From Revolution To Redemption: Love, Faith, And A Nation In Turmoil

The noise is relentless, the losses are real, and the headlines keep testing our nerves. We take a hard, honest look at how personal pain collides with public crisis and ask a sharper question: what would change if love set the terms for our power, our policies, and our daily choices?

We trace a clear line from America’s founding ideals to the wounds of the Trail of Tears, Black Codes, and Wounded Knee, then to present-day civil rights violations and social unrest. The pattern is uncomfortable, but seeing it matters. When we recognize how history repeats, we can refuse old excuses and practice a different way. Alongside that reckoning, we lean into evidence that healthy relationships transform health outcomes: lower blood pressure, steadier hearts, stronger immune systems, better sleep, less anxiety. Love is more than sentiment; it is a measurable protective factor for individuals and communities.

I share how faith moved from tradition to encounter—how Christ became a near, steady presence in seasons of heartbreak and danger. That shift reframed anxiety, guided forgiveness, and turned scripture like Philippians 4 into a daily practice of attention. We also explore what healing looks like at the bedside: releasing bitterness, naming grief, and letting the body follow the soul into rest. The throughline is simple and demanding—love that is truthful, courageous, and grounded in something greater than our systems.

If you’re craving clarity in the chaos, this conversation offers both compass and comfort. Join us to rethink how history informs today, why love is public health, and how a durable hope can hold you steady when the world tilts. If this resonates, subscribe, share with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show.

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Welcome And Intent For Healing

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Greetings and welcome to the drip line where love and healing will flow into your soul. Tune in and take a listen. Come along this journey, allowing love and truth to permeate your entire being. Hopefully, the message shared this week will touch your heart, allowing you to move closer to your healing, making you more self-aware, and empowering you for your daily life, enabling you to live more prosperously and successfully. My intention this week is to encourage everyone to not get swallowed and devoured by the chaos and calamity of this world. If we dwell in the negative and the ills of society, we can drown in the quicksand of our sorrows. If we become too callous and apathetic, then we become too disconnected and thus so disengaged that we become part of the problem and offer no solutions or support for those who don't have a voice. We are one. Yes, we are individuals, but as individuals we make a whole. We are a society, we are humanity. We are all here together, even in our microcosm of life. We might be saying to ourselves, I can do bad all by myself, and I don't need anyone. Or we might be yearning for a true friend or support system that just isn't there because people have turned into themselves. We might be that paradox that is both at the same time needing but not wanting, and wanting but not needing. We are complex beings, but the truth that lies behind the lies and deceptions is that we all need love, but seem to lack true healthy love at some level in our lives. It is evident in the condition of the world. It is especially evident now in my country, the United States of America. Everyone, and I mean everyone, seems to be dealing with tragedies, losses, and situations that are overwhelming all over the world. Devastating illnesses may be attacking ourselves or loved ones. We might be experiencing the sudden death of a loved one or fighting to keep a loved one alive. We might be dealing with mental health issues, domestic violence, addictions of one kind or another, financial woes, but despite our own problems, despite all those things that I just listed, we are definitely facing external and societal ills that spill over into our own personal lives, that impact how we cope, how we manage, and how we overcome. There are economic pressures and societal problems that impact the health and wealth of every respective country's economies and social problems today. These impact healthcare, education, and the safety of its people. Everything seems to be happening everywhere now all at once. At the macro and micro levels, we are all being impacted. We cannot deny that. Scientists are discovering that poor mental and emotional health can even lead to more illnesses and disease than we ever dare to consider in past decades. The world is witnessing the implosion and civil unrest in the United States of America and the recent killings of two peaceful protesters at the hands of law enforcement. Gross and egregious violations of the Constitution and citizens and non-citizens' civil rights are being violated. Families and their ways of life are being stripped and ripped apart and utterly destroyed. People are being kidnapped, violated,

