forward because the ultimate outcome is already secured in Christ, even when the near-term landscape looks harder. It is the decision to keep expecting God to work rather than to interpret every setback as final.

A response of trust is the refusal to hand the steering wheel of your inner life to headlines or exit polls. Trust says, “God remains sovereign over nations and rulers (Daniel 2:21; Proverbs 21:1). My security is not located in any temporary majority.” It is lived out in continued prayer, continued obedience, and continued dependence rather than in anxious recalculation of every political variable.

A response of faith is active, not passive. Faith is the settled confidence that what God has said is true, followed by steps that match that confidence (Hebrews 11). It looks like continuing to seek first the kingdom (Matthew 6:33), continuing to speak truth with gentleness, continuing to love the people in front of you, and continuing to create and share words that point others to Christ. Faith does not wait for better conditions before it acts.

A response of love keeps the heart from hardening. Disappointment easily turns into bitterness, contempt, or withdrawal. Love, as Paul describes it in 1 Corinthians 13 and as the fruit of the Spirit, refuses that path. It still seeks the good of others, still prays for those in authority (1 Timothy 2:1–2), still treats neighbors as people made in God’s image, and still refuses to let the punch define the posture of the heart.

What does that response look like in practice right now?

• Return to Scripture and prayer as the first place you process the results, not as an afterthought. Let passages that speak of endurance, God’s sovereignty, and the living hope in Christ recalibrate your focus.
• Choose one concrete act of faithfulness today that does not depend on who holds power—encouraging someone else who is discouraged, serving in your local church, speaking graciously in a hard conversation, or continuing the work of pointing people to the gospel through the content you create.
• Refuse both despair and denial. Name the difficulty without letting it become the final word. Getting up does not mean pretending the punch had no force; it means deciding that the punch will not set the terms for the rest of the fight.
• Measure the day by obedience and love rather than by the latest political development. The ability to respond is exercised in the ordinary decisions that remain fully available to you.

You are still in the arena. The good fight of faith continues precisely because you are alive and able to choose how you will meet this moment. Hope, trust, faith, and love are not feelings that arrive after the circumstances improve; they are the responses you can offer while the circumstances are still hard. That is the fight. That is the responsibility. And that ability remains yours.

We are being called higher while we remain on the earth. President Trump's time in office is almost over, the question is "what's next?" The answer is the same stuff we have been talking about now for years. Level up, center in His Will, faith, hope, love, joy and peace are where we are coming from. It is what we are broadcasting. It is how we live. We live in Christ, with Christ, through Christ. None of this changed with the election. Our God and His Kingdom are eternal. This world and its politics are extremely temporal.

Today we lean heavily into faith, hope, trust and love. Eyes on Christ. Yes, we see the world around us however we are continually, ongoing, persistently moving our eyes between this world and Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. This world will pass away, He will not. Seeing wickedness advance is like getting punched in the gut and knocked down. But we don't stay down. Now we move onto what's next and we do so in faith, hope and love.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Election Results

 The bad news is, evil has taken steps forward with demon-crat control of both the house and senate.  It is not what we wanted but we did our part praying and voting and now it's time to move on.  Ok then, what is the good news?

God’s Rule Is Unchanged

Psalm 2 describes nations raging and rulers taking counsel against the Lord and His Anointed. God’s response is not surprise or defeat; He sits in the heavens and laughs, because He has already set His King on Zion. The New Testament applies this to Jesus. Political majorities shift; Christ’s throne does not. Daniel 2:21 and Proverbs 21:1 remind us that God raises up and removes rulers according to His purpose. Whatever the current balance of power, it falls under the same sovereign hand that has guided history through every previous regime.

This does not erase the weight of policies that conflict with Scripture. It places them in a larger frame: no election result can cancel the decree that Jesus is Lord or revoke the Great Commission. The early church quoted Psalm 2 while facing actual hostility from rulers, then asked for boldness to keep speaking the word rather than for a change in government (Acts 4). That posture is still available.

The Church’s Identity and Mission Remain Fixed

Philippians 3:20 locates the believer’s citizenship in heaven. Colossians 3:1–2 calls the church to set its mind on things above, not on earthly things. Jesus told Pilate His kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). The primary work remains making disciples, baptizing, and teaching obedience to all He commanded (Matthew 28:18–20). Political seasons can make that work feel more urgent or more difficult; they do not redefine it.

