Johannes Irwan

[Fem Mindset @fem_mindset]

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[Sexual Health coach @sxhealth101]

-David had power.
-Samson had strength.
-Solomon had wisdom.

Yet all three were severely damaged by lust.

If men of that caliber could fall, what makes you think you’re immune?

Here’s how a man can gain control over lust before it destroys him:

[De Christian Life @DeChristianLife]

Will God forgive serial killers?

[Beloved of God @Edenlife9]

“How was the Quran made?”

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

"If Jesus was God, why didn't He just say it?"

I used to ask that as a Muslim.

I thought I had Christians cornered. Then I actually read the Bible I was criticizing.

And I realized I wasn't looking for evidence. I was looking for a specific sentence.

But does God need your preferred wording to still be God?

Because God said: "Before Abraham was, I AM."

The Jews immediately picked up stones to kill Him. Why?

Because they knew exactly what He was claiming.

He wasn't just saying He existed before Abraham.

He was identifying Himself with the "I AM" of Exodus 3:14.

The divine name of Yahweh.

And here's what wrecked me:

The Quran calls Jesus the Messiah: The Word of God. A Spirit from God. Born of a virgin. Sinless and alive today. Returning to judge the world.

Yet I'm supposed to believe He's just another basic prophet?

No other prophet gets that description. Not Moses, David, Abraham or Muhammad.

Then you open the Bible and Jesus forgives sins, accepts worship, claims authority over heaven and earth, and rises from the dead. So no, Jesus never walked around saying, "I'm God, worship Me" in the exact sentence structure I demanded.

He did something far more powerful: He lived it, He proved it.

And honestly, after reading the Scriptures for myself, the problem wasn't that Jesus wasn't clear.

The problem was that I didn't want to hear Him.

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Clint Eastwood Said Something About Getting Old That Stopped Me Cold.
Aging is not gentle.
You are still here. Still present. Still watching the world move. But the body that carried you through everything - the wars, the work, the wildness of youth - begins to ask for more than you can give it. Joints that never complained now speak up in the morning. Eyes that once took in everything now flinch at the light. Breathing, which never required a single thought, starts needing little pauses.
But none of that is the hardest part.
The hardest part is the quiet.
At a certain age, you reach for the phone and remember there is no one left to call.
The people who knew you when you were young - who remembered the same summers, the same streets, the same faces
- are gone. One by one, then all at once, until the memories you carry have no one left to share them with.
So you tell the stories anyway.
To whoever will listen. With a little more color than perhaps the truth deserves. With a touch of pride you've earned and a grief you don't always name. You know the person across from you wasn't there. You know they can't quite feel it the way you do.
But you tell them. Because the telling is the holding on.
Those stories are not just memories. They are the proof that a life was lived. That people were loved. That things mattered.
And if no one asks for them - you offer them anyway, quietly, like setting something down on a table and hoping someone picks it up.
Old age is not simply what happens to a face or a body.
It is memory looking for a place to rest.
And what an older person needs - more than advice, more than solutions, more than someone telling them how to feel - is simply someone willing to sit down, be still, and listen.
Not to fix anything.
Just to be there.
That is the whole gift. And it costs nothing.
~Wild Whispers .

[John @John58657352]

A lady asked an old street vendor, "How much do you charge for your eggs?" The old man replied, "0.50 cents per egg, ma'am." The lady replied, "I'll take 6 eggs for 2.00 dollars or I'll leave." The old vendor replied, "Buy them at the price you want, miss. This is a good start for me, because I haven't sold a single egg today and I need this to make a living."

She bought her eggs at a bargain and left feeling like she'd won. She got into her fancy car and went to a fancy restaurant with her friend. She and her friend ordered whatever they wanted. They ate some of what they ordered and left much of it behind. So they paid the bill of 150 dollars. The ladies gave 200 dollars and told the owner of the fancy restaurant to keep the change as a tip.

This story might seem very normal to the owner of the fancy restaurant, but very unfair to the egg seller. The question it raises is:
Why do we always have to show that we have power when we buy from people in need?
And why are we generous to those who don't even need our generosity?

We once read somewhere that a father bought goods from poor people at a high price, even though he didn't need these things. Sometimes he paid more. His children were amazed. One day they asked him, "Why do you do that, Dad?" The father replied, "It's charity, wrapped in dignity."

I know that most of you won't share this post, but if you're one of the people who took the time to read this far...
Then this message of an attempt at "humanity" has taken a step in the right direction.

Thanks for reading.