Naming Today’s Crises And Their Weight

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trafficked, and used like slaves in detention centers as the world watches. Therefore, I am going to outline how the lack of love and understanding of who we are relates to the very activity that is happening in our country today. How, even though colonizers came to this land to promote Christianity and the truth and love of God, they essentially became like the oppressors they fled from. Hence, I am being reminded of our own revolution, or I should say the revolution of the British that came to America who ultimately revolted against the British monarch. When subjects learned that kings were no longer gods and that the commoner was equal in God's eyes. Yes, the Declaration of Independence was authored and written. It derived from the residual impact of the Protestant Reformation, which uncovered the corruption in the Roman Catholic Church, which became a tool for political power. Hence, we moved to the Enlightenment movement, which was a movement of men that contemplated the reality and truth of God, the power of science, and the power of the individual and man's own intellect. The Declaration of Independence ultimately became the weapon of force used to fight for freedom from an oppressive government. And it reads, We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that when any whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and their happiness. Next we move, more than a hundred years later, to the Civil War, where abolitionists fought for the freedom of black and indigenous peoples, who, in light of the corruption of the church, once again fought to remind people of what Christianity was all about, that all men were created equal in God's eyes, and that no one is less than a human. But in light of that declaration of independence, blacks and indigenous people and even women were denied the right to vote, denied true citizenship, denied the rights that any human should have. We moved to the Trail of Tears, a very poignant movement that reminds us of the genocide that occurred amongst the Native American peoples. The Trail of Tears was a forced migration in the United States of the Northeast and Southeast Indians during the 1830s. The discovery of gold, again the greed of man, on Cherokee lands in Georgia, catalyzed political efforts to divest all Indians east of the Mississippi River of their property. Hence, the Indian Removal Act was authorized by the U.S. President, and Andrew Jackson was behind most of the evil that was perpetrated. Many Northeast and Southeast Indians were forcefully moved to the West. Some 15,000 people died of explosion disease on this journey, and hence it became known as the Trail of Tears. Over a hundred

