Women's lib has been deceived into thinking they must be just like men to be worthy of respect. Since they have lowered themselves by rejecting what and who they are, they have created a world less respectful of them than they were when they were following their God given role as keepers of the home.
There was a quote from William Ross Wallace that says, "The hand that rocks the cradle rules a nation."
Women had far more influence in the culture than they realized when they nurtured and protected children, as well as took charge of and managed the home front.
Women were the stabilizing force behind the family structure. The foundation of the emotional and spiritual power and energy in the family unit.
Those who relegated women to a position of silence in the home debilitated the family. They silenced an integral part of the functioning of the marriage and steadiness of the family.
Yes, men were given the roles of the wage earner and those who fought the wars. When they came home from those demanding and exhausting activities, they were met with the stable environment of safety provided by the woman.
In our day, women are the wage earners and the combat fighters, leaving their homes defenseless as they attempt to act like men, while abandoning the greatest calling of all, which is to shape the hearts of the young ones who will one day be the influencers of the next generation.
Satan was very clever, using the same ploy he did in the garden with Eve. He convinced her that her calling was not enough and that she was missing out on something greater for herself.
Satan has always used "self" as the motive for people to desert their most important calling to chase after something that enticed but in the long run was ruinous, not only to themselves but also for their families and for the nation as a whole.
If you wish to read God's way for the powerful and productive life of the woman, read Proverbs 31. It is the story of a woman who is greatly fulfilled, busy, and productive in her very important role.
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Edify One Another Through the Holy Spirit
If you are in a church gathering in which the people are not edifying you and will not allow you to edify them, it is time to leave.
God said the purpose of meeting together is for us to edify one another, equipping one another in the Lord, to go from that place living more fully for the Lord than you did before.
Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Romans 14:19 "So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."
Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
May each one depend on the Lord Jesus Christ, not on others, and may that dependence help one another to more fully rely on our Savior.
God said the purpose of meeting together is for us to edify one another, equipping one another in the Lord, to go from that place living more fully for the Lord than you did before.
God never placed one man in charge of edifying a group. He commanded that we all edify one another with the truth allowing the Holy Spirit to be the One Who directs everything.
Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Romans 14:19 "So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."
Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
May each one depend on the Lord Jesus Christ, not on others, and may that dependence help one another to more fully rely on our Savior.
Changing God's Word is to Corrupt it!!!!
"Corruptio opotimi pessima" The corruption of the best is the worst. Think about this in terms of God's Word and how we use it!
Friday, February 13, 2026
Living by the Word of God
1 Corinthians 3:6 "Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, :Do not go beyond what is written.' Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other."
America has moved so far beyond Biblical standards that it lives on cliches and snippets of good-sounding platitudes while disrespecting God and those who obey the Word.
Matthew 15:8-9 "8 ‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
9 And in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Isaiah 29:13 "Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men."
Isaiah 1:11-15 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly."
Perhaps our hearts would be humbled and transformed by the washing of our hearts through the water of the Word.
America has moved so far beyond Biblical standards that it lives on cliches and snippets of good-sounding platitudes while disrespecting God and those who obey the Word.
Matthew 15:8-9 "8 ‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
9 And in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Isaiah 29:13 "Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men."
Isaiah 1:11-15 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly."
Perhaps our hearts would be humbled and transformed by the washing of our hearts through the water of the Word.
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Boasting is a Sin as is Provoking Someone to Become Jealous is also a Sin
Boasting is a sin, and attempting to provoke someone else to jealousy is also a sin.
James 4:16
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,"
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
Psalm 94:4
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
James 3:5
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
1 Corinthians 1:31
So that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
James 4:13-16
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
Jeremiah 9:24
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:17
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Psalm 34:2
My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
James 4:16
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,"
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
Psalm 94:4
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
James 3:5
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
1 Corinthians 1:31
So that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
James 4:13-16
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
Jeremiah 9:24
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:17
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Psalm 34:2
My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
The Pain of Being a Real Thinker
Copied & pasted. So well said:
“The pain of being a real thinker in a blind world is realising that truth feels like betrayal to those who live in lies.
You see what others ignore, and that vision becomes both your gift and your curse.
The more clearly you think, the more isolated you become.
You learn that silence is safer than wisdom because the world doesn’t listen; it reacts.
People call you strange when you refuse to follow their blindness.
You become the outcast not because you’re wrong, but because you see too much.
Every truth you speak sounds like rebellion in the ears of the comfortable.
You begin to understand that being awake in a sleeping world means living in a state of loneliness.
The pain isn’t in seeing the truth, it’s in watching others choose illusions over light.
You carry questions others fear to ask, and answers they refuse to accept.
They mock what they don’t understand and hate what challenges their comfort zone.
Your voice trembles not from fear, but from the weight of knowing too deeply.
The blind world calls your clarity arrogance, your independence defiance, your empathy weakness.
You see beauty and tragedy in the same moment and realise that wisdom is both a blessing and a burden.
Sometimes you envy those who don’t think, for ignorance has its peace.
You learn that truth-tellers are not celebrated; they are crucified before they are remembered.
In the end, the thinker’s heart breaks not from rejection, but from caring too much for a world that doesn’t see.
Every thinker dies a little each time they realise knowledge cannot fix blindness.
Yet still, you think, you question, you feel because even in pain, your soul refuses to go dark.
And that is both your suffering and your strength, the unending ache of seeing clearly in a world that chooses not to.”
“The pain of being a real thinker in a blind world is realising that truth feels like betrayal to those who live in lies.
You see what others ignore, and that vision becomes both your gift and your curse.
The more clearly you think, the more isolated you become.