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[Sulekha Tripathi @sulekhat95]

A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT.

He knows his time is running out.

So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour.

He died 5 months later.

This is that lecture.

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[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

WHATEVER YOU GIVE A WOMAN – A TRIBUTE TO DR. MYLES MUNROE

“Whatever you give a woman, she’s going to multiply…”
These were the words of Dr. Myles Munroe—words that continue to echo across generations because of the truth they carry.

He said, “If you give her sperm, she’ll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she’ll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she’ll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she’ll give you her heart.”
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.

It’s not just poetry—it’s divine wisdom.
God wired the woman to be a nurturer, a multiplier, a carrier of life and legacy. She doesn’t just receive—she transforms. She takes the raw and brings out the refined. She takes seed and brings forth harvest. She takes the simple and creates the sacred.

Dr. Myles Munroe understood the kingdom. He understood men. But above all, he understood the woman’s place in God’s design. And through this quote, he gave us a lens to see the power of women not as helpers alone—but as multipliers, incubators of destiny, and stewards of increase.

This is why it matters how a man treats a woman.
This is why it matters what you place in her hands, and in her heart.
Because what you give her, she will give back to you—pressed down, shaken together, and running over.

If you give her love, she will return it with deep devotion.
If you give her vision, she will give it structure and beauty.
If you give her peace, she will create an atmosphere of rest.
But if you give her trouble, you’ll feel the weight of what you planted—because she doesn’t just reflect, she magnifies.

Dr. Myles Munroe was not just speaking about marriage—he was unveiling a principle of life: When you honor the woman, you access increase. When you dishonor her, you damage your own harvest.

Today, I honor this quote, this truth, and the man who spoke it with such clarity and grace.
Dr. Munroe, thank you for reminding us of the value of a woman.
For teaching us to love with wisdom.
For showing us the divine potential that lies within every daughter of Eve.

May we as men never take for granted what we place in the hands of the women in our lives.
Because whatever you give a woman, she multiplies.

[Manly Mentor @manly_mentor]

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How Should Christians Deal With Spiritual Pride?

Spiritual pride is one of the most dangerous sins a Christian can have because it knows how to hide in religious clothing. Drunkenness usually looks like drunkenness. Fornication usually looks like fornication. Theft usually looks like theft. Blasphemy usually sounds like blasphemy. But spiritual pride can walk into church with a Bible under its arm, a clean shirt on its back, a doctrinal statement in its mouth, and a rotten spirit in its heart. It can quote verses, defend truth, expose error, preach separation, talk about holiness, correct false teachers, and still stink before God because the man doing all of that has begun to think too highly of himself. That is what makes spiritual pride so poisonous. It can use the things of God to exalt the flesh. It can turn doctrine into a crown, knowledge into a weapon, service into a stage, and discernment into an excuse to despise other people.

The Bible gives no safe place for pride. “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). That verse is not written only for politicians, celebrities, atheists, and filthy sinners out in the world. It is written for every one of us who still carries the old man around. A Bible believer can be proud of being right. A preacher can be proud of his stand. A soul winner can be proud of his results. A church member can be proud of his faithfulness. A student of Scripture can be proud of his knowledge. A separated Christian can be proud of his separation. A man can even be proud that he is not proud. That is how twisted the flesh is. The flesh does not mind being religious as long as it gets to sit on the throne. That is why the Bible says, “Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth” (1 Corinthians 8:1). Knowledge is good when it is governed by charity and humility, but knowledge in the hands of pride can inflate a man until he becomes spiritually useless and dangerous.

The answer to spiritual pride is not to throw away doctrine, stop contending for truth, pretend error does not matter, or become soft on sin. That is the ditch many people fall into. They see arrogant Bible correctors, arrogant preachers, arrogant debaters, arrogant separatists, or arrogant theologians, and then they conclude that strong doctrine itself is the problem. That is foolish. Truth is not the problem. Pride is the problem. The Lord Jesus Christ was full of grace and truth. Paul defended the gospel fiercely and still called himself “less than the least of all saints” (Ephesians 3:8). A Christian can be bold without being proud, firm without being cruel, separated without being smug, and doctrinally sharp without becoming spiritually arrogant. The issue is not whether we should stand. We must stand. The issue is whether we stand in the fear of God or in the conceit of the flesh.