History’s Mirror: From Colonies To Rights

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thousand people were removed from their own lands. Now, post-Civil War, post-Trail of Tears, we had many black communities trying to thrive and seek freedom from oppression and racism by developing their own vibrant communities with churches and educational institutions and small businesses. But black codes and Jim Crow were established to choke freedom and revitalize Southern white supremacy and power. Sadly, the Confederate States were fighting to maintain control over black lives. Black coals punished vagrancy and forced freedom to sign labor contracts, to force freed men, I'm sorry, to labor contracts and blocked African Americans the right to vote. It can be read like this. All freedom, all freed men, free Negroes and mulattos in this state over the age of 18 years, found on the second Monday in January 1866 or thereafter, with no lawful employment or business, or found unlawfully assembling themselves together either in the day or nighttime, and all white persons so assembling with these freed men, free Negroes or mulattoes, or found usually associating with them on terms of equality or living in adultery or fornication with the freed woman, free Negro or mulatto, shall be deemed vagrants, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding, in the case of freed men, freed Negro or mulatto, $150 and a white man $200, and imprisoned at the discretion of the court. We can compare these acts, these laws, to what's happening today. There are many parallels. There are more comparisons to be made than contrast. We have the wounded knee massacre, the slaughter of approximately 150 to 300 Lakota individuals by the United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. The massacre was the climax of the U.S. Army's late 19th century efforts to repress the Plains people, the natives of the land. Sound familiar? The government illegally removing people from their homes, killing people at will if they protest or dare to defend their own rights, their own humanity, even if they were surrendering and complying? In the civil rights movement of the 60s and the early 70s, we have the 1973 siege of wounded knee, which was only one event in the larger American Indian civil rights movement. Many American Indians watching the civil rights movement and the leaders of the black people, like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, began to use similar tactics to raise awareness for their concerns. The goals of these two movements, however, were very different and understandably so. African Americans wanted to be integrated into American society as equal members, because all other means to their prosperity were being denied and destroyed. But after decades of assimilation and the loss of land and culture, many American Indians wanted nothing more to do with white America. They wanted to remain separate and live their own way of life on their own lands. American Indian activism became more militant in the 1960s with the rise of the Red Power Movement, which took its name from the growing Black Power Movement. So, like African Americans, American Indians believe they were unfairly targeted and harassed by law enforcement, especially in off-reservation towns and cities. And this can be referenced on the Bill of Rights Institute.org website. So we have many movements in this country that were born out of devastating violation of human rights that have unfolded in this country's past. But again, they are exploding. They have found a way to make a way to destroy people again today. I'm not trying to rhyme, but this is what's happening. Do we ever learn? It seems like we don't. For people are spewing rhetoric to defend evil. Evil likes itself. Evil gives birth to evil. And when we fail to grasp the true meaning of life and love, we fail. Hence my introduction to this week's podcast. Love matters. Love is all. And love needs to be practiced, and love needs to be healthy. Greed and ego and power have no place. If we're going to yield power or willpower, it has to be with love. If we're going to manage a society, it has to be with love and equity. And it can only truly be accomplished with Christ in mind. Today's evil only mirrors what this country has already committed in the past. Human atrocities and civil rights violations are running rampant under this administration. And not that any administration has been perfect, but I think it is obvious that in this administration, violations of human rights, racism, and bigotry are applauded. Talking heads continue denying rights to those who rightfully are natural citizens to this land before any colonizing force infiltrated the territory. And that includes every Mexican American who once occupied the Southwest before they were even called Mexicans. Get the picture. Know what territories belonged to Mexico before the United States conquered it. And know who was called what before Mexico even came into those territories. Know who the tribes were and how they existed and what they were called before they were renamed by any Spanish colonizer or British colonizer or even the French. People of color are forever the target here. And that is why it's so important to be grounded in truth and connected to the one who knows all and sees all, and to the one who is perfect love, to the one who is considered an outlier in his own land and was killed for righteousness' sake, to the one who was crucified for the oppressed and lives now to save the oppressed. Yeah, some of his people then were looking for an earthly ruler and a king. The kings died, don't they? Hence, we need to ally ourselves with a king that lives forever, eternally. Therefore, my message is like last week's. If you're going to walk this year out, walk it out with power, true power, real love, and the ability to have a sound mind because it was created in you by the one who is all-powerful and all-loving, and that's Jesus Christ. There's the saying that goes, I can do bad all by myself, meaning I don't need anyone else around me or anyone in my life that is going to drive me down or add to my problems or create more issues than I need. I get it. But none of us are really on this planet alone. Whether you're with Christ or not, if you're without him, if you don't believe in a God, you're still not walking it alone. Because there's a truth to our reality. We are not here in isolation. We are not here to isolate and we can do nothing without another. In the natural, this is fact. We work with others, we live with others, we have to depend on the service of others to survive our daily life. Provision comes through the hands and interactions of others. We have jobs and roles to fulfill. Thus, we are never alone and cannot accomplish anything without someone else. Well, you might say, Well, what if I'm living off the grid? But even then, you will find that you are still not here alone, making it by yourself. Because there's a power behind everything that grows. And I'll explain that in a bit. I have had enough people pass through my life that were frauds, fake, self-serving, jealous haters, players and betrayers, that I have had to cut off. And when I came to the realization that I was part of the problem, a lot of the pain and the blame changed. I had to realize my own responsibility. I had to look at myself and my understanding of who I was and who God was. And I was found by God. And in that I discovered that there is one friend that I will never ever let go of, one friend that has all the answers to the way of life, one friend whose wisdom is complete, and one way to survive and thrive in the macro and the micro issues of life. The one who is the answer to all chaos and violence and disorder. I have learned that Jesus is that one friend that I can trust, the one true friend that will always encourage without destroying me, despite my flaws, the one brother that is always by my side, the one confidant that I can share all my secrets with, and the one that is the true ambassador of the healthiest, most loving relationship that we all need. The one that is the ambassador of the kingdom of God. When I became a real bona fide Christian, and I don't say that lightly, not because I was born in a Christian family or born in a Christian household, and not because I went to church on Sunday.

