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Relying on Technology over Humanity and the Divine

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There are more commercials coming out that solicit the idea of turning to A.I for advice rather than a human being, like the commercial where a father asks Meta how to get his son to eat his breakfast. That may not be a big deal, but it goes further. There are advertisements that solicit chat relationships with A.I. There are some people that are deceived by A.I. thinking that they are chatting with a real person and stop as soon as they find out the truth, but to knowingly have an online relationship with A.I….what in the world is our society coming to?

This insanity doesn’t stop there. Some people are creating images of a religious god or saint, integrating A.I. into it so people can come to the image or statue, ask it questions about life and get answers. This is insanity! This is a sign of the end times as the book of Revelation talks about the anti-Christ creating an image of himself.

Revelation 14:9-10 says, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

It’s one thing to ask Siri or Alexa for questions on the internet, like facts or history, but to seek advice from A.I., that’s not considering the fact that it’s not a human being, the answers are all from collected data. A.I. doesn’t know about humanity and life because it never lived as a human, which is why it’s not wise in any way whatsoever to seek advice from a robot.

What seems to be happening is people are turning to A.I. instead of God or instead of other human beings who know what it’s like to live life and to have hardships. To make things even worse, is within the goals of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is to integrate technology into humans. Yes, there are some that need it to help their body function, like a stent in their heart, but when it’s technology that can control your thoughts or other functions of the brain, it may not be in the complete control of the one with the brain implant. If people can hack computers…can they hack a persons thoughts and control them?

The idea to be able to think as fast as A.I. sounds like something amazing, but do we really need to think that way? Just think about all that information in our mind constantly processing, seems mentally exhausting. Yuval Harari lectured at the World Economic Forum a sermon that goes over hacking humans. Integrating nanotechnology into humans, which can be via vaccine, will enable, as he mentions, “the elites to hack humans.”

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Technology has many benefits to making our lives easier or more efficient like a smart phone with a map that can direct us to the closest gas, restaurant or wherever we want. I greatly appreciate what certain technologies have brought to society, but I think that some of it is unnecessary, created to invade our privacy and collect our data and now, give us advice. Too many people spend most of their time staring at their phone instead of talking to others around them. There may be some technologies to embrace, but we shouldn’t allow it to take over our own humanity, most especially become some image to turn to for answers. Technology should never replace the need for another human, most especially the need to turn to God.

Some religions already pray to an image or statue. We are physical beings that need to see, feel or hear in order to believe, but the bible says that God is spirit, which we can’t see, but we can experience His love, peace and healing.

Jesus says to doubting Thomas in John 20:29 , “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” The book of John in 4:24, says, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

The Truth About Your Worth and Value

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If light equals the truth, when there’s no truth, one can’t see a thing. Then how does one know which direction to go without hitting a wall. If you can’t see your hand in front of your face, how do you know what you are doing? How can you do anything at all. Although many decisions are black or white, no gray areas, which can make decisions easy, but in the gray areas, confusion can arise. Some decisions in life can impact the next day, week, month or year and the the choices that have the most impact are probably the most important ones. Without seeing the light of truth, we can think we are in the right place, smiling, yet disaster and devastation lurks around us.

Without clarity as to what’s really happening or the truth of the situation, it can be hard to make the right decision. When not knowing what you’re really dealing with, it’s hard to know if the result from one decision will go south. The choices we make at an early age or even later on in life, like what and who to get involved with can set one up for a hard habit to break, possibly even falling into a pit we’ve made for ourselves.

Who is speaking into your life and will you keep believing the words of that person? Will we keep believing what society brings to our view, that our value is based on our net worth, what brand we wear, what car we drive, what job title we have. When we’re stripped of everything, what are we left with? Take someone with very little in his or her pocket, making it to the top, being stripped of everything, yet being able to do it all over again.

We all have great value, which starts from the fact that we were born winners, we out swam millions to get to an egg and we won. Then we were formed before we birthed into this world.

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:13-16

We are God’s creation, all with a purpose, all fearfully and wonderfully made. God created us and said,”it is good.”

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.” Genesis 1:31

Not only did God create us, but when we fell into sin, He sent His Son to die for our sins so that we can be free and reconnected in fellowship with our Creator/God. God loves us and values us so much that He brought us into this world and died for us when we were captivated by sin.

