Friday, November 06, 2026

"Yes” and “Amen” in Christ...

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. -2 Corinthians 1:20-22

If the anointing which we bear come not from the Lord of hosts we are deceivers, and since only in prayer can we obtain it, let us continue instant, constant, fervent in supplication... Think not to be a messenger of grace to others till you have seen the God of grace for yourselves, and had the word from his mouth.   
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Evangelicals' absence at the polls could carry a steep price for Christians – and Israel  National Exit Polls showed that white Evangelical or born-again Christians accounted for just 17% of the national electorate, compared to 24% in the 2022 midterms and approximately 23% in 2024.

Here's How One Republican Defied the Blue Wave and Won in Deep-Blue Vermont  He is perhaps best described as a principled conservative, known for supporting economic growth, keeping government small, and adhering to the limits of government power.

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Abdul El-Sayed Supporter Calls for Mass Executions of Republicans  "Nuremberg Trials, Democrats," says influencer Nick Pringle. "Nuremberg Trials for all these people. You have not been hired to come in and do your best. You have been hired to come in and do your worst. And understand, this is the last vote you get until we see Epstein file convictions, alright?" Image

The Coming Persecution...The midterm “mandate” is all about revenge  As Donald Trump has said before, “They’re not after me, they’re after you, and I just happen to be standing in the way.” Rest assured, whatever power the Left can grab from the midterm elections, they will use to persecute their political opponents, and they will not stop at Trump and his administration; they will never stop until every one of us is either behind bars or consigned to re-education camps, because this is the leftist way. This is the totalitarian way, and as the late David Horowitz was fond of noting, scratch a liberal and you will find a totalitarian just beneath the surface.

Expect an aggressive mutation of every policy from the first wave, and then some. This is the Hydra: cut off one head and two grow back. Already, the Left is advertising the gayest Congress in history; throuples and foursomes legally registering as partners; sickos promising to “trans your kids so bad”; Christians branded bigots and fed heretical lies about their own faith; Muslim electeds praised by foreign terror organizations; American AI innovation threatened and thwarted, to the chagrin of America and the delight of China; and Democrats threatening not just prosecutions of Republicans, but persecutions. They are begging for blood.

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DSA Wave Swallows LA as Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman Thumps Karen Bass in Battle to Become Mayor – Spencer Pratt Eviscerates Both Leftists  We now have the Red/Green Alliance in control coast to coast. Americans will get what they voted for this time around, and by the time buyer’s remorse sets in, it may be too late. Nothing is really free – everything ever worth having takes work, something communists can’t comprehend.
   Los Angeles will now go from bad to worse and fast, and there will be little sympathy for the leftist city. It will continue to burn.

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Legalizing Weed Created A Health Disaster That’s Only Going To Get Worse  Emergency departments have seen an increase in cases of chronic, debilitating abdominal pain accompanied by severe, intractable retching. Patients are repeatedly admitted for profound dehydration, electrolyte disturbances, and acute kidney injury, driven entirely by downregulation from chronic, high-potency use.
   The link between high-concentration THC and psychiatric disorders has shifted from a hypothesis to a documented risk. Psychiatric admissions alone show that adolescents and young adults who use cannabis are twice as likely to be diagnosed with a bipolar or psychotic disorder. Emergency departments are now the frontline triage for severe depressive crises, paranoid ideation, and acute suicidality tied directly to rising potency and use.

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Thursday, November 05, 2026

You guide me with your counsel...

You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
-Psalm 73:24-26

Prayer is the expression of a good desire. The human heart is full of restless desires, and the prayers of men consist for the most part of the unsifted petitions which are urged by their varying passions... To desire what is right, and to desire it consistently, and passionately, is the first condition of true living. The desires can be corrected only by truth, the mind must apprehend God, and then it will say, “There is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.”   
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Dread and Circuses: Jonathan Turley and Byron Donalds Agree Dems Will Clown Out on Impeachment Democrats have always had one goal on their dark minds and black hearts: retribution. Yes, they’re going to use the next two years to go after President Donald Trump with pointless impeachment hearings and endless investigations. Image



11 Facts About the Midterms That Show That America Is in Far More Trouble Than Most People Realize  And just look at how virtually all of our largest cities have degenerated under the leadership of Democrats.
   Nearly every major system and every major institution in this country is broken.
   Our society is literally in the process of collapsing all around us, and American voters are counting on the Democratic Party to come up with some sort of a miracle.   Good luck with all that.

Abdul El-Sayed Gave His Victory Speech. He Said Something Absolutely Chilling. During his victory speech, the Democrat senator-elect made it clear whom he thought won the election.
His people.
   He used Arabic religious expressions, including Inshallah, meaning "God willing," and Alhamdulillah, meaning "Praise be to God." The crowd applauded enthusiastically.
   El-Sayed grinned smugly throughout the speech. And why not? He has successfully infiltrated the “liberal” Democrat Party and brought his Islamist extremism with him.



What The Midterms Reveal About The Faith Vote  The 2026 midterm elections delivered a significant political setback for Republicans and President Donald Trump, with Democrats making massive gains in Congress and several key gubernatorial races. Beyond the familiar story of political dissatisfaction, economic anxiety and voter backlash, this election revealed another important development: The growing influence of faith, religious identity and moral conviction in American political life.

But here’s a cautionary note. Just a few election cycles ago, Mohammed Abdulrahman El-Sayed and James Talarico would have been utterly unelectable. Now they’re winning candidates. In this world, much conventional wisdom based on politics in the old world is no lo.nger valid.
   That’s life in Late Democracy. Be well.