You learn that silence is safer than wisdom because the world doesn’t listen; it reacts.
People call you strange when you refuse to follow their blindness.
You become the outcast not because you’re wrong, but because you see too much.
Every truth you speak sounds like rebellion in the ears of the comfortable.
You begin to understand that being awake in a sleeping world means living in a state of loneliness.
The pain isn’t in seeing the truth, it’s in watching others choose illusions over light.
You carry questions others fear to ask, and answers they refuse to accept.
They mock what they don’t understand and hate what challenges their comfort zone.
Your voice trembles not from fear, but from the weight of knowing too deeply.
The blind world calls your clarity arrogance, your independence defiance, your empathy weakness.
You see beauty and tragedy in the same moment and realise that wisdom is both a blessing and a burden.
Sometimes you envy those who don’t think, for ignorance has its peace.
You learn that truth-tellers are not celebrated; they are crucified before they are remembered.
In the end, the thinker’s heart breaks not from rejection, but from caring too much for a world that doesn’t see.
Every thinker dies a little each time they realise knowledge cannot fix blindness.
Yet still, you think, you question, you feel because even in pain, your soul refuses to go dark.
And that is both your suffering and your strength, the unending ache of seeing clearly in a world that chooses not to.”
The Problem with the Modern Churches
The problem is that modern Christians see those buildings they call churches as the temples of God, they are not!
They sense that everyone in those places is born again, but they are not!
They see all the rituals and programs as being of God; they are not!
When someone has a false view of the gathering of believers, they will place their trust in those places, the way things are done and one man up front, which is nothing like what God commanded for the gatherings of believers.
Believers are to come together to edify one another, equipping each other for individual lives for a lifestyle of witnessing.
The reason there is no special day to meet, no one man preacher, and no rituals is that Christ in every believer is led by the Holy Spirit, and each one has gifts given to them by Christ Who lives in them. Nothing is based on personal talent, all is based on the calling given by Christ.
1 Corinthians 14:26-31 "26 What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things are to be done for edification.
27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, it must be by two or at the most three, and each one in turn, and one is to interpret;
28 but if there is no interpreter, he is to keep silent in church; and have him speak to himself and to God.
29 Have two or three prophets speak, and have the others pass judgment.
30 But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent.
31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be [l]exhorted;
32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; 33 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace."
Every believer in the gathering has gifts of the Spirit that they should be using.
1 Corinthians 12:12-23 "For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one part, but many.
15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, just as He desired.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 But now there are many parts, but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
23 and those parts of the body which we consider less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable,
24 whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another.
26 And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
27 Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it."
With a one-man-paid-pastor system there is the misunderstanding that he is in authority rather than the Holy Spirit. He is to be believed without question because he is educated and paid. The pews face forward in worship fashion toward the one who has the authority. No one speaks unless given permission by the man in charge.
When we do things God's way, everyone participates as led by the Holy Spirit, and no man is the authority; only Christ is the Authority.
Our modern churches began the man-centered gatherings hundreds of years ago and have grown more ungodly every year since. This is why we have cultural Christians instead of Christ-following Christians.
People tend to be lazy; they want someone else to tell them what to do and how to act, so they don't have to think, and can pride themselves on how many things they do right according to the organizational church rather than according to God's Word.
I have met many Christians who defend their beliefs according to the pastor and negate what the Bible says to remain loyal to their paid preacher.
May many believers' eyes be opened to the cultic practices of the modern church and become bold enough to resist following any man. May they follow Christ and develop their gifts without apology.
They sense that everyone in those places is born again, but they are not!
They see all the rituals and programs as being of God; they are not!
When someone has a false view of the gathering of believers, they will place their trust in those places, the way things are done and one man up front, which is nothing like what God commanded for the gatherings of believers.
Believers are to come together to edify one another, equipping each other for individual lives for a lifestyle of witnessing.
The reason there is no special day to meet, no one man preacher, and no rituals is that Christ in every believer is led by the Holy Spirit, and each one has gifts given to them by Christ Who lives in them. Nothing is based on personal talent, all is based on the calling given by Christ.
1 Corinthians 14:26-31 "26 What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things are to be done for edification.
27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, it must be by two or at the most three, and each one in turn, and one is to interpret;
28 but if there is no interpreter, he is to keep silent in church; and have him speak to himself and to God.
29 Have two or three prophets speak, and have the others pass judgment.
30 But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent.
31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be [l]exhorted;
32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; 33 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace."
Every believer in the gathering has gifts of the Spirit that they should be using.
1 Corinthians 12:12-23 "For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one part, but many.
15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, just as He desired.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 But now there are many parts, but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
23 and those parts of the body which we consider less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable,
24 whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another.
26 And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
27 Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it."
With a one-man-paid-pastor system there is the misunderstanding that he is in authority rather than the Holy Spirit. He is to be believed without question because he is educated and paid. The pews face forward in worship fashion toward the one who has the authority. No one speaks unless given permission by the man in charge.
When we do things God's way, everyone participates as led by the Holy Spirit, and no man is the authority; only Christ is the Authority.
Our modern churches began the man-centered gatherings hundreds of years ago and have grown more ungodly every year since. This is why we have cultural Christians instead of Christ-following Christians.
People tend to be lazy; they want someone else to tell them what to do and how to act, so they don't have to think, and can pride themselves on how many things they do right according to the organizational church rather than according to God's Word.
I have met many Christians who defend their beliefs according to the pastor and negate what the Bible says to remain loyal to their paid preacher.
May many believers' eyes be opened to the cultic practices of the modern church and become bold enough to resist following any man. May they follow Christ and develop their gifts without apology.
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