The events happening all around us since the beginning of this year have been unexpected and frightening.

Each day, like everyone else, I would check the news to read about Covid-19 and any updates to the self-quarantine, social-distancing, mask-wearing and which stores were open and which were not – and so on and so on….

Our seemingly new world had, and still has, a surrealistic feel to it. Could this really be happening? Could we trust what we were hearing and reading? It was shocking to me how quickly the government became almost Totalitarian in its guidelines, which seemed more like orders to the public.

We were not to question anything. Just obey.

Fear is a strong motivator

Reading about the symptoms of Covid-19 and how I was a person who the “experts” said would most likely not fare well if I caught the dreaded virus – well, that was more than a bit concerning.

I’m 69 with underlying health issues. Asthma and heart problems put me at risk. As I would ponder these things, I realized that I needed to take the fears and anxieties to Jesus.

And Then Came the Riots

As if adding insult to injury, our country was overtaken by ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter after the death of George Floyd. These are not peaceful protests. They are violent with looting and burning and killing. I believe that this has continued for the last couple of months with no end in sight.

Even a portion of Seattle was captured by members of the groups, and police were forbidden to enter. It was a nightmare, especially for those who needed help and could not get it because the police were barred from entering this illegal “city” named CHOP. Thankfully, the mayor of Seattle finally put an end to “CHOP” and brought some semblance of order back to that city.

Holier Than Thou

I’ve always disliked that phrase – it sounds so judgmental. But for the purpose of this article, I am using it.

About a week ago, I asked the brethren on Facebook if any of them were experiencing anxiety or depression – or even mood swings. Suddenly, the comments just rolled down the page as people opened up about their emotions.

The vast majority wrote that they were struggling with so many different feelings. Many said that it was a comfort to hear from brothers and sisters in Christ that they were struggling as well.

But a couple of people said that Covid-19 was actually exciting because of their trust in the Lord. They talked about how they were rejoicing in the midst of the insanity. They went on and on about not understanding why the others were not rejoicing with them.

I could tell that many of the brethren who had confessed their struggles were feeling intimidated – as was I – and it got to a point where I felt led to delete the comments about others not having faith.

Most of us were discussing how our minds were vacillating back and forth between fear and faith. I was mentioning that we are still in these mortal bodies, and as Paul said:

“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate” (Romans 7:15).

And Jesus said this to His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane:

“Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41).

Depression in the Bible

I remembered reading about many people in the Bible who suffered with depression. One of these people who stands out to me was King David. Read this Psalm, which clearly shows the depth of despair David experienced:

Psalms 42

Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

“As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
‘Where is your God?’

When I remember these things,
I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
For the help of His countenance.
O my God, my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar.

Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song shall be with me—

A prayer to the God of my life.
I will say to God my Rock,
‘Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?’
As with a breaking of my bones,
My enemies reproach me,
While they say to me all day long,
‘Where is your God?’
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God” (Psalm 42). (emphasis added)

Brethren, let us have compassion and understanding during these trying times. In Psalm 42, when David says, “They continually say to me ‘Where is your God?’” The people who asked him that were his enemies.

Can you see that when brothers and sisters in Christ ask, “Where is your faith?” instead of helping one another – that can be so counterproductive. Instead of helping, it makes the brother or sister feel worse. Now, they are not just feeling anxious, but they are being accused of not having faith if they are depressed or sad.

Adrian Rogers

I have mentioned in other articles that Adrian Rogers was our favorite preacher. He is with the Lord Jesus and has been since 2005.

Please listen carefully to Pastor Rogers as he talks about Depression and about the Giants of the Faith, such as Charles Spurgeon and others who suffered from depression. But Dr. Rogers also gives us Scripture and godly wisdom to help us out of a depressed state, and back into the arms of our Lord Jesus.

Today, I went on YouTube and typed in Pastor Rogers’ name. The very first video which appeared was this:

How to Get Up When You’re Down

Brethren, let us be patient and kind to one another.

How Can I Be Saved?

Shalom b’Yeshua

MARANATHA!!

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Gates, Mastercard & GAVI to use Africa to Beta Test Vaccine

So, once again Bill Gates will be using Africa to test his diabolical programs and vaccines.

I have written so many articles through the years about the madman Bill Gates and the harm he has done to children and women in third-world countries. Here is one of those articles:

Documented Proof That Bill Gates is an International Bio-Terrorist  <click here to read

From mintpressnews.com

Africa to Become Testing Ground for “Trust Stamp” Vaccine Record and Payment System

A new biometric identity platform partnered with the Gates-funded GAVI vaccine alliance and Mastercard will launch in West Africa and combine COVID-19 vaccinations, cashless payments, and potential law enforcement applications.

A biometric digital identity platform that “evolves just as you evolve” is set to be introduced in “low-income, remote communities” in West Africa thanks to a public-private partnership between the Bill Gates-backed GAVI vaccine alliance, Mastercard and the AI-powered “identity authentication” company, Trust Stamp.