Encouragement therefore looks like returning to ordinary faithfulness:

• Preaching and teaching Scripture so that the church’s convictions are formed by the Word rather than by headlines.
• Praying for those in authority (1 Timothy 2:1–2), including those whose policies one opposes, so that the church may live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness.
• Strengthening local congregations in fellowship, service, and witness so that the body of Christ is visibly distinct from the surrounding culture.
• Protecting and exercising religious liberty where it is pressured, while remembering that the gospel has advanced under far more restrictive conditions than those currently faced in the United States.

Hope That Is Not Borrowed from Outcomes

Romans 8:28 remains true: God works all things for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. That “all things” includes political setbacks. Philippians 4:6–7 offers the peace of God that guards hearts and minds when anxiety rises. The church has historically been most spiritually vital when it held its primary allegiance to Christ rather than to cultural influence or legislative power. Periods of cultural pressure have often clarified priorities and strengthened dependence on God.

For those who teach, write, or produce content for the church, the opportunity is to keep pointing people to the same themes already present in the Psalms, the prophets, the Gospels, and the epistles: God’s steadfast love, the sufficiency of Christ, the call to endurance, and the hope of a kingdom that cannot be shaken (Hebrews 12:28). Political commentary has its place as stewardship and neighbor-love; it is secondary to the gospel.

The church does not need a particular party in power to fulfill its calling. It needs faithfulness to the One who already holds all authority in heaven and on earth. That reality is the ground of encouragement independent of any election result.

The Church, the Spirit filled Restrainer of evil remains on the earth. Our mission and vision have not changed. Our God has not changed. The process has not changed. And something to remain mindful of is many times what looks like evil's greatest victories (like crucifying our Lord Jesus Christ) becomes the seed or source of their greatest defeats.

We move forward now, continuing to pray for spiritual awakening across the planet, and repentance and revival in the Church. The enemy is doubling and tripling down on evil, we double and triple down on good. The answer for darkness has not changed, it is light. We are the light of the world. We are the salt of the earth.

Our calling to "level up" and center ourselves in our Lord's Will takes on even greater importance and urgency now. We, each one of us is here on earth in this season for a reason. Our calling and election in Christ Jesus is associated with a mission on earth. Our achievement of our mission at the highest level requires the best version of ourselves.

So, in a sense the most important things have not changed and will not change. Our mission and vision are the same moving forward. Level up, use what you have been given, all centered in His Will for your life. Save the lost, encourage, uplift, motivate, inspire. Live by force of will, as well as prayer, obedience and submission to the Lord in faith, hope, love, joy and peace.

When the darkness is taking its victory lap, we can be strapping on our armor for battle. We concede nothing to the darkness. We fight for every inch of terrain because give them an inch and they will take you miles down the road to the very gates of hell. So, game on.

Keep your chin up, stay in the fight.

Continental Navy Captain John Paul Jones during the Battle of Flamborough Head on September 23, 1779.

While commanding the Bonhomme Richard against the British frigate HMS Serapis, Jones’s ship was heavily damaged and taking on water. When the British captain called across to ask if he had struck his colors (i.e., surrendered), Jones is said to have replied:

“I have not yet begun to fight!”

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Israel is Not the Problem

 Islam is the problem.  We don't see Jews with Israeli flags burning down the country in France, no they are Muslim waving Palestinian flags.  It wasn't Jews that flew airplanes into the twin towers or bombed our barracks in Lebanon or committed any number of heinous anti-human attacks.  Nope, they were all Muslim: 

Europe

• 14 July 2016, Nice, France: Truck attack on Bastille Day crowd (Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, ISIS-inspired) — ~86 killed, hundreds injured.
• 19 December 2016, Berlin, Germany: Truck attack on Christmas market (Anis Amri, ISIS-inspired) — 12 killed.
• 22 March 2016, Brussels, Belgium: Coordinated bombings at airport and metro (ISIS) — 32 killed (plus 3 bombers).
• 22 May 2017, Manchester, UK: Suicide bombing at Ariana Grande concert (Salman Abedi, ISIS-inspired) — 22 killed.
• 3 June 2017, London Bridge, UK: Vehicle and knife attack (ISIS-inspired) — 8 killed.
• 17 August 2017, Barcelona/Cambrils, Spain: Vehicle attacks (ISIS-inspired cell) — 16 killed.
• 29 October 2020, Nice, France: Knife attack in Notre-Dame basilica — 3 killed.
• Various smaller stabbings and plots in France, Germany, UK, etc., continuing into 2024–2026.

