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I AM PRAYING FOR YOU

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This very special SOCIALISM SUCKS SUNDAY
open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody
to post whatever they feel they would like
to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

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I’ve got to thinking about why Socialism fails to deliver to the poor, the sick, the downtrodden of the world. As Wolf has mentioned before it fails by design.
So if it fails by design, what does a winning design look like?
I know the winning formula involves giving dignity, building a relational foundation before supporting decisions to improve upon life choices, that kind of thing.
Sort of the opposite of Bernie Sanders cast in the role of a Hallmark Santa Claus. We know that government assistance has been a big fail. And the socialists would like us to think that individual assistance is rare and inadequate.
From my own experience I learned that people want you to understand what matters to them, they may want you to meet one need that seems like a wrong priority, but the willingness to allow them to share their priorities may open a door to a conversation that would not happen otherwise.
I’ve also learned that I truly have no idea how to really help others. My helplessness has opened my heart to more of God in my own life as I partner with the person that I would like to help.
Maybe you would like to share a story about your own experiences with helping others.  A task not for the faint of heart.
I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts about this.
Think*3

Selection from the chapters On Charity by Saint Maximus the confessor, abbot

Charity [caritas or agape in Greek] is a right attitude of mind which prefers nothing to the knowledge of God. If a man possesses any strong attachment to the things of this earth, he cannot possess true charity. For anyone who really loves God prefers to know and experience God rather than his creatures. The whole set and longing of his mind is ever directed toward him.

For God is far superior to all his creation, since everything which exists has been made by God and for him. And so, in deserting God, who is beyond compare, for the inferior works of creation, a man shows that he values God, the author of creation, less than creation itself.

The Lord himself reminds us: Whoever loves me will keep my commandments. And this is my commandment: that you love one another. So the man who does not love his neighbor does not obey God’s command. But one who does not obey his command cannot love God. A man is blessed if he can love all men equally. Moreover, if he truly loves God, he must love his neighbor absolutely. Such a man cannot hoard his wealth. Rather, like God himself, he generously gives from his own resources to each man according to his needs.

Since he imitates God’s generosity, the only distinction he draws is the person’s need. He does not distinguish between a good man and a bad one, a just man and one who is unjust. Yet his own goodness of will makes him prefer the man who strives after virtue to the one who is depraved.

A charitable mind is not displayed simply in giving money; it is manifested still more by personal service as well as by the communication of God’s word to others: In fact, if a man’s service toward his brothers is genuine and if he really renounces worldly concerns, he is freed from selfish desires. For he now shares in God’s own knowledge and love. Since he does possess God’s love, he does not experience weariness as he follows the Lord his God. Rather, following the prophet Jeremiah, he withstands every type of reproach and hardship without even harboring an evil thought toward any man.

For Jeremiah warns us: Do not say: “We are the Lord’s temple”. Neither should you say: “Faith alone in our Lord Jesus Christ can save me.” By itself faith accomplishes nothing.  For even the devils believe and shudder.

No, faith must be joined to an active love of God which is expressed in good works. The charitable man is distinguished by sincere and long-suffering service to his fellow man: it also means using things aright.

https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/charity-st-maximus-the-confessor/

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“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:

to look after orphans and widows in their distress and
to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.“

(James 1:27)

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Say what you want, comment on what other people said,
comment on people’s comments.
Keep it civil.  Treehouse rules, but expect lots of QAnon.

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See the January 1st daily thread for the rules of the road,
which are few but important.

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Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:
I AM PRAYING FOR YOU

This very special SEVER THE SUPPLY LINES SUNDAY
open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody
to post whatever they feel they would like
to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

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“The strategy for defeating an enemy force can take the shape of many varied objectives. Disrupting our enemy’s supply line has been an effective U.S. military strategy to weaken those opponents. Without meals, medicines, and munitions, a military force is incapable of sustaining operations.”

— Dr. Cliff Welborn, Supply Line Warfare

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Today I’m using an outline from the Five Offensive Strategies of Physical or Spiritual Warfare by George Hill to guide our discussion as it relates to this moment in world history where the struggle to cast off the chains of global oppression is coming to a zenith before our very eyes. 