Chapter 1: Spiritual Pride Begins When A Man Forgets What He Is Without Grace

The first cure for spiritual pride is remembering what you are without the grace of God. Pride grows in the soil of forgetfulness. A man forgets what God saved him from, forgets what still lives in his flesh, forgets how many times God had mercy on him, forgets how often he has been corrected by the word, forgets how patient the Lord has been, and then he starts looking down on other people as if he manufactured his own righteousness. That is insanity. Paul asked the Corinthians, “For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:7). That question will kill a lot of boasting if a man lets it sink in. What do you have that you did not receive? Salvation? Received. Light? Received. The Bible? Received. Understanding? Received. Opportunities? Received. Mercy? Received. Breath in your lungs? Received.

A proud Christian acts like he is a self-made spiritual man. But nobody is self-made in the Christian life. You did not save yourself. You did not wash yourself in your

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Don't ask her directly.

Ask her this instead:

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90% of married women do not really love their husband because..

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

Before you quote Jeremiah 29:11… read the full story first.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Most people quote this verse as comfort.
But few realize it was spoken during captivity.

Judah had been conquered.
Jerusalem was broken.
The temple was plundered.
The people were humiliated and carried into exile in Babylon.

They felt abandoned, confused, angry, and forgotten.

And in the middle of that pain, false prophets arose telling them exactly what they wanted to hear:
“This suffering will end quickly.”
“Peace is coming soon.”
“You won’t stay here long.”

But God said otherwise.

Through Jeremiah, God told them:
Build houses.
Plant gardens.
Marry.
Have children.
Seek peace where you are.

In other words:
“You are going to be here for a while.”

The exile would last seventy years.

That means an entire generation would die in Babylon without seeing Jerusalem again.

And here is the painful truth:
Their suffering was not accidental.
It came after years of rebellion, idolatry, ignoring God’s warnings, and refusing to repent.

Yet in the middle of discipline, God says:
“I still know the plans I have for you.”

That changes everything.

Jeremiah 29:11 was not spoken to people who were thriving.
It was spoken to people who felt punished, displaced, and broken.

God was saying:
“Even though you are here because of your disobedience, I have not abandoned you.”
“This season is painful, but it is not the end of your story.”
“My discipline is not destruction. It is restoration.”

The promise was never about immediate relief.
It was about redemption.

That is why the next verses say:

“Then you will call upon Me and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Exile became the place where shallow faith died and true repentance was born.

Sometimes God allows painful seasons to strip us of pride, idols, false confidence, and self-dependence so we can return fully to Him.

And many people do not want that version of God.
We prefer quick escape over transformation.
Comfort over correction.
Relief over refinement.

But some lessons can only be learned in Babylon.

So when you quote Jeremiah 29:11, understand the weight behind it.

It is not a soft verse.
It is hope spoken in captivity.
A promise given when life makes no sense.
A reminder that God’s plans still stand even in seasons we would never choose for ourselves.

Maybe you are in a painful season right now.
Maybe some of it came from your own decisions.
Maybe you feel forgotten.

But hear this:
God has not abandoned you.

His mercy is still within reach.
His love is still for you.
And what feels like the end may actually be the beginning of your restoration.

Stay still.
Let the refining process finish its work.
Learn dependence on God.
Learn surrender.
Learn true repentance.
Learn to trust Him even when the process hurts.

Because even in exile…
God still says:
“I know the plans I have for you.”

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[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

Jesus said:

“If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” — John 8:7

Many people stop there.

We quote this scripture whenever we want to defend our lifestyle, excuse our sin, or silence correction.

But we often ignore what Jesus said next.

After everyone left, Jesus looked at the woman caught in adultery and said:

“Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” — John 8:11

Jesus did not condemn her,
but He also did not approve her sin.

Mercy was given,
but repentance was expected.

Today many people want a Gospel that comforts them but never corrects them.
They want “God understands” but reject “go and sin no more.”

Grace is not permission to continue in sin.
Grace is the power to come out of sin.

Yes, none of us is perfect.
Yes, we all need mercy.
But let us stop using “nobody is perfect” as an excuse to remain unchanged.

Jesus forgives…
but He also transforms.

The same Jesus who said,
“Let him without sin cast the first stone,”
is the same Jesus who said,
“Go and sin no more.”

Both statements matter.

[Pastor Rich Bitterman @w_bitterman]

God Called Your Wife a Helper...

Helper.

For some it lands like an insult. Secondary. Less important. A word pushed to the edge of the room while the man stands in the center.

Does Genesis say that woman was made to trail behind man carrying his burdens like an unpaid servant?

God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”(Genesis 2:18). The Hebrew word is ezer, helper. Yet this is no small word.

Throughout the Old Testament, it is often used for God Himself, the One who comes to the rescue and the One who gives strength where strength is running out.

