Education Hofstra University, M.F.A. (Documentary Studies and
Production)
Present.
Queens
College- September 2004- 2008.
(BA in
Media Studies; Minors: Film Studies and Political Science)
Martin
Luther High School. Graduated: June 2004.
Volunteer
Experience Elmhurst Hospital- Information desk (Fall 2004)
-Answered and transferred phone calls.
-Handed out and organized hospital room passes.
-Assisted visitors with general information such as directions
to hospital and emergency rooms.
Elmhurst
Hospital- Messenger (Summer, 2005)
-Cleaned and maintained stretchers and wheelchairs.
-Delivered lab specimens from nurse stations to lab.
-Delivered medicine from hospital pharmacy to nurse stations.
Work
Experience Queens Public Television (QPTV) - Intern (Summer
2007).
- Making and mailing copies of press releases.
-Answering and transferring phone calls.
-Shooting and Editing of Public Service Announcements.
-Organized and maintained tape library.
Hofstra Department of Academic
Audiovisual Services- (Fall 09- Spring 2011).
-Filming events and lectures.
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Setting up projectors, speakers, and microphones for live events and classes
-Taking phone calls on equipment requests for events.
- Offering technical assistance for professors.
Computer
Experience Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Final Cut Pro,
DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and basic skills in Adobe Premiere 6.0
and Pro Tools.
My friend and I went filming for our blind
specials in New Jersey last year and then later in that year, we
decided to visit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pardon my cursing
in the New Jersey series, but we were both suffering walking
miles outside in the heat that day. Here are videos from both
our trips.
Lost in Jersey:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Part 6 Finale:
Lost in Phili:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Part 6:
Part 7:
Part 8:
Part 9/10:
Part 11 Finale:
Enjoy! Where we will visit next is up to the Grace of God.
My friend and I just completed two special
episodes of a series we are working on called Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Lives. My friend directed and produced it and I
co-produced it. Here is a link to our promo of the first
episode:
Here is a link to a promo for the second episode:
Here is an interview we did about the two specials with Dr.
Bob Lee on a public access show by the name of OPEN that aired
in the Bronx on BronxNet which also aired the two specials:
We have already aired it on most of the public access
television stations in New York City and we are sending out
copies to different states such as Chicago. The main subjects
of the first episode are Ray and Romeo who are both blind
activists with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). This
episode covers the issues that are most pressing for the blind
community and how they advocate to resolve these issues. The
main subject of the second episode is Father Patrick Martin, who
is a blind missionary priest and is about how faith can be used
to overcome the spiritual and physical obstacles of being blind
and how other religions view blindness. These two specials are
truly insightful and helpful to those who were wondering about
the lives of blind people. Yes, they are ordinary people and
especially in Father Patrick Martin’s case, ordinary people with
extraordinary lives.
Today, a fantastic question came to me and I have asked God
what His thoughts were on the subject. His answer came to
me in an unexpected way. I asked Him what it takes to be
real man or gentleman. This is a very interesting question,
because the answer varies in today’s society. Some people
may view it as how tough and muscular you are while others
say it is about standing up for what is right and taking on
responsibilities and taking care of others and others even
believe it is determined by how much wealth you have. God
gave me an interesting example. He used the TV show Two and
a Half Men. In the show, Charlie Sheen plays a rich swinger
who lives on the beach and constantly sleeps with different
women and drinks. His younger brother, Alan, is a divorced
guy who is more of a Beta male and is divorced and lost
everything he had in that divorce. He cannot attract women
like Charlie and is often looked down upon by his brother
and everyone else as being a sponge or parasite and a loser.
Women in the series love Charlie’s bad boy persona, but get
frustrated with his lack of commitment. In the series,
Charlie is shown as a man’s man. A guy who works as a
musician by day earning a lot of money and sleeping with
women and drinking by night. Charlie has no shame or
remorse for most of his actions. Charlie is played by
Charlie Sheen. God is probably using him as an example as
he was driven crazy by either God or his own sin.