The program, which was first launched in late 2018, will see Trust Stamp’s digital identity platform integrated into the GAVI-Mastercard “Wellness Pass,” a digital vaccination record and identity system that is also linked to Mastercard’s click-to-play system that powered by its AI and machine learning technology called NuData. Mastercard, in addition to professing its commitment to promoting “centralized record keeping of childhood immunization” also describes itself as a leader toward a “World Beyond Cash,” and its partnership with GAVI marks a novel approach towards linking a biometric digital identity system, vaccination records, and a payment system into a single cohesive platform. The effort, since its launch nearly two years ago, has been funded via $3.8 million in GAVI donor funds in addition to a matched donation of the same amount by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In early June, GAVI reported that Mastercard’s Wellness Pass program would be adapted in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Around a month later, Mastercard announced that Trust Stamp’s biometric identity platform would be integrated into Wellness Pass as Trust Stamp’s system is capable of providing biometric identity in areas of the world lacking internet access or cellular connectivity and also does not require knowledge of an individual’s legal name or identity to function. The Wellness Program involving GAVI, Mastercard, and Trust Stamp will soon be launched in West Africa and will be coupled with a Covid-19 vaccination program once a vaccine becomes available.

Mass-Tracking COVI-PASS Immunity Passports Slated to Roll Out in 15 Countries 

COVI-PASS will determine whether you can go to a restaurant, if you need a medical test, or are due for a talking-to by authorities in a post-COVID world. Consent is voluntary, but enforcement will be compulsory.

The push to implement biometrics as part of national ID registration systems has been ongoing for many years on the continent and has become a highly politicized issue in several African countries. Opposition to similar projects in Africa often revolves around the costs surrounding them, such as the biometric voter management system that the Electoral Commission of Ghana has been trying to implement ahead of their 2020 general election in December. Bright Simons, honorary VP of the IMANI policy think tank, has questioned the “budgetary allocation” for the new system, claiming that the “unnecessary registration of 17 million people all over again” represents millions of dollars “being blown for reasons that nobody can explain in this country.”

Masking ulterior motives

Trust Stamp’s biometric identity system, largely funded by Mastercard’s massive investment in the company in February, utilizes a technology it calls Evergreen Hash that creates an AI-generated “3D mask” based on a single photo of a person’s face, palm or fingerprint. Once this “mask” is created, much of the original data is discarded and encryption keys are created in place of a person’s name or other more traditional identifiers.

“Only a small percentage of the data that originally existed is in the hash,” Trust Stamp CEO Gareth Genner has stated. “What you have is something safer for storing because it can’t be used to directly identify you. No one would recognize you in this huge jumble of numbers.” The result, according to Genner, is an “irreversible non-personally identifiable information” system that “protects privacy, reduces potential for misuse and allows effective inclusion when there is no other form of legal record.”

Genner also explained in a recent press release that the unique “hash” is capable of “evolving” as a new hash with updated health information is created every time a child or individual gets a vaccine. Trust Stamp’s AI algorithms can accurately determine if different hashes belong to the same individual, meaning that “the hash evolves over time just as you evolve,” said Genner.

It is unclear how much the Wellness Pass initiative is motivated by public health concerns as opposed to free market considerations. Indeed, the GAVI alliance, largely funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations, as well as allied governments and the vaccine industry, is principally concerned with improving “the health of markets for vaccines and other immunization products,” rather than the health of individuals, according to its own website. Similarly, Mastercard’s GAVI partnership is directly linked to its “World Beyond Cash” effort, which mainly bolsters its business model that has long depended on a reduction in the use of physical cash.

Dual use tyranny

Trust Stamp also shares this market-focused vision for its digital identity system as the company has stated that it is looking for new commercialization options for its Evergreen Hash technology, specifically with prison systems. Talks with private and public prison systems have revealed an interest in their utilization of Trust Stamp’s technology to provide identification for individuals on parole “without making them pay for pricey ankle bracelets that monitor their every move,” as Trust Stamp’s platform would ostensibly provide that same function but in a “touchless” and less expensive manner.

Trust Stamp’s interest in providing its technology to both COVID-19 response and to law enforcement is part of a growing trend where numerous companies providing digital solutions to COVID-19 also offer the same solutions to prison systems and law enforcement for the purposes of surveillance and “predictive policing.”

For instance, contact tracing software originally introduced as part of the COVID-19 response has since been used by police departments across the U.S. to track protesters during the country’s recent bouts of protests and civil unrest. Similarly, a controversial Israeli tech firm currently being used in Rhode Island offers AI-powered predictive analytic to identify likely future COVID-19 hotspots and individuals likely to contract COVID-19 in the future, while also offering governments the ability to predict future locations of and participants in riots and civil unrest.

What is perhaps most alarming about this new “Wellness Pass” initiative, is that it links these “dual use” digital solutions to cashless payment solutions that could soon become mandated, as anything other than touchless, cashless, methods of payment have been treated as potential modes for contagion by GAVI-aligned groups like the World Health Organization, among others, since the pandemic was first declared earlier this year. Source

Brethren, things are moving so fast. It takes one’s breath away. But all events are indeed following Bible prophecy to the letter. Who would have thought that we would be in this place in history even last December? If someone had told us what events would be happening in the world in July 2020 – we would have thought that they were crazy.

As believers, we must TRUST our Lord completely. Is this scary? Of course, it is. But God has told us that He would never leave us nor forsake us. He tells us to “Fear Not.”

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10).

How Can I Be Saved?

Shalom b’ Yeshua

MARANATHA!!

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