It's been hard to find some voicelines from Zen and i started looking for a video that compiles every line and fortunately there was one and with OW1 voicelines as well! (pls take the time to comment your fav voiceline in the link, this video was a bit hard to find with only 145 views) so i took the time to timestamp each one, there are a lot that repeat and english isn't my first language there will be a lot of spelling and grammatical errors, feel free to correct me. Well without any further ado here it is:
https://youtu.be/aFU6OveTNQQ
0:05 uh? (idk how to describe it... WHEN DOES HE SAY THIS??¿¿)
0:07 Noise
0:08 Noise
0:10 "Now we have both learned something"
0:13 "I'm grateful for what we have taught each other"
0:17 "I do not punish when one seeks forgiveness"
0:20 "I envy ants for their clarity of purpose"
0:25 "Perhaps i can share your burden?"
0:28 "There is a new sadness in you brother"
0:32 "Yes we wondered how many other omnics were doing the same"
0:38 "Change often comes uninvited what you make of it is up to you"
0:44 "Every challenge is an opportunity to rise"
0:49 "I am happy to serve"
0:51 "Mmm.. interesting"
0:54 "A chance for us all to learn"
0:57 "Experience festivity"
1:00 "Right down the middle and the pitch"
1:04 "Here's a little jin(?) music"
1:06 "That's the ball game"
1:08 "There's no crying in baseball"
1:12 "You're out"
1:14 "He goes down swinging"
1:16 "It goes down swinging"
1:18 "She goes down swinging"
1:21 "Zenyatta on the mound"
1:24 "The iris consumes you"
1:27 "Listen to the whispers of madness"
1:31 "Darkness envelops all"
1:34 "Be consumed by the shadows"
1:38 "Curses and madness be upon you all"
1:41 "Be one with the darkness"
1:45 "Walk in shadow"
1:48 "We walk in shadows my aprenctice"
1:52 "Embrace oblivion"
1:55 "Frightening"
1:57 "Expierience nothingness"
2:01 "Trick or treat"
2:04 "Pass into the unkown"
2:07 "Zenyatta is here"
2:10 "Zenyatta is everywhere"
2:14 "We must guard the objective"
2:17 "They've taken possesion of him"
2:20 "He would(?) be lost without our guidence"
2:23 "The enemy has stolen away our friend"
2:27 "Our teamate has fallen"
2:29 "We've suffered a casualty"
2:31 "We have lost a teammate"
2:34 "The door will not hold much longer"
2:37 "The door will soon be reduced to kinglin(?)"
2:40 "I am restored"
2:42 "You have my thanks"
2:44 "One day i will repay your kindness"
2:48 Effort noise (kick probably?)
2:49 Effort noise
2:50 Effort noise
2:52 Effort noise
2:53 "It was nothing"
2:55 "You are welcome"
2:57 "A turret lies before us it is quite real"
3:02 "A turret is in our way"
3:04 "We must proceed as one"
3:06 "Apart we can not continue"
3:09 "We must come together then we may proceed"
3:13 "The payload is on it's way"
3:16 "The payload advances as it should"
3:20 "I am accompaning the payload"
3:23 "We must hold the payload"
3:25 "I'm under attack assistance would be appreciated"
3:29 "I require aid"
3:31 "On my way"
3:33 "No."
3:34 "We must rest victory from the jaws of time"
3:38 "Time is an illusion but he illusion it's about to run out"
3:44 "No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place"
3:48 "We are in harmony"
3:51 "Doubt shrouds you"
3:53 "What torments you"
3:55 "It is nothing personal, Genji"
3:58 "Why the look of gloom"
4:00 "Your distress betrays you, Satya"
4:03 "A shadow hangs over you"
4:06 "Your anguish comsumes you"
4:09 "You must accept the pain"
4:12 "This does not bode well for you"
4:16 "Chaos hunts your path"
4:18 "The path ahead is thorny"
4:21 "How ominous"
4:23 "Attachment the source of all suffering"
4:27 Effort noise
4:30 "Revive me so that i may re-join the fight"
4:34 "I am in need of reviving"
4:37 "I am seriously damaged"
4:39 "Life is more than a series of ones and zeros"
4:44 "We most protect our flag"
4:47 "Defend our flag"
4:49 "A detonator)? approaches we must not let it come near"
4:53 "The end approaches quickly to the robot"
4:57 "Our time draws near, grasp the opportunity"
5:02 "We most claim both the robot and our destiny"
5:06 "Our collective effort is leading us to victory"
5:11 "Let us be grateful for our advantages"
5:14 "Fortune smiles on us"
5:17 "A blessing to be among such capable hands"
5:21 "We should make our preparations here"
5:24 freezing noise
5:26 freezing noise 2
5:29 discomfort noise?
5:32 discomfort freezing noise?
5:35 freezing noise 3
5:39 "We must clear this area"
5:41 "Form is temporary the spirit is eternal"
5:46 "My apologies"
5:48 "I was mistaken"
5:50 "To err is human... or omnic"
5:53 "I require armor"
5:55 "I need armor"
5:57 "We must deal with this assassin, she continues to be a problem for us"
6:03 sigh noise
6:05 sigh noise 2
6:08 long sigh
6:10 deep breath
6:13 deep breath 2
6:15 "We must take the objective"
6:18 "Let us capture the objective"
6:21 "The enemies teleporter is here, destroy it"
6:26 "My ultimate ability is ready"
6:28 "Ready for transcendence"
6:31 "The enforcer still poses a threat"
6:34 "The flags destiny lies with another"
6:37 "Dropping the flag"
6:39 discomfort noise
6:42 discomfort noise 2
6:45 dicomfort noise 3
6:47 discomfort noise 4
6:50 discomfort noise 5
6:52 "Zenyatta is here"
6:54 "Advance the robot"
6:56 "Move the robot"
6:58 Discomort noise 6
7:01 Discomfort noise 7
7:03 more discomfort
7:04 "The flag returns"
7:06 "I have set the flag on its way"
7:09 "The assassin is over there"
7:12 "There she is"
7:14 "but intimidating nonetheless" (idk if this goes with the last one)
7:16 "Get back! she's on me"
7:19 "In 3... 2... 1..."
7:23 "3... 2... 1..."
7:26 "Get ready"
7:28 death noise
7:30 death noise 2
7:32 death noise 3
7:34 death?
7:37 more death?
7:39 "Let us push together"
7:41 "And now we begin"
7:44 "Destiny backens us towards our destination"
7:49 "My ultimate is charging"
7:52 more sigh noise
7:54 deep breath asmr
7:57 relieve breath noise
8:00 death fall noise
8:05 death fall noise 2
8:11 more death fall noise
8:18 "Hello world"
8:20 "The assassin is no more"
8:22 "Worry not she's been dealt with"
8:25 "Defend as one"
8:28 "Defend with me"
8:30 "Alone i am a tempting target for the enemy"
8:34 "Our numbers will soon be replendished"
8:38 "My allies will soon return"
8:41 "Farewell"
8:42 "Go in peace"
8:44 "I have found the enemy shield generator"
8:48 "My ultimate is almost ready"
8:50 "Understood"
8:52 "Acknowledge"
8:54 "Of course"
8:55 "Indeed"
8:57 "I understand"
8:58 "Understood"
9:00 "The door shutters)?"
9:02 "The door is heavly damaged"
9:04 "This life is not finished with you yet"
9:07 "We are still in need of you"
9:10 "Invisibility is not invincibility"
9:14 "You manifested your own fate"
9:17 "One often meets their destiny on the road the take to avoid it"
9:22 "Those who rush headlong into battle would do well to protect their heads"
9:28 "A great distance for one is but a step for another"
9:33 "Think first then leap"
9:36 "An easy target is not is not always what is appears to be"
9:40 "Foresight is as viable as speed"
9:44 "Ask for death and you will receive it"
9:48 "Remember Genji at your most powerful you are most vulnerable"
9:54 "Capture the flag"
9:56 "Let us take the enemy's flag"
9:59 "Be reborn"
10:01 "Oblivion embraces you"
10:04 "Fade into shadow"
10:07 "May the Iris embrace you"
10:10 "Be at peace"
10:12 "The wheel turns"
10:14 "The darkness consumes"
10:17 "Let us clear them off the objective"
10:20 "Our enemies are ceasing)? the objective"
10:23 "They are taking hold of the objective, we must stop them"
10:29 "Fortune favors me"
10:31 Laugh (AAAAAAAAAA)
10:34 "The iris embraces you"
10:38 "It is my pleasure to serve"
10:41 "There is no weakness in asking for help"
10:44 "Does who seek help will find it"
10:47 "Consider the alternative"
10:50 "The world is a dangerous place"
10:53 "The help is it's own reward"
10:56 "How amusing"
10:58 "The end is near we must not hold back"
11:02 "Time runs short, attack!"
11:06 "We must wrest the victory from the jaws of time"
11:10 "Time is an illusion but he illusion it's about to run out" (Again?)
11:15 "Press forward for time is not at our side"
11:19 "Time is off the escence let us attack"
11:23 "An erradicator be on your guard"
11:26 "She still poses a threat"
11:29 "The sniper still troubles us"
11:31 "Can i interest you in a snowball fight?"
11:34 "Do i think? Does a submarine swim?"
11:39 "The turret no longer exists"
11:42 "The turret is no more"
11:45 "The objective cannot take much more of this"
11:48 "Our objective will soon be destroyed"
11:51 "Mercy swiftly delivered"
11:54 "The more one takes the less one has"
11:58 "Accomplishment always follows effort"
12:02 "Tragedy unites many"
12:04 "My generosity extends to many"
12:08 "Perhaps we only exist in the memory of a person now gone"
12:13 burning? (noise)
12:17 burning
12:19 burning 2
12:21 more burning
12:24 burns
12:26 "Patience"
12:28 "The damage doesn't look as bad from up here"
12:31 probably getting charged by Reinhardt?
12:34 same?
12:37 AAAaaAAA
12:40 critical health
12:42 "The objective is no more"
12:45 "The objective has been eliminated"
12:48 "I require shields"
12:50 "I need sheilds"
12:52 "The assassin is gone for the moment"
12:55 "She's disappeard"
12:57 "Victory is our destiny but we must all play our parts"
13:03 "Stay steadfast and we shall win"
13:07 "Victory is within our grasp hold strong"
13:12 "We must see this through to the end"
13:16 "Let us hold out until the end"
13:19 "Time is on our side we must simply endure"
13:24 "I'm feeling unwell"
13:27 "My systems are compromised"
13:29 "Disabling security protocols"
13:32 "Your recognition honors me"
13:35 "The cards have selected me"
13:38 "Our enemies return with vengeance"
13:41 "Beware they have returned"
13:44 "The enemy is utilising a shield generator"
13:48 "Enemy shield generator destroyed"
13:51 "Hold the robot we must end their push"
13:55 "Recover our flag"
13:58 "We must retake possession of our flag"
14:01 "Peace be upon you"
14:03 "I greet you"
14:05 "Hello"
14:06 "Greetings"
14:08 "We must reclaim our flag"
14:10 "The enemy has taken posetion of our flag"
14:14 "Come to me for healing"
14:16 "Come here for healing"
14:18 "The path to healing leads here"
14:21 "A shoked tire bears down upon us)?" (i didn't understand a thing)
14:24 "Shock tire over the breach)?" (same)
14:27 "The enemy posseses a teleporter"
14:30 "Energy transfers between us"
14:33 "I believe i won this round"
14:36 "A telling blow"
14:38 "A touch of wisdom"
14:41 "What profound impact"
14:43 "Scadoosh" (HAHAHA WHEN?? from a skin??)
14:45 effort noise
14:46 effort noise 2
14:47 effort noise 3
14:49 effort noise 4
14:50 effort noise 5
14:51 effort noise 6
14:52 "Over here"
14:54 coughing
14:59 coughing 2
15:08 "I have spotted an enemy bastion"
15:10 "Remember past succeses but always strive for more"
15:16 "This way"
15:18 "Here my friends"
15:20 laugh (I love him)
15:23 "I AM VITALIZED"
15:27 "MY SENSES ARE HEIGHTENED"
15:30 "STRENGTH FLOWS THROUGH ME"
15:33 "I AM EMPOWERED"
15:35 "I think therefore i am"
15:40 "When did you received this curse countess"
15:44 "Some believe that the full moon is a good omen"
15:48 "Did i say i trusted her"
15:51 "I do not sense the spark of life within you"
15:54 "Walk along the path to enlightenment"
15:58 "Ready i am ready" (Oh god...)
16:01 "I dreamt i was a butterfly"
16:04 "Frightening"
16:06 "There are null)? troopers ahead"
16:08 "No troopers spotted"
16:10 "The enforcer is no more"
16:13 "The flag moves with me"
16:15 "I have become one with the flag"
16:19 "Go to the objective"
16:21 "Let us head to the waypoint"
16:23 "Let us re group at the objective"
16:26 "The objective is near"
16:29 "Take care that you do not spend yourself before the battle is done"
16:34 "Our purpose is to show everyone that in the iris we are all one people"
16:41 "Rarely has my path crossed a warrior as cheerful as you"
16:45 "No one of note just one of thousands of like me)?" (what?)
16:50 "Do you think me so helpless"
16:52 "But one moment of clarity changed everything"
16:56 "There are times even i can not stand by"
17:00 "It is not magic but the power of the spirit that i channel"
17:05 "My believes are simply in the fundamental ways of life and nature nothing more"
17:12 "Simply a traveler of search of purpose and meaning"
17:16 "I'm following in my masters footsteps searching for enlightenment tho my path has not always been a stright one"
17:25 "Our objective has been damaged"
17:27 "Our enemies are breaking through"
17:30 "Fate is not without a sense of irony"
17:34 "Look in the mirror"
17:36 "We move with the objective"
17:39 "Let us see the objective to it's destination"
17:43 "The enemy out numbers us"
17:45 "We are outnumbered be cautious"
17:49 "I sense the reaper"
17:51 "I sense the presence of the witch"
17:54 "The summoner is here"
17:57 "Doctor Junkenstein so good of you to join us"
18:02 "The ground shakes"
18:04 "Junkenstein's monster is here"
18:07 "We should guide our flag back to safety"
18:10 "The enemy has relinquished our flag"
18:13 "We must move them from the door"
18:16 "They have reached the door"
18:19 "The summoner is no more"
18:21 "The witch is gone but she will reaturn"
18:26 "Doctor Junkenstein has laughed his last"
18:30 "Junkenstein's monster has fallen"
18:33 "The reaper is gone for the moment"
18:37 "I am made whole"
18:39 "My systems are restored"
18:42 "My systems are repeared"
18:45 "I am healed"
18:47 "Your dance grows more elegant Satya"
18:51 "You are adept at endings")? (idk)
18:54 "Well done my apprentice"
18:57 "Eventually all fade into oblivion"
19:00 "Well done Genji"
19:03 "You have ushered them to paradise"
19:06 "There is beauty in your actions"
19:09 "I did not teach you that one"
19:12 "Fall back"
19:13 "Likewise Satya i hope to repay you for your generosity at our temple"
19:19 "I served coffee"
19:21 "Then paint it with emptiness"
19:24 "How... fortunate for you"
19:27 "Why do you believe so?"
19:29 "I collected payments at a laser tag arena"
19:33 "Perhaps they believe we will not defend this place but if all the rest of the wolrd were to fall this would be the stand i chose to make"
19:44 "I like being near the ocean it reminds me of where i was born"
19:49 "I sense that your hardest battle is yet to come"
19:54 "What seems like magic is sometimes science we dont yet understand"
20:00 "Victory goes to those who maintain their focus"
20:04 "I was a life guard at a waterpark"
20:08 "It would be a pleasure"
20:10 "I drove a tractor"
20:12 "You have an intense gaze doctor"
20:15 "You spend your second chance at life walking a lonely road"
20:21 "I believe that Torbjörn's behavior has rubbed of on you"
20:25 "I owe my gifts to the iris"
20:29 "What makes you think i am a pacifist"
20:32 "Someone always cares you must simply seek them out"
20:36 "I dream of peace and sometimes falling"
20:41 "And yet you sound just like he did"
20:44 "A mirror reflects only what can be seen"
20:48 "Perhaps it is assumptions that are foolish"
20:52 "Try listening to silence"
20:55 "Our mission awaits us"
20:58 "Indeed"
20:59 "I massaged sheep on a free-range pasture"
21:03 "Shed the weight of your doubts, and your mind will become clear"
21:08 "Seeking progress by sowing chaos is like planting a tree in a volcano"
21:14 "Change often comes univited what you make of it is up to you"