United States

• 12 June 2016, Orlando, Florida: Pulse nightclub shooting (Omar Mateen, ISIS-inspired) — 49 killed.
• 1 January 2025, New Orleans: Truck attack on Bourbon Street New Year’s crowd (Shamsud-Din Jabbar, ISIS-inspired, with ISIS flag) — 14–15 killed, dozens injured.
• Additional smaller attacks, plots, and incidents tracked by sources such as CSPII (dozens of incidents in the US over the period, many foiled).

Israel / October 7 and related

• 7 October 2023: Hamas-led attack from Gaza (mass shootings, infiltrations, hostage-taking, including at the Nova music festival) — approximately 1,200 killed (mostly civilians), thousands injured, ~250 taken hostage. This is the second-deadliest single Islamist terrorist event in modern records after 9/11.
• Ongoing smaller attacks, rocket fire, and related violence attributed to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and others.

Russia / Central Asia / other

• 22 March 2024, Moscow area (Crocus City Hall): Coordinated shooting and fire attack by ISIS-K (Tajik perpetrators) — ~145 killed, hundreds injured.

Africa (highest volume and many of the deadliest single incidents)

• Multiple large-scale massacres by Boko Haram/ISWAP (Nigeria and neighbors), Al-Shabaab (Somalia/Kenya), JNIM and ISIS affiliates (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Sahel), and others. Examples include:
  • 24 August 2024, Barsalogho, Burkina Faso: JNIM (Al-Qaeda-linked) attack on civilians digging defensive trenches — estimates range from ~200 to 600 killed.
  • 2021 Palma, Mozambique: ISIS occupation/attack — over 1,100 killed.
  • Recurrent high-casualty attacks in Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Somalia throughout the decade (often dozens to hundreds dead in single incidents).
• These regions account for the bulk of global Islamist terrorism deaths in recent years.

There is one free state in the Middle East that is not some form of tyrannical dictatorship.  That would be Israel.

Now, is Israel perfect?  Far from it.  Do they have problems?  Yep, lots of them.  But the people on the right end of the political spectrum bashing Israel should be aiming that barrel at Islam instead if for nothing else the threat Islam poses to them and their family if they ever assumed control here.  The entire western world is now under attack by some form of Islamo Communism.  Its not Israel trying to bury the western world, it is Islam and world Communism.  

We need all hands on deck in this fight against the anti-human, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic left which is now trying to bury all of is in a satanic tyrannical state.  It would be great if the MAGA base along with others on the right who have drifted out onto the fringe would come back into the fold and fight the good fight.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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Get Out and Vote

 Yep, 180 flip from brother Dave of years gone by.  The Spirit leads where He leads, this nobody follows.  The demoralization campaign waged against us by the leftist islamo communist faction is failing.  Republicans, who are admittedly no angels, can/could/will keep control of the senate if every last one of us gets out to vote.  "They" try to demoralize us by making it seem like a foregone coclusion, an inevitability that they will win it all so why bother trying?  Why bother?  We bother because they are evil and we see this as a fight/battle/war to the death for every last inch of ground we hold against them.  We concede nothing, nada, zilch.  We are fighting for everything.

They took their sheeps mask off and showed us whats underneath and the so called sheep are all wolves in sheeps clothing.  Look at Britain, look at France.  They are in stage 2 of their islamo communist revolutions and we dare say nobody reading this wants that for their own backyard.  We also need to fast, and pray and stay in the Word of God, standing on the promises while we act in faith, hope, love and trust.  We are trusting the Lord for all of our outcomes, while we focus on the process of doing what He told us to do, how He told us to do it.

Lets fight the good fight, get out and vote ♡

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I Will

You have known days where you lived on feelings.  When everything is going great, feelings might carry the day.  You have also known the other days. The feeling faded. The pull of worry or weariness or distraction took the lead. And the walk that had seemed strong began to follow the weather of the moment.

Many people stay in that pattern. They wait for the feeling to return before they bless, before they trust, before they seek. The Christian life becomes a series of rises and falls tied to the state of the heart.

The Psalms tell a different story. Over and over David speaks the words I will. I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. When I am afraid I will trust in you. I will seek you early. I will meditate on your precepts. My heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise.

These are not descriptions of how David happened to feel. They are decisions he made with his will. He set the direction of his soul before the feeling caught up, and sometimes while the feeling still pulled the other way.

That is the power of decision in the Christian walk. Feelings come and go. They report the weather. Decisions set the course. Discipline is the practice of making those decisions again when the feeling has not yet agreed.

The shift is from a feelings based walk to a decision based walk. From asking how do I feel about the Lord today to declaring what I will do toward the Lord today.