1. Preemptive Attacks.

“By being passionately visionary, rather than reactionary – we can gain the upper hand in the battle and render the enemy unable to recover!”

• How do you see Qanon encouraging us to be passionately visionary?

Are you focused on the crisis de jour as spun by “friendlies” that are still milking the power of Mind Control techniques in order to keep your eyes on their media sites? Ask yourself, in what ways has the Mind Control Media worked to distort your thinking such that your life has become reactionary instead of visionary.

• How can I cut off the Mind Control supply lines that are delivering distorted thinking into my life and the lives of other Americans?

Ask yourself, how can I elevate my thinking to a level above this field of play and gain the advantage? What can I do to expand my thinking, my expectations to a level that honors the magnificent design intended by the Creator for my intellect, emotions and spirit?

• What am I doing to protect and increase the supply lines providing my soul with courage, wisdom, hope, wholesomeness, refreshment, and ever-increasing vision?

2. Hit the Enemy Where it Hurts.

“Identify ruling spirits over your area, come against them through prayer, and [speak truth] that contradict that climate. Then act in the opposite spirit: a positive, faith filled, generous spirit, and watch the spiritual climate change!”

• How do you see Qanon coming against a negative, defeating climate?

When was the last time you thought about what kind of an atmosphere is around your town? State? Home? Ask yourself, how am I being influenced by the cultural, spiritual, physical climate in which I am living?

• What am I doing to push back in the opposite spirit?

How is the day-in-and-day-out character of my life breaking down the supply lines feeding negative influences around me?

Who do you know that inspires you to live more positively, more generously, with more faith? How can you protect and increase those who are providing some of the supply lines between you and Heaven’s heart?

3. Concentration of Force.

“You must know your objectives, establish your priorities, and make bold, strategic decisions. Then you have to throw all your effort into that initiative.”

• What do you see Qanon doing to guide us  to concentrate our effort together in alignment with current Patriot priorities?

Do you have a regular practice of reflecting on what really matters? Ask yourself, how can I contribute to the things that truly matter for not just me, but also for generations to come?

• Do you have enough clarity that you know where to put all your effort?

Strategic concentration of force must be applied effectively to successfully cut off the supply lines of the enemy army. Do you know what supply lines for the enemy are active and where to apply force to disrupt them?

4. The Principle of Perseverance.

“Paul told Timothy to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim 2:3) Neither jail, stoning, shipwreck, or rejection could stop the Apostle Paul. Why? Because he had a God-given purpose that was bigger than himself.”

• How do you see Qanon giving us a purpose that helps us to endure hardship?

What does it mean to endure hardship? How does having a purpose bigger than ourselves help us to become unstoppable?

• Ask yourself, how do I cut off small thinking that minimizes my potential and impact in the world?

How do I strengthen my supply lines to great vision and purpose?

5. Songs of Victory in Times of War.

“King David was a warrior, not a wimp. He gave us a book of war songs – the Book of Psalms: read Ps 18:29-36. Martin Luther wrote the song, ‘A Mighty Fortress is Our God’. William Booth told his song writers, ‘I want you to write songs that will stir the hearts of our soldiers and focus us on our vision’.”

• How do you see Qanon utilizing songs, videos, etc. to impart courage?

Surrounding ourselves with songs of victory is an age-old practice–because it works.

• Ask yourself, what are the songs of victory that give me strength?

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I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts about this.
Think*3
p.s., don’t worry if I’m a bit scarce after midnight it’s just that a new family schedule requires an earlier time to bed.

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In Christ we have already won the battle! We just have to inform our people and demonstrate Satan’s defeat on earth by casting out devils, healing the sick, and winning souls for Christ!  — Dr. George Hill, Five Offensive Strategies of  Warfare

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Say what you want, comment on what other people said,
comment on people’s comments.
Keep it civil.  Treehouse rules, but expect lots of QAnon.

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See the January 1st daily thread for the rules of the road,
which are few but important.

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