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I’m an Anglican Priest in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and I get to serve in the Parish of St Margaret of Scotland, in the beautiful city of Halifax, NS, that sits on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people.
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"The foe in triumph shouted
When Christ lay in the tomb.
But, lo, he now is routed;
His hope has turned to gloom.
For Christ, again, is free
In glorious victory.
He, who is strong to save,
Has triumphed o'er the grave."
You are correct Rev Ed. But, mental illness, generational curses, and ego keeps most true Christians hostage. Keep doing your thing Rev, we need you. Thanks for sharing
Perhaps it's merely a Problem of (public/popular) Perception, like how lies (about) spread faster than the truth of an incident? Light from this solar systems star bathes only a small portion of the Earth, and the humans inhabiting it at any time; while the outer planets remain dark and the Sol System is itself a tiny portion of the Milky Way, which might as well be a drop of water in the ocean of the physical universe.
Wow, definitely bookmarking this one. We have really lost the plot. Our fear and selfish actions come from ourselves because we have forgotten the promises and listen instead to the catcalls, whispers and shouts of the disgruntled losers. Like narcissists and tantrum-ing children, they go hardest and loudest the more we listen, the more control we hand over.
Trump supporters consider Satan and The Democrats to be the same thing, and all the other strange implications of that view.
I'm sorry, Reverend, but this time your words stung instead of soothed. At least for me. And I honestly mean no disrespect.
As a resident of the U.S., I've read & watched interviews & articles about the man named Donald Trump since the 1980s.
I was appalled & shocked when I first learned he was a primary candidate for president. But I also thought there was no way he'd make it past the Republican primary.
Man, was I wrong.
Even after he became the Republican candidate, I was sure he wasn't going to be elected as this country's president. I had faith because I believed after details of his horrific personality kept being revealed, the people here would come to realize he wasn't, & isn't, fit to be president.
I remained steadfast in my faith, only to once again be shocked & appalled after election day 2016.
At this point, I've lost my faith. I stopped praying months ago. I figure, why bother?
After decades of fervent faith, I'm now struggling. I think, almost daily, if God loves us so much, WHY does He do nothing as so many people all over the world are suffering?
I'm struggling to justify that question.
Trump and I are both children of God. I pray that God will teach me how to serve Him better. Trump connives to teach his MAGA cult how to serve him better.
Thank you, Rev Trevor! ❤✌🏼
I used to think Satan was a real thing, I no longer think that way. I believe when we separate ourselves from God, or whatever you call the I AM, we make our own hell. Having said that, I am worried for the US, for the world, very worried.
I once heard a pastor speak against churches endorsing candidates. He said that people, fallible human beings, may eventually let you down. If you, as a church hitch yourself to a specific person, what will you do when they fall?
But IDEAS… principles. Those you can stand behind. (Granted, some churches' principles suck, but that's on them!)
Reading the Bible I realized most Christians lack the commitment and courage to be a true Christian.
"Matthew 6:26-34
New King James Version
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one [a]cubit to his [b]stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not [c]arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Your worst enemy is yourself…
as always, thank you. i needed this reminder. amen
Perhaps God is the enemy
There is all the killing of foreigners, different people, woman and children by the Christian God in Bible.
Perhaps God has merely been on Our side.
But may have choose a new peoples.
Be brave
Preach. We don’t need 45 to protect us from anything.
I feel that people who are obsessed with fearing satan and demons are projecting their own personal evil thoughts and actions. Psalm 27:1 makes it clear.
All will be well, and all will be well, and all shall be well. (Julian of Norwich)
U are sooo right!!❤
If God is with us who will be against us!
It does not look at all like the "enemy" is by any measure "defeated"… in fact humanity is suffering from the debilitating vicious diseases of HUMANITITIS even more severely than any epoch ever before… and the prognosis is dismal.
You're absolutely right about the Devil being defeated. However, he is still roaming the earth looking for those he can devour. Worry is a lack of faith that the Lord will not protect us. We must believe and love our neighbor. Trump is not doing the work of Christ, which leaves only one alternative. Thank you as always for your message of hope!
Thank u Rev, it meant so much when you said this to me during CWW. As I was in the middle of a particularly bad chronic pain flare, and other things had been going wrong. When it feels like it’s all going wrong, but then you see God's hand in one moment, so you feel filled back up, and you can even see purpose in that suffering that came to fruition. But then something new happens right away , and you face that. Then you think, "Okay, that’s gotta be it for a while," but nope, another new hurdle. But you face that, and while you accept the path God has for you may include suffering physically daily, it's still hard when it's a particularly worse run of days. Yet honestly, I know I would have been destroyed by my health issues if I had them thus badly when I was an atheist cuz Now I can see all the ways God sorta saves me from myself using my health issues . One of many things is it helps me to see what really matters in life, stuff like that. I know He makes all things work together for my good. I’ve seen it, but you can't feel that in the valley sometimes. It takes a climb out and looking back, you know? But what if you don’t get enough of a break to climb out and look back ? So I guess I wondered about that concept of enemy , like well, the enemy keeps upping the ante, wants to test me more cuz God keeps showing me he’s with me in these painful trials. I know Jesus has saved me from any sin, etc. This is not part of ‘the enemy’I fear, it’s the one inside me that tells me I’m not strong enough to face these trials or the one that wishes me to not see purpose in it . The one that tries to tell me I’m alone or maybe there is no purpose to any of it, I’m just destined to live in pain and no hope, etc. The enemy of despair is a much greater enemy than temptation.