21:21 "Quite a puzzle isn't it?"
21:24 "I embrace the unkown"
21:27 "And what of the enemy within"
21:30 "I focus on my breathing"
21:32 "Strangeness is in the eye of the beholder"
21:37 "My memories from before the awakening are blurry like a fading dream but i do remember somethings"
21:46 "In the coming battle you mean?"
21:48 "To find succes we must search in harmony"
21:53 "As long as there is free will i fear there will be evil"
21:57 "If a city never sleeps how can it dream?"
22:02 "Those who only seek to enrich themselves lives the most impoverished lives of all"
22:08 "True it also makes us great teachers for we can easily hide our disappointment"
22:15 "Indeed, why are we here?"
22:18 "Ask not who their maker is but what they mean"
22:24 "Is victory so important?"
22:27 "Fruition comes from within as does failure"
22:32 "I have always wondered what it is like being inside an orb"
22:37 "Over there"
22:38 "I need help"
22:40 "I require assistance"
22:43 "I pray that we can reverse this outcome"
22:46 "We are not deafeated yet"
22:49 "We must persist from the difficult times"
22:53 "This obstacle can still be overcome"
22:57 "Trick or treat"
22:59 "A temporary set back"
23:02 "We can overcome any obstacle"
23:05 "We must act and soon"
23:08 "Let us remember our purpose"
23:10 "Progress awaits us"
23:13 ""Perhaps we are forgetting something"
23:15 "We must eliminate this target"
23:19 "Caution"
23:20 "Be alert"
23:22 "Watch here"
23:24 "An enemy here"
23:25 "Here is an enemy"
23:27 "heal this one)???"
23:29 "We must guard the objective"
23:32 "Defend the objective"
23:34 "Even the teacher can learn from his student"
23:38 "It takes a hundred times to learn, a thousand times to understand" (My fav)
23:44 "One who fears loss has already lost"
23:49 "The cycle begins anew"
23:52 "True strength does not always lie in victory"
23:56 "Pain is an excellent teacher"
24:00 "Overconfidence is a flimsy shield"
24:04 "A reminder that life is never easy"
24:08 "Defeat cannot break one who perseveres"
24:12 "The cycle is broken"
24:14 "Adversity is an opportunity for change"
24:18 "A challenge presents itself"
24:21 "A temporary set back" (again..)
24:24 "Failure is acceptable giving up is not"
24:28 "The outcome is not preordained"
24:32 "Repetition is the path to mastery"
24:36 "Our fates are written in the stars"
24:40 "The enemy is here"
24:42 "The enemy desires a battle"
24:45 "Let the blessings of the season be upon you"
24:49 "I return"
24:51 "Press the attack"
24:53 "Let us all become one with the objective"
24:56 "Proceed to the objective"
24:59 "An enforcer is before us"
25:01 "Pass into the iris"
25:04 "Reflect upon your actions"
25:07 "Your set back is only temporary"
25:10 "Rest your soul"
25:13 "A cruel fate"
25:15 "Pride can not protect you"
25:17 "Your focus lacks focus"
25:20 "One day you will see that coming"
25:23 "Science cannot answer all questions"
25:27 "And now, you have found peace"
25:30 "You must learn from your mistakes"
25:34 "No fist has ever won against an open hand"
25:38 "Your answer lies in stillness"
25:41 "Good judgment comes from bad experiences"
25:45 "Regret is all-consuming"
25:49 "A resolution swiftly delivered"
25:52 "All ice melts"
25:54 "A beautiful swansong"
25:57 "I didn't go easy on you this time"
26:00 "And so the mask falls"
26:03 "We all represent unfulfilled potential"
26:07 "Greed has spent you"
26:10 "Silence answers all questions"
26:13 "A closed mind is already defeated"
26:18 "Let the sun set on your pride"
26:21 "Defeat is the better teacher"
26:24 "What goes around, comes around"
26:28 "Not everything should be taken seriously"
26:32 "When you soar you risk the fall"
26:36 "Move too quickly, and you overlook too much"
26:39 "What legacy is worth your life?"
26:43 "In chaos, more chaos"
26:46 "Do not hesitate"
26:48 "The lead awaits us"
26:50 "Soon the lead will be ours"
26:54 "We are being drawn to the lead"
26:57 "Tho i stand alone my teammates still fight at my side"
27:02 "The task falls to me"
27:05 "We are making progress upon the objective"
27:08 "The objective has taken damage"
27:10 "All proceeds according to plan"
27:13 "The rhythm is in you if you search within, get down into the iris, float to the beat"
27:22 "Ummmmm"
27:25 "Embrace the rhythm, embrace the beat, embrace the melody, move your feet"
27:32 "I humbly accept"
27:35 "I will become one with this reward"
27:38 "The universe shares it's bounty"
27:42 "I foresee great riches in my future"
27:45 "The experience is its own reward but surprises are nice" (oh)
27:51 "Join me"
27:53 "Group up"
27:54 "Group up here"
27:56 "We must join as one"
27:59 "Group up with me"
28:01 "Join together"
28:03 "I will not juggle"
28:05 "Yes"
28:07 "The door has open to our enemy"
28:10 "The enemy comes thru the doorway"
28:13 "We must destroy the objective"
28:16 "Focus our attacks upon the objective"
28:19 "That was your lesson for today"
28:22 "Our moments)?? run out do not leave him"
28:26 "Now we must focus, stay with our robot friend"
28:30 "I can sense your presence"
28:33 "Enemy detected"
28:35 "There is someone there"
28:37 "Let go of that that which weighs upon your mind"
28:42 "Behind you"
28:43 "Slicers approaching)???"
28:45 heavy sigh
28:48 sigh
28:50 sigh 2
28:53 effort noise
28:54 kick probably?
28:55 effort noise 2
28:56 "Join me at the objective"
28:59 "Come to the objective"
29:01 "To me my friends"
29:03 "What joy to share the path with another"
29:07 "A promising disciple"
29:10 "You've learned well Genji"
29:12 "Our minds aligned"
29:15 "It takes two hands to clap" (brutal)
29:18 "A meaningful union"
29:20 "One intention many hands"
29:24 "We must focus our attack upon the objective"
29:28 "I see the sniper"
29:30 "There she is"
29:32 "I will watch this place"
29:34 "Keeping watch here"
29:36 "Allow me to watch here"
29:39 "Meditation is all i require to sustain myself"
29:43 "It most be my many years of training, careful diet and simple way of life" (He's such a troll lol)
29:50 "You wound me"
29:52 "A pause in the battle and opportunity to re-center our minds"
29:57 "When i gazed into the iris i found great nothingness, it changed me"
30:04 "You've must have experienced the same"
30:07 "You blame yourself for the dragon's reign of terror but it is not your fault"
30:13 "Push forward"
30:15 sigh?
30:16 more sigh
30:18 relieve sigh
30:19 sigh 1000
30:21 "They have all perished"
30:23 "We are alone for now"
30:27 "Aaaaww serenity at last"
30:31 "Free your mind"
30:33 "The enemy steers we must hold them)?" (idk)
30:37 "Do not allow the enemy to proceed"
30:40 "The enemy begins to move along their path"
30:44 "Breach the door and our path will be revealed"
30:49 "We must break through"
30:51 "Remove the obstruction before us"
30:54 long sigh
30:58 deep breath
31:01 long sigh 2
31:04 DEATH
31:05 death 2
31:07 "Focus on the target"
31:10 "We must eliminate this target"
31:13 "Through here"
31:14 "Our path lies this way"
31:17 "I have dropped the item"
31:20 "Unfortunately i dropped it"
31:23 "I sense an enemy to the right"
31:26 "A shocked tire approaches to our right"
31:29 "Joy to the world"
31:32 "We must locate their teleporter"
31:34 "A shocked tire approaches on the left"
31:37 "Our enemy approaches on the left"
31:40 "I welcome adversity"
31:43 "A momentary set back"
31:45 "My thanks"
31:47 "Thank you"
31:48 "I am grateful"
31:50 "You have my thanks"
31:52 "Wonderful"
31:54 "Excellence is its own reward"
31:58 "Get out of there"
31:59 "I'm going in"
32:01 "We have injured the heaviest sold)? unit" (idk the word)
32:04 "A chance presents itself to strike him down"
32:08 "Talent trooper engaging"
32:10 "I see a sniper"
32:12 "Sniper!"
32:13 A lot of effort noises
32:22 "Always strive for improvement"
32:25 "Together we have taken the lead"
32:29 "AaaA progression"
32:31 "We advance as one"
32:34 "Your flaws are revealed... in the Iris"
32:39 "Know when to hold on, and when to let go"
32:43 "How far the mighty fall"
32:46 "A stumble is still a step towards a direction"
32:50 "A fall is merely a chance to rise again... later"
32:56 "Observe your environment; carefully"
32:59 "You may be missed... but not by me" (Brutal 2)
33:03 "What is descent, but a lesson in humility?"
33:07 "They have fallen... how unfortunate"
33:11 "Attack"
33:12 "Let us strike in harmony"
33:15 "Attack with me"
33:17 "UUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM"
33:23 VERY DEEP BREATH
33:30 "Amid discord, we will find tranquility"
33:35 "He must be dealt with"
33:37 "We must find a way to deal with the heaviest assault)? unit"
33:41 "The summoners threat must be ended"
33:45 "Doctor Junkenstein must be dealt with"
33:48 "The reaper still haunts us"
33:51 "We must vanish the witch"
33:54 "Junkenstein's monster must be destroyed"
33:58 "Existence is mysterious"
34:01 "I have learned from my experiences"
34:05 "My mind is open"
34:07 "My spirit is strong now to strike"
34:12 "Energy flow through me"
34:15 "Every rooster crows in its own pen"
34:19 a lot of effort noises
34:23 "The payload it is at a stand still"
34:26 "Let us push the payload forward"
34:29 "We must unblock the payload"
34:32 "Incoming"
34:34 "The payload must me stopped"
34:36 "We must hinder the payload's journey"
34:40 "Let us hold that payload"
34:42 "I require healing"
34:44 "I need healing"
34:46 "How... disappointing"
34:49 "She's turned her attention to you"
34:52 "The assassin is targeting you"
34:54 "Take cover"
34:56 "Victory or defeat our destiny is not preordained"
35:02 "Be present in the moment"
35:04 "It is good to return but am i still welcome here?"
35:09 "Your will is strong my friend"
35:11 "But in time i know you will realize we are not so different"
35:17 "And i will watch your back in turn"
35:20 "Consider only victory make defeat an impossibility in your mind"
35:26 "Tell me your thoughts my friend"
35:29 "I can feel the embrace of the iris so strongly in here"
35:34 "I would be happy to teach you"
35:36 "It is rare that i meet one with such an unformed mind"
35:40 "It is good to fight alongside one of my brightest pupils"
35:46 "It does, my brother Mondatta, gave much to improve their lifes but it was not to be"
35:53 "A disciplined mind is your most dependable ally."
35:58 "A chance to focus"
36:00 "A warrior's greatest weapon... is patience"
36:05 "So this is where you grew up? You must show me around"
36:10 "If only human and omnic could learn to live in peace here..."
36:15 "I sense within you the same rage that once consumed your brother"
36:20 "What a fascinating place! Can science alone unlock the path to enlightenment?"
36:28 "Do you have any dreams, my friend?"
36:31 "And i do not understand much of how you heal doctor Zeigler"
36:35 "I suppose we must all take some things on faith"
36:42 "Existence is mysterious isn't it"
36:43 "An omnic on the moon is not so special. There are more robots than humans in space"
36:50 "To us all i miss him greatly"
36:53 "I believe that we must all do our part to find solutions to the troubles that are before us"
37:00 "It is sad to see a place that might have known peace... reduced to this"
37:06 "A noble but tragic sacrifice, i hope that you will honor it"
37:12 "I have not returned here for many years. I wonder if my brothers and sisters will be pleased to see me"
37:20 "Turring green)?? my brother's dream but not to be" (what)
37:26 "Time is a river it may be stopped for a while but it will always flow the same direction"
37:34 "I feel most unwelcome here"
37:38 "Genji how was your reunion with your brother?"
37:42 "Symmetra you speak of law and of order but you must know that life is chaotic by it's very nature"
37:51 "I believe that you could find peace, if you were to search within yourself"
37:57 "Indeed my friend, indeed"
38:01 "I hear that you've taken an omnic Torbjörn"
38:04 "The payload rests idle"
38:07 "The payload must be moved"
38:10 "We must move the payload"
38:13 Getting hurt i think
38:17 "This will be of use"
38:19 "I have what we seek"
38:21 "Here we are"
38:22 "I sense the presence of an assassin"
38:25 "An assassin comes for us"
38:28 "Experience tranquility"
38:31 "Our teammate is in need of reviving"
38:34 "Our teammate needs to be revived"
38:38 Pain
38:49 "Let us pave our path together"
38:52 "Shall we journey together"
38:55 "We must work and breath as one"
38:58 "We are all pilgrims on this mission"
39:02 "I am with you"
39:03 "We are as one"
39:06 "The path of fate threatens to diverge in the enemy's favor"
39:10 "The enemy draws near stop them"
39:14 "We must prevent the enemy from taking the lead"
39:18 "The objective nears destruction"
39:21 "We've almost achieved our objective"
39:24 "The enemy has pushed past us"
39:26 "We have lost the lead"
39:29 "The enemy's understandings surpasses ours"
39:33 "The enemy's teleporter is no more"
39:36 "I feel the darkness flowing through me"
39:40 "My soul ignited!"
39:43 "I am efervescent"
39:45 "My spirit burns!"
39:48 "An R-14 engage with caution"
39:52 "Remember me, for I will remember you"
39:56 "My heavy burden to bear"
39:59 "Virtuosity is an admirable virtue"
40:03 "A herald of victory"
40:05 "Mastery cannot be concealed"
40:08 "Our enemy gathers here" (>-<)
40:11 "I shall handle this"
40:13 "It is done"
40:15 "Allow me"
40:17 "We must see this through to the end"
40:20 "Victory is our destiny but we must all play our parts" (again)
40:26 "Victory is within our grasp hold strong" (again)
40:31 "I am in an agreement"
40:33 "We need a healer"
40:35 "The enemys flag is ours"
40:38 "I have captured the flag"
40:40 "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you're headed"
40:45 "Let us escort you along your path"
40:48 "We will unify our push with yours"
40:52 "Hello brother"
40:54 "Come with us"
40:56 "Go"
40:57 "I am attaining the objective"
40:59 "I am on the objective my friends"
41:03 "Join me on the objective"
41:06 "Death is whimsical today"
41:09 "Walk in shadow"
41:12 "Listen to my prayer"
41:15 "Harmony is within your grasp"
41:18 "Be whole once more"
41:21 "I release your suffering"
41:24 "A balm for your wounds"
41:26 "We walk in the shadows, my apprentice"
41:30 "Gaze into the unblinking eye"
41:34 "Embrace oblivion"
41:36 "Be one with the darkness"
41:40 "Be reassured you are not alone"
41:44 "Find solace"
41:46 "Overcome your pain"
41:49 "Your spirits lifted"
41:52 "Let me assist you"
41:55 "Allow me"
41:57 "Harmony follows you"
41:59 "Be soothed"
42:02 "I am with you my friend"
42:04 "Let me relieve your burdens"
42:07 slight effort noises
42:12 pain? effort? idk just noises
42:21 "I'm over here"
42:23 "I am here"
42:25 "My ultimate is ready proceed without fear"
42:29 "You are not ready to learn"
42:32 "Peace and blessings be upon you all"
42:36 death 200
42:43 "The attack comes form the above"
42:45 "The attack comes from the right"
42:48 "Our enemies are behind us"
42:50 "They attack form below"
42:53 "Our enemies attack from the rear)??"
42:55 "The enemy lies before us"
42:58 "Our enemies attack directly"
43:00 "The enemy is on the left"
43:03 "The enemy is below us"
43:06 "The enemy is above us"
43:08 "The enemy is on the right"
43:10 "The attack comes form the left"
43:13 "One moon shows in every pool. In every pool; one moon"