“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.” 1 John 4:9

Our creator loves us. We are deceived to think that we are worthless, of no value or have no purpose to live. It’s a lie to believe all that. The word of God, aka, the bible reveals the truth about who we are to His who created us. The one who created the universe loves us. Hard to fathom, but faith is believing without seeing. Where truth is found, there is not room for doubt. The truth is that God loves us, we are valuable and the words of others, do not matter. Embrace the truth.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

If you don’t feel loved or feel that you don’t have a purpose, remember these words from the bible (God’s love letter to His creation). Memories these words from the bible and don’t let the whispering words from the devil tell you otherwise. Break out of deception and embrace the truth of God’s love, written in the bible. He loves us all.

PRAYER for reader:
“Lord, I don’t know who I am or my purpose. I know you brought me into this world for a reason, please show me your love for me, show me your purpose for me life, break off the many lies that the devil has bombarded my mind with and let your light and truth shine in my soul. Jesus come into my life, help me to know you more and this love that you have for me. Lead me into the right path, the truth, your light and a life full of blessings, surrounded by love..in Jesus name I pray. Amen!”

Apocalyptic World Agenda

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Leaders of the world play a vital role for the current and future state of society. The values that leaders hold play a significant role in their decision making, but what happens when a leader is mentally absent? Is he really making the decisions or is someone else working behind the curtain?

We all know that money can empower and should a leader’s decisions be compromised by selfish gain, morality is at stake. Without the fear or God, a good moral compass, dignity and courage to stand up for what it right, the followers of any leader, may be in danger. If the corrupt lead as an incumbent, hardworking tax money may become the means to fund corruption and a plan that will hurt us in the end.

I once worked in a business park that had pedestrian paths that would continue from one block to the next, ideal for a good run after work, which I ended up doing. After a week of running around several block, I took a different path and came across a shrine of flowers, candles and a cross next to the sidewalk. I told my co-workers about it the next day and they told me the story of how a business man who was shot dead in that location. This man was involved in a company that started off legit and slowly got involved in illegal business. He wanted out and told his partners. To prevent their illegal acts from being exposed, they shot him that day. As we live in an imperfect world where there’s greed, corruption and pain in some households, if look at the actions of some leaders and question it as self-gain dealings that are against society, it’s labeled as conspiracy theory.

Should the richest group of elites in the world fund the decisions made by the leaders of our country, what will become of society? It depends on the agenda of the elites or what some call, the deep state. If we read the articles that support the agenda of the United Nations (UN), World Economic Forum (WEF), the World Government Summit, Environmental Social Governance (ESG) or any other World Governing Organizations, many goals sound very beneficial to society with a significant emphasis on preventing climate change. After all, who would not want to save the earth, but what if it meant significantly cutting food production, eating fake meat or even bugs? What if it meant reducing the population by significantly decreasing the birthrates? Even more horrific, what if the agenda required all of us to be tracked in the name of climate change for the reason to track carbon emissions? Sounds crazy, but it’s happening. Take a look lectures at the WEF about hacking and tracking humans or the UN’s article on how we should eat bugs for protein.

Our current leader, the man who hold the highest position in power, seems to be half asleep most of the time. He often looses his train of thought and forgets where he’s supposed to go, yet many people are still voting for his second term. If the current leader of the country is loosing control over his own thoughts, then who’s making these decisions for our country? The border is wide open. When he took office the first thing he did was to stop building the wall. The laws allow people that come in here illegally to be released into our country, while some with a clear record who apply for a tourist visa legally get rejected. Not only do we let people who come to our country illegally, stay, but they are rewarded with free healthcare, lodging, education, and money, while all the hardworking tax payers are paying for all of it. Although humanitarian aid is a good thing, you wouldn’t want to take 10,000 people into your house and feed them because, you just don’t have the capacity or the means for it, just as our country. An open border means easy access for drugs, criminals and human trafficking to come into our country and the fact that our president has widened it since he’s taken office, makes one wonder how he’s benefiting from it.

Bill Gates, who is involved with the WEF, has invested heavily in the fake meat business and had bought out so much farm land that he may actually be the one who owns the most of it in this country. He believes in the integration of technology and food beyond genetic modification, but to a point where it may change our own DNA. These WEF leaders want to push this fourth industrial revolution which involves integration our own human biology with technology hoping to get us to a point where we can live for a thousand years. With nanotechnology, this infusing of technology can be done via injection. The UN had an article that described the benefits of eating bugs for protein.