You do not wait to feel strong before you decide to trust. You decide to trust, and strength is invited to follow. You do not wait to feel joyful before you decide to bless. You decide to bless, and the heart is trained to catch up.

When the valley is dark David could still say I will fear no evil for you are with me. The presence was the fact. The fear was the feeling. The decision was the I will.

When the day is ordinary and nothing dramatic is happening you can still say every day will I bless you and praise your name. The ordinary becomes the place where discipline is formed.

The Bible does not call you to manufacture feeling. It calls you to set your mind, to fix your heart, to decide your way. The I will of the Psalms is the language of a soul that has chosen its direction.

David wrote these words in caves, on battlefields, in moments of triumph and moments of deep trouble. The decision was the constant. The feeling was not.

Today you can practice this. Notice the place where a feeling has been steering. Anxiety, boredom, discouragement, distraction. Then speak the next I will. I will return my attention to you. I will cast this care on you. I will remember what you have done. I will walk in the light you have given.

The decisions are small. They are made many times. They are the discipline that keeps the walk from drifting when the weather changes. Over time the will that is set on the Lord becomes the steady path.

The Lord sees the heart that chooses him again. He honors the decision that refuses to wait for perfect feeling. He meets the one who says I will. Our Christian walk must be decision based, process based, based on disciplined action instead of acting on feeling.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

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The Next Play

 There is a way of walking that keeps your eyes on the next step instead of the scoreboard. In football they call it the process. You do not think about the championship or the final score. You do not carry the last play into this one. You pour everything you have into the moment in front of you. Then you do it again. The results take care of themselves if the process is right.

The Christian walk works the same way, only deeper. The outcomes that matter most are not yours to manufacture. The path gets straightened in the accumulation of small acknowledgments, not by managing the final result yourself. Your part is the next play. His part is the rest.

The next play is the return of your attention to Him right where you are. It is the decision to trust in this moment instead of leaning on your own understanding. It is the acknowledgment of Him in the ordinary choice in front of you. Yesterday's faithfulness does not carry today. Today must be lived. Tomorrow is not yet yours.

When your eyes stay on the scoreboard you will be jerked around. The scoreboard shows the news, the problem that will not move, the prayer that has not been answered on your timetable, the quiet ordinary days that do not feel like progress. Anxiety grows there. Discouragement grows there. The temptation to quit grows there. But the scoreboard is not your assignment. The next play is.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. That is process language. All your ways means the series of moments you actually inhabit. The acknowledgment is the execution. You do not have to see the whole season. You have to play the play in front of you.

Take up your cross daily. That is the same reality. The persistent widow kept coming back. She did not control the judge's final decision. She controlled whether she would cry out again. Jesus said that is how we are not to lose heart. The process of returning, of crying out, of acknowledging Him again, is the mark of those who belong to Him.

This is not self generated grit. It is the fruit of abiding. The branch does not manufacture fruit by force of will. It stays connected. The small returns of attention keep the connection real so the Spirit can produce what only He can produce. Faith, hope, love, joy, and peace show up in the ordinary choices when the eyes stay on Him instead of the scoreboard.

Your next play might be returning your mind to what is true when it starts to spin. It might be a brief acknowledgment of Him in a decision you would rather control. It might be crying out again instead of deciding the prayer is useless. It might be choosing love in the conversation in front of you rather than keeping score of the other person. It might be reordering one part of the day so that seeking His kingdom is not left for later. Do that play. Then the next one.

You can live with the results whatever they are because the decisive victory is already His. Your life is already hidden with Christ. The throne is His. The process of returning to Him again and again is the walk. It is how you stay in the center of what He is doing. It is how the path gets straightened without you having to straighten it yourself.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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Prayer Impact

 link here.

One of the prayer targets is rain, water level restoration to lake Powell.  It has risen now 10 feet due to recent rains.  We, the Church, a praying believing people are impacting on targets across this world.  Everything on the prayer target list is in some way, shape or form being changed, impacted, moved, etc.  Your prayers matter.  Our prayer move things.  Our prayers move "mountains."

Mark 11:23

“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”

Today, there are many mountains that need to be moved and we stand in agreement and alignment with our Lord God first, then with each other to move every last one of them.  

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Revival

 Brother Cahn does a good job in this recent video.  What does he talk about?  We must have revival or else.  Policies changed the right way get changed back the wrong way.  Everything undone from the time of Biden gets redone but worse under the new more rabid left.