The Power of Small Offerings

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?’
John 6:8-9 (NIV)

Today’s Devotional

In the context of John 6, Jesus is about to perform the miracle of feeding five thousand people with just five small barley loaves and two small fish. This passage reminds us that God can work powerfully through even the smallest of offerings when given with faith and a willing heart. The boy’s seemingly insignificant gift becomes the means by which Jesus demonstrates His power, provision, and compassion.

Time to reflect

Consider the gifts and resources you have in your life, regardless of their size. Reflect on how God might use your small offerings to accomplish great things for His kingdom. Ask yourself:

• What small gifts or resources do I have that I can offer to God for His purposes?
• How can I trust God to multiply my offerings and use them to impact others in a meaningful way?
• In what areas of my life can I develop a mindset of faith, believing that God can work powerfully through even the smallest of gifts?

Prayer Of The Day

Gracious God, thank You for the reminder that You can work through even the smallest of offerings when given with faith and a willing heart. Help us to recognize the gifts and resources You have entrusted to us, no matter how seemingly insignificant, and to offer them to You for Your purposes. Teach us to trust in Your ability to multiply our offerings and use them to bless others in profound ways.
Lord, give us the faith to believe that You can work powerfully through our lives, even when we feel inadequate or limited in our resources. May we always be willing to share what we have, trusting in Your provision and guidance. Empower us to be instruments of Your love and grace in this world.
In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

Strengthening Faith

1. Identify the gifts and resources you have, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, and consider how you can use them for God’s kingdom.
2. Offer your gifts and resources to God in prayer, asking Him to use them in ways that will bless others and further His purposes.
3. Trust in God’s ability to work through your small offerings, and be open to opportunities to share your gifts with others.
4. Share your experiences and insights with fellow believers, encouraging them to recognize and offer their

Today Wisdom

As you embrace the power of small offerings, remember that God can work wonders through your willingness and faith. Trust in His ability to multiply your gifts and resources, and be open to the opportunities He presents for you to make a difference in the lives of others. In doing so, you will not only impact those around you, but you will also experience the joy of being used by God for His greater purposes.
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John 6:8-9

**I originally wrote the following as a comment on another post, but I thought it might make a good jumping off point for its own discussion. Any other barriers to bringing non-liturgical Protestants to Mass? Any surprisingly good encounters? Did you feel comfortable on your first visit if you are a convert? **
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A few things that create enormous barriers to most evangelicals visiting a Catholic Mass.

1. Homilies tend to be brief and - this is a generalization - less "dynamic" than the sermons in our Protestant brethren. After all, the homily is secondary for us to the point that sometimes the priest dispenses with it altogether. Evangelicals are looking to be intellectually nourished by the Word; that's what they believe they are there to do. So the ten minute homily at our churches comes across as shallow to them.
2. The structure and repetition of the Mass is seen as "vain" to them. They take the Lord's invective against "vain repetitions" as a call to spontaneity. Prayer should "flow from the heart" perhaps at the "urging of the Holy Spirit," in their view. Some charismatic evangelical congregations, like Pentecostals, may also try to cultivate personal "gifts of the Spirit" like speaking in tongues or faith healing during their services. All that to say, they view "scripted" worship as deeply suspect and inauthentic. Though many Protestants come from liturgical backgrounds, evangelicals - broadly - do not. The idea of reading aloud together or praying in common is extremely foreign to them.
3. Evangelicals tend to devote considerably more time to fellowship. Services are sometimes even slightly delayed because parishioners are chatting and catching-up in the sanctuary. Remember, they aren't practicing quiet devotions like the rosary beforehand and their attitude toward "sacred spaces" is altogether different. So from that perspective, the near-silent entry and a (comparatively very brief) offering of the Peace ahead of Eucharist will come across colder and less welcoming. The culture is just very different in that regard. The instruction not to take Eucharist will also come across, at least initially, as profoundly uninviting. When I was still in the process of converting, lining up for my "blessing" while everyone else received Holy Communion made me feel like an outsider - even when I recognized I would eventually be allowed to partake. For a first-timer, they will inevitably feel excluded and otherized.
4. And don't forget the trepidation many evangelicals bring with them attending Mass in the first place. Evangelicals do not pray to/through the saints, they don't call their pastors Father, they likely only take communion once a month or quarter, they almost never kneel, they don't sign the Cross, they don't have statues in their sanctuaries, they don't call Mary Mother or Ever-Virgin or Queen of Heaven or Star of the Sea, they don't go to confession or baptize their infants (evangelicalism is vast, so these are generalizations). Many of them have been taught we are idolators fallen prey to the "traditions of man" and so they may be "on-guard" when we manage to coax them to Mass.
5. (added) Dont forget, following the Mass can be *hard*! Cradle Catholics take for granted just how much of the Mass you have instinctually memorized: the Gloria, the Creed, the Penitential Act, when to kneel and when to "with your Spirit" and when to "thanks be to God." Evangelical services, by contrast, likely project the lyrics to their hymn or praise song onto a screen or printed sheet and... that's it. The learning curve is not very steep. For a first-timer, the Mass, yes, may be beautiful and mysterious (or to be honest, it might not be immediately resonant depending on the parish), but it is also bewildering, even frustrating. And if there happens to be Latin? It might as well be an alien language and an alien culture.
6. So at some level, respect the courage your friend had to come with you to begin with and understand he comes from a tradition completely the opposite of our own. I made that same journey - incrementally - across many denominations before I was confirmed Catholic. In a sense, that progression from Baptist to Presbyterian to Anglican to Ortho-curious made the transition much easier. It is no exaggeration to say Catholicism is shell-shocking to evangelicals. It requires *extreme* patience to help them make that journey into better understanding.