Farmers around the world are being told to cut back on production and are protesting. All in the name of the environment under ESG, Sri Lanka cut back on production and it lead to starvation and a revolt against the leader of the country. They stormed his house, trashed it and took some belongings.

Many companies are going for the ESG rating now a days. You see it on the websites of many companies. I’m not sure if they get paid to follow ESG requirements, but they do get some type of rating. Elon Musk had spoken about the ESG rating, saying that the S stands for Satan, after they gave him a low rating when he started supporting the right. The social part of ESG is associated with a transgender agenda, just look at Bud Lights commercial that led to a loss of billions of dollars. Parents are fighting school boards for allowing books with pedophilia and graphic material to be in their libraries and taught in class. All the while, gender-surgery hospitals are popping up all over the nation profiting off of the woke curriculum taught in high-schools. These hormone blockers given to children for transitioning can lead to impotence further leading to a decrease in birthrates.

One of the slogans of the WEF for society is “you’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy and you’ll have no privacy.” Why is it that the thinkers of the WEF believe they should be making decisions for how we should live our lives. One of the speakers believes that freedom is not a human right. Another spoke about how everyone’s carbon footprint can be tracked. We are already being tracked with our phones and can be listened to by our devices, even our smart TV. If we use Siri, our information is being collected, what we watch, search, go, and with Apply pay, what we buy. China took this several steps further with facial recognition to access almost everything, most importantly, bank accounts. Cameras on the streets record faces and people are given points. If you have a low rating, you may not be able to fly anywhere.

China is already on a digital currency, but our country, as well as others are also working to get there. Although it may be convenient for transfers, if the power goes out it can be an issue, but what’s far more worrisome, is the ability of the government to easily freeze accounts within seconds. It would be a great tool for a dictator.

All it takes is one corrupt leader in this country to get us to the same communist ways where everyone will be controlled and the media used as a tool to convince us that what is morally wrong is actually right or even further, what is trending. The massive spending in our country is hurting our country, degrading the dollar. With high inflation, poverty increases and with financial struggles comes crime. People escape from other countries to find refuge in another, but what if there was a one world government, where would one flee? Elon Musk had mentioned once at a WEF meeting that one government for all nations is a threat to the survival of humanity. If one country falls, others will still stand, but if the only government in the entire world crashes down, then we are all doomed.

God’s Faithfulness in the Small Things

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Since June, I have been searching for a new car. It took a while for me to make up my mind on which car to buy. I must have test drove at least 7 cars. I then narrowed my list down to 3, then 2 and finally, after almost three months, I was down to 1. I was taking my time to look because my car still took me from point A to point B. As I wrote about last week, my check engine light turned on when I was on my way to the bank, which I’ve been meaning to ask about a car loan from for a long while, but kept putting it off. A few days later when I got really serious about buying, the light stopped showing.

I needed to search for the best price and I thought I found it in Los Angeles and that I had to drive down there, but of course I’d rather not do the long drive. I began to be interested in a newer model and couldn’t find a similar car close by, then all of a sudden I felt that I should expand my search by $3k and lo and behold, the same exact car, same color on the exterior and interior, around the same mileage, was an hour and a half drive away from me and, it was almost $2k less than the one in L.A. So I drove over there and they gave me a great deal on a trade in. I had to drive to the bank for the deposit and drive back. When I arrived to the bank, there was no one in line. Then I needed to use the bathroom, my cell phone was dying and I didn’t have a charger. The teller told me that the store next door had a bathroom so I went to the neighboring store and close to the bathroom was a rack of phone chargers. What perfect timing and placement!

It was a long drive and by the time I got back I was tired, hungry and they were about to close. I filled out the paperwork quickly on a tiny screen and thought I saw some numbers that seemed off. I kept thinking about it, started to feel anxious so I prayed, “Lord, I don’t feel good about the numbers, I think something is off. The fees seem way too high. If the numbers are really off and I’m being charged for something that I shouldn’t be changed for, please clear it up. Have the numbers person catch it and let me know. Amen!” My prayer was something like that. Anyhow, the day after, someone called and told me that I was charged for something I shouldn’t have been charged for because my down payment was large enough to not need it. Then I asked him if there were other fees included that were optional and he disclosed another add on. So sad that this place didn’t ask me about adding these additional options, but God bless the guy’s soul who called me about this. If it weren’t for him, that company would look so terrible. Overall, the optional fees taken off totaled to almost $5k.