Parallels To Present Injustice

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No, I became a bona fide Christian when I learned what life was really about. When I learned how to navigate through the ups and downs that we all experience at one point or the other, when I learned that Jesus Christ was truly the creator and maker of everything seen and unseen, and that he was real, that he was alive, and that he was for me, that he was for us. Yes, I grew up in a Catholic church and I learned church doctrine about all the churchy traditions, but I never put it all together until I experienced Christ personally. Not just believing, because I was always a believer, but I had not come in contact. Yes, I tried to live a good life, I sought to get A good person. I treated others well. But two and two adding to four were not enough. It wasn't enough to believe and to try to do right. But it wasn't until a true heartbreak moment struck my life that I learned of God's presence, that I came in contact with Christ's love and strength. It wasn't until I came in contact with the Holy Spirit that I knew God could be experienced at a true, real, tangible personal level. It wasn't until he let me beyond what was written on paper or preached or sermoned on Sunday that I discovered that his presence and his love was tangible, real, could be tasted and experienced more real than seeing anyone seated next to me. It was then that the reality of his existence became so personal and so indwelling that I truly became alive, that I truly learned the power that dwelt within through Christ. The one who only lived far away in some place called heaven became the one who was up close and personal, a real living God who dwelt in me. He became an up close, reachable, personal, and ever-present, loving presence and real person and nurturer in my life. And that is what he wants to be to all of us, to each one of us, no matter where we are, no matter who we are. And as I began to contemplate this new reality and this new relationship, despite all my stumbling and sinning, because yes, I continue to stumble and sin, I was encouraged by him to continue to try him, to walk with him, and to allow him and his way to become my way of life. It was and is a process, but it is the best education I could ever have and walk through. Hence, here we are today with my earnest desire to encourage you wherever you are and however you are to allow the greatest love of all to become yours. Take my argument to be relatable to you. I hope I haven't lost you. Make what I'm saying relatable to your own life. I've had ups and downs. I have considered more than Christ. But he was the only one that proves himself. Now we all want love and we all need love, and this world is lacking love. And scientists agree that love, real loving relationships, add to the health and wealth of life. There are 10 surprising health benefits of love that the UT Health Austin Social Worker discusses in this article. This article was reviewed by Michaela Frisell, LCSW, licensed social worker, and written by Lauren Gerard and Lily Vining. It refers to the impact healthy relationships have on our physical well-being. It says love isn't just about romance, it can also have real measurable effects on your health. Whether you enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day or prefer to skip the pink hearts and love poems, research shows that loving relationships can enhance both mental and physical well-being. These relationships can have a profound impact on one's mental, emotional, and physical health. Yes, they go on to write you don't have to be in a romantic relationship to experience a healthy, loving relationship built on care, trust, and support. But they say there are ten surprising health benefits of love, not just romantic love. One, love increases life expectancy. Research suggests that married people, as well as those with strong social relationships, tend to live longer. These relationships can also lower the risk of heart attacks, certain types of cancer, and infections like pneumonia. Strong social connections play a crucial role in longevity. Having people you can rely on, whether a spouse, family, or close friends, encourages healthy habits, reduces stress, and provides emotional support, all of which contribute to a longer, healthier life. Two, maintains a healthy heart. Emotional well-being plays a significant role in heart health as supportive relationships help regulate stress hormones and reduce inflammation. Studies indicate that people in healthy, happy marriages have a lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to those in stressful relationships or those who experience loneliness. 3. Lowers blood pressure. When you're with the one you love, that light, that fluttering feeling in your heart may actually be your blood pressure dropping. Knowing you have someone to lean on during difficult times can significantly reduce stress levels. When stress is managed effectively, we see positive effects on both mental and physical health. 4. Decreases anxiety. MRI scans show that people in stable, long-term relationships exhibit greater activity in the brain's reward and pleasure centers while showing less activation in areas linked to anxiety. 5. Eases stress. Supportive relationships provide a sense of security and stability, making it easier to manage stress. Whether it's a partner, close friend, or family member, having someone to share your worries with can significantly lessen the emotional and physical toll of stress. Having someone to confide in can make all the difference. Six combats depression. Love and strong social connections have been shown to reduce feelings of loneliness and depression while increasing happiness and a sense of belonging. Healthy relationships create a sense of purpose and fulfillment. When we feel emotionally connected to others, our brain releases feel-good hormones like oxytocin and serotonin, which help contract feelings of anxiety and depression. 7. Boosts the immune system. Feeling love and supported can strengthen the immune system, making you less likely to catch colds and other viral infections. Yes, love is an immune booster. 8. Helps manage pain. Similar to its effect on anxiety, love can also activate brain regions associated with pain control. Studies show that happily married couples report fewer complaints of back pain and headaches. Feeling secure and supported in your relationships can improve sleep quality. When stress and anxiety are reduced, the body can better regulate pain responses, making it easier to rest and recover. 9. Supports gut health. 80% of your immune system and most of your body's microbes reside in your gut. The feeling of love can help nurture

