Keep clear of psychiatrists unless you know that they are also Christians. Otherwise they start with the assumption that your religion is an illusion and try to ‘cure’ it: and this assumption they make not as professional psychologists but as amateur philosophers. – C. S. Lewis
Psychiatrists
Dear Father God ,
We agree with Jeremiah , “No one is like you Oh Lord, You are great and Your Name is mighty in power.”
We plead with You, Lord to use Your power and protect our President and his family, and his Cabinet and staff from all the wickedness that is aimed at him with this illegal special counsel and grand jury . We ask You to give the President’s personal counsel , his attorneys, wisdom and strength and the favor You gave David to fight against this Goliath! Let them carry in their hearts the same spirit of indignation that David had against Goliath for defying the living God.
Lord, we plead for You to use Your power to cause our Congressmen and women who claim to believe in You to begin to fight for what is right and demand grand juries to deal with the real crimes that have been committed by those who were in power.
We plead for You to use Your mighty power and open hearts and minds of Americans to hear and receive and put to practice Your Truth. We pray You will not withhold Your Holy Spirit from this land, but will allow Him to pour into hearts and minds all over America. We pray for our youth to hear Truth in their homes and their schools. We pray that churches will be bold and be willing to encourage their congregations to be salt and light and not be afraid to stand up to evil that had been allowed to grow stronger over the past decade.
We pray that the God fearing people of America will rise up and begin flooding Congress with emails, tweets and phone calls to support our President.
We plead Your mighty power to protect us from dangerous nations like North Korea. We pray their evil intentions fail miserably. We thank you for the men of understanding that President Trump has put in place to navigate and negotiate through these dangerous times on the world scene, men and women who will tackle evil and not back down.
We thank you, Lord, for not letting evil continue unabated in this last election and we ask more than any one thing apart from hearts and minds being moved and renewed by the Holy Spirit, that You will cause us to end the slaughtering of our unborn, our most defenseless. I ask you, Lord, please please cause this to end in my lifetime. It started in my lifetime.. please cause it to end in my lifetime.
Lord, Jeremiah also said in the tenth chapter Of Jeremiah, “Who should not revere You, O King of the nations, for this is Your due.”
Lord, those of us supporting this Administration want Your name revered. Oh let it be so in our land once again, in our homes, our churches, our schools, and the public square.
In Jesus’s Name.
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Buddy Hackett was once told that the world would never accept him because of who he was. Decades later, the same voice people tried to dismiss became one of America’s most beloved sources of laughter.
Fans saw Buddy Hackett as the unforgettable comedian with the loud voice, wild expressions, and unstoppable humor from television, movies, and Las Vegas stages. What they didn’t know was that before millions loved him, Hackett grew up facing poverty, rejection, and antisemitism while trying to prove that the things people mocked about him could become his greatest strengths.
Born Leonard Hacker in Brooklyn in 1924, Buddy grew up in a working-class neighborhood where money was often tight.
His father repaired refrigerators.
His family lived simply.
Entertainment was not a realistic career path.
But Hackett discovered something early.
He could make people laugh.
In school and neighborhood gatherings, humor became his way of connecting with people.
It was also a way of protecting himself.
As a Jewish kid growing up during an era of widespread antisemitism, Hackett experienced prejudice that shaped how he viewed the world.
People judged him before they knew him.
His background.
His appearance.
His voice.
The same qualities that made him different became things he had to overcome.
After serving in World War II, Hackett returned home determined to build a career in comedy.
But the entertainment industry was not easy.
He started in small clubs, performing for audiences that often did not know his name.
His style was unusual.
He was not the polished comedian with perfect timing and a clean image.
He was loud.
Chaotic.
Completely himself.
Some people didn’t understand it.
Then audiences began responding.
His honesty connected.
His exaggerated personality became his trademark.
By the 1950s and 1960s, Buddy Hackett became one of America’s most recognizable comedians.
He appeared on major television shows.
Performed in Las Vegas.
Starred in films.
And became known for a style that influenced generations of comedians.
But his greatest transformation came from something unexpected.
The traits people once criticized became the reason audiences loved him.
The voice that seemed too different became his signature.
The personality that seemed too big became his advantage.
Later generations discovered him through films like The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo, where his distinctive voice introduced him to new audiences.
Then came the irony.
The world that once judged Buddy Hackett for being different eventually celebrated him because he was impossible to copy.
He did not become successful by hiding the things that made him stand out.
He built his entire career around them.
Buddy Hackett didn’t overcome rejection by becoming what people expected him to be.
He proved that the very things people used to dismiss him could become the reasons millions remembered him.
The Democrats really just want to burn down the American Republic so they can rule over the ashes. Either patriots stand up now or we lose it forever.
Come on over to the right side.
Seriously? Is the antiTrump Party still going to defend Fauci and his “medical advice” about The Covid shutdowns and all the rest of his garbage after everything we know now?
I guess they are.
Pass the popcorn.
Today I finally understood something about Donald Trump that I had been missing this entire time. And when it hit me — it hit me completely. Because, look at who this man chose to surround himself with.
Not billionaires.
Not people born into power.
Not people who had everything handed to them.
Karoline Leavitt — 27 years old. Ice cream shop girl from New Hampshire.
Trump looked at her and saw something the entire world missed.
Made her the youngest Press Secretary in American history.
Susie Wiles — a woman who has spent her whole life quietly strategizing from the background.
No fame. No spotlight. Just pure brilliance.
Trump looked at her and said — you will be my Chief of Staff. First female Chief of Staff in American history.
JD Vance — a soldier. A boy from Appalachia who served his country in uniform before he ever served it in office.
Trump looked at him and said — you will stand beside me.
Pete Hegseth — a soldier who gave everything on the battlefield. Two Bronze Stars.
Trump looked at him and said — you will lead our military.
Marco Rubio — the son of a bartender and a hotel maid. Two immigrants who came to America with nothing.
Trump looked at their son and made him the first Latino Secretary of State in American history.
My wife heard all of this tonight and said, “Do you understand what Trump actually did?
He did not build a powerful administration.
He built an unbreakable one.”
Because every single person in it knows what it feels like to have nothing. And people who came from nothing never take anything for granted.
Tonight, say one prayer for this entire administration. And say a bigger one for the man who chose them.
Then pass this to every American who needs to understand why this administration hits different from every single one that came before it (Jeff Roush)
A woman confessed to adultery before Muhammad. He approved her execution by stoning. (Sahih Muslim 1695b)
Jesus also faced a woman accused of adultery.
Instead of joining the crowd, He stopped the stoning and said: “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:7)
The crowd walked away. The woman lived.
One approved a public execution. The other showed mercy and called the sinner to leave her sinful life.
When Muslims claim Muhammad continued the message of Jesus, these two accounts tell a very different story.
Which example looks more like the character of God: approving a woman’s death by stoning, or sparing her life and calling her to repentance?
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