By now, everyone knows about Charlie Sheen’s breakdown and
leaving the show to do his live show, A Violent Torpedo of
Truth. In reality, Charlie Sheen lives as his character
does in the show. People think he is cool because of it.
However, God showed me that He is bringing craziness upon
Charlie Sheen, because He is challenging this “bad boy”
persona. In other words, He is taming that tiger. God
reminded me about the story of how He drove King
Nebuchednezzar II crazy when he forced the Hebrews to
worship a golden idol (and even threw three of God’s
messengers/servants into a burning furnace in which an angel
of the Lord rescued them) and when God drove the Midianites
(who conquered and oppressed the Israelites and forced them
to worship their false god Baal) so crazy that they started
killing each other allowing Gideon to win the battle by
God’s Grace. Both that king and the Midianites were proud
and completely rebelled against God even to the point of
hurting His people and even challenging Him directly. These
people would probably have been considered cool for their
rebellious personas, but God showed them that He is King and
will NOT tolerate rebellion
against Him. In the same way they are being driven to
madness, so is Charlie Sheen being driven to madness, but
most people are blind as to it’s cause, but are rather
interested in him as a character and a celebrity. In a
sense, Charlie Sheen’s condition foreshadows the future
condition of this whole world as it will be driven into
madness (probably by God or its own sin), because of it’s
rebellion against God.
So, what does it take to be a real man or gentleman? In the
first paragraph, the part about taking on responsibilities
and caring for others is partially correct in God’s Eyes. A
real man or gentleman must first be submitted to, repent to,
rely on, and serve God first. Then, he must serve others
and then himself last. The same goes for women as well.
Anyone who can closely emulate Jesus Christ the best way
they possibly can through faith in the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit is
seen as a real man/gentleman and woman/lady in God’s Eyes.
Jesus Christ is a real man/gentleman and most of all He is
the Savior of mankind and the Son of God.
As many of you have noticed from my recent
articles, I am a fan of anime. I wouldn’t say a huge fan,
because I would only watch a select few and then watch a couple
episodes from the rest. However, there are a few anime shows
that are not my cup of tea. Some of them are Bleach (if you’re
a fan, I apologize, but the story just does not hold my interest
as much as Naruto or Dragon Ball Z), Death Note (even though it
is extremely well written and produced), Sailor Moon (my friend
asked me to watch an episode and it just wasn’t for me), and now
Elfen Lied (TOO MUCH GORE!!!!). This anime, Elfen Lied, was too
gruesome even for me to watch. It can best be described as a
cross between Friday the 13th and Carrie. The anime was created
by Lynn Okamoto and I have only seen half of the first episode,
because the gore was too much for me to handle. However, I was
able to gather more information about the show online.
The story centers around a girl named Lucy who has two horns
on her head and the power of telekinesis. She is supposed to be
an evolved human being (I think it is called a Diclonyus) or a
mutation of sorts. She was experimented on in a government
facility. Throughout the series, she mercilessly kills other
people out of revenge for what they did to her. Now, some
people may have pity on a character like this, but there is a
major problem. This creature possesses no self-control
whatsoever. In her childhood, she seemed to have been raised in
an orphanage and even then had managed to kill (it is unclear
whether intentionally or not) a handful of people with her
powers.
Now, in terms of the world today, some might excuse this as
being a genetic quirk, but if you are a Christian who has
studied Genesis 6 extensively, you would know what these horns,
telekinesis, and lack of self control stems from. If you also
read the book of Enoch and have read various material about this
subject from Tom Horn or Steve Quayle, then you would know that
Lucy could in fact have a parent who is human (usually a mother)
and another parent who is a fallen or demonic angel (usually a
father). In the story, Lucy’s parents are never mentioned, so
it is unclear who gave her birth. The horns on her head are a
dead giveaway in my opinion and in fact, there are stories in
people in ancient times having horns who are not considered
fully human.
In this government base where Lucy was mercilessly
experimented on there are other Dyclonii being experimented on.