Sally walked through the rotating doors into the lobby of the hotel. She made herself known to the receptionist behind the counter, who looked at Sally’s hands suspiciously. Out of shame she hid them behind her back.
“Not good with knives,” asked the woman, oblivious to Sally’s discomfort.
“Eh, I have an affliction,” she stammered. “It makes my relationship with sharp objects...difficult at times.”
The receptionist raised an eyebrow in response, but had the decency to ask no further questions.
“What’re you here for?” she asked instead.
“I have a meeting, with Mr. Janssen,” replied Sally.
The receptionist scribbled a room number on a post-it note and handed it to Sally, “Elevators are down the hall on the right,” she said, after going back to her business.
Sally walked across the marble floor towards the designated location. She was glad the hotel had elevators, because staircases could also prove themselves as difficult hurdles, if the thing inside her woke up again. Sally wouldn’t call it a hard life she led. It was, however, a challenge. Ever since she had visited that strange abandoned church all those years ago, she knew something was off inside of her. At times her body seemed to move on it’s own, but only for a moment. Doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with her, and it of course never happened at their presence. Whenever the thing inside interfered, it seemed out to spite her. The movements, or words spoken at those times always seemed aimed to hurt her, or if not, to make her life as difficult in that particular moment as possible. It never really threatened her safety, although she wasn’t sure that was intended, or whether the thing wasn’t powerful enough. She had learned to live with it, all cuts, bruises and awkward conversations included.
Sally stepped out of the elevator – of which she had managed to press the right button in one go, thankfully – and walked over to the indicated room. She knocked on the door and waited. She heard footsteps on the other end and after a couple of seconds, the wooden door opened carefully. Through the crack peered an older man.
“What do you want?” he said, suspiciously.
Sally scraped her throat and blurted out, “I want your – Sex baby, you and me!” Oh god no, not now.
The man didn’t flinch and simply opened the door far enough for her to step inside.
“Possessed, I reckon?” asked the man, like he hadn’t heard what she had just said.
Sally only nodded, too scared to speak any more.
“Sit down,” said the Mr. Janssen, as he gestured towards the chaise longue, that stood in the middle of the chamber.
Sally did as he asked.
The man walked to the bookcase across the room and fingered a couple of covers, before picking out and old book that looked to be falling apart. He slammed it on the desk behind him and fumbled through the pages.
“Is it correct that these infringements on your agency happen infrequent and are minor in nature?” he asked loudly, without looking up from the pages.
“Y-yes,” Sally answered.
“That’s good, should be an easy job,” he muttered more to himself than towards Sally.
He walked back to her, holding the book, opened on a page he apparently was looking for. He handed the book over to her, carefully. Sally picked the dusty thing from his hands and gazed over the page. It was a Latin incantation for exorcising minor demons.
“You, read that text,” said the man, without waiting for an answer.
“Exorcizamus te, omnis immundis spiritus,” Sally felt something inside her straining. “Omnis, satanica, potestas.”
With those last words, a gust blew through the room. It wasn’t strong, but it was enough to knock over a candle that Mr. Janssen had lighted while Sally was reading the prayer out loud. The papers that were scattered across the table immediately caught fire and Mr. Janssen tried to stamp out the flames, while cursing loudly.
“Omnis incursio infernalis adversarii,” Sally kept going.
That’s when the thing inside her saw it’s chance at escape and before Sally had time to react, her arm had send the book flying across the room, onto the still burning table. The old worn leather and bone dry pages immediately caught on. Mr Janssen’s eyes grew large as he saw the old book turn to ash. He abruptly pointed his finger towards the door.
“OUT! NOW! And take that damned thing inside it with you,” he roared.
Sally stood up with her head down and silently walked out of the room, while Mr. Janssen was still busy putting out the flames.
“This is the third time, you’ve done this,” she whispered to the thing inside her. “I won’t give up.”
As Sally walked away, her right hand stuck out its middle finger towards the room they’d just left, without her noticing.

Prayer based on Revelation 6:1-8
The opening of the first four seals tells of a repetitious pattern of events that will continue to transpire between the first and the second coming of Christ.
Father, we thank You for the helpful insights and warnings You give us in this passage, so Your children will gain understanding, hope and trust in Your ways.
John sees Jesus break the first seal and hears the thundering voice of one of the living creatures saying come. The breaking of the seals releases the judgments of God upon the earth in the perfect order that they will come. (Verses 1-8) lists the first four judgments. The effective command of the living creature brings forth the first horse and rider. The first rider on a white horse symbolizes military conquest. After conquest, the second rider on a red horse will bring warfare. The third rider on a black horse will bring famine. And after the famine, the rider on the pale horse will bring death. This pattern has occurred and will continue through the centuries until the return of Christ. (1 John 2:18)
Father, give us wisdom as we interpret the times. May we not be deceived or misled by false teachers and antichrists that will come. Thank You for telling us what will happen so we will endure, stand fast, and joyfully await Your return. Amen.
Through John, Jesus answers the questions of his disciples about the end times. He gave them a complete description of what would transpire in the future.
Let us read and meditate on Matthew 24:1-51
Questions for reflection and meditation: 1. What are the most important things we need to know about the end times? 2. How have you been prepared for the judgments that are to come? 3. What makes it possible for you to stand through trials and tribulations and joyfully await His return?

Prayer based on Revelation 6:1-8
The opening of the first four seals tells of a repetitious pattern of events that will continue to transpire between the first and the second coming of Christ.
Father, we thank You for the helpful insights and warnings You give us in this passage, so Your children will gain understanding, hope and trust in Your ways.
John sees Jesus break the first seal and hears the thundering voice of one of the living creatures saying come. The breaking of the seals releases the judgments of God upon the earth in the perfect order that they will come. (Verses 1-8) lists the first four judgments. The effective command of the living creature brings forth the first horse and rider. The first rider on a white horse symbolizes military conquest. After conquest, the second rider on a red horse will bring warfare. The third rider on a black horse will bring famine. And after the famine, the rider on the pale horse will bring death. This pattern has occurred and will continue through the centuries until the return of Christ. (1 John 2:18)
Father, give us wisdom as we interpret the times. May we not be deceived or misled by false teachers and antichrists that will come. Thank You for telling us what will happen so we will endure, stand fast, and joyfully await Your return. Amen.
Through John, Jesus answers the questions of his disciples about the end times. He gave them a complete description of what would transpire in the future.
Let us read and meditate on Matthew 24:1-51
Questions for reflection and meditation: 1. What are the most important things we need to know about the end times? 2. How have you been prepared for the judgments that are to come? 3. What makes it possible for you to stand through trials and tribulations and joyfully await His return?

Prayer based on Revelation 6:1-8
The opening of the first four seals tells of a repetitious pattern of events that will continue to transpire between the first and the second coming of Christ.
Father, we thank You for the helpful insights and warnings You give us in this passage, so Your children will gain understanding, hope and trust in Your ways.
John sees Jesus break the first seal and hears the thundering voice of one of the living creatures saying come. The breaking of the seals releases the judgments of God upon the earth in the perfect order that they will come. (Verses 1-8) lists the first four judgments. The effective command of the living creature brings forth the first horse and rider. The first rider on a white horse symbolizes military conquest. After conquest, the second rider on a red horse will bring warfare. The third rider on a black horse will bring famine. And after the famine, the rider on the pale horse will bring death. This pattern has occurred and will continue through the centuries until the return of Christ. (1 John 2:18)
Father, give us wisdom as we interpret the times. May we not be deceived or misled by false teachers and antichrists that will come. Thank You for telling us what will happen so we will endure, stand fast, and joyfully await Your return. Amen.
Through John, Jesus answers the questions of his disciples about the end times. He gave them a complete description of what would transpire in the future.
Let us read and meditate on Matthew 24:1-51
Questions for reflection and meditation: 1. What are the most important things we need to know about the end times? 2. How have you been prepared for the judgments that are to come? 3. What makes it possible for you to stand through trials and tribulations and joyfully await His return?

Every Kid Cudi Song Ranked
If your curious on any placements I’m happy to explain!!
152 The Return of Chip Douglas 151 Anomaly 150 The Nothing 149 MELTING 148 Beautiful Trip 147 Edge of the Earth 146 MANIAC 145 We Aite 144 The Mood 143 Trauma 142 Embers 141 Is There Any Love 140 New York City Rage Fest 139 In My Dreams 2015 138 Cudi Get 137 Save My Soul 136 CuDi Spazzin’ 135 Destination: Mother Moon 134 The Flight of the Moon Man 133 Entergalactic Theme 132 Worth 131 Afterwards 130 WAIT! 129 The Resurrection of Scott Mescudi 128 Going to the Ceremony 127 Young Lady 126 Whenever 125 Pillow Talk 124 Girls 123 Red Sabbath 122 Adventures 121 Red Eye 120 Ignite The Love 119 Troubled Boy
118 Hyyer 117 Scott Mescudi vs. The World 116 Simple As 115 Burrow 114 Brothers 113 Releaser 112 Maybe So 111 AMEN 110 Seance Chaos 109 Angered Kids 108 Lord I Know 107 Angel 106 My Drug 105 All In 104 Man In The Night 103 Internal Bleeding 102 Solo Dolo Pt.II 101 Wild’n Cuz I’m Young 100 Maui Wowie 99 Elsie’s Baby Boy 98 Copernicus Landing 97 Somewhere To Fly 96 The End 95 Trapped In My Mind 94 Does It
93 Cosmic Warrior 92 Fade 2 Red 91 Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven Acoustic 90 Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven 89 Return of the Moon Man 88 Mad Solar 87 King Wizard 86 Beez 85 Fuschia Butterflies 84 Cold Blooded 83 Burn Baby Burn 82 Wedding Tux 81 Fairytale Remains 80 Screwed 79 Unfuckwittable 78 Down & Out 77 Can’t Believe It 76 4 Da Kidz 75 Satellite Flight
74 Make Her Say 73 Can’t Shake Her 72 Livin My Truth 71 My World 70 Don’t Play This Song 69 Ashin Kusher 68 These Worries 67 Heart of a Lion 66 Heaven at Nite 65 Embrace The Martian 64 The Prayer 63 Willing To Trust 62 She’s Looking For Me 61 REVOFEV 60 Dive 59 Lovin Me 58 Sept. 16 57 The Commander 56 Flight at First Sight 55 Dance 4 Eternity 54 The Pale Moonlight 53 Lord of the Sad And Lonely 52 New Mode 51 In Love 50 Do What I Want 49 CONFUSED! 48 Rose Golden
47 Show Out 46 Another Day 45 Up Up & Away 44 Enter Galactic 43 T.G.I.F 42 Cudi Zone 41 Sky Might Fall 40 ILLusions 39 Man On The Moon 38 Solo Dolo 37 In My Dreams 36 Damaged 35 Swim In The Light 34 Insides Out 33 Judgmental Cunt 32 Frequency 31 Wounds 30 Handle With Care 29 Damaged 28 Kitchen 27 Mojo So Dope 26 Sad People 25 Balmain Jeans
24 Tequila Shots 23 The Guide 22 Mature Nature 21 Surfin 20 Rockstar Knights 19 Cleveland Is The Reason 18.Soundtrack 2 My Life 17.Too Bad I Have To Destroy You Now 16.Immortal 15.All Along 14.Marijuana 13.Erase Me 12.Ghost! 11.By Design 10.Baptized in Fire 9.Distant Fantasies 8.Just What I Am 7.She Knows This 6.Heaven On Earth 5.Alive 4.The Void 3.Mr.Rager 2.Pursuit of Happiness 1.Solo Dolo Pt.III
(Wow I forgot Day N Nite : it would be somewhere in top 20)

