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John 3:16-17 NIV [16] For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16 is one of the most well-known verses in the New Testament. I have seen it on billboards and on banners at sports events. I always wonder if the people who post it, or the people who read it, actually take the promise to heart or even know what it means! Jesus came so that the world would be saved through his sacrifice on the cross. This passage follows one of Jesus speaking with Nicodemus, a Pharisee who came to Jesus at night because he was afraid to be seen by the other Pharisees, and telling him that he must be lifted up just at Moses lifted up the bronze serpent so that those who looked at him would receive eternal life. What do we feel when we read this passage? Do we know it so well, that we take it for granted? Does it inspire us to think of Jesus' saving act and turn our minds to prayers of gratitude? How deep is our belief? What are we willing to do in order to have eternal life? Nicodemus went to Jesus in the night out of fear. Are we willing to witness our faith in the light, or do we hide it from others out of fears of our own? Jesus only asks that we believe, and live our lives according to that belief. In the end, Nicodemus showed that he was one of Jesus' disciples by bringing myrrh and aloes for Jesus' burial. We have looked upon him lifted up on the cross. How can we come into the light to show that we too choose eternal life?

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Psalm 139:14 “O Lord, You have searched me thoroughly and have known me. You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off. You sift and search out my path and my lying down, You are acquainted with all my ways”…. David’s Lord is our Lord. He reminds us God‘s not distant, He’s right here. We’re not hidden from Him and He knows us better than we know ourselves, not just better but fully…He knows us. David reveals to us God knew us before we were born, He knew who we would become, things we would say and do, our thoughts… and He knew… knows our heart. He knew us while we were yet sinners, and yet…He died to save us, anyway. He knit us together in our mother’s womb… and assigned our number of days. We’re not an accident or a mistake, we’re here because God deemed it so. We’re fearfully and wonderfully made, nothing about us is anything short of a miracle. Fear, awesome reverence… that’s how we were made! We seem so… normal. Do we take advantage of the fact we’re a walking miracle? What do we do with our miracle? Would God cause a miracle with no purpose in mind? God chose us, He called us, and made us His own… we recognize the wonder of His works, our hearts… these things, our inner self knows. So we lift up our hands in worship, we sing praises to our God, the God Whose Love brings forth life from nothing…my God, Who knows us and loves us…still.

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Cardi B: God Blessed Me to Save My Family From the gritty streets of the Bronx, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar-better known as Cardi B-hustled her way from stripping and reality TV to global rap superstardom with hits like "Bodak Yellow." 1 In a raw 2024 Complex interview, she revealed her deep faith, explaining that God blessed her with extreme wealth for a divine purpose: to lift her family out of crisis. Her Humble BeginningsCardi grew up in a working-class family facing constant financial struggles navigating life's challenges with raw grit and ambition. Long before Grammy wins and chart-topping albums, she shared her unfiltered personality on Instagram and VH1's Love & Hip Hop: New York, turning street smarts into stardom. Despite the riches--estimated at $80 million-she never splurged recklessly, even as a stripper staying disciplined through tough times The Divine PurposeWhen her mom's side of the family hit a "very difficult" situation Cardi became the go-to savior, footing serious bills others couldn't handle. "I fee like God blessed me to help what's going on n my family... This is why God blessed me with monev for this tvpe of situation," she admitted, viewing her fortune as a tool for purpose over personal gain. Her faith shines through, positioning her not just as a music icon, but as a chosen provider who inspires others from story By Donnell Ballard #CardiB #Blessings #BlessedWithBLAQ1SH #GodAndWealth #Jersev #ViralPost

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Faith Is Not Sight—It’s Grip Biblical faith is not standing in the light saying, “I see clearly.” It’s sitting in the dark saying: “I don’t understand anything right now… but I trust the One holding me.” Think about Abraham—called to walk without a map. Think about Peter—stepping onto water he knew couldn’t hold him. Faith wasn’t certainty. It was movement despite uncertainty. Why “Do Not Be Afraid” Comes First Because fear distorts everything: * It makes God seem distant * It makes problems seem permanent * It makes you retreat instead of step forward So before God gives direction… before He reveals identity… before He explains anything… He stabilizes your heart: “Do not be afraid.” Because a fearful heart cannot hear clearly. Your Morning Charge Today, before you reach for your phone… before the world starts speaking into you… Sit in the quiet. And if the silence feels heavy… if your mind starts racing… if uncertainty creeps in… Hear this: God is not asking you to figure it all out. He is asking you to trust Him in it. Faith is not loud. It doesn’t shout over the storm. It simply refuses to let go. Final Thought When Jesus Christ said, “Do not be afraid,” He wasn’t just calming a moment… He was revealing the nature of God: A God who doesn’t remove every storm— but steps into it with you. So this morning… Even if you don’t see His hand— HOLD ON ANYWAY!!!

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Pluto still has not completed a single full orbit around the Sun since the day humans discovered it in 1930. Let that land for a second. We found Pluto, argued about whether it was a planet, stripped it of its planetary status, sent a spacecraft all the way out there to photograph it, and named features on its surface. And in all that time, in nearly a hundred years of human history, Pluto has not even made it once around the Sun. That is because a single Pluto year lasts 248 Earth years. It will not complete the orbit it was on when Clyde Tombaugh first spotted it in February 1930 until the year 2178. Nobody alive today will be here to see it finish. To put that timeline in perspective, when Pluto was discovered, commercial air travel did not exist yet. Television had not been invented. World War Two had not happened. The entire modern world as we know it, the internet, space travel, smartphones, the mapping of the human genome, all of it unfolded in less than half of one Pluto year. And Pluto just kept moving at its own quiet pace, completely indifferent to everything happening on this tiny warm planet it has never orbited close to. This is what the outer solar system does to your sense of time. Out there, everything operates on scales that make human history look like a footnote. Neptune takes 165 years to orbit the Sun. Sedna, a distant dwarf planet in the far reaches of the solar system, takes approximately 11,400 years. There are objects out in the Oort Cloud with orbital periods measured in millions of years. Rocks that began their journey around the Sun before modern humans existed and will not finish it until long after we are gone. We talk about space in terms of distance. How far away things are. How long light takes to reach them. But the timescales of orbital mechanics are just as staggering. Just as humbling. Pluto is out there right now, continuing the same slow arc it has been tracing since long before we had any idea it existed. Patient in a

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