She eventually escapes, but not without killing many military
soldiers and even an innocent girl during her rampage before
being shot in the head. She survives, but then goes into an
infantile state. Even though what the scientists and military
did to her was awful, Lucy can still revert back to her form
and uses her powers to kill those sent after her. Some might
believe that poor Lucy escaped the terrible base so she can be
free. However, this assumption about Lucy being a victim of
geneticsin the eyes of Genesis chapter 6 is completely mistaken.
Genesis chapter 6 can be seen if you go to this link:
In this chapter, God specifically states to Moses (who is
believed to have written Genesis) that a long time ago, fallen
angels who rebelled against God came down to the Earth and mated
with human women. They taught these women many things from how
to make war to magic. The wives of these fallen angels became
known as witches. These women eventually gave birth to human
hybrids known as the Nephilim. These Nephilim were mostly
giants (some ranging from nine to 30 ft tall) and usually had
six fingers and six toes. Their skeletal remains, by the way
have been found, but are taken away by various military
organizations to government facilities for genetic testing and
cloning (Steve Quayle can explain more about this). They
learned war, magic, and other evil and forbidden arts from their
fathers. Some were very intelligent, but others were primitive
and slaves to their own instinctive desires. Some demanded
human or even child sacrifice and others were cannibals though.
In other words, most of them had an enormous blood lust. These
Nephilim also promoted the corruption of mankind to serve
themselves rather than to serve God. Man was already sinful
even before the arrival of these Nephilim, but were now almost
completely wicked due to their influence.
God saw that man was no longer a spiritual being living for
spiritual things, but now a totally flesh or desire driven
creature just like the Nephilim. God had meant for man to be
spiritually connected to, serve, love, and trust Him as He would
always love and protect His precious creation, mankind. When
God created man, he breathed life into him and did the same with
the woman. In a sense, we had a small portion of God’s Spirit
running through our bodies just as blood runs through our vains.
This spiritual energy can be sometimes referred to as ki or
chi. However, these Nephilim and their fathers declared
themselves to be ancient gods and demi-gods, causing mankind to
worship them rather than the True Creator, God.
So, how does all of this relate to the story of Elfen Lied?
If you research the works of various people who cover this
subject, you get a sense that the Nephilim and their fathers
began to “experiment” by combining the different DNA of humans
and other animals. By watering down mankind’s DNA, it was
getting harder for man to connect or even retain his spirit God
had given him and even his spiritual connection with God. Thus
God says in Genesis 6: 3, “Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will
not contend with (or remain in) humans forever, for they are
mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”" After
the Lord said this, he told Noah (who is Enoch’s descendent) to
build an arc so he and his family will live since they were
righteous in the Eyes of the Lord.
This “experimentation” would continue today in the form of
genetic modification for human advancement or transhumanism.
This is a real philosophy being sold to the world today and is
at the core of the Singularity Movement. I remember I attended
TriBeca Film Festival and I saw the film Transcendent Man. Even
though it did not win, the director was there along with the
subject of the film, Ray Kurzweil. After the film, I asked Mr.
Kurzweil about the possibility of these human modification
technologies ending up in the wrong hands. He gave a basic
“We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it” kind of an answer.
I was not left with much confidence in the practicality of this
transhumanist philosophy after that question.
Now, the story may not acknowledge this explanation of Lucy’s
powers and I highly doubt that the creator is a government
conspirator or Christian seeing as less than one percent of
Japanese are Christian (this statistic may have changed). It
seems the creator embraces the theory of evolution and how
humans have wrongfully tampered with it and/or other humans.
However, this show serves as an example of the importance of
this Biblical explanation. It is necessary to understand this,
because these types of “experiments” are going on in so-called
alien abductions and in black budget programs in underground
military bases. I know, it sounds like I forgot to take my
schizophrenia pill today, but please at least consider this
Biblical account and use Lucy from Elfen Lied as an example of
what could happen if these nightmarish experiments are real and
allowed to continue. Remember, repent, turn from sin, pray
earnestly to God, read His Word the Bible everyday, and truly
seek a living and active relationship with Jesus Christ. Then,
when you call on the name of the Lord Jesus christ of Nazareth,
He will give you Authority to cast those monsters out of this
world by the Power of His Holy Spirit through the Saving Power
of the Blood of Jesus Christ.