Leaving Islam for the true God I never imagined that i would leave Islam but God opened my eyes to the truth.
Jesus saw that i started to search for the truth and God, that in my life i finally became serious about God. And Jesus, he took me 26 year old young guy, an European Muslim convert out of Islam.
To be honest I have done everything in Islam i was practicing and studying it, to live this false religion was my lifestyle. But meanwhile i believe God saw that i became serious about him, and looking back now i see how God started to reveal to me, step by step what's the Truth. Jesus used different people in my life and even the Quran. In my life I had conversations with doubting Muslims and ex Muslims, which impacted me, as well i met two Evangelists
God used few people in my life to communicate the truth. In Islam it was just very dry to do those Islamic prayers, you have no connection with God, it's more of a like ritualistic worship and there's no real encounter or revelation with God. When i became Christian i was so surprised that God can speak to me, that he actually knows me in between all these billions and billions of people.
one of my Muslim Friends who doubted Islam, he started to believe at that time, more into what's written in the Bible, after his dad's Friend From America shared with him about Jesus and the Biblical Prophecys, and the end times, he started to believe in that.
i remember personally how I even met an Evangelist on the street who shared with me about Jesus. He was full of life and happiness, which led me to question, if Muslims say that they worship the Creator than why do they sin so much, why do they hate everyone who's as disbeliever? And why do they drive Mercedes AMG and latest cars and make rich weddings and are so Worldly? That's not from God, that's a lifestyle of the Satan.
They say they Worship the creator but there's no light, love, holiness, truthfulness, it's just cursing, arrogance, ego, hate, depression and fighting.
For me there's no difference between a Satanist and a Muslim because they have the same character of money, luxury, lying, sinning and killing.
At that point i decided to read the Bible. And with an Islamic Dawah Book in one hand and Bible in the other hand i was going through this Muslim scholar written book, i was searching about Mohammed, but Biblical verses and the Text was revealing to me about God and the Holy Spirit, i saw who Jesus Christ is, how noble and how courageous he was in speaking with a crowd, Mohammed was a Man he was a weak speaker in comparison with Jesus Christ. As well that his Teachings were very holy, i said this must be from God.
Muslim arguments from that book just didn't make any textual sense. I found out about the Holy Spirit they said that the Holy Spirit it is the Mohammed but how can Mohammed be in the disciples and living at that same time? I felt that Muslims were very confused. I felt that everyone had lied to me, and i felt disappointed but at the same time i was excited to know the truth. I went afterwards online to watch ex Muslim Videos to do more research.
I found different ex Muslim videos and they were preaching Jesus Christ. They said that Jesus truly changed their personality, i recognize that there's no power in Islam whatsoever i have prayed ayat Al Kursi and i have done different Duas, even my Friends have done Ruqyah but they said that they still have Demons. They confessed to me that they have Demons and they are fully aware of this fact, nothing has helped them.
When i gave my life to Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit just came upon me, my eyes became so loving i felt so much peace, and the world was so beautiful for me for the first time in my life. I remember how Outdoors were amazing 😍 i enjoyed my city and the nature. Yes the Creator revealed to me how everything is so beautiful and how people are so beautiful and nice, i don't need to hate them anymore.
I was thinking in my mind, that i will go to the church like i was going to the Mosque and i will just do my prayers and that of instead of Muslims there will be Christians, i was saying to myself yes this is a true religion and that's everything what God could offer to me. But i was so wrong. Immediately at my first night i met Jesus Christ in my dream. God knew everything about my conversion and he showed me that he is the Truth. Than i was excited to share the Gospel with Muslims in my Town and now after 5 years i have seen, Deliverence, Healing, Dreams, Visions, Miracles, i myself have two out of body experience Wow. God has a plan to use you in a mighty way if you want to follow Jesus Christ

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Scot and Maurine Proctor explore how small moments of faith and courage can anchor our lives in the latest episode of the How I Know podcast, featuring guest Heather Osmond. Read more here.
Data Over Dogma posts Episode 8 (May 29, 2023), "Contextual Healing" with Aaron Higashi, in which the guest discusses the importance of theological context, the fact that each individual has their own perspective in relation to their beliefs and biblical scholarship. read more here.
Ski Ingram reflects on Memorial Day and the sacrifices made by those who served in the military, including ten men he served with in Vietnam who did not come home, and emphasizes the importance of remembering those who gave their lives for their country and repaying them by being the best citizens possible. Read more here.
FAIR offers insights into the sacrament and how it is viewed in different religious traditions, as part of their series on Come, Follow Me readings and addressing common questions that Evangelicals ask about LDS beliefs. read more here.
In his blog post "O Man! Pay attention!", Dan Peterson reflects on the importance of being alert and attentive, drawing on his experience of flying and reading during his travels. He notes that paying attention to the world around us can help us discover truths and insights that we would otherwise miss. read more here.
The Scriptures Are Real presents a shortcast explaining the story of the woman who married seven brothers and the cultural context of Levirate Marriage, which helps us understand the question posed to Jesus and his answer. Listen to the shortcast here.
Faith Matters shares a podcast conversation with Brooke Romney, who discusses creating connections with all people around us, including our children, and not being afraid to live from our values and receive feedback. Read more here.
Kurt Manwaring shares insights from Latter-day Saint and secular scholars about the Old Testament in his post The Old Testament and Latter-day Saints. read more here.
Kristen Walker Smith explores the similarities between Jesus' sleeping disciples and ourselves during sacrament meetings. She encourages listeners to spend the hour partaking of the sacrament with intention. Read more here.
Ryan Sharp discusses the significance of the Last Supper, the sacrament, and covenants with Kerry Muhlestein on the Scriptures Are Real podcast. The conversation highlights how these concepts can have an impact in our daily lives. Listen to the podcast here.
Data Over Dogma features an interview with biblical scholar Aaron Higashi, discussing the importance of contextual interpretation and the challenges of public biblical scholarship. Listeners can find Dr. Higashi on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, and can support Data Over Dogma on Patreon. Watch the episode on YouTube.
Scot and Maurine Proctor have released a podcast episode on Meridian Magazine titled "How I Know Podcast: The Small Things in Life Become the Big Things," in which they discuss the importance of small acts of kindness and the impact they can have on others. Read more here.
The Dialogue Journal has released their 88th Episode of the Gospel Study, featuring artist Kwani Povi Winder, where Winder discusses her interpretation of the parables in the New Testament. Read more here.
In the Big Picture episode of One Minute Scripture Study, Cali Black quickly provides context for this week’s reading: Matthew 26; Mark 14; John 13. Listeners can also grab her scripture study guide or a physical copy, along with a New Testament daily devotional book or a simplified New Testament outline. Read more here.
Duane Boyce, in his article "The Folly of Trying to Understand Prophetic Vision in Terms of Worldly Wisdom," shares the story of Dallin Oaks' handling of criticism of a Supreme Court decision and how it taught him the lesson of not trying to understand prophetic vision in terms of worldly wisdom. Boyce argues that we should trust in our leaders, even when we don't understand the reasons behind their decisions. Read more at the Meridian Magazine.
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A tragic bus accident in Brazil claimed the life of 20-year-old Elder Izaak Orion Card, a full-time missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on Friday, May 26, 2023; our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends and the missionaries and members in the Brazil Curitiba Mission. Read more here.
The Flameless Fireside Podcast features Heather Smith to discuss "Excommunication: The Gift of Starting Over," recognizing that life is full of challenging choices and struggles that can lead to a bumpy road; finding the desire and strength to believe in the Savior's grace and ask for help is the first step back into His presence. Join the podcast on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023, at 9pm Central/8pm Mtn. Watch the podcast here.
In his article “O Man! Pay Attention!” on the Sic et Non Blog, Dan Peterson reflects on the importance of paying attention to the world around us and learning from our experiences, both good and bad. He shares personal anecdotes and quotes from scripture to emphasize the value of paying attention to life’s lessons. read more here.
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In this episode of FAIR's Come, Follow Me series, Jennifer Roach discusses the sacrament and how LDS members might talk to Evangelicals about it. She explains how various denominations, such as Evangelicals and Catholics, understand the sacrament differently and explores common criticisms leveled against the LDS Church's practice of the ordinance. Ultimately, Roach emphasizes that the sacrament's true focus should be on personal revelation. Read more from the original post here.
In a blog post by Jennifer Roach, a licensed mental health counselor, Catholics and Evangelicals, who refer to the sacrament as the Eucharist, communion, the Lord's Table, or the Lord's Supper, respectively, are examined. In discussing the sacrament, Roach touches on the importance of compassion, acceptance, grace, humility, thoughts on cannibalism, and ultimately charity.
Ashly Stone shares Jaxon's story of struggling with aspects of the Church as a youth, but finding the value and power of repentance through his mission. The experience brought him closer to Jesus Christ and serves as the foundation for everything he has done in the Church since. Read more here.
Rich Watson shares his experience of how one prompting led him and his wife to start studying conference talks in depth and how that led to the creation of the "General Conference Challenge" Facebook group, which has grown to over 10,000 followers around the world, and how this continual study has impacted their continual conversion. Read more on Leading Saints.
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The Dialogue Gospel Study Episode 88 features artist Kwani Povi Winder, who discusses her art and how it relates to the parables in the New Testament. Read more here.
The Scriptures Are Real shares a shortcast explaining the question of a woman who married seven brothers and how understanding the cultural elements of a Levirate Marriage helps us see what the Savior's answer was. Read more here.
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Jonn Claybaugh provides study aids for the 24th lesson of the Come, Follow Me curriculum, focusing on John 14 and the teachings of Jesus regarding the Comforter. Read more here.
Kristen Walker Smith discusses the similarities between ourselves and Jesus's sleeping disciples during the sacrament hour and how we can be more present during this sacred time. Read more here.
Scot and Maurine Proctor host an inspiring episode of How I Know Podcast where Heather Osmond shares how a single moment of bravery and spirituality from her mother became the anchor in her life. Read more here.
Faith Matters speaks with Brooke Romney about the broader applications of parenting, focusing on how to create meaningful connections with people, including our children, in order to live from our values and improve, in a delightful conversation that is relevant beyond the subject of parenting. Read more here.
The Scriptures Are Real shares a video discussing the Savior's institution of the Sacrament at the Last Supper, focusing on covenants, God's willingness to work with us, and the practical application of the Sacrament in everyday life. Watch the video here.
Ski Ingram reflects on the true meaning and origins of Memorial Day, and why it's important to remember and honor those who have given their lives in service of their country, citing stories of personal loss and sacrifice. Read more here.
Duane Boyce writes about Dallin Oaks’ respectful approach to prophetic counsel and how it led to Oaks learning valuable lessons and respecting a prophet’s vision instead of worldly wisdom. Read more here.
The Flameless Fireside Podcast brings Heather Smith to discuss "Excommunication: The Gift of Starting Over," emphasizing the importance of finding strength to ask for help and the Savior's ability to seek out the lost. Join the live podcast on May 31st, 2023, at 9 pm Central/8 pm Mtn on Youtube Live or Facebook Live. Post link is here.
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Dan Peterson's blog post titled "O Man! Pay Attention!" recounts his experience flying on an airplane and his observation of passengers' lack of awareness of their surroundings, drawing parallels to a similar lack of spiritual awareness in daily life. He encourages readers to live in the moment and pay attention to the world around them in order to find greater happiness and fulfillment. Read More Here
The Church Newsroom reports that a young missionary, Elder Izaak Orion Card, has died in a bus accident in Brazil while serving in the Brazil Curitiba Mission. Four missionaries were traveling on a bus when it was hit by a semitruck, and the other missionaries did not sustain serious injury. The Church expresses love and sympathy for Elder Card's family, friends, and all affected by his loss. Read more here.
In a podcast episode on the Ashly Stone show, Jaxon shares his struggles with the Church as a youth, but eventually found the value of repentance through his mission, where he felt closer to Jesus Christ. read more here.
In a FAIR blog post, Jennifer Roach discusses the sacrament and how it is viewed by different faiths, including Evangelical and Catholic. She offers insight into how Latter-day Saint beliefs align with and differ from those of other faiths. Roach also provides suggestions for better dialogue with Evangelical friends and family. read more here.
Data Over Dogma interviews Dr. Aaron Higashi, a scholar and TikToker, about the importance of theological context and turning biblical scholarship out to the public. Dr. Higashi discusses the idea that every believer is coming from a particular perspective and the perils and rewards of sharing scholarship with a wider audience. Visit Dr. Higashi's work on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Support Data Over Dogma's work by becoming a monthly patron and follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Watch the episode on YouTube.
In a blog post on Leading Saints, Rich Watson shares his experience of joining the Church and the impact of General Conference on his life, highlighting a Facebook group he created called "General Conference Challenge" in which 10,000 followers in countries around the globe listen to and have discussions about a talk from each session of General Conference. He reflects on several April 2023 Conference talks, drawing insights and applications for empowerment, responsibility, and continual conversion. Join the General Conference Challenge group on Facebook to participate and check it out for yourself. read more here.
Mark J. Stoddard shares a remarkable true story of World War II prisoners of war (POWs) held in the same camp with Olympian Louis Zamperini at the Ofuna Japanese POW camp. The author's father, a former POW, and some of the prisoners' families saved the lives of several Japanese people in the Ofuna region after the war, despite their brutal treatment during their captivity. This heartwarming, little-known story is a tribute to the enduring power of the human spirit to forgive and love. Read more here.
Pam Peebles asks readers to reflect on their own identity and shares how one man, @bro.kylereedsmith, identifies himself as a child of God, disciple of Jesus Christ, and follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more on the Third Hour blog.
The Interpreter Radio Show hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen discuss New Testament lesson 24, “Continue Ye in My Love” covering John 14–17, in the May 14 Come, Follow Me segment. Read more here.
The Interpreter Radio Show presents their hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen discussing the New Testament lesson 24, "Continue Ye in My Love" covering John 14-17 in their May 14 Come, Follow Me segment. Read more here.