That means the word carries weight.

Then Genesis adds another word. Eve would be a helper fit for him, corresponding to him, answering to him, standing face to face with him. She was not made from some lower grade of dust.

When Adam looked at her, he did not look down a ladder. He looked across and then spoke like a man who had just found the missing piece of his own life: “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh” (Genesis 2:23).

He recognized his own humanity standing before him.

That scene still carries the scent of Eden…if you slow down long enough to feel it. The garden is alive with green and gold. Trees stand heavy with fruit. Rivers move through the land with the steady voice of water over stone. Adam has named the animals and exercised dominion. He has breathed the clean air of a world untouched by sin.

Yet beneath all that goodness, one thing remains unfinished. The man is alone. Surrounded, yet alone. Busy, yet alone. Blessed, yet alone.

God names that aloneness as the first thing in creation that is not good. That truth should land hard on every husband.

Woman came as God’s answer to a lack in the life of man. Adam could tend the garden, name the animals and walk beneath the smile of his Creator, yet he could not fulfill the whole calling of human life by himself. No beast of the field could stand with him. No bird in the air could share his soul. None could join him in covenant fellowship, shoulder to shoulder beneath God’s command.

So God made the woman.

He did not take her from Adam’s head, as though she were fashioned to rule him. He did not take her from his foot, as though she were fit for his contempt. He took her from his side. Near the heart. Under the arm. The place of closeness and of fellowship. The place where love gives and guards.

That is where marriage begins.

A wife is not a domestic employee in the house of his ambitions. She is not an accessory to male greatness. Rather, she is the strong and fitting counterpart God made, the one who answers his aloneness, strengthens his weakness and joins him in the work of life under heaven.

Her help is full of dignity because it comes from God’s own design. His headship is full of responsibility because it comes from God’s own order. When either of those truths is twisted, a home begins to crack. You can see the damage everywhere now.

The world tells women that helper is a small word, so they begin to hear dishonor where God placed glory. Men often think that headship is control, so some become soft and passive while others become hard and selfish.

Then marriage turns into a contest. The husband keeps score. The wife guards her ground. Both speak of equality while living like rivals. Resentments settle into the corners of a house and stay there.

Genesis gives us something cleaner and stronger.

A husband carries weight before God. He leads with tenderness, repentance and holy seriousness. A wife brings strength to that life. She steadies, sharpens, helps and stands with him.

Both are image bearers. Both have equal worth before God and both answer to the same Lord. Yet they are not interchangeable. Eden had order before sin ever entered the world. The curse did not invent male and female. The fall did not create marriage. God built those things into the grain of creation itself.

That is why marriage cannot live on romance alone.

When the candlelight fades, real marriage is forged in shared burdens, daily kindness, forgiveness, prayer, work, sickness, money pressure, childraising, disappointments, long talks in the dark and a thousand quiet decisions to love when feelings run low.

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). One flesh means shared life. Which is shared grief, shared labor, and shared joy.

A man ought to be able to say, my wife strengthens me where I would have sagged. A woman ought to be able to say, my husband bears responsibility with courage and care. That is not weakness on either side. That is glory in its proper place.

And all of it was meant to happen before the face of God.

The first marriage was never a closed circle. Adam and Eve did not merely have each other. They had fellowship with the Lord. That is why every healthy marriage still rises or falls on this point.

A husband and wife will only come truly near to one another as they come near to God. When pride rules, distance grows. When Christ is honored, something warm returns to the house.

A woman can flourish beside a man who fears God. A man can stand stronger beside a woman who knows the Lord.

So when Genesis calls Eve a helper heaven is not diminishing her. Heaven is crowning her. The word is strong because the calling is strong. She was made to stand beside the man, answer his aloneness and join him in a union deeper than convenience. Bone of his bone. Flesh of his flesh. One life. One home. One covenant beneath God.

That is what marriage looks like when Eden’s light is allowed to fall on it again.

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Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
Hebrews 13:4

In Scripture, marriage is a covenant.A life-pact made by a man and a woman to hold on & provide for each other.

BIBLICAL MARRIAGE
IS A COVENANT
NOT A ROMANCE.

Dating for fun or sexual satisfaction without commitment never appears in Scripture. Let's see the step-by-step of marriage in Scripture:

THE GOAL: BIBLICAL MARRIAGE
God joins (Gen. 2:24)
Marriage is a covenant (Mal. 2:14)

COURTSHIP
Men initiate (Gen. 24;29; Ex. 22:16-17)
Clear intention of marriage from the start
Fathers help discern character (Gen. 24; Ex. 22:16-17; Num. 30)
No sex before wedding (Deut. 22:23-24; 1 Cor. 6:18-20).