Love As Ethic For Power And Policy

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and support your gut microbiome, which plays a crucial role in digestion, immune function, and overall well-being. 10. Improve sleep. Since loving relationships help reduce stress, they also contribute to better sleep quality. Studies suggest that married couples are 10% more likely to experience restful sleep. Tensions ease when you feel loved and supported, allowing you to sleep more soundly. The bottom line: if you want to lead a healthier life and enjoy the mental, emotional, and physical benefits that healthy relationships provide, it's important to nurture connections that make you feel secure and supported, whether they are romantic or not. I think and I hope you get the point that I'm trying to make, that if we have healthy love relationships in our lives and learn to give love, healthy love, then many stressors and illnesses can be avoided. I recall my days as a hospital chaplain, visiting patients and praying for their physical healing. As the Lord led me to each patient, I realized before that before he ever led me to pray or lay hands for the health of the individual and the physical well-being of that person, I always had to address their past. In so doing, patients were able to release all of the pain, the unforgiveness, the bitterness, their anger and sorrows of their past. Yes, I got to know them. I had the opportunity to understand what made them tick, where their hurts lie, and that was important. Why was that important? Because their souls had become entangled with their emotions, which impacted their physical health. The word says, whatever we bind on earth is bound in heaven, and whatever we loose on earth is loosed in heaven. That's in Matthew chapter 18. A deeper look at this scripture means that when we acknowledge what is not of God, when we acknowledge what is holding us captive, we can see it as such. We can repent of it and let it go and be done with it. We therefore become free of the sin that binds us, that convicts us, that holds us captive, that in reality cripples our minds and hence impacts our bodies and our physical health. All those ungodly emotions that we hold on to, all the sins of the past, all the unforgiveness, the bitterness, or the things that we have committed against others work against our own well-being when we don't address them with the Lord. We must give them away and give them to God. He tells us to come to Him when we labor in our heavy burden to come to Him and to learn from Him, for He will give us rest for our souls. And in giving our souls rest, we give our bodies rest. In healing our emotions, we can heal our bodies and live in the fullness of Christ and the freedom that he offers through his love, through his perfect love. We are guilty when we hold on to negative thoughts and circumstances and vengeance. When we hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness, we are guilty and we become our own worst enemies. These are the strongholds that can wreck our progression, our mental and emotional and spiritual lives. Therefore, we must turn our attention to the one who saves. We must allow the love of God, His truth, His wisdom, His power, and His ways to become part of our own selves. He is much more valuable than our hurts, our worries, our anxieties, our anger, bitterness, and pain. We get caught in the webs of deception when we live and nurture those rejections and those painful moments and the tragedies of our lives. We get caught in a web that we can't be loosed from when we dwell in them. Hence the scripture of this week is in Philippians chapter 4. It says, Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present a request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, it reads in verse 8 whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,

