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LOTR olympian

[Heath Evans @HeathEvans44]

Christian men.

I don’t care what you think about your wife’s weaknesses.

If you profess Christ, love your wife like Christ loves you.

Your treason against a holy God is eternities worse than anything she will ever do to you.

Stop keeping score.

Love like a forgiven man.

Can I get an amen?

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

The year is 1950. Your doctor lights a cigarette and tells you smoking is fine. He read it in a study. He is telling the truth about having read it. He does not know, or is not saying, that the study was funded by the tobacco industry.

The year is 1958. Your doctor tells you to eat less fat. The evidence is contested. The contestation is not in the public messaging. The food industry has been helpful in clarifying which findings deserve attention. Some researchers who published contradictory data have been quietly defunded. Ancel Keys is on the cover of Time magazine.

The year is 1962. Your doctor prescribes thalidomide to your pregnant wife for morning sickness. It has been approved. The FDA gave it the green light in Europe. Twelve thousand children will be born with severe limb malformations before anyone in an official capacity acknowledges the problem. The families are told the drug was safe. The drug was approved. Both of these things remain true.

The year is 1972. Your doctor prescribes Valium. Britain is in the grip of a benzodiazepine wave that will last two decades. The dependency risk is known internally. It is not shared. Your doctor is not lying to you. He was not told either.

The year is 1999. Your doctor prescribes Vioxx for your arthritis. It is newer than ibuprofen, well-tolerated, and Merck has a study showing it works. Merck also has internal data suggesting it roughly doubles the risk of heart attack. This data will not reach your doctor for four more years. Fifty thousand people are estimated to have died in the interim. Merck eventually settles for 4.85 billion dollars. No criminal charges are brought.

The year is 2002. Your doctor prescribes OxyContin. Purdue Pharma trained its sales representatives to tell doctors the addiction risk was less than one percent. That figure came from a letter, not a study. The letter was about patients with terminal cancer on short-term doses in hospital settings. Your doctor is a GP with a patient who has a bad back. Nobody draws a distinction. Nobody is required to.

The year is 2008. Your doctor checks your cholesterol. Your LDL is elevated. You are prescribed a statin. Nobody mentions that the number needed to treat for primary prevention is approximately 250. Nobody mentions that the muscle deterioration you'll notice over the next two years is listed as a rare side effect rather than a documented pattern affecting a meaningful percentage of patients. The trial that informed the prescription was funded by the manufacturer.

Now it is today.

Your doctor has new guidelines. New studies. New consensus.

He is confident.

He has always been confident.

The confidence has never been the problem.

The confidence is, in fact, precisely the problem.

[Allen Jackson @allenjacksonmin]

I assure you that, just as much as God had a plan and a purpose for the shepherd David, He has a plan and a purpose for your life. You may not feel significant, but whatever assignment God has for you is significant. It’s significant because He will reward you in an eternal way for that. There will be points of celebration in this life, but one of the great challenges the enemy uses is to tell you that you’re insignificant. That’s a lie from the pit.

[Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker @BiblicalBeauty]

'Pistol Pete' Maravich sharing his testimony of faith in Jesus Christ in 1987 less than one year before his death at the age of 40:

"I want all of you to know this tonight about Peter Maravich. You may never have heard of me. It makes no difference. I'm just one person on this earth saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. I want you to know this, that the change that came into my life was Jesus Christ.

It was not winning. I won all my life. I won every trophy, award, everything you can think of, but every time I won something, I wanted something more. I had to win again. It wasn't money, because money'll buy you everything but happiness. It'll pay your fare at every place but Heaven. Material things—I've driven everything some of you strive for from Rolls Royces to BMWs to Mercedes to Porsches. It wasn't religion because in the name of religion, Jesus Christ was placed upon that cross.

And the purest thing about Christianity is the fact that it's your choice. You can't work. You can't earn. I knew that, and I understood it now.

I want you to know this. The last thing I'd like to say is this, next week I'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I'll get that big ring. In fact, it's a bigger ring than I would have got for the championship, but I'll tell you something about all the awards. They all pale to the glory of Christ and what He's done in my life. It's amazing what He has done in my life.

I wouldn't trade my position in Christ for a thousand NBA championships or a thousand Hall of Fame rings or for a hundred billion dollars. There's nothing like the joy of Jesus Christ in your life."

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

Today I want to remind you of a powerful truth from Scripture: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”

This is not just a suggestion—it is a spiritual instruction. God is teaching us a way to live, a higher way, a kingdom way.

Many of us know how to pray, but we have not learned how to trust after praying.