BETHROTAL (ENGAGEMENT)
binding covenant (Deut. 20:7;Matt. 1:18,19).
Family + Friends/Community recognize the union

CLEAR GENDER ROLES
Groom prepared a home (John 14:2-3; Deut. 24:5).
Bride prepared herself (Ps. 45:13-14; Rev. 19:7-8).

MARITAL UNION
Covenant vows before God (Eccl. 5:4,5)
"The two become one flesh" (Gen. 2:24).
The man leaves his family to form a new household.
Sex seals the covenant (Deut. 22:13-21).

This is what we find in Scripture concerning the process of courtship & marriage.

"OKAY BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED"
"HOW DO WE APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES TO THE MODERN ERA?"
"OUR CIRCUMSTANCES OUR DIFFERENT"

YES, THEY DEFINITELY ARE.

Our view of marriage & romance has radically changed - especially in the West.

Romance and feelings rule relationships.
Many are commitment phobic.
Serial dating is a thing.
Families are not included in the decision.
Sexual promiscuity has drenched society.
Virgins are a myth - most single women are either divorced, have kids or a long past.
Men are ready to settle down later and later.
Sex & living together is the "test drive".

Can we still follow the Bible?

OF COURSE WE CAN!
God’s wisdom is eternal. It stands as the standard of truth & righteous living. He created the marital union between man and woman - and didn't give it an expiration date. So yes, we can still apply it in our modern lives.

Here are some clear guidelines:

MEN INITIATE

Gender equality is poison to the Biblical Marriage. It is the man's responsibility to choose the woman he wants to marry. It is the woman's right to accept or refuse his courtship. Both families should be involved early in the courting phase, with both sides giving their approval and support.

PURPOSEFUL INTERACTIONS/CLEAR INTENTIONS

Interest and intentions need to be communicated by both parties honestly and respectfully. Rushing into intimacy creates emotional attachments which are unwise to establish if the relationship is not based on truth, shared values, and goals. You need more than just chemistry.

INVITE GOD INTO THE COURTSHIP

Marriage is a sacred union that brings man and wife closer to God. Pray together, read the Bible together, go to church together. Live the faith, don't put your spiritual life on hold for romance. Seek God's guidance before making rash, impulsive decisions when hormones are raging. Let God set the course, not your loins.

EVALUATE YOUR PARTNER

Do they walk in godly character?
Do they affirm Biblical family and marriage roles?
Are they wise with time, money emotions?
Are they humble and self controlled?
Do they have unresolved or unhealed trauma?

Is he a leader?
Is he stable?
Is he hardworking and responsible?

Is she sober?
Is she chaste?
Does she desire a family?

GROW CLOSER IN CHRIST

Have deep spiritual conversations, rather than deep physical relations. Discuss theology and spiritual practices. Discuss plans for children, work-life balance, schooling etc. Establish career paths and household rules. Discuss bedroom expectations soberly and with an open mind. Establish boundaries with family and in laws. Learn to resolve conflicts together.

GETTING ENGAGED

As Christians we don't date to kill the time, or because we are lonely or because we want to fulfill carnal desires. We court to marry, to start a family and to glorify God. Very long courtship periods are not necessary and can actually be detrimental. In Scripture the engagement was fully binding, the two are for all intents and purposes husband and wife already. Engagement is not an excuse to begin sexual activity or prolong the dating stage, it doesn't need to last years but it needs to be entered in seriously and with full commitment from both parties to get married. Family should play an integral role here. Both man and wife should get the thoughts, opinions, and blessings of their families.

FOR MEN

You should be financially stable and independent before thinking of taking on a wife. Jobless, carless, and living with your mom is not where you want to begin courting a woman. Many men complain of limited options but they literally have nothing to offer outside of a warm body. Men need a clear plan from the start. Be ready to be a leader, provider, lover, father, and best friend

FOR WOMEN

Prepare emotionally and spiritually. Your husband is not responsible for making you submit. Godly submission isn't forced or coerced, its born from genuine obedience to God and the Holy Spirit. Resolve any trauma now by discussing these issues with your fiance, and family. Work to develop a loving attitude, acquire wisdom in homemaking, and budgeting. Prepare for your lifelong role as wife and mother through prayerful meditation, scripture, and if possible counseling with your local church.

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Matthew 19:4-6