Manki bah

Sending love and positive energy from the smiling 😊 coast ✌️❤️ walk with faith you will never walk alone 🫶

[✝Steph 🇺🇸🗽🕊🏃‍♀️🧶🧵📚 @EternalRiteWing]

A Defense of Generation X As Its Moment Approaches———
The generation that survived unsupervised childhoods may be better prepared for the future than anyone expected. https://t.co/seOtX4uUfz

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

Our nation needs prayer! Join us for DAY 38 of 50 Days of Prayer for America with Pastor Joe Focht of PENNSYLVANIA.

Let us know you’re praying in the comments below, and go to https://t.co/kjOvqLJdJT for all 50 videos and more…

#OneNationUnderGod #50Days50States50Prayers @BGEA

[Grant R. Castleberry @grcastleberry]

You cannot receive Jesus as Savior and reject Him as Lord.

He demands that His followers take up their crosses daily and follow Him. He promises His followers His life (eternal life) in exchange for theirs.

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

“It all goes back to my Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ, and to be able to glorify His name…”
- Houston Texans QB CJ Stroud after their win vs Kansas City

[Protestia @Protestia]

Kirk Cameron reveals he no longer believes in 'eternal conscious torment' for the wicked, which he suggests is "cruel and unusual punishment."

Instead, he leans heavily towards annihilationism, saying: "It fits the character of God."

[The Eternal Saints @Eternal_Saints_]

A Modern Haun’s Mill: Michigan Stake Center Attack Claims Lives on Day of President Nelson’s Passing

What should have been a day of solemn mourning and reflection on the passing of President Russell M. Nelson, who had only just turned 101 earlier this month, instead became a day of shattering violence.

News of President Nelson’s death, which came just before midnight last night in Salt Lake City, was still sinking in when tragedy struck again only hours later. At 10:25 a.m. ET in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, a man drove his silver Chevy Silverado, decorated with American flags, through the front wall of a stake center where hundreds of Latter-day Saints were gathered for Sunday worship.

Eyewitness described the scene in stark terms on social media: “The guy drove his truck through the wall of the chapel during sacrament meeting. Then when people were told to evacuate, he got out of the truck and started shooting people in the foyer. The second counselor exchanged fire with him but he might be critically injured. He shot at least 2 little kids. Shooter is dead.”

Law enforcement confirm that after ramming his vehicle into the chapel, the attacker emerged armed with a semi-automatic rifle. Multiple reports suggest that the bishop and first counselor were shot, and the second counselor heroically returned fire, giving his life or at least his health in defense of his flock.

Police arrived within minutes and engaged the attacker in a shootout. The suspect was killed at the scene. Authorities later discovered that he had planted multiple improvised explosive devices on church property, and the building, already devastated by the truck’s impact, was soon engulfed in flames. The black plume of smoke towered over Grand Blanc, visible for miles, as a sacred house of worship burned.

So far, reports confirm ten people wounded by gunfire, four dead, and an unknown number of victims lost to the blaze. Some accounts suggest as many as eight additional fatalities, but these have not yet been officially confirmed.

The shooter has been identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan. Sanford was a Marine veteran, having served from 2004 to 2008 during the Iraq War. He was married, with a young son who has battled a rare medical condition. In 2015, Sanford’s family was the subject of an online fundraiser to cover his child’s medical costs.

Yet on Sunday morning, Sanford turned his violence toward a congregation of worshipers. Analysts believe the combination of a vehicle assault, firearm attack, and use of IEDs demonstrates significant premeditation. Federal investigators, including more than 100 FBI agents, are now combing through Sanford’s home, digital records, and history to determine motive.

Local council candidate Khris Johns told Michigan independent journalist Dave Bondy that he personally met Sanford earlier this year while canvassing. Johns claimed Sanford steered the conversation toward the LDS Church, calling it “the anti-Christ,” and described himself as deeply bitter over past interactions with Latter-day Saints. “I’m one million percent sure it was him,” Johns said, suggesting that Sanford’s hostility toward the Church was a motivating factor.

Whatever his motives, the effect is clear: this is one of the darkest days in modern Church history.