Personal Faith Awakening In Christ

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whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable. If anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things. And that comes through Christ. God is true, God is noble, God is the righteous one, He is the pure in heart, He is everything lovely, everything admirable, everything excellent and praiseworthy. That is the Lord God. It goes on to sing in verse 9 whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, meaning your minister, the one who is ministering to you through God's word, put into practice, and the God of peace will be with you. Thus, my listeners, when the world is closing in, when trying circumstances seem to be unending and overwhelming, when shocking events hit home, we can access goodness in him. We can access peace in him, and we can assess every event through his eyes. We can address these horrific events with him and progress, allowing him to be the way out to endure in it with him, and we can rely on him to carry us through them all and out of them all. So do not expect the world to deliver you. Do not put your complete trust in mankind because men will fail over and over and continue to disappoint us until they come to the knowledge of the one true God. Systems will always be deficient as long as men depend on men and not on God. The truth is that we are never alone. Listen, we are either complicit with the evil one or aligned with the Lord. So we are either hanging out with the enemy or abiding in the presence of the Lord. Atheism, agnosticism, and humanism are not excuses for any of us to not accept truth. We cannot afford to construct opinions about the universe based on rebellious mindlessness and lack of research and exploration about how who God really is and why we are here. There is a means and a way to discover Him. All paths do not lead to God. They do not. And I've discussed this in previous podcasts. People are murdered every day. We know this. People drop dead unexpectedly every day. And they do not all end up in God's hands. I must keep it real. I am sure everyone can relate to the fact that tragedies happen and people die. And everyone wants to pretend or deceive themselves to thinking that they are immediately in the presence of God if they are a believer. And if they're not a believer, that they completely cease to exist. That is not true. Now, we are witnesses to people who are kind and loving and selfless who die at the hands of evil people, who die tragically or accidentally, who die unexpectedly, leaving loved ones behind to try to figure it all out, asking the how and the whys. And we can only wonder and manage to cope the best way we know how. But I am here to tell you there is a way to cope, to share with you a means to cope. And our real concern shoud be what is the condition of my soul. It is too late for their souls if they didn't know. Yes, what is the condition of the soul of those who are no longer here? For them, it might be the most tragic day of their lives that they died alone without Christ. It might be the best day because they are in Christ and in peace. Did Renee Good live and die in vain? Falling into hell unexpectedly? It hurts my heart to know that she died fighting for humanity, fighting for people's rights. But I pray she died in Christ. Hopefully she is in the hands of the Lord, but my hope is insufficient because hope is useless at the point of death. Once dead, we are no longer able to negotiate our future. Did the selfless ICU nurse get killed in vain? A man who obviously lived to save the lives of others who was killed, coming to the aid of two women being manhandled by some brutish men feigning to meet out justice? Yes, did Alex Pretti die alive in Christ? Was his own soul saved as he died trying to save the lives and the safety of two women who are protesting for justice? Or did he do all of that in vain? Did he live well saving other people in vain, not being able to save himself because he didn't believe? We don't know. Only he really knows, only God really knows. Maybe his parents really know. I hope he is. I am speaking reality, I am talking truth. I've experienced evil, and I know what awaits us if we live each day outside of the Lord. I know fighting to survive here in this land of the living is a mute point without Christ. What is the purpose of living well and dying bad? Living only to die without the one who can truly save from the fight we have in this earthly life. We fight day in and day out to live well. But the most important, the most important moment is the day we die, the moment we die. Were we're living well - and that can only mean living in Christ. The devil seeks to kill, steal, and destroy, but Jesus came to give us an abundant life. John 10 10 says it. And The recent wave of Evil masked as a move to curb illegal immigration and remove violent illegal aliens is a mask. It's a fraud, it's deception. The evil underneath is what we must pay attention to. It is a move to destroy humanity. Dignity and a society built on the principles of Christ. We have seen how the enemy of our soul has corrupted God's truth in the past, when the colonizers used and abused people. But we still have the truth beyond them. We have to look beyond the people and look to the truth that God wrote for us, the truth of what Christ did for us. When the people in Europe found out through Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation that the kings and the popes have been lying about what was really written in the Bible, when the slaves found out that God didn't promote slavery, but slavery was evil, when they were able to read the Bible themselves, they found their own freedom. They found their equality. So thousands died fighting for life at the hands of slavers, colonizers, racists, misogynists, pedophiles, oligarchies, traffickers, and imperialists. But we can die in Christ, fighting for anything, knowing that if we die fighting, we are alive. It doesn't matter if we fight for righteousness and human rights if we die without a soul alive in Christ. Do not be caught without your legal papers to heaven. Do not be an illegal immigrant on the outside of heaven because no one can help you cross that border from hell to heaven. Once you die, your fate is sealed. There is no asylum. There is no more courtroom appointments. There is no way once unalived. Do not be caught dead without Christ. I'm not trying to be funny. I'm not trying to be facetious. I'm not trying to be flippant. I am so dead serious. Do not live without the one who made the world and everything in it and everything seen and unseen. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Test Him. No one can come to the Father but through Him, it reads in John 14:6. He is the only man in all of the world's existence that claimed to be God, proved that He was of God, that performed miracles that no one else can explain. No one experiences an eternal life of peace and joy outside of Christ. He paved the way. Therefore, consider this. If you have nothing of value at all in life, get him. He is free to everyone. There is no complicated process to freedom in this process. There is no complicated process or expense to freedom in Christ. Money has no value to him. His currency is love. There is no red tape. There is no bureaucracy with Christ. There is no need to scramble for money, paying thousands of dollars for legal counsel or a coyote to cross the border. There is no long waiting period. There is no wondering how many more years to wait or court dates to attend. There is no fear of being kidnapped, taken hostage, or rejected. And to the citizen, do not think that you're okay and better than anyone because you're not. To the legal one who crossed legally, you are no better than anyone because God sees everyone as the same. What matters is that you belong to Christ. Asylum seekers are welcome without the need to prove circumstances in God's world. He already knows who we are and what we are. He knows who you are and what you need. And the most important thing, what you really need is Christ and His salvation. His arms are open to everyone. There is no border crossing except to say, I know Jesus and I accept him as my Lord and Savior because he paid the price. He was the one documented, he went to court on our behalf. He went to court for every living soul. He took on every court case, every sin and every infraction and the sin of every illegal act every created, done, committed or to be committed, meaning past, present, and future. He gives us papers, signed by His blood. The only requirement is that we believe in Him and what He did and who He is. Proclaiming He is Savior, Believing in your heart that he died for your sins. It is that simple. He takes care of the rest. Confess that you're a sinner. Believe that he died for your sins and that he is God and that he lives. Believe it and say it. So wherever you are, and whoever you are, however you are, you can be assured that whatever the devil intends, you are always victorious as long as you have Christ in your heart. He is your deliverer. You have a place with him that no one can take away. John 10, verses 27 and 30 say it. So you can't