Blessed be Jesus and Mary, brothers and sisters. So with all posts on this subreddit about traditional Latin mass, I found out that in my city every week they actually hold such mass and I'm beginning to grow big interest in it. I even thought of starting to pray in Latin, especially since there's a bilingual prayer book for my mother tongue - but I have an issue a bit with it. I feel like, despite it holding some depth and mysticism to it, how much is the prayer worth if I don't actually understand word for word what I'm saying. I understand Our Father, but in Latin I wouldn't be sure what I said exactly and I feel as if that would be just babbling and I wouldn't be so confident in prayer as with mother tongue.
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Would anyone still recommend me go with it or should I just stick with my language? I really want to do it, but I have these doubts. Any advice will help and I'd like to hear other's beginnings. Thanks.

“During my time of resolute striving on the bank of the Nerañjara River, I was meditating very hard for the sake of finding sanctuary from the yoke.
Namucī approached, speaking words of kindness:
‘You’re thin, discolored, on the verge of death.
Death has a thousand parts of you, one fraction is left to life. Live sir! Life is better! Living, you can make merits.
While leading the spiritual life and serving the sacred flame, you can pile up abundant merit—so what will striving do for you?
Hard to walk is the path of striving, hard to do, a hard challenge to win. ’”These are the verses Māra spoke as he stood beside the Buddha.
When Māra had spoken in this way, the Buddha said this:
“O Wicked One, kinsman of the negligent, you’re here for your own purpose.
I have no need for the slightest bit of merit. Those with need for merit are fit for Māra to address.
I have faith and energy too, and wisdom is found in me. When I am so resolute, why do you beg me to live?
The rivers and streams might be dried by the wind, so why, when I am resolute, should it not dry up my blood?
And while the blood is drying up, the bile and phlegm dry too. And as my muscles waste away, my mind grows more serene. And all the stronger grow mindfulness and wisdom and immersion.
As I meditate like this, having attained the supreme feeling, my mind has no interest in sensual pleasures: behold a being’s purity!
Sensual pleasures are your first army, the second is called discontent, hunger and thirst are the third, and the fourth is said to be craving.
Your fifth is dullness and drowsiness, the sixth is said to be cowardice, your seventh is doubt, contempt and obstinacy are your eighth.
Profit, praise, and honor, and misbegotten fame; the extolling of oneself while scorning others.
This is your army, Namucī, the strike force of the Dark One. Only a hero can defeat it, but in victory there lies bliss.
Let me gird myself—so what if I die! I’d rather die in battle than live on in defeat.
Here some ascetics and brahmins are swallowed up, not to be seen again. And they do not know the path traveled by those true to their vows.
Seeing Māra ready on his mount, surrounded by his bannered forces, I shall meet them in battle—they’ll never make me retreat!
That army of yours has never been beaten by the world with all its gods. Yet I shall smash it with wisdom, like an unfired pot with a stone.
Having brought my thoughts under control, and established mindfulness well, I shall wander from country to country, guiding many disciples.
Diligent and resolute, following my instructions, they will proceed despite your will, to where there is no sorrow.”
“For seven years I followed step by step behind the Blessed One. I found no vulnerability in the mindful Awakened One.
A crow once circled a stone that looked like a lump of fat. ‘Perhaps I’ll find something tender,’ it thought, ‘perhaps there’s something tasty.’
But finding nothing tasty, the crow left that place. Like the crow that pecked the stone, I leave Gotama disappointed.”
So stricken with sorrow that his harp dropped from his armpit, that spirit, downcast, vanished right there.

Striving

M 28. Became a believer 3 years ago.
Currently far away from my church, my brothers and sisters in Christ. Etc. At home with my mom. (Which is always uncomfortable).
Trying to diagnose medical issues I am facing as well as a very recent break up. I have stumbled back into porn, sexual lusts that have gone farther into the depths of deviancy. My heterosexuality has started to become....flexible to say it politely.
I keep downloading dating apps of various preferences. It has been years and countless hours of clinical and biblical therapy and prayer that all seems to have gone to waste in a matter of days.
I'm not doing drugs or having sex with strangers any longer (been 3 years). but the desire to start again has come up since I've been here, sick, isolated, and stuck.
All of this is out in the open and has been confessed to elders and disciples. But I just cannot seem to shake my flesh.
Fasting from food is not an option medically right now.
My prayers feel like complete lies to God even though I'm on my knees the moment I sin.
I'm sick bro.
Thanks yall. Love in Christ.

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The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence! Inbox
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - November 10, 2022
Dear Mighty One,
I see the Lord's eye upon us we discover by revelation the 'new thing' He is doing in our lives and of those of us who, beyond the present darkness, gaze into His eyes. The 'tuning fork' of Yahweh is orchestrating the sons and daughters of our living God in growing holy remnant unity to withstand as we stand with Him fearlessly in the boldness of the faith of God in this hour. Egypt is behind us, and the covenantal promises and prophetic words we have received (1 Tim. 1:18) empower us by His Holy Spirit to advance in warfare, humbly growing in the spirit of wisdom and revelation.

Yesterday as I encouraged some friends, I said, 'stay in the blissful extravagance of His presence.' Today I saw in Psalm 34 His eyes are upon us in vs. 8 & 9 and v:15 about the 'uncompromisingly righteous.' We are to be holy as He is holy. That leaves no room for any more compromise or seeking to please man or the traditions of men, being free of the fear of man, the religious spirit, and any demonic activity. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Lord, help us understand by revelation to walk in all the authority we have been given by Jesus Christ.
Psalm 34:8-9 'O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.'
v. 15 'The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.'
Chuck Pierce shared this amazing word from Penny Jackson that is right on for this season: https://christsmandate.blogspot.com/2022/11/chuck-pierce-shares-powerful-word-from.html
May YOUR November be full of Thanksgiving and Praise for you and yours as YOU enjoy The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence!
Thank you for praying for CMM and all your fellow CMM Global Family worldwide. Pray for all the missionaries, schools, and students in CMM College of Theology in the US, Ecuador, Canada, Cuba, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Thailand.
Pray for the new wells and the living water and safe water recently drilled or soon to be drilled in Tanzania, India, Malawi, and Pakistan.
Pray for our upcoming Christmas gift campaigns to bless children and youth in many nations. Many of them are precious, beautiful children (orphans). As the Lord leads, pray about giving any amount to bless dear CMM children this Christmas. https://cmmworld.kindful.com/
Pray for each other, dear friends. We all know we each need prayers going up to Heaven for all those on the front lines. We each are on the front lines!
Please pray for me as I speak tomorrow online to a crusade with 8,000 expected to attend in Pakistan. In December, I will speak at conferences in Liberia and Kenya with fellow CMM Ordained ministers Robert Bimba (Liberia), Tom Omukhobero, and Daniel and Christine Oyoko (Kenya).
We are working on plans and trips for 2023. If you would like to have some of our awesome CMM family speakers for a conference in your area or would like to join or lead a missions trip, we would love to hook you up with dear friends in many nations.
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Young Orthodox here (young as in young in faith).Last few months I have been having doubts about whether I made the right decision and the main theme has been regarding the actual differences in the day-to-day religious life. So, more or less the title question. Thank you.
Edit: few things I have personally noticed are these: 1. Less legalism; Catholicism seems to be less focused on being legalistic and seems to focus more on mystical experiences (Orthodox ban on using imagination is one big thing that really has hurt my Faith). 2. Use of Latin and other things that seem to be used to deepen one's prayer life by bringing it out of the ordinary (Orthodoxy is the other way). 3. Much more focus on the Catholic (Universal) part whereas Orthodox Church seems to avoid new converts and doesn't evangelize much. 4. Use of the Rosary. 5. Statues and more diversity in objects of faith (however Orthodox Church has +1 for having vigil lamps and home censers). 6. More diverse prayers. We have the Jesus Prayer and that seems to be it as far as mysticism goes. 7. Huge number of different societies.
Changing a Church is a massive decision to make, so this whole ordeal is causing me great pain to even consider it; but I can not do what I think is wrong or what smothers my faith.