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'We Need To Stop Giving Birth to Them': Maryland Special Ed Teacher Called To Abort Boys, Overthrow US Government Zentgraf was even more explicit in an Oct. 24 post, writing, "If I was in my reproduction era, I would have one of those early blood tests to see if the fetus is a boy or a girl and I would abort it if it was a boy. I don't want to give birth to my own oppressor and I feel like the only way out of this patriarchal hell is for there to be less men on this earth. I think we should start aborting male fetuses (or not having kids at all right now) and put an end to female oppression once and for all."


California city makes history allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partners The measure allows people in relationships involving multiple partners to officially register with the city, granting them certain rights, including hospital visitation and additional tenant protections.

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Two-thirds of churchgoers fail Bible knowledge quiz: Lifeway Research  Among its findings, Pew reported that 34% of self-identified Evangelicals did not know that Jesus was from Nazareth, 31% did not know that Jesus had delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 25% thought that the Golden Rule was one of the Ten Commandments.

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Wednesday, November 04, 2026

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection...

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.  -Philippians 3:8-11

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.   -James I. Packer

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Politics can restrain evil. It cannot redeem it. Culture can be influenced. It cannot be saved by legislation or court appointments. The obliteration of the GOP majority is painful. It is also clarifying. The work that actually endures is not another cycle of fundraising and messaging. It is doing the will of God, spreading the Gospel, and refusing to be absorbed by the world that is passing away.

The Unholy Alliance: Immigration, Socialism, and Political Islam in America  Politics makes strange bedfellows. It always has and always will. 
   Nevertheless, even Machiavelli might have struggled to explain today’s increasingly visible alliance between immigration activists, Democratic Socialists, and Islamic political activism in America.

 
Mamdani's Massive Real Estate Swindle Just Took a Huge Step Forward  AEI's Howard Husock warned last summer that the "endgame" of Mamdani's war on landlords "could well be what Mamdani promised in his campaign: housing socialism for thousands of apartments, which would move into city ownership or nonprofit ownership enabled by the city taking and disposing of apartments."

Virginia voters said yes to allowing abortion throughout a pregnancy Tuesday night, while Missourians defeated a proposed amendment that would have repealed a right to abortion until viability.

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Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Heavenly Father, we ask you today to be with us and our country...

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. 1 Timothy 2:1-6

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    Heavenly Father, we ask you today to be with us and our country now as you have been since our first days as a nation. Help us to listen less to harsh rhetoric and more to the Holy Spirit. Help us to feel how Your Spirit will guide us, no matter the election’s outcome. We pray for peace, love and hope, in Your name. Amen.

    Christ, our King, we pray today that we can look beyond the current political landscape, in a moment when it seems like it’s the only thing everyone is talking about, and remember that we are builders of Your kingdom here on earth. Prince of Peace, help peace flourish amid division, and strengthen us to live generously and charitably in Your name. Amen.

    God, may Your Spirit unify us. May we recognize that we are all created in Your image, regardless of which political candidate we vote for. As we approach this election, open our eyes to recognize that people we may disagree with are still our brothers and sisters, Your children. In Jesus’s name we pray. Amen. Prayer here

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Stupid Voters Are The Biggest Threat To America Too many ‘progressives’ would rather take out Trump than stop socialists from burning down the republic. Now that’s stupid.


Report: Nearly 2,500 Registrants Listed as At Least 110-Years-Old on Michigan Voter Rolls One such registrant’s birth year is listed as 1823, 14 years before Michigan became a state. PILF lawyers said they warned about the registrant in 2019, but the registrant remains on the Michigan voter rolls.


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Billionaire tax puts California’s economic future before midterm voters  The ballot measure, known as Proposition 40, would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on taxpayers and trusts with assets in excess of $1 billion and use the revenue to fund state healthcare programs, public education and food assistance.
  The tax would be payable over five years and covered assets would include businesses, securities, art, collectibles and intellectual property – though real property, pensions and certain retirement accounts would be exempt.


UMich ‘should immediately suspend this student’: Prominent law professor weighs in on viral assault   The University of Michigan student went viral for shoving conservative Jewish activist Liz Benichou to the ground and yelling “I should have killed you when I had the chance.” The entire exchange was caught on video.

In sum, too many public schools are failing, parents are abandoning them, and much-needed changes are underway, with more hopefully to come.


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Monday, November 02, 2026

For you were called to freedom...

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:13-14

Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. No one can hinder him. If we understand our first and sole duty to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even our enemies, for God’s dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual tranquility under every circumstance.   -A.W. Tozer Image

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Midterm Election Incoherences, Misadventures, and Paradoxes -VD Hanson   The predicted blue wave may never materialize. And even if Democrats retake Congress, history suggests Trump could emerge stronger, not weaker, with the presidency's expansive powers.


Both of El-Sayed’s parents worked with Islamic charities accused of funding Al Qaeda




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What we are witnessing is a literal Communist-Islamist revolution launched to take over Europe. Make no mistake: America has millions of people who agree with European revolutionaries. From the Muslim fundamentalists whom the Biden administration brought in, to the pro-Hamas students brainwashed at universities, to the politicians who believe it is in their interest to destroy the American Republic and rebuild it as an oligarchy, we have our own existential crisis with the Red-Green Alliance.

Looting And Chaos Erupt In Germany, Molotov Cocktails In Paris, As Europe Slides Deeper Into Crisis  Europe appears to have been thrown into an accelerated timeline of crises colliding at once, whether far-left social unrest in France, which has spread to several other countries, the unfolding debt crisis in France, or the political crisis in Poland that erupted in the last 24 hours. The momentum is troubling and concerning...

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Sunday, November 01, 2026

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

 
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

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Saturday, October 31, 2026

For the word of God is living and active...

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. -Hebrews 4:12

We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, “They shall be all taught of God.” (John 6:45) Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.   
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Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.
-Martin Luther

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