Even if it’s just material, a car, God was along my side, opening doors, guiding me and after the phone call, wow, I mean…how often would you find someone that honest to do such a thing? I believe the Lord really spoke to him. God’s has been showing me His faithful hand over my life. What may seem like such a small thing, is really a big thing when it comes to the way the whole sequence of events come together and prayers get answered along the way.

The Chosen Goes Deep

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There’s a series of shows about Jesus and the disciples that has come out called, the Chosen. It’s bible based, but there are parts that are not in the Bible that have been added, mostly conversations between the chosen disciples.

The creator of the series must have thought very deeply about everything. Watching the series broadens the way of looking at the life of Jesus.

There’s one thing I’ve started to really understand and think about is how difficult it may have been for Jesus to tell others who he really is without people calling Him a blasphemer. Even when He performed so many miracles, healing people, even raising some from the dead. Still, it wasn’t enough for some to believe that God is in Him.

Throughout the Old Testament in the Bible, there have been many prophesies foreshadowing the savior to come into the world, God in flesh. There were signs to look out for, like the brightest shining star in the night. The prophet Isaiah wrote about about these upcoming events of a savior.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Then, in the New Testament, it follows the prophesy of Jesus’s birth.

Matthew 1:21-23 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Whenever there’s a big event coming up, we look forward to it in anticipation, especially when it is something that has been foretold decades prior. In anticipation, the three kings knew about the savior born into the world and did not want to miss one of the greatest events in history. An event talked about amongst many before Christ, B.C.

Every time I watch the parts where Jesus calls on someone by name or speaks to them as if knowing everything about them that no one would know, it always reminds me of the times when God has spoken to my heart.

There’s the part, which is in the Bible, where Jesus calls Nathaniel. He knew everything about him and Nathaniel was uneasy about it, until Jesus spoke to him about the time of his distress. Knowing that no one else would know about what he prayed that hour, Jesus knew. That was when Nathaniel realized that He is the Lord and that the presence of Gods was with him. This is like, the times, if ever you cried out and wondered if God was listening, then you get the answer in front of your face.

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It’s very fascinating because God speaks to the heart. Some hear and others don’t. This gets me to wonder how it would’ve been for God to speak to me in person as a human being standing in front of me rather than inside my mind. Then seeing how God works through some of His people to have insight into other peoples lives or His healing power flowing through a human being.

The next episode won’t arrive until the next several days, but I’m waiting in anticipation. This is definitely helping my faith walk and understanding the dynamics of the stories in the gospels. It makes for a much easier understanding for those that struggle to understand the gospels.

The Spirit of Christmas

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When I was in college, I remember coming home one day and seeing my Mom on the couch in deep thought. She said something to me that day that stuck with me until today. As I sat down on the couch next to her, she began telling me what was on her mind. As she gazed at the fish swimming around in the tank, she brought up an analogy of the fish and God. She pondered, if a human wanted to be able to communicate with the fish, he or she would have to become a fish, just as God, looking down at the earth, would have to become human flesh. According to the Bible, this is what happened. It was prophesied about in the old testament and came to pass as described in the new testament.

Most of the prophesy about Jesus coming into the world in the old testament is in the book of Isaiah, written in the years of 742–701 B.C. It is also found scattered throughout other books in the old testament.

“14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Isaiah 7:14

The name Immanuel, in Hebrew means, God with us. In the book of Matthew in the new testament, written around 60-70 A.D this prophesy comes to pass. Jesus came down from heaven to earth in human form for a purpose.

“1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 

John 1:1-3

It is easy to question, why God would want to come down from His throne in heaven, be in the form of weakened flesh subject to suffering, rejection and the pain of being flogged, hung on a cross, nails in his hands and feet, all the while, being mocked by a crowd yelling, “crucify him”. Jesus healed many people, even raised people from the dead, yet He went through with the crucifixion. Even, before Jesus was born, His suffering was prophesied in the old testament in the book of Isaiah.

The book of Genesis reveals the presence of a cunning serpent roaming around in paradise waiting to cause God’s cherished creation to sin. After Adam and Eve sinned they hid from God. That was the start of sin separating humans from God.

“2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.”