I’m not scared of the same enemy right-wing fundamentalists talk about cuz I was always thinking wait isn’t the fear of devil making ppl be gay for example a ridiculous contradiction,., to the whole faith they claim, etc.? Even as an atheist, I was like wait is not the whole point of Jesus is that how God won over Satan supposedly thru Jesus? why all these ppl so worried about fighting devil? I’m not out looking for any devil to fight it’s a fight being brought to me inside my body . So for me, the Satan looking to tempt the world into bad stuff is not enemy I’m facing or scared of, I have faith God's got me with that especially as I don’t even think we can all have the same ‘sin’. Society seems to decide sin of day. Remember the controversy of eating with a Roman in Acts? Lol, it changes right? but not just with time but with ppl and each person unique life maybe?! If, God gives us all different tests. Why would we think he wants us to have the same answers for a completely different set of questions? Like A soldier and a murderer both kill, only God knows the heart and why one’s a hero, one’s a sinner, but no one will ever know which cuz maybe they have totally different tests so we cabt determibe each others sin . I think the only real sin we can do is to not love another, ultimately
When I feel strong on purpose sometimes faith thisI s when it seems my health gets worse the more confident I get of Him is when pain show up kinda thing . Not cuz I lived wrong in gods eyes
Imagine If I get to heaven and god knew I was atheist who found faith but I’d be pretty shocked if Jesus then is like sorry you're out of heaven abd btw u were in pain on earth cuz you took my name in vein all those times you were in pain or b4 when u just thought it was slang so that’s it, you’re out didn’t you read commandments ?! lol where is that in the bible ?
This darkness though it’s what i feel in my body abd heart when I’m facing down the most darkest places physically . I don’t care about that rules of what God might be wanting me to do according to sone Christians . I’m still not sure I’m one cuz of that thinking . I know god only wants me to survive. I know Jesus said we may suffer tho right? on some sort of level I get that I and why I see that but sometimes I wanna break, I wanna believe this pain is for a reason I know it is, but in the moment I wanna believe it’s some other entity is why I’m facing this, not the God that I love, who loves me who I just want to rescue me and the only reason maybe he isn’t us cuz he is letting enemy test me because he’s like so confident in me? 😂
Lol u know ? god might be like I gave her this faith she didn’t even want and tried to deny fir a decade + you can’t break her of it go ahead and try ? I didn’t think the enemy could win ultimately but can he cause my suffering ? I just thought now sometimes maybe God might be letting him test me so I can learn enemy won’t win … maybe? So I guess i want to understand why in middle of the low but you’re right sometimes the answer is not to look for why not to focus my limited energy in wrong spot. My energy should go to remembering nothing can destroy me even if my body fails my soul is safe in God's presence and love . I also don’t know if I really believe in an external enemy coming from a non-church background I’ve always viewed enemy as the part of myself the part of all of us that leads to hopelessness self-doubt fear etc. Your comment still highlights the main thing I read to remember which is God has pulled me through every single trial to this very moment I’m stlll standing and there’s been so many I’ve lost count so how could it even be labelled a battle it’s only a victory I guess if I’m still here.
I even believe I love more the people around me because I know what it’s like to suffer, sufferingl helps me believe there might be a purpose for not just my own life but all suffering, of humanity but the tool that God uses to achieve that might be an enemy it might not. It’s not where I should put my energy. Thank you once again for your Christ like wisdom .
YES, YES, YES Thank you for your message of love and confidence in the enormous and selfless offering Jesus gave to all humankind.
The darkside wins whenever people allow their hearts to be filled with hatred instead of love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 💘 ❤️.
Which New Testament passages justify forcing people to convert or to follow Christian rules? I see a lot of guidance for Christians, including to spread the good word, but I've missed the instruction to preach with a sword. Other than human nature, what justifies forcing people? Would forced compliance even yield Christian salvation?
Trump is no savior nor any kind of champion, but an obstacle who knows how to prey on our human weaknesses and feeds off of chaos and petty desires. I do not recall Jesus ever preaching the virtues of cruelty and division.
Trump supporters called themselves Christians but don't follow his teaching
Nice word of hope. However, Jesus may have overcome the world, but the enemy, the devil, is still out destroying souls using his tools of lies, slander and false accusations. We still must be on our guard. Many Are Going Astray (MAGA)
Back acha…
…and yet, Jesus is used by Christians, or some Christians, to separate us from each other, to separate us from Him, and from God, what a paradox.
It’s weird that people who praise Trump, don’t recognize that he carries the traits of the Anti-Christ.
Not saying he is… but from what I hear, it looks familiar. 🤔
what bothers me is that so many are in the camp of "anyone who doesn't agree with me on every issue is 'my enemy' " …. it's like these people have "lost the plot" and it .. .at least with the people i deal with daily …. it's getting worse
I can't believe Trump has gaslighted so many Christians! Trump is the most corrupt liar to step foot in the presidency! He worships only himself and money!
Jesus defeated the forces of darkness 2,000 years ago at Calvary. I don't have what it takes to " fight satan" if I did I would never have needed to be " born again" " my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge". ❤
Trump can't even " save himself" he needs Jesus as much as the rest of us. ❤❤❤
This message destroys the power of Maga. 💙