“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.” —Oswald Chambers, born #OnThisDay in 1874.
“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)
IMPORTANT FOOD FACTS THAT SOUND FAKE BUT ARE TRUE!
1. Ginger works as well as ibuprofen for pain.
Trials put ginger head-to-head with ibuprofen for arthritis and period pain and found no real difference. Same relief, without tearing up your stomach.
2. Cloves have more antioxidants than any food on earth.
More than blueberries, pomegranate, and acai combined. In the biggest antioxidant study ever done, over 3,100 foods, ground cloves came in at number one. A pinch of your tea does more than a shelf of expensive supplements.
3. Moringa leaves have more protein than beef, ounce for ounce, dried.
Dried moringa runs about 25 to 29% protein. Beef is around 26%. And it carries every essential amino acid, more calcium than a glass of milk, and more vitamin A than a carrot. One tablespoon.
4. Dandelion, the weed you rip out of your yard, beats most of the produce in your store.
More beta-carotene than carrots. More calcium than milk. More iron than spinach. Plus compounds that help your liver and kidneys clear out waste.
You've been poisoning it. It's been trying to feed you.
5. Broccoli needs to be chopped and left to sit for 40 minutes before you cook it.
Sulforaphane, one of the most-studied cancer-fighting compounds in any food, only forms once the plant is cut. Cook it whole and you get almost none. Chop it, let it rest, then cook it light. The preparation is the medicine.
6. Oregano holds more antioxidants than most berries, fresh or dried.
In that same study, dried oregano landed in the top five spices on earth. It's full of rosmarinic acid and quercetin, both studied for calming inflammation and fighting off microbes. A teaspoon is working harder than you think.
7. The white pith of a lemon is more medicinal than the juice.
That spongy white layer everyone scrapes off carries hesperidin and naringenin, flavonoids studied for lowering blood pressure, easing inflammation, and protecting your blood vessels. The juice is mostly acid.
Most people throw the medicine in the trash.
8. Turmeric without black pepper is almost a waste.
On its own, only about 5% of curcumin, turmeric's healing compound, actually absorbs. Add black pepper and that jumps by roughly 2,000%.
South Asia has paired the two for thousands of years. They didn't have a lab. They had eyes, and time.
None of this came from a lab. It came from the ground, and from people paying attention. Food was always the medicine. 🙏
David didn’t stop when Goliath fell. He finished the battle by cutting off the giant’s head and displaying the victory before his enemies. That’s the attitude believers should have toward anything that stands between them and God’s promises. Whether it’s sickness, poverty, unforgiveness, fear, doubt, or anything else, treat it as an enemy and refuse to quit until its influence is broken. Discover more on today’s #GospelTruth. Watch here:
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Faith is seeing from a divine perspective. When we see who God is and His promises, we live with the awareness that He has a solution for every problem, and we are positioned to partner with Him to see His breakthrough come.#Faith#Hope#BilJohnson#Bethel
God sees differently than we do. As we renew our minds and take thoughts captive, we step into the mind of Christ. We don’t just endure situations we partner with God to release His solutions into them. #Hope#MindOfChrist#BillJohnson
🚨 THE ENERGY STAR SCAM IS OFFICIALLY BUSTED 🚨
They’ve been plastering “Energy Star” stickers on your fridge, washer, and AC for decades — promising massive savings, lower bills, and “saving the planet.”
It’s all a sham.
Watch this brand-new Energy Star fridge get absolutely destroyed by an unrestored 86-year-old fridge that’s twice its size.
The antique beast barely sips electricity.
The “high-efficiency” modern one? Not even close.
They’ve been gaslighting you into buying overpriced junk that dies faster while your power bill keeps climbing. Planned obsolescence wrapped in a green bow.
Drop this in your feed and watch the normies lose their minds.
Tag someone who just bought an “Energy Star” appliance 👇
#EnergyStarScam #ApplianceLies #TheyveBeenLyingToYou #WakeUpAmerica
I believe in the power of prayer! Starting tomorrow, we will be counting down the last 50 days before our nation's 250th anniversary on July 4 with PRAYER! I want to invite you to join me and pastors from all 50 states for a moment of prayer each day at 12 noon ET. You can join us here on my X page or at https://t.co/kjOvqLJdJT every day starting May 15. #Share
The biggest shift in my prayer life was moving from desperation to authority.
There was a time I thought prayer was about begging God…
Crying louder, fasting longer, hoping maybe heaven would notice me.
But then light came.
God is not asking us to beg…
He is asking us to believe.
Begging comes from uncertainty.
Authority comes from revelation.
When you don’t know who you are in Christ, you will pray like a victim.
When you know who you are, you will pray like a son.
The Bible says:
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace…” (Hebrews 4:16)
Not crawling.
Not shrinking.
Boldly.
Why? Because you are not a stranger trying to gain access…
You are a child who already belongs.
Listen—prayer is not convincing God to do what He is reluctant to do.
Prayer is enforcing what He has already made available in Christ.
That’s why you will never pray amiss if you pray scriptures.
Because when you pray scriptures, you are not speaking your emotions…
You are speaking His will.
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.” (1 John 5:14)
Scriptures reveal His will.
So when you pray the Word, heaven has no option but to respond.
Instead of saying:
“Lord… please help me, I don’t know what to do…”
You rise and declare:
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1)
Instead of saying:
“God, I’m afraid…”
You stand on His Word:
“For God has not given me the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
Instead of begging for victory, you declare:
“In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:37)
This is the difference.
Desperation prays from lack.
Authority prays from finished work.
Jesus already paid the price.
He already secured the victory.
You are not trying to win…
You are enforcing what has been won.
So when you pray, don’t come like someone trying to persuade God.
Come as one who knows:
“I have access.”
“I have backing.”
“I have authority in Christ.”
Let your prayers be filled with Word.
Let your mouth speak what heaven has already said.
Because when God hears His Word in your mouth…
He confirms it.
Stop begging.
Start believing.
Stop pleading.
Start declaring.
You will never pray amiss…
If you pray scriptures.