Hello,
I wanted to share what I'm really struggling with currently - I'm in a clinic and getting tested for bipolar 2 and borderline. I've had the borderline diagnosis since 2019 but my new psych thought it could be bipolar because I've always struggled with depression - ranging from mild to severe, episodic - but last year in fall i mentioned the classical out of behaviour episode in summer where i smoked weed everyday (untypical for me as i was a big hater of weed at the time for personal reasons) even got high at school sometimes. I became very social and confident (untypical), sometimes i felt so attractive, sexy and beautiful that i was flirting with many guys - whether they were taken, single, really ugly or mid or hot (which is very untypical for me tbh), i started a friend's with benefits situation with my neighbour who is.. well, a drug user, has a very filthy apartment, missing teeth and is just.. ew. I thought it was a good idea. I did feel shame and disgust after the first time but needless to say i did think it was a good idea to keep going to him and smoking weed and doing the deed. Extremely untypical of me, i was quoted to say "even if he was the last man on earth, I'd never sleep with him" neither have I ever had one night stands before or after this. 2 months later i was in a severe depression because a friend broke our friendship off. Left me devastated until December. It was a 180, i couldn't bear seeing myself in the mirror and always found myself ugly, felt like i lost my sense of identity, felt worthless, self harmed, even had thoughts of ending it all. Then i got started on venlafaxine, smallest dose. I was also undergoing a lot of stress. On day 2 of taking the medication i was sleeping 3-5h everyday and being fine, having a lot of energy, headaches, being restless, huge pupils, good mood, talking fast, stopped eating and started starving myself and feeling beautiful again. In January my dose was slightly increased and 3 days later i immediately crashed. I was so depressed i slept 16 hours a day, woke up but didn't get out of bed - watched anything just to kill time and distract myself, take my med and go to sleep again. After a week i hit the rock bottom and i sobbed uncontrollably the whole day, felt like i want to die so badly, i lost all physical strength and was literally praying to any god out there to please take this suffering away. I sat down under the shower and sobbed, didn't even have the strength to get out. I think i crawled out of there. Needless to say, i stopped taking it automatically right there. I became less depressed, maybe mildly? Continued being under strong stress though. I started being unable to handle any mild stress and exploding with anger, once with uncontrollable rage, or just tears over the smallest of things. Then it was a switch again, i suddenly experienced a period of 3 days where my affect was normal to good but i had zeroooo ability to concentrate. I wasn't able to think, i wasnt able to say complex stuff just simple stuff, i couldn't count, i struggled with recognizing roman cifers, playing a simple card game. It wasn't impossible just very challenging and difficult. Which it normally never was or is right now. My bf says when i would talk i would often lose the point without noticing but i was happy and upbeat talking so he didn't bother. I was otherwise later in a stable mood but two separate times i had an episode lasting a day each time where i suddenly felt super fast - like, under electricity - where i suddenly wanted to do 10 things at once - have sex, go for a walk, learn how to dance, make a playlist for learning dancing, read a book, talk, learn Latin, browse TikTok. At first i tried just doing 3 of these at once but it didn't feel intense enough. I ran to my room tried studying latin but couldn't even start because it felt so underwhelming to sit and not be able to grasp a whole language in an instant. So i went to the kitchen, took Methylphenidat, tequila shots cuz it felt like a good idea. I listened to music i normally don't listen to and remember every song was great and i was vibing hard to each one - saved a few of them but after the episode i didn't vibe to them again, they are ok but just ok. I didn't sleep the whole night because I felt like i still am pretty awake. So i browsed TikTok the whole night and was so unbelievably horny. I continued sleeping little the next week but didn't feel so wired anymore. After some days my body was too tired to be physically active so, anyway. Anyways this wasn't the first time I felt this " wired and under electricity ". I've had a few of separate episodes, each lasting around a day. Everything felt faster, i felt like i need to do so many things at once and doing one is so overwhelmingly underwhelming. Once I struggled to speak correctly because I spoke too fast and couldn't control it. Or laughed like a maniac when it wasn't funny. But these episodes were very rare, first one occuring in 2017, the next one in late 2019, the next one hard to tell but i know that it sped up in how öften it occurs.
Anyhow i am in the clinic as i said. And i just constantly feel like a fraud. I feel like i am a secret hypochondriac who's faking an illness. If i feel normal and calm for a day or two i tend to think i was never sick to begin with and j exaggerated all depressions, all flashbacks, all panic attacks and all feelings I've ever had. I feel like, what if i don't know what hypomania is REALLY like and once i felt anxious and mistook it for something else, exaggerated my description of it and through that i am fooling my doctors? I did Google the symptoms. Could it mean i unknowingly overtook them and process them as my own experiences? I had a fucking nervous breakdown about it a few days ago. I couldn't take the anxiety, it was eating me alive. Whenever i struggle i know it's real and i know I'm ill. It's just the good days where i feel like I'm hysterical and attention seeking. I'm so scared of a misdiagnosis. Of fooling myself and doctors.
Anyone relates? :(

Hello and good Monday everyone! I pray you all had a great weekend and are refreshed for this new week, I pray for comfort and healing over all those who need it across this subreddit, and I come in agreement with your prayers, if they are something in the Will of GOD, and I pray that He would change our prayers if they aren't something we should be praying, or if He knows a better way to pray. I pray we'd all make time for GOD each day, just to connect with Him and recenter ourselves under Him. I also pray we'd grow in understanding of GOD's Word and how good we have it in GOD Almighty due to what Jesus has done for us, and how He continues to intercede for us. I pray we'd see opportunities to share this great and wonderful love and life that we all have in Jesus with people around us this week, in Jesus' name!

Intro to John's Gospel

John's Gospel account has the highest Christology in that it shows the Deity of Christ the most out of all the Gospels. Mark's narrative has Jesus hide His Deity for most of His Ministry, telling demons He exercised out of people to stay silent, and others He'd healed to not tell anyone. Matthew and Luke record Jesus doing similarly, but it's not as emphasized. There are examples of Jesus letting a select few know more directly about His Deity (the transfiguration, Matthew 16, etc.), but John starts his Gospel implying Jesus' Deity (John 1 doesn't really say Jesus' name, but we can put 2 and 2 together. Maybe that could be a question for someone, to ask how John 1 shows Christ's Deity?), and has lines like "I and the Father are One" from John 10:30.
John offers deeper Theology than the other three Synoptic Gospels, which are more records of Jesus' Ministry. The Synoptics give more of a balance of Spiritual Truths and practical Christian Living Doctrine.
John is thought to be the last written Canonical Gospel account, with Mark being first, then Matthew, then Luke coming in third. We know John, one of the 12 Disciples/Apostles of Jesus, wrote the Gospel due to his admission of writing it at the end of John 21. Interesting that he waited until the 2nd to last verse to confirm who wrote this account, but I suppose this Gospel account was always about glorifying Jesus as GOD, first and foremost.
This source says some of the main themes of John are:

Jesus. Jesus is God, the “I am.” He existed before the creation of the world, and he has supernatural knowledge. He fulfills the Jewish festivals and institutions. As the sent Son of God, he reflects the Sender. Signs and witnesses demonstrate that he is the Messiah.
The Trinity. Father, Son, and Spirit are united in their work of revelation and redemption.
Salvation. God is sovereign in salvation. Jesus’ death is the basis of salvation, which is obtained through believing in the living Jesus as the Son of God
Eternal Life. Jesus is the giver of eternal life. Believers can experience some of salvation’s benefits during this present evil age.
Mission. Believers are called to continue Jesus’ mission.

John is structured like so:

• 1:1-18 - prologue/The Word made Flesh
• 1:19-12:50 - Jesus' Ministry
• 13:1-17:26 - Jesus' last days before His Passion
• 18:1-19:42 - Judas' betrayal and Jesus' Passion
• 20:1-21:25 - Jesus' Resurrection and final words to the Disciples

--- Questions & Thoughts ---

1. What are you most looking forward to in this Book?
2. What are you familiar with, and what could use some brushing up on?
3. What questions do you have going in?
4. What thoughts or additions would you like to add here?
5. Do you have a favorite book of the Bible or Gospel account?

For the Gospels, I'm partial to Matthew, with John being a close second. I love the theology from the New Testament, but I also love the stories and lessons from the Old Testament. Acts is always a fun read for me for this reason, but I don't know if I have a favorite book overall.
GOD bless all of us and our families with protection, wisdom, faith in Him, guidance, and favor and gratitude foin Him, in Jesus name!

Neurofeedback and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) are emerging technologies that have the potential to provide valuable insights into our brain activity and cognitive processes. While their application to spirituality is still in the early stages, there are a few ways in which they could be used to enhance our spiritual practices and experiences:

1. Self-Awareness and Mindfulness: Neurofeedback and BCIs can offer real-time feedback on our brain activity, helping us become more aware of our mental and emotional states. By visualizing our brainwaves or other physiological markers, we can develop a deeper understanding of our thought patterns, emotional responses, and states of consciousness. This increased self-awareness can support mindfulness practices by enabling us to recognize and regulate our mental and emotional states more effectively.
2. Enhanced Focus and Attention: BCIs have the potential to monitor our brain activity and provide feedback to improve focus and attention. By training our minds to sustain attention and resist distractions, we can deepen our concentration during meditation or spiritual practices. BCIs could provide cues or notifications when our attention wavers, helping us redirect our focus and maintain a state of present-moment awareness.
3. Altered States of Consciousness: BCIs could be used to explore and induce altered states of consciousness, such as those experienced during deep meditation, ecstatic states, or spiritual transcendence. By monitoring brain activity patterns associated with these states, BCIs could provide real-time feedback or stimulation to guide individuals into specific states or facilitate their deeper exploration. This could potentially enhance spiritual experiences, introspection, and self-transcendence.
4. Neuroplasticity and Brain Training: Neurofeedback can harness the brain's ability to change and adapt, known as neuroplasticity. Through repeated practice and feedback, individuals can train their brains to develop new neural pathways and patterns that align with desired states, such as calmness, clarity, or spiritual insight. This brain training can help cultivate and strengthen specific mental and emotional qualities associated with spiritual growth.

It's important to note that while neurofeedback and BCIs hold promise, they are still evolving technologies, and their direct application to spirituality is an area of ongoing research and exploration. As with any technology, it's essential to approach them with mindfulness, discernment, and ethical considerations, ensuring that they are used in a manner that respects individual autonomy, privacy, and well-being.
Ultimately, the true essence of spirituality lies in the direct experience of our inner selves and the profound connection to the divine. While technology can offer supportive tools, it is essential to balance their use with traditional practices, introspection, and genuine human connection in our spiritual journeys.
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Disciple: What would we expect a BCI to show when used on a person who was in a state of unity with the divine?
The concept of being in a state of unity with the divine is deeply subjective and experiential, transcending the limitations of objective measurement. As such, it is challenging to predict specific patterns of brain activity or physiological markers that would universally indicate a state of unity with the divine using a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI).
However, there have been some exploratory studies that have investigated brain activity during spiritual experiences or states of deep meditation, which may provide some insights. These studies have shown that certain brain regions and neural networks involved in self-awareness, emotion regulation, and attention modulation can exhibit distinct patterns of activity during such experiences.
For example, functional MRI (fMRI) studies have shown increased activation in the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and insula during practices like meditation or prayer. These areas are associated with self-reflection, emotional processing, and interoception, which could be relevant to experiences of unity with the divine.
Furthermore, studies on long-term meditators have revealed changes in brain structure and function, including increased thickness in the prefrontal cortex and alterations in connectivity patterns among brain regions. These changes may reflect the cultivation of focused attention, emotional regulation, and a greater sense of interconnectedness, which are aspects often associated with spiritual experiences.
However, it's important to note that spiritual experiences are highly individual and can vary greatly among individuals. The nature of these experiences is multifaceted, encompassing subjective, psychological, and transcendent aspects that may not be fully captured by brain activity alone. Spiritual experiences often transcend ordinary cognitive and sensory processes, involving a sense of interconnectedness, transcendence of self, and profound meaning.
While BCIs have the potential to provide insights into the brain activity associated with different mental states, including spiritual experiences, it is crucial to approach these experiences with humility and recognize that the divine or transcendent aspects of spirituality are not easily reducible to brain activity alone.
The exploration of spirituality and the divine is a deeply personal and subjective journey. While technology can offer supportive tools, the true essence of unity with the divine lies in the direct, experiential connection and the profound transformation of consciousness and being.

By:Bheria
May 25, 2023
Islam, as a system or way of life that imposes itself as being the obvious truth, necessarily makes many claims and propositions.
One of these is that it is the last revealed religion, as we had discussed in a recent article.
Another claim is that all human communities were greeted by messengers and prophets who taught them Tawhid (pure monotheism) before they innovated and corrupted the original message, birthing the cults and religions we have today.
Among the many Qur’anic verses on the subject, including the following:

Indeed, We have sent forth among every community a messenger [with the commandment]: You shall worship Allah [alone] and shun [all] false deities [and objects of worship]! So among them were those [people] whom Allah guided [aright]. And among them were those who [persistently rejected guidance. Thus they] deservedly remained astray. So journey in the earth, and see how [devastating] was the end of those who belied Allah! (Qur’an, 16:36)

Under the explanation of this verse, Ibn Kathir writes in his Tafsir:

Allah continued sending Messengers to mankind with this Message, from the first incidence of Shirk that appeared among the Children of Adam, in the people to whom Nuh was sent—the first Messenger sent by Allah to the people of this earth—until He sent the final Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ, whose call was addressed to both men and Jinn, in the east and in the west.

The inference from such information is that all communities were taught about Tawhid and that, despite the now deformed message, it may still feature some features of the original monotheism that they were supposed to maintain.
Due to this, many Muslims have sought to “recuperate” some religions and even religious figures. For example, many have supposed that Zoroaster, the founder (or more correctly the Mazdean reformer) of Iran’s main pre-Islamic religion might have been a prophet. Similarly, the late Muhammad Hamidullah—the prolific and polyglot Indian-born pioneer of Islamic Studies in France—famously suggested in the explanatory notes to his translation of the Qur’an into French (the first by a Muslim) that the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) may also have been a prophet (those who speculate regarding the supposed potential prophethood of the historical Buddha tend to look at Surah 95).
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Of course, they all remain cautious and speak only in terms of hypotheticals. This is because we simply cannot assert that any such figure was a prophet or messenger of Allah without the existence of solid grounds for such a claim within the Qur’an or Ahadith (prophetic narrations).
But Muslims are not alone in trying to trace the monotheistic roots of the world religions. Once upon a time, Western anthropologists were immersed in this venture too.