We kneel down, we cry, we pour our hearts to God… but the moment we rise, anxiety rises with us. The same mouth that prayed begins to complain. The same heart that believed begins to doubt. The same faith that spoke to God begins to speak negativity.

This is where many miss it.

You cannot pray in faith and then walk in fear.
You cannot ask God for help and then speak as if He is not helping you.
You cannot declare life in prayer and then release death through your words.

Look at your life closely.

You prayed for your child to be delivered from addiction, yet in anger you call that same child useless, stubborn, or a failure.
You prayed for a breakthrough, yet every day you confess how nothing is working.
You prayed for a job, yet you are consumed with worry and even consider compromising your values just to “make it happen.”

What happened to your prayer?

Prayer is not just about speaking to God—it is about trusting Him after you have spoken.

When you pray, something must shift inside you. Your posture must change. Your language must change. Your atmosphere must change.

The Bible did not just say “pray.” It said pray with thanksgiving.

That means even before you see the answer, you begin to thank Him.
Even before the situation changes, you begin to rejoice.
Even when it looks like nothing is happening, you stand firm in gratitude.

Thanksgiving is proof that you trust God.

Worry says, “What if it doesn’t work?”
Thanksgiving says, “God has already handled it.”

Complaining says, “Nothing is changing.”
Thanksgiving says, “Something is happening, even if I cannot see it yet.”

Negativity says, “This situation is impossible.”
Thanksgiving says, “With God, all things are possible.”

Learn this discipline: after you pray, guard your heart and your mouth.

If you cannot speak faith, remain silent.
If you cannot see results yet, give thanks anyway.
If fear tries to creep in, go back to prayer.

It’s either you pray more… or you keep giving thanks.

But don’t mix prayer with worry.
Don’t mix faith with fear.
Don’t mix trust with negative confessions.

God is not moved by panic—He responds to faith.

Today, make a decision:
I will not be anxious.
I will not complain after I pray.
I will not speak against what I have asked God to do.

I will pray… and I will trust.
I will ask… and I will give thanks.
I will believe… until I see the manifestation.

This is the life God is calling you into—a life of peace, confidence, and unshakable trust in Him.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

James Sexton, divorce attorney who's seen it all, drops a raw truth bomb:

Our entire society is engineered to distract you from the one fact that would shatter the consumer machine—if you truly internalized that you're going to die, you'd stop buying most of the meaningless shit they're selling.

He proposes a radical reset: Mandatory 1–2 years of hospice volunteering at 18.

Why? Because spending time with the dying strips everything bare.
They don't talk about their bank accounts, status, or possessions.

They talk about:

- The people they loved

- The connections they made

- The beautiful (and painful) experiences

All the "important" drama in your day evaporates the moment you walk out of that room.

Sexton shares his mom's final cancer surgery—20 minutes in, doctors closed her up: cancer everywhere, nothing more to do. In that instant, every other worry in his life got turned down to zero volume. All that mattered was time left to love her, to make sure she knew.

Reminder: There is a finite number of times you'll kiss your wife, hug your kids, call your parents. You don't know the number. You'll only realize it after you've passed it.

That finitude is what makes every moment sacred.
Living forever would be a curse.
Right now, the people you love are alive—right now.
Kiss them as many times as you want.
That is the greatest thing in the world.

Powerful, uncomfortable, beautiful perspective. Keep death in your line of sight—it's the ultimate clarity filter.

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@ALadyNamedKatie Bargain!!

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@_AndreasHuebner Amen

[Andra @BioavailableNd]

Ginger & Testosterone: Randomized controlled clinical trial on infertile men (small n=):

Ginger alone (500 mg/day, 2 months)
•Sperm motility: ↑ +42%
•Sperm concentration: ↑ +36%
•DNA fragmentation: ↓ –31%
•Testosterone: ↑ +25%

This is for all the eye rollers and groklets in the OG tweet. 🥰

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

“While it looks like things are out of control, behind the scenes there is a God who hasn’t surrendered His authority.” —A.W. Tozer

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@ALadyNamedKatie Cabin life is bliss!

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.” - C.S. Lewis

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@sizzle_sarah This is great news!

[Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec]

Based Bucks

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@RobertKennedyJr Sorry for your loss

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@GovMikeHuckabee @janethuckabee God is so gracious to us. Thanks for sharing this.

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@oliverburdick The gift of God's grace is miraculous. Thanks for sharing your testimony 🙏

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@HappyHorseGirl1 ❣️

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

God uses the willing, not the perfect.

Perfection isn’t the requirement, faithful action is.

Take the step God is asking you to take today.