Christian, in the parable of the sower, Jesus mentions four types of ground upon which the seed fell. One of those types was rocky soil (Lk. 8:13). In this soil, the seed once sprouting could not develop deep roots. The dirt received the seed gladly enough, but being hard and unyielding, roots could not burrow, and so, when the harshness of the sun beat down upon the plant, it withered.

So it is with many who claim the name of Christ. In good times, all is well, and they are happy to bear the title “Christian.” But when trials and temptations arise, they are not sustained, because they have no root. They quickly fall away and behave as the world.

Perhaps you know someone like this. Perhaps you have behaved in this manner. Dear brethren, this should not be.

Jesus is our root, the vine in which we are the branches. It is from Him we receive our sustenance, and apart from Him, we can do nothing (Jn. 15:5). Apart from Him, we wither and are thrown away (Jn. 15:6). Yet if we abide in Him, by His doing, we will bear much fruit to the glory of God (Jn. 15:5, 8).

Believer, examine yourself today, as is right for one claiming faith (2 Cor. 13:5). Then cling to Him as if your life depends upon it, because it DOES!

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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Morning, January 11

"These have no root." Luke 8:13

My soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to receive the word in the ear is one thing, and to receive Jesus into thy very soul is quite another; superficial feeling is often joined to inward hardness of heart, and a lively impression of the word is not always a lasting one. In the parable, the seed in one case fell upon ground having a rocky bottom, covered over with a thin layer of earth; when the seed began to take root, its downward growth was hindered by the hard stone and therefore it spent its strength in pushing its green shoot aloft as high as it could, but having no inward moisture derived from root nourishment, it withered away. Is this my case? Have I been making a fair show in the flesh without having a corresponding inner life? Good growth takes place upwards and downwards at the same time. Am I rooted in sincere fidelity and love to Jesus? If my heart remains unsoftened and unfertilized by grace, the good seed may germinate for a season, but it must ultimately wither, for it cannot flourish on a rocky, unbroken, unsanctified heart. Let me dread a godliness as rapid in growth and as wanting in endurance as Jonah's gourd; let me count the cost of being a follower of Jesus, above all let me feel the energy of His Holy Spirit, and then I shall possess an abiding and enduring seed in my soul. If my mind remains as obdurate as it was by nature, the sun of trial will scorch, and my hard heart will help to cast the heat the more terribly upon the ill-covered seed, and my religion will soon die, and my despair will be terrible; therefore, O heavenly Sower, plough me first, and then cast the truth into me, and let me yield Thee a bounteous harvest.

Show this to the non-believing normies in your reach:

https://frankenskies.com/

Many may find this article very interesting. Thank you, @Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin


One Year Ago Today: LA fires clear the way for SmartLA 2028 and 2028 LA Olympics
The coincidences continue to pile up, leading many to declare that the massive neglects, mistakes, and failures resulting in devastation from the LA wildfires was more than a natural disaster.

https://gingerbreggin.substack.com/p/one-year-ago-today-la-fires-clear?publication_id=731509&post_id=183830006&isFreemail=true&r=6v3c8d&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

#USA
#DonaldTrump Withdraws From Several International Bodies - Some of these governing bodies include major #UnitedNations and non #UN forums focused on #climate, #migration, #social policy - https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/us-withdraws-from-several-international-bodies

Minneapolis ICE protest agitator ADMITS to Laura Ingraham that they are in fact, PAID. These events are NOT ORGANIC whatsoever.
Stop being played by the mainstream media and the people who are literally robbing you blind.
https://x.com/TheSCIF/status/2009569459694928169?s=20

Good Morning Everyone

Isaiah
Chapter 66

1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

Red Flags Everywhere: #Ohio Clinic That Killed a Woman Can’t Find #Medical Director - #Cleveland, OH — Preterm Cleveland, the infamous #abortion operation that killed Lakisha Wilson in 2014 and has continued harming women... https://sonsoflibertymedia.com/red-flags-everywhere-ohio-clinic-that-killed-a-woman-cant-find-medical-director/

I know I have said it many tines before. That thing lies every time it opens its mouth.

Becca Good said her wife, Renee, was a devout Christian. That is a LIE in itself. GOD created man and woman to be together, HE talks about the queers and what will happen to them.