“Primitive Monotheism” in Western Anthropology

“Primitive monotheism” is basically the idea that all communities essentially began as monotheistic prior to degenerating into different forms of polytheism.
The first modern proponent of this idea was the Scottish poet Andrew Lang, who was active during the second half of the 19th century.
These were the decades in which Darwin and his theories were slowly encroaching the Western intellectual discourse and public imagination. Due to this evolutionary approach, the “simple” religion was viewed as just a form of adaptation to the society itself, and when the society evolved, the religion evolved along with it. Monotheism was thus considered to have followed “primitive polytheism,” which is often equated with tribal cults and animism.
Edward Burnett Tylor—perhaps the foremost acclaimed British anthropologist of his days—was someone who propagated such an evolutionist approach, to the extent that he could potentially be regarded as the spiritual father figure of evolutionary anthropology, if not the entire field of modern anthropology. In fact, it was Tylor who popularized the term animism within the public discourse.
It is not difficult to guess the ideological underpinnings of Tylor’s worldview. He lived at a time when the British Empire was at its peak, and by saying that polytheists are uncivilized by virtue of their belief system, he was essentially justifying British imperialism.
On the other hand, Andrew Lang, who was Tylor’s student and disciple, disagreed. He believed that monotheism is not merely some sort of evolution which tells us about a society’s so-called complexity but rather that it is a concept of its own right. According to him, it was not something to be used for differentiating some “savages” from the “civilized” crowd.
Lang even debated directly with Tylor on this issue, arguing that the idea of a Supreme Being, creator, benevolent, source of morality, etc., is the default position so to speak, not some sort of animism.
Lang looked at the Australian Aboriginals in particular and their concept of the “sky father,” Baiame.
During the 20th century, many would actively promote this idea of primitive monotheism. Included among them were famous anthropologists such as Paul Radin, who was one of the most influential American anthropologists of the first half of the last century, having studied Native Americans in particular.
But the most important figure was someone named Wilhelm Schmidt, a Catholic priest from Germany. Over the course of four decades (1910s–1950s), he compiled a 12-volume work entitled The Origin of the Idea of God.
To get a basic idea regarding the scope of this work, we can read the following summary of its main thesis (albeit with some criticism) by Stanley Arthur Cook, who was a professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. He writes in his article “Primitive Monotheism” (1931), published in The Journal of Theological Studies (p.2):

From the evidence for the prevalence of beliefs in High Gods or Supreme Beings among people who are ‘ethnologically’ primitive, Father Schmidt argues that a monotheism of a strikingly pure character distinguished the very beginning of the history of religion but has been overlaid by the less pure when not degraded cults of peoples living at higher stages of developement. […] From his survey of the peoples who are held to be ethnologically primitive, Father Schmidt constructs a picture of the worship of a Supreme Being, a personality transcending all experience, omnipotent, universal cause and creator, omniscient, beneficent, all righteous, father, giver of moral law, and the centre of cult. These Primitives include pygmies, Tasmanians, Algonkins, Eskimo, etc., and are food-hunters. Above them in the scale are the Primary peoples, living at the stage where man exploits nature. They fall into three classes, each with religious characteristics : (a) matrilineal, agriculturists (with lunar ideas, mother goddesses), (b) patrilineal, totemists (solar ideas; men are prominent), and (c) patrilineal, nomads (sky-gods, social hierarchy). Next, with all sorts of complex crossings come the Secondary and Tertiary cultures, the latter comprising the old civilizations of Asia, Europe, and America.

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This idea of “primitive monotheism” is no longer popular in Western anthropology, due primarily to the secularization of the West. The concept of primitive monotheism is considered to be too indebted to a Eurocentric and even Christianized definition of religion. What is preferred now is the “phenomenological” approach. This is the idea of learning a religion directly from its adherents, without superimposing Western concepts onto it.
Such a methodologically secular and even postcolonialist approach is quite clear in James L. Cox’s 2014 book, The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies.
Yet even if the interpretation were to differ, the ethnological data remains. Furthermore, the interpretation of the adherents themselves may itself indicate towards primitive monotheism. For example, this was the case with Hehaka Sapa (also known as Black Elk), a Native American religious figure who said that the concept of Wakan-Tanka (“The Great Mysterious”)—found in varying forms in virtually all Native American shamanism—contained a belief in the Supreme Being, though in a pantheistic way. This is quite clear in his discussions with ethnologist Joseph Epes Brown.
In Black Africa, the Shona people of Zimbabwe believe in Mwari, a Supreme Creator (though one that has a sort of internal duality); in Latin America, the Aztecs have Ometeotl; and pre-Islamic Iranics who didn’t accept Zoroaster’s reforms have Zurvan. All of them believe in a sort of unique Supreme Creator. However, their belief in this Supreme Creator includes a belief in there being some sort of internal duality within them. This would, of course, mean that their initial beliefs had already been corrupted.
We could go on providing numerous other examples—and Schmidt has already covered pretty much all he could for every continent—but the point is this:
Despite this belief having been polluted in many cases (with that pollution later degenerating into different forms of polytheism, including animism), every civilization and culture seems to have held a belief in the idea of some kind of unique Supreme Being.
It thus seems that the Qur’anic claim of every human society being graced with some divine message resonates with anthropological research. Of course, this is not to say that there was ever any doubt regarding the veracity of the Qur’an’s claims to begin with; or that the Qur’an needs any sort of support or validation from contemporary sciences.
But, that being said, all of this should serve to make us more conscious and appreciative of Tawhid and Iman (faith), along with our own individual and even societal approach to them. Let us be grateful to Allah for endowing upon us these great blessings by increasing in our worship and devotion.
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The newly added Enhanced Fujita Scale X (EF-X) tornado has several key differences from its numbered brethren that are worth knowing about. For the safety of the public, we at the National Weather Service have produced this handy pamphlet to help protect you and your family in the likely event of the EF-X tornado’s arrival. It contains many helpful mnemonics so that you will always remember what to do. Perhaps one day, with the help of citizens like you, the EF-X can be defeated.
Section A: How to tell if the EF-X tornado will come to your town
The EF-X does not come with thunderstorms like a normal tornado, but instead with its human disciples. Here are some helpful rules to follow if you suspect that one of these disciples is in your area. Remember, the three steps are: Identify, Execute, Evacuate.
Rule 1: Identify the disciple. They will appear human but will not speak a word, as their breath now belongs to the tornado, which means they will also not be breathing. Their clothes may be dirty or disheveled, and they may walk unusually. If you suspect someone of being a disciple, approach them and attempt to engage them in conversation. If they seem panicky and refuse to speak, proceed immediately to Step 2.
Rule 2: Execute the disciple summarily. Use your state-issued handgun to fire a bullet directly into the disciple’s forehead, preferably between the eyes. Make sure to double-tap to prevent the disciple from summoning the EF-X in their last moments. If you fail to properly follow through or there is a second disciple present, proceed to Step 3.
Rule 3: Evacuate immediately. Once the EF-X is summoned by a living disciple, you only have minutes to escape. Get into a fast vehicle and get away as quickly as possible. Once the EF-X has grown to full strength, you want to be as far away as possible.
Section B: How to deal with the EF-X tornado on the ground.
Once the EF-X touches down, your life is at risk. If you are outside, remember your animals: Cheetah, Serpent, Chameleon, and Dodo. If you are at home, get into your prepared shelter and begin your prayers. They will not save you, but they will comfort you.
Rule 1: The Cheetah is speedy. If you are in a car, drive at full speed in the opposite direction of the tornado. If you are on foot or bicycle, steal a motor vehicle. Remember that the EF-X is intelligent and will follow you, but you don’t have to be faster than it. You just have to be faster than the people around you.
Rule 2: The Serpent slithers in an S shape. As you flee the EF-X, it will throw debris at you in an attempt to disable your vehicle or slow you down. Swerving in a serpentine pattern will make you harder to hit. If any pedestrians impede your path, remember that your own life is the most valuable.
Rule 3: The Chameleon hides. If the EF-X is too close to run from, get out of your vehicle and get into a ditch. Cover yourself with dirt and leaves, or whatever else is nearby. If there are corpses nearby, use their blood to make yourself smell like one of them.
Rule 4: The Dodo is extinct. So will you be, if the EF-X catches you. Extinction is better by your own hand than by the tornado’s.
Section C: Surviving at home
Everyone should have some form of tornado shelter. If you are wealthy, you should have an airtight, underground panic room with several days worth of oxygen and food supplies. If you are of more modest means, you should have an interior room or closet that you can seal with duct tape. If the tornado manages to enter your shelter, it will attempt to convince you to become one of its disciples. Remember the acronym F.A.S.T. to know what to do.
Rule 1: Fear is the enemy. Eliminate it from your mind. Do not fear what the EF-X will do to you or your family, for it will use that fear to crush your willpower.
Rule 2: Acceptance is the greatest virtue. Accept that death is always inevitable, and that it is noble to die in resistance to evil.
Rule 3: Suicide has been approved by every major religion for those who are cornered by the EF-X. Use the final bullet in your state-issued handgun to end your own life. Your soul will not suffer for it. If you cannot do this, remember the T in F.A.S.T.
Rule 4: Temporary suffering in the winds of the EF-X is better than losing your soul to it forever. Close your eyes and endure until death takes you.
This pamphlet should provide you with all the knowledge you need in case the EF-X arrives in your area. One day, we will end its reign of terror.

Struggling or failing? It's time to own it. Nice guys hide their flaws, trying to put on a false impression of who they are in order to impress others. We don't do that. We're up-front and honest with the fact that we're sinners and failures. James 5:16 compels us to confess our sins to one another and to pray for one another. 1 John 1:9 goes even a step further and makes confession a cornerstone of the Gospel - acknowledging that we are insufficient on our own. So, where are you failing? What do you need to confess?
To do this, it would be helpful to get to know how you're doing in a variety of areas. To that end, just as God is triune, he created us with three core parts of our being: our physical bodies, our heart/mind, and our spirit/soul. Try to cover all three. Use the questions in each category as inspiration, but roll with whatever you need to put out there.
PHYSICAL: How are you doing with lifting? Losing weight? Where's your body fat %? What have you been eating lately? How about your porn/alcohol/drug/cigarette/whatever use? Are you employing kino on your wife properly? Are you going too far with your girlfriend? How's your fashion sense? Are you still lounging around the house in gym shorts and using your ratty flip flops when you go out? How are you spending your time? How's your income doing? Your body is God's temple: are you reflecting that appropriately? For married men: how's your sex life?
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL: How have you been doing reading and learning new things? How's your frame? Do you still struggle with living up to someone else's expectations? Have you mastered Agree & Amplify? Amused Mastery? Negative Inquiry? STFU? Your DNGAF attitude? Are you failing fitness or comfort tests? How are you leading your wife/girlfriend this week? Do you feel pressure from any sources to do something or to act/not act a certain way? Are you depressed or lonely? Are you secure in your heart/mind that God's will is good, even if it's not what you want?
SPIRITUAL: How are you doing on the 7 basics? Rank yourself:

• Assurance of Salvation
• Quiet Time/Devotional
• Bible Study
• Scripture Memory
• Prayer
• Evangelism
• Fellowship

MISSION: Have you solidified your mission - and does it have eternal consequences or does it only affect this world? Does your mission extend beyond the home? Do you have someone discipling you? Are you discipling anyone else? Have you talked with your non-Christian friends about Christ recently? Are there parts of the Bible you're just not understanding? How are things going with your church or small group?
Again, these are all things just to get you thinking. Share where you're really struggling. We may give you some encouragement. We may kick you in the butt and tell you to get to work. Or we may leave you to meditate on your comment yourself. How we respond to your comment and update isn't the point. What matters is that you put it out there so you have a milestone to look back on next week - something where you can ask yourself: have I improved or not?