Science Of Love And Health

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be kidnapped. He says, My sheep listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life and they shall never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. My father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of my father's hand. I and the Father are one. So no, we cannot be kidnapped, we cannot be trafficked, we cannot be sent out to some foreign country that we have no relation to. We cannot be imprisoned, for we belong to Christ when we receive him as our Lord and Savior. We do not know the day or the time that we will die. We do not know what tomorrow will bring. We cannot control the world, but we can, but what we can do is be in control over the condition of our soul and the quality of our lives by inviting Jesus in to help us navigate, maintain sanity and peace, and to protect us when death comes knocking on our door. I have faced death being shot at point blank range in the chest and abdomen. But my comfort in that moment was knowing that if my fight to live wasn't strong enough, that I knew if my body perished, my soul would not. I could face death with peace, knowing I was in God's hands, and that it was his will whether my time had come or whether it was premature and not my time, and that I would remain on this side of life. Either way, I was good because I knew who I belonged to. Game changer. Checkmate, Satan. Checkmate. Your time is up when you give your life to Christ. Satan and evil have no authority when you know who rules and reigns, and when you have made a decision to live for that one, for Christ. God ordains and wills, and at that point, you and your life are in collaboration and cooperation with your Maker, and there is no one higher. That is knowledge, that is truth, that is power and peace. That is what the universe cannot give you because the universe rests in God. In closing, do not go it alone, my beloveds. Do not go it alone in 2026. Go it with Christ. Better said, do not be tossed to and fro living at the mercy of Satan who has no mercy. Do not be tossed to and fro by the things of this world. Live for Christ, live with him and for him. And no matter what happens, whether you live or die, you are always victorious in Christ Jesus. Get the picture. You get the last laugh. When they crucified Christ, they thought they had won the victory. But Christ made a mockery of hell and death and resurrected himself by the power of the living God. The same power, that same power works in us today if we live in Christ. With him, we make a mockery of hell and any evil person that wants us dead. So if anyone leaves this earthly realm, I pray that before that happens, they are eternally alive, eternally alive in Christ forever and ever and ever. Be blessed, be saved, be at peace, be free in Him, and be in His hands forever. Truth drips.