Amen.  The people must be changed.  The spirits of humans must be changed, this is a spiritual war.  Revival or getting right again with God does just that.  Also winning new souls to the Kingdom does that.  It is our Lord's Will that all be saved, almost nobody is off the table so we need to be working.  If we have learned one thing from the recent past it is if you give the left an inch they will take you on a ride for miles.  We must fight for every inch of ground.  Nothing must be conceded.  Not one school board seat, not one seat in the house or senate or local city council.  We want it all back.  "But brother D, I thought you said you don't vote."  That was then this is now.  We follow the Lord from moment to moment, somethings never change other things are in continual change.

"But what about Revelation, it says everyone is doomed so why bother?"  Revelation is correct, every Word of it however thats the wrong question.  The question is not "what" is going to happen, we can all read that.  The million dollar question is "when?" And, what about between now and then?  If you are so busy "prepping" and diggin bunkers in your backyard for the tribulation, who is working on getting people into the Kingdom right now?  The harvest is ripe, we need workers out in the field harvesting, not in their backyard digging bunkers...

What is the Spirit saying to the Church today?  Grace and peace to mankind.  Faith, hope, love, joy and restraint of judgement extended to mankind.  Now is the day of salvation.  Now is the time of Grace.  Judgement will be here soon enough however we must remember the lesson from Ecclesiastes:

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV): “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”

The full opening of the chapter (Ecclesiastes 3:1–8) lists the paired seasons: born/die, plant/pluck up, kill/heal, break down/build up, weep/laugh, mourn/dance, cast away stones/gather stones, embrace/refrain, get/lose, keep/cast away, rend/sew, silence/speak, love/hate, war/peace.

Core meaning

The Preacher (Qoheleth) is not offering a to-do list or a permission slip for every action. He is observing the ordered, appointed character of time under God’s sovereignty. Seasons arrive and pass; human effort does not control their coming or going. The repeated “time to…” underscores that life is not random chaos and not pure human mastery — it moves in cycles God has set. Wisdom lies in recognizing the season rather than forcing the wrong action at the wrong time.

Multiple angles

• Literal and agricultural: Ancient Israel lived by sowing and harvest, war and rest, birth and death. The list mirrors real life cycles more than abstract philosophy.
• Personal life stages: Childhood, building a career or family, loss, recovery, older years of reflection or limitation. What is fitting at one stage can be unwise or destructive at another.
• Spiritual seasons: Times of sowing (teaching, serving, creating) and times of waiting or pruning. Times of weeping and times of dancing. Faith does not erase the hard seasons; it trusts the One who appoints them (see also the later turn in Ecclesiastes 3:11 — God has “made every thing beautiful in his time” and set eternity in the human heart).
• Discernment vs. fatalism: The passage is not “everything is relative” or “do whatever feels right.” It is closer to “there is an appropriate time for each of these; wisdom seeks to know which season this is.” Contrast with the New Testament emphasis on walking by the Spirit and redeeming the time (Ephesians 5:15–16).
• Limits of human control: Even the strongest person cannot permanently hold a season that God is ending or force one He has not yet opened. That humility is the practical fruit of the text.

Practical implications

• Patience and timing: Rushing a harvest, forcing a relationship, speaking when silence is required, or building when it is time to break down usually multiplies pain. The opposite is also true — perpetual hesitation when the season for action has arrived wastes the appointed time.
• Acceptance without passivity: Recognizing “a time to…” does not mean resignation. It means aligning effort with the season rather than fighting the clock. Plant when it is time to plant; grieve when it is time to grieve; speak when it is time to speak.
• Eternity in the heart: The chapter does not stop at the list. Verse 11 and the rest of Ecclesiastes keep pointing beyond the cycles to the God who stands outside them. The seasons make sense only in light of that larger reality.
• For content and witness: This passage has long been a natural bridge — poetic, memorable, and honest about both joy and sorrow. It pairs well with themes of trust, waiting, and God’s faithfulness across changing circumstances.

We live in the Age of Grace today.  The Church is to offer the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this world.  We are here both to glorify our God and serve Him, doing what we were told to do which is make disciples/preach the good news.

Brother Cahn's video was timely.  This world is on the clock.  We will see what happens in the mid terms, but regardless of what happens we have a job to do and way to do it.  Our operating software is coded with faith, hope, love, joy and peace.  When the people living under the darkness in this world see that light, they might be saved.

The Spirit has impressed this nobody with the need to turn the corner on the messages of doom and gloom "from the watchmen on the wall."  This world needs faith, hope and love alot more than it needs another reminder of how dark things are...

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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