Here are some links to help you research this topic for
yourself:
http://www.stevequayle.com/index1a.html
http://www.raidersnewsnetwork.com/
http://standeyo.com/
http://www.shatterthedarkness.net/
For more information about the difference between living for
the flesh or desires and living spiritually with God, here are a
few links:
http://www.soundingthealarm.com/
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/brannon-howse/
Please let me know what you think. May God, His Son Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, and His Holy Spirit watch over everyone on
this planet through the Power of His Love and His Grace. Amen.
Who was your hero as a kid? Superman, Batman,
Wonder Woman, Spiderman? In any culture you find there are
stories of great heroes. Heroes are people who perform
magnificent feats in order to save the lives of those in danger
while putting their own lives at risk. People revere and honor
them for their courage, benevolence, inner strength, and
astounding acts of heroism. Heroes can take any form, shape,
size, and color. But who is the greatest hero of all time?
This question can spark as many answers as there are varieties
of flowers.
Growing up, I was always fascinated by heroes, especially
superheroes and most of the shows I used to watch as a kid were
focused on superheroes such as Goku, Superman, Samurai Jack,
etc… I always held these figures in high regard, because they
possessed something I had rarely possessed throughout my life;
bravery. I always fantasized about being a courageous hero
like these men, but I would cower away in fear most of the time.
I used to be afraid of everything from riding a bicycle to even
thunder and lightening. As a child, I would skylark in class
about superheroes such as Johnny Quest or Space Ghost. I always
wanted to be like a superhero. They did the most good wherever
they went, always got the beautiful girl, and ah yes, they
possessed superhuman qualities or powers.
Superheroes for me, however, represented another quality I
looked to gain growing up; true manhood. These superheroes
truly represented what it meant to be a man. They took upon
themselves the well being of others and would give their lives
to protect others. These shows would usually end happily where
the heroes become the saviors of the people. Recently, I began
to think about Jesus’ role as a hero and Savior to the world and
one question seemed to arise. With heroes like the ones in
these shows, why do they need a Savior like Jesus Christ? Could
Jesus be counted among these great heroes or is He above and
even separate from them?
The truth is in the latter part of the second question.
Jesus Christ makes it clear throughout the New Testament that
He is more than just a hero. He is THE MESSIAH and THE SON OF
GOD and He has spiritual authority handed down to Him from His
Father. This means that Jesus possesses far greater power than
these superheroes do. However, Jesus does not go around
exalting Himself. Rather, Jesus prefers to let His Message
speak for Itself through the Power and Authority of the Holy
Spirit.
The Lord, however, gave me wonderful links that could
provide some insight into the Quiet Strength of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth in stark contrast to the bold chested heroism of
ancient and modern day heroes and superheroes. God gave me
the example or parallel rather of the last temptation of
Christ. Many people think it just about power, but what
some may not realize is that Satan was offering Jesus all
the power of this physical world. He was tempting Jesus to
become like these heroes and to use His Awesome Powers to
take down and conquer his enemies and rule the world through
His own might. There was only one cost, Jesus had to bow
down before Satan and worship him as God. Jesus, however,
blatantly refused stating that His Father was the One True
God. This last temptation, however, could also be seen as a
distraction to the Purpose God had for His Son. Jesus,
through the Grace of His Father and the Holy Spirit, refused
to let anything stop Him from fulfilling God’s Will.
These superheroes, however, are men and women of the world.
They fight for the things of this world and carry out their
own interpretation of (mostly America’s) truth and justice.
They love the world more than they love God. They reflect
this aspect all human beings share. This is what the
ancient Greeks (and essentially most other civilizations)
did with their gods and goddesses. They ascribed to them
human characteristics in order to relate to them.