An Intro to ‘Opposition Politics or Having Nothing In Common’:
Chime in YOUR Opinion on YOUR favorite Social Media
https://johnhouk.substack.com/p/an-intro-to-opposition-politics-or

SUMMARY: Ray DiLorenzo posted an insightful opinion that is closer to truth at the Canada Free Press today entitled, “Opposition Politics or Having Nothing In Common… I read Carla’s response at WorldNewsChat: “This article is right on and the left is not going to budge! A Civil War is coming and I believe we haven't seen the worst…” I responded: “I agree. A civil is coming to decide America's future: … If MAGA wins it will probably be a more extreme version of post-civil war Reconstruction. If Dem-Marxists win, wait for reeducation camps, concentration camps and mass executions.” …WHAT’S YOUR OPINION?
#NextCivilWar

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minnesota-protesters-try-to-breach-hotel-where-ice-agents-believed-to-be-staying/vi-AA1TWTvi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6962a92876664cb9

That sounds like age related discrimination...
I've seen 100s of younger drivers that are horrible drivers...I have to deal with them every time I go somewhere...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEva7Z-2tqM

There's a special kind of retardation here...
We'll let's just all quit our jobs - income zero - and the government will pay for our housing, food and medical...

"“What I am envisioning, is a world in which the housing is owned by a collective and people are paying 30% of their income in order to live in their housing. If your income is zero, you pay zero. If your income is $500,000 a year, you’re paying 30% of that. And the government is providing the sort of… the government is sort of owner, or not even owner, the government doesn’t have to be the owner but the government is making sure all of that sort of works and cash flows.”"

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/watch-zohran-mamdanis-crazy-tenant-advocate-explain-how/

WHY, it was WORTHLESS. that thing was a pedophile, Child Trafficker, Money Launder, Drug Trafficker AND EVERY THING ELSE SATANIC.... thank you, @Diamond and Silk

Biden Set To Collect Highest Taxpayer-Funded Retirement Package of Any Former U.S. President

https://substack.com/inbox/post/183728464?publication_id=3920116&post_id=183728464&isFreemail=true&r=6v3c8d&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Video Sermon #kjv #kingjamesbible #bible #biblestudy #scripture #scriptures Pastor Richard Jordan - Forgiven Forever! https://youtu.be/p5MaAMiRIww?si=0p1jbsSMBE-5O9GL

I was never under any allusions that it ever was.

Christian, do not fear - keep the faith! For there is laid up for us who finish the course a crown of righteousness (2 Tim. 4:8). Looking forward to receiving this should strengthen us in our daily walk.

We must never give up. We must fight the good fight. We all eventually will lay aside this earthly tent, and what is mortal will be replaced with what is immortal (2 Cor. 5:4).

Yes, for now we groan. We wait eagerly for the redemption of our bodies (Rom. 8:23). We look forward in hope to our adoption as sons. We have not yet received the fulness of God’s promises, but not having seen it, we wait eagerly for it (Rom. 8:24-25).

In the meantime, strive to show yourself a faithful worker, approved by God, rightly handling His word (2 Tim. 2:15). Live as a slave not of sin, but of righteousness (Rom. 6:16-20). Present your bodies a living sacrifice to God, which is true worship (Rom. 12:1). Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Rom. 12:2).

Because blessed are you when you persevere; for once you are approved you will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those of us who love Him (Jam. 1:12). Amen.

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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Morning, January 10

"There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness." 2 Timothy 4:8

Doubting one! thou hast often said, "I fear I shall never enter heaven." Fear not! all the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, "I have no fear of going home; I have sent all before me; God's finger is on the latch of my door, and I am ready for Him to enter." "But," said one, "are you not afraid lest you should miss your inheritance?" "Nay," said he, "nay; there is one crown in heaven which the angel Gabriel could not wear, it will fit no head but mine. There is one throne in heaven which Paul the apostle could not fill; it was made for me, and I shall have it." O Christian, what a joyous thought! thy portion is secure; "there remaineth a rest." "But cannot I forfeit it?" No, it is entailed. If I be a child of God I shall not lose it. It is mine as securely as if I were there. Come with me, believer, and let us sit upon the top of Nebo, and view the goodly land, even Canaan. Seest thou that little river of death glistening in the sunlight, and across it dost thou see the pinnacles of the eternal city? Dost thou mark the pleasant country, and all its joyous inhabitants? Know, then, that if thou couldst fly across thou wouldst see written upon one of its many mansions, "This remaineth for such a one; preserved for him only. He shall be caught up to dwell for ever with God." Poor doubting one, see the fair inheritance; it is thine. If thou believest in the Lord Jesus, if thou hast repented of sin, if thou hast been renewed in heart, thou art one of the Lord's people, and there is a place reserved for thee, a crown laid up for thee, a harp specially provided for thee. No one else shall have thy portion, it is reserved in heaven for thee, and thou shalt have it ere long, for there shall be no vacant thrones in glory when all the chosen are gathered in.

I do not believe it is age that necessarily changes what we dream about or even how frequently we dream as there are a lot of factors that influence what we dream about. I am 45 years old and I still from time to time dream about some of the strangest things including things like dinosaurs, dragons, and other strange looking animals.
https://www.livescience.com/health/dreams/do-your-dreams-change-as-you-age?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=Clicked%20Last%2090