The tendency to embrace the concept of God being an angry Father is done in equal proportion to a person's inability to demonstrate His power. There is a connection between our belief system and what actually flows through us. If we don't see Jesus' life as the ultimate illustration of the will of God, we will continually undermine our ability to display it.

The Holy Spirit always wants to demonstrate what God says. God confirmed the word with signs following (Mark 16:20).
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No warning...no explanation...as if I had never written it...
The post expressed my concern over if I should keep paying attention to paying off my debt in spite of my worsening health situation where the possibility of death is a factor. This is a valid topic on a Personal Finance forum.
I did get a lot of supportive/validative replies regarding my situation...which I sorely needed and still do...until somebody decided to "stalk" me by going through a previous post from...

Philippians 3:12 -- "But I keep going on, trying to grasp that purpose for which Christ Jesus grasped me."

Psalm 63:1 -- "O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You: my inner self thirsts for you, in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water."

OBSERVATIONS:

I do not want to just give mental assent to Christian doctrine.

I want to see, have contact with, and live in the experienced reality of Christ's actual...

Mark 8:15 - “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

In saying “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod” He was warning them about influences of the mind that can rob us of the understanding of revelation and renewal. Three kinds of leaven are mentioned in the above verses: the leaven of Herod, the Pharisees, and the Kingdom!


HEROD'S LEAVEN

The leaven of Herod is a atheistic influence...

I'll admit, your writer did not expect this to happen this soon. Lubbock officials have been erecting new water towers the past few years, but it seems now that they're hastening things a bit.

Look no further than on the latest Google street views. There it is, with an April 2023 date, and it is visible. Is that a .........water tower?? Yes, it sure is. It's a new high tank located at Avenue P and 87th Street on the south side. I honestly wasn't expecting...