Isaiah 59:2

Sinfulness continued even after the flood in Noah’s days. In the old testament, people would sacrifice animals as a cleansing for their sins and burning thereafter. Depending on the sin, there were specific animals that needed to be cut for the shedding of blood as an atonement for their sin.

“With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations.”

Exodus 30:10

In the new testament, rather than having to shed the blood of an animal for atonement, Jesus became the sacrifice for our sins of the past and the present. He is known as an unblemished lamb, one without sin.

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:29

“5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”

Isaiah 53:5

Jesus lived a short time on earth, but He fulfilled His purpose. He was the Lamb sacrificed on the cross with His blood shed for all mankind.

“28 After this, Jesus,knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.”

John 19:28-30

It was God’s love for all humanity that He purposely brought Jesus into the world to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins so we will no longer be separated from Him and be with Him for all eternity.

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

On Christmas day, God brought into the world a gift of love for all humanity, the one that would reunite us with our Creator; the one that would break darkness off our lives; the one that would take His powerful love to the cross. It was God saying, “yes, I love you this much, you are worth every flogging stripe and every piercing nail, I will carry your sins on the cross so you can be free and we can be together again.”

The little baby Jesus on a manger that Kings bowed down to was a miracle, love manifested that night under the bright star and that same Spirit of God lives today.

“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Isaiah 9:6

May God’s Spirit be with everyone this Christmas, wherever you may be. There’s hope for the future. May you have a Christmas Miracle.

Sugar Addiction

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I reached for a can of orange soda in the fridge the other day and looking at the back, I noticed that the sugar content was 57g. Wow! I remember when sugar in soda was 32g, several years back, but it seems to be increasing.

It’s hard to realize how sweet something is until you’ve weaned yourself off of sugar for a period of time. I didn’t realize that the sweet products in America contain way more sugar than products in certain countries in Europe until I lived in Spain for a few months and came back to my country. In Europe, the chocolate covered donuts were my favorite. The first thing I noticed about it was that it was not as sweet. When I moved back to my country and had soda or chocolate donuts or anything else with chocolate, the difference was clear, there’s way more sugar in food products in America.

Diabetes is no stranger in my family, my Mom, Aunts, Uncles, almost all have ended up with it, which makes it easy for me to go down that same path. I used to put at least five packets of sugar in my coffee and drank a bottle of grapefruit juice every morning, later finding out that it had 28g of sugar. When I came across a website that had a list of one-hundred some reasons why sugar is bad for the body and other supportive health sources, I decided to fast from sugar. That fast continued for three months, but at the end of that time, I did not have the temptation to go back to eating or drinking anything with as much sugar. I didn’t go back to the five packets of sugar, rather not using sugar at all, nor did I go back to the grapefruit juice. The first day I stopped drinking the grapefruit juice, one of the first clear differences I noticed was that I was not a sleepy or sluggish as usual and that continued as I stayed off of it. My body had adjusted to not taking in sugar.

Interestingly, cancer, parasites and candida in the body thrive on sugar and can cause sugar cravings. When I found about about this, I went to a vitamin shop and bought one of those small boxes for cleansing. I did the parasite cleanse first, then candida. The first two days, my stomach was going crazy. At the end of both cleanses, I noticed that I didn’t have as much of a sweet-tooth, not the usual sugar craving that I used to have. I’ve seen two very dear people who passed from cancer and one of the transitions that happens in the body that I noticed in both situations is that the appetite disappears for all food except for sugar. One of the ways to kills more cancer cells when going through chemo is to starve the cells for a period of time, then introduce sugar shortly before treatment.

Sugar can be like a drug, an addiction, sometimes a comfort in hard times. It may be that one packet of sugar is not enough, then one turns into three. Sweet becomes not sweet enough. I remember when a friend from class was having a break down from all the stresses of school work, I bought her a chocolate frosty from Wendy’s. While tears were falling from her eyes, she took that first scoop and instantly she was smiling, it was if all her problems just went away. Oh! The comfort of dessert. Like a drug, it can be hard to withdraw from sugar if the body is very accustomed to taking in a lot of it everyday, but after a few days, it gets easier.

Fake sugar in the body may be worse because it’s unnatural. I read a book called, The Seven Pillars of Health, written by Dr. Colbert. He mentions that he had a patient that started having back pains and it happened to be linked to fake sugar that he started taking. Unfortunately, fake food is a huge industry. Although many harmful to the body, it seems, will always be sustained through demand.