Latter-day Saints woke up grieving the passing of a prophet and by evening were reeling from the news that brothers and sisters, including children, had been gunned down in their pews. The parallels to Haun’s Mill are not hard to see. Once again, the Saints have martyrs.

And yet even as grief threatens to overwhelm, words from the hymn Come, Come, Ye Saints echo across the centuries:

“Should we die before our journey’s through, happy day all is well. We then are free from toil and sorrow too; with the just we shall dwell.”

Those who died today were gathered in sacrament meeting, in the very act of remembering the Savior’s sacrifice. Their journey, cruelly cut short, has led them home to Him.

The shock of the violence is compounded by the moment in which it occurred. Just as the Church is preparing to mourn and honor the life of President Nelson, leadership now passes to President Dallin H. Oaks, the president of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.

Oaks, 93, will be tasked in the coming days with not only organizing a new First Presidency but also offering comfort and direction to millions of Saints reeling from this double blow: the loss of a beloved leader and the massacre of Saints in a house of worship. For President Oaks, whose long ministry has often emphasized faith through adversity and loyalty to covenants in the midst of trial, this will be the greatest test of his stewardship.

It is hard to overstate the weight of this day. The America of 2025 has already been marked by polarization, violence, and grief. But for Latter-day Saints, September 28 now joins a short list of dates that will be remembered for generations; the day of President Nelson’s passing, and the day the Grand Blanc stake center became a place of martyrdom.

We do not yet know the full toll of lives lost, or how this will reshape the community in Michigan. But we know that sacred ground has been bloodied, and a building meant for peace and prayer has been desecrated by fire and rage.

And still, as Saints have done since Missouri, since Nauvoo, since Utah, we will gather. We will mourn our dead, comfort the wounded, and sing words of hope even in the darkest hours: All is well.

May the Lord grant peace to those who perished, healing to those who suffer, and strength to a people who once again find themselves carrying the burden of martyrdom.

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[Joseph Magnani @JosephMagnani1]

“Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.”
Isaiah 35:5

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

Don’t let someone’s worst moment
make you forget they are made in God’s image too.

God didn’t stop loving you at your lowest. Don’t forget that when someone else falls short. They still reflect His image, so let’s reflect His love.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

🧵 The Life & Legacy of Pastor John MacArthur

John MacArthur will likely go down as the most influential pastor /theologian of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Now in the sunset of his ministry, his legacy is clear. Below is a 🧵 on how he became “Pastor John.” 👇🏼

[The Anointed Man. @Bishopmurmuri]

Align your heart with the Lord; that's all you need! He knows your needs before you even ask.

1 Samuel 12:24

Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.

#GodLovesYou

[Manki bah @BahManki]

@TheLadyGarvin Thank you 🙏

[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints @Ch_JesusChrist]

President @NelsonRussellM of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced 15 new temples during the concluding session of the April 2025 general conference.

“We are grateful to the Lord for the acceleration of temple-building in recent years,” said the prophet, who has announced 200 temples since he became president in 2018. “I testify that Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of Israel, leads this, His Church. He is preparing to come again. May we likewise prepare to receive Him.” #GeneralConference

https://t.co/nKVvXSTCuR

[Manki bah @BahManki]

Hebrews 10:23

[Manki bah @BahManki]

Hebrews 10:23

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

Modern view: “If I feel it, you must honor it.”

Biblical view: “No. There are ‘dishonorable passions’ (Romans 1:26) and ‘deceitful desires’” (Ephesians 4:22).

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

Pride destroys the memory of God.

“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God . . . lest, when you have eaten and are full . . . then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God.” Deuteronomy 8:11–14

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.” Romans 10:1

For Jewish people.

Unreached peoples.

Neighbors.

Family.

[Shane Pruitt @shane_pruitt78]

Do next generation ministries matter?

2,694 people took this poll. It should be eye opening to us all.

77% of all Christians surrender to Jesus as Lord & Savior by the age of 18!

95% by the age of 30.

If we don’t reach a generation while they’re young, we lose a generation.

[NAMB @NAMB_SBC]

𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒: Thank you, Southern Baptists, for your remarkable generosity in giving over $280 million to missions both at home and abroad!

Every dollar you give goes directly to the field, helping make Jesus known. On behalf of your missionaries, THANK YOU!