-Stay alert and vigilant. (Mark 13:33)
- Pray for all the Lord’s people. (Ephesians 6:18)
- Serve one another with our spiritual gifts. (1 Peter 4:10)
- Care for the needy. (James 2:14–17)
- Practice humility. (Philippians 2:3–4)
@smalltown_wife@HermitFather That’s what we did, too. We also had to train him not to use a whiny voice. We’d make him repeat what he said without a whine till he got it right. Annoying, but worked..
@heckyessica Energetic boys are the best! Stand up for your boy and let him explore, build, race, bump around! Read, cuddle and sing with him a lot. People want our boys to be compliant when they should be strong leaders and caregivers!
BREAKING: Pro-abortion Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Governor of Virginia.
She denies life-affirming care for children who survive abortion and supports aborting babies up to birth.
Pray for Virginia.
@michaeljknowles What’s tasteful about it? The abusive men who force women to wear it? The symbol of a false idol it represents? The reminder that those who wear it seek to kill Christian infidels and force an Islamic caliphate on the world?
I can say with a clear conscience that I have given my entire self to warning the world about the threat of Islam after 9/11.
I meant it when I said “Never forget” - and I never did.
I have paid a crushing personal price for refusing to stay silent. Years of abuse, isolation, and relentless fighting- just to make this country hear the truth.
And now… to see New York- my city - stand in this moment, where someone like Zohran Mamdani could even be elected…
My God, New York, what have you done?
Today is an emotional day.
I gave everything to wake people up - to make sure this never happened again.
How have you forgotten?
@michaeljknowles I’m very modest and conservative, but I’ll take halter tops and cut off jean shorts any day over hijabs!!! As a woman, I am terrified of Islam becoming so prevalent in the USA.
@WallStreetApes Notice there are no women in that group. If you are a woman and voted for this in NYC, please study history and the Islamic faith. You want no part of it.
A massacre is taking place in Sudan, and the world has pretty much ignored it. In western Darfur, the city of el-Fasher was surrounded for months by the RSF. These are rebel forces who have been at war with the government of Sudan and are supported by the UAE. The government forces finally fell, and the city was taken over by the RSF, which has been systematically murdering thousands of people, going house to house. I have been sent videos of piles of bodies and people being shot in the head; these are too graphic to share on Facebook. They are just killing for the sake of killing. This is the face of radical Islam. We’ve been working in Sudan for over 30 years, and our hearts break for this country. Pray for the innocent people—men, women, and children—who are being murdered as you read this. https://t.co/oZQzRXArzP
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In Sudan, Arab Islamist gangs are kidnapping and rounding up black Christian women and children for slavery. Over 3,000 have been killed in the last few days.
Where’s the UN? Where’s the Palestinian protest crowd? Where’s Greta, BLM, and the so-called human rights activists?!
Romans 8:11 NLT “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.”
My Testimony–
I grew up an atheist.
Never knew Jesus, never learned about Jesus, and never really cared to either.
I was happy.
I had great friends, a healthy family, and a good education. I excelled in sports, enjoyed playing video games, and loved to eat ice cream.
It never seemed like I needed anything, but always felt like I was missing something.
Even as a young child, I would lie in bed wondering What’s it all for?
An infinite universe, a finite existence, and a lack of higher purpose.
God had set eternity on my heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11). And I wasn’t all that interested in the “straight path” the world had to offer.
Yet, my life felt like a movie in which I was the main character.
In high school I won state championships, made the all-conference teams, had an attractive girlfriend… I was the man.
Then God humbled me.
When I was 17, I was distracted driving and struck and killed my family’s dog. My mom woke me up the next morning with tears in her eyes and informed me that my classmate had overdosed on drugs and died. That same day I played the worst basketball game of my life and threw the state championship for my team. Then two weeks later, Covid struck in the spring of my senior year of high school, and everything was canceled.
No prom, no graduation, no lacrosse season, no parties, no girlfriend.
Also during that time, my uncle who I looked up to as a father figure was diagnosed with stage four cancer. The architecture school I was enrolled in went completely virtual and required a vaccination for attendance. I started smoking daily, drinking heavily, craving sexual immorality, and falling into depression.
I was no longer the main character, no longer the man, no longer happy.
Then, in desperation, I began to pray to a God I did not yet know.
And he answered me.
Not with some dream, or vision, or miraculous healing. He answered me by placing people into my life who were willing to help me become the man he wanted me to be.
I started studying the Bible daily, praying constantly, going to church frequently.
And then on April 30th of 2023, I was baptized.
It’s been over two years now, and I’m happier than ever.
I have eliminated all the bad habits from my life, built friendships that will last an eternity, and I am about to be married to a true woman of God.
I finally found a higher purpose—to teach others the same gospel that changed me, and help them become the men God wants them to be. My fiancée and I lead a ministry together, and I hope to eventually lead larger groups and play a significant role in winning this world for Christ.
My content on here is part of that mission.
Thank you for reading my story and for supporting me on my journey.
Oliver Matthew Burdick