Jesus, however, was the exact opposite. He commanded us to
ascribe to be like God in our attitudes and behavior. Here
is a link to a site that talks about a comic book,
portraying Jesus as a superhero and it is number 4 on his
list:
I also began to think about how this relates to this blog
and the Lord pointed me in the direction of the Tiananmen
Square Massacre. He led me to this documentary and showed
me this wonderful act of heroism:
While these acts of heroism are great, without Jesus, we can
do nothing and must realize that true heroism lies in
serving God first, others second, and ourselves last.
Please let me know what you think.
I was surfing the Internet tonight when I came
across this article from World Net Daily by Mr. Neal Boortz. It
is called “Why Socialists Hate Rich People.” Here is a link to
the article so you can read it for yourself:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=16272
In the article Mr. Boortz gives his opinion as to why
socialists or “leftists” in this country (the United States of
America) are envious of those who are wealthy. His conclusion
is that these “poor” leftists can be rich themselves if they
only work hard enough. However, they remain poor, because they
are too lazy to go the extra mile.
Granted, this article was posted back in 2002, before the
economic crisis we face today. However, this way of thinking
still permeates through the political air of our society. Now,
I am NOT a liberal or a republican, but Mr. Boortz’s article is
partially right and partially wrong.
It is partially right in the sense that there are those in
lower classes who are envious of the rich, but are too lazy to
do anything about their situation. However, it is partially
wrong, because there are those in the lower classes who work
very hard and receive little in return. There are a variety of
reasons for this. Here is a list of a possible few:
1. Institutionalized Prejudice. I know. The word “racism”
gets tossed around a lot these days and for many unnecessary
reasons. However, I believe that there are situations where a
person’s race affects their ability to get a certain job and how
they are perceived in society. The reason I use the word
prejudice instead of racism is very simple. In some cases, it
is not the hatred of one’s skin color (racism), but the
irrational fear of others based on stereotypes (prejudice) that
drive some businesses and institutions to discriminate.
However, this problem can not be solved through government
intervention and should be dealt with at the local level of
society.
2. The world financial system is designed as one big pyramid
scheme. The few at the top keep getting wealthier from the work
of the people on the bottom, who do not see most of the money
they actually earned. In a society like this, there are few
winners and many losers. Again, government cannot solve this
problem, because government (especially our own) is run much
like a business and those run it are the winners, while those
who are under it are the losers.
3. Another reason is that in this society, hard work,
knowledge, and experience are rarely honored. These days, it’s
about who you know rather than what you know. For example,
let’s say an employee at a company applies for a higher
position, because he or she has met all the requirements of the
job. They have years of experience working for that company,
they know much about the job, and have worked hard for this
position. Then, there is another candidate who does not match
all of the criteria for that position, but knows the boss very
well. Who do you think would get it? Logically, it should be
the first one, but according to this world, the second person
would get it. Then, if this person does not know much about
this position, most of the work will fall on the rest of the
employees under this person. This in turn would slow business
down and the people who get blamed are the workers on the
bottom, while the management at the top give themselves bonuses.
This causes many businesses to suffer in the long run.
Businesses should not be run as country clubs.
4. Finally, some managers are not respectful towards their
workers. They do not even commend their employees going the
extra mile. There is this white shirt and blue shirt mentality.
The blue shirts are supposedly at the bottom, while the white
shirts are at the top. The two do not usually mingle and
mostly, white shirts will look down on blue shirt workers.
Those in management (and I know this is going to sound
unrealistic) should compliment workers under them who go the
extra mile every once in a while. This would build morale in
the workforce.
One of the main reasons some rich people get on the nerves of
the lower classes is because they flaunt their riches in
everybody’s face to “prove” their supposed superiority, but
instead prove their insecurity by doing this. Not all rich
people do this. There are those who worked very hard for what
they have and are very benevolent people. This arrogant
attitude trickles down from the elite class (see the article
“Their Time Has Come”) to the lower classes. Spiritually, this
arrogance is in the hearts of everyone, because of sin. I can
understand Mr. Boortz’s frustration with Socialism, but
Socialism acknowledges the State as being God, but we (as
followers of Christ) are not supposed to worship the State, but
rather the One True God Who sent His Only Begotten Son, Jesus
Christ to die on the cross for our sins and rose again to give
us forgiveness and a chance to live in His Kingdom when we
repent and follow Him.
Also, some rich people adopt an Ayan Rand philosophy and see
poor people as parasites. This is a Satanic belief. Jesus
Christ commanded us to love God first with all our mind, heart,
and spirit (Matthew 22: 37) and then to love others as we love
ourselves (Matthew 22: 39), so we (including myself) should try
our best to pray to Him to help us follow the two greatest
commandments the Lord gave mankind eternally.
Back in the seventies, there was an animation that was created
in Japan that would become a world wide success. This animation
goes by the name of DragonBall and it was created by Akira
Toriyama. The protagonist of the series is a seven year old boy
named Son Goku. He is a very strong and nearly indestructible
alien child with a super extendable fighting stick he calls a
power pole and a monkey tale. The story seems to be based off
the Buddhist text, Journey to the West. Goku strongly parallels
the character of Son Wukong in the text. In one part of the
series, Goku (being about 7 years old) has to defeat the Red
Ribbon Army. A military organization (resembling the Nazis)
whose leader is bent on finding seven magical orbs known as
Dragon Balls to summon the dragon Shenron to grant him his wish
of ruling the world. In the end, Goku defeats this organization
and becomes one of Earth’s mightiest heroes.
Recently, I was
thinking about how the United States has hired mercenary
organizations such as Blackwater to aid in their wars in the
Middle East and in other parts of the world including our own
country. These mercenary organizations act as their own private
armies for hire. They have been accused of treacherous deeds
and have even been indicted on some of them. I remember this
story that appeared on Infowars where the American Police Force
(APF), a privately owned police force was enforcing the law in
Montana. Alex Jones along with Steve Quayle reported the
unconstitutional nature of having a private police force enforce
the laws anywhere in the United States. There is another story
of this occurring in Salt Lake Valley, Utah. If the government
keeps passing their unfair laws, these privately owned police
forces will act as their strong arm and use merciless force to
oppress you. Here are the links to both stories:
This seems that this uniting of armies and police forces will
eventually give way to forming a one world army, which will
oppress its dissidents just like the Red Ribbon Army did in this
show. Unfortunately, there is no Goku riding on a magical cloud
coming to save the day. I know making a comparison between a
one world army and a group of cartoon villains may seem
childish, but people seem to understand animations better rather
than just the plain facts. Some people just need a visual aid.
However, there is hope and power in the blood of Jesus Christ.
Jesus (who will descend on a cloud) will put an end to this
evil on the Earth and will Judge all mankind. Our hope rests in
Him.
Here are a few links about the Red Ribbon Army and how Goku
took them down (Both of them are animated music videos or AMVs):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJ0muSJ_cU&feature=related
(Goku may have been our childhood hero, but Jesus Christ is the
greatest hero ever).
In life, everyone faces his or her “darkest hour” when a
situation arises that is so great, there seems to be no way out
of it. There’s so much pressure going on during this time
whether it is losing one’s job or home, getting divorced, or
even facing a deadly illness. In films and television shows, a
hero encounters his or her darkest hour when they confront the
villain or villains of the story at its climax. At this point,
the hero seems to be losing to the villain and his or her
situation seems hopeless. Sometimes a situation can seem so
hopeless, that giving up seems like the only answer.
However,
there is hope! When Jesus went to the cross, He gave everyone a
chance to restore his or her broken relationship with God. To
have a relationship with God, there must be trust. Asking God
for help is not indecent nor is it a crime. God wants mankind
to ask Him for help and by doing so they will learn to trust in
Him. In everyone’s lives, their trust falters many times when
it comes to God. They find themselves praising God one minute
and the next thing you know, an obstacle arises and they start
getting impatient with God.
Even Jesus had His “darkest hour” when felt the pressure of
His mission on Earth. He even asked God to take “this cup from
Him”(Luke 22:42). However, He ended His prayer hopefully by
asking God, “Yet not my will, but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42).
Even in His darkest hour, Jesus still trusted God enough to go
to the cross for mankind’s sins. This verse in John reminds
everyone that even in their “darkest hour”, God will always be
with them.
This is an expansion of the previous blog, The
Second Great Depression and it also ties into all of
the other blogs I have been writing. I started
seeking the Lord a few years ago and ever since
then, it has been one exciting journey. Our
relationship has had its ups and its downs.
However, it has been one remarkable journey and it
most likely will get even more remarkable later on.
I wanted to share three messages I honestly feel
God shared with me to share with others. I
received them during a great time of crisis
recently. I am a graduate student in film school
and I was struggling with my thesis and my faith in
God was being greatly shaken. There were times I
felt like almost giving up on Him, but by His Grace,
I did not. Here are the three messages He shared
with me:
1. This one I received in December. I was working
on my thesis and I was very nervous about getting it
done on time, then I received a text message from my
friend, Hope (no joke, that is his real name) who
had received this message from his friend. It said:
“When trials arise, call on Jesus. He is our Help
in times of trouble!”
Then I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus and the
ball got rolling for my thesis again on that very
same afternoon.
2. I was on the train today going to grad school
when a man came on the train and began begging
people for money. He gave this story about how he
needed the money to pay his rent before he could be
kicked out. However, I did not believe his story,
but I felt the Holy Spirit urging me to give him a
dollar. I was about to refuse, then I felt the Lord
press upon my heart these words:
“Whether you may be right or wrong about this man is
not as important as obeying the Lord. Do not worry
about how ridiculous it may look. Worry more about
how God looks upon you rather than how people look
upon you.”
I decided that it was more important to obey God and
I gave that man a dollar. Some people looked
bewildered by my actions, but then another person
also gave him a dollar.
3. After God got the ball rolling on my thesis
today, thus pushing me forward with my thesis, I
felt an impression left by the Holy Spirit upon my
heart while riding the train home. I received this
message:
“They (Lucifer, the fallen angels, and the
Globalists) are trying to build a commune in this
world, which can be taken down, but I (the Lord, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit) am establishing a Kingdom
in this world, which cannot be taken down.”
The words that struck me the most in this message
were: commune vs Kingdom and build vs establish.
Here are the definitions of all four words according
to the New Oxford American Dictionary:
commune 1 |ˈkämˌyoōn|noun1 a group of people living
together and sharing possessions
andresponsibilities.• a communal settlement in a
communist country.2 the smallest French territorial
division
for administrative purposes.• a similar division
elsewhere.3 ( the Commune) the group that seized
the municipal government ofParis in the French
Revolution and played a leading part in theReign of
Terror until suppressed in 1794.• (also the Paris
Commune) the municipal government organized
on communalistic principles elected in Paris in
1871. It was soonbrutally suppressed by government
troops.ORIGIN late 17th cent. (sense 2) :
from French, from medieval Latincommunia, neuter
plural of Latin communis (see common ).
kingdom |ˈki ng dəm|noun1 a country, state, or territory
ruled by a king or queen• a realm associated with or
regarded as being under the control of a particular person
or thing : the kingdom of dreams.2 the spiritual reign or
authority of God.• the rule of God or Christ in a future
age.• heaven as the abode of God and of the faithful after
death.3 each of the three traditional divisions (animal,
vegetable, and mineral) in which natural objects have
conventionally been classified.• Biology the highest
category in taxonomic classification.PHRASEScome
into (or to) one’s kingdom achieve recognition or
supremacy.till (or until) kingdom come informal forever.to
kingdom come informal into the next world : the truck was
blown to kingdom come.ORIGIN Old
English cyningdōm [kingship] (see king , -dom ).
build |bild|verb ( past and past
part. built |bilt|) [ trans. ] (often be built)construct
(something, typically something large) by putting parts or
material together over a period of time : the
factory was built in 1936.• commission, finance, and oversee
the building of (something) : the city council plans to
build a bridge.• ( build something in/into) incorporate
(something) and make ita permanent part of a structure,
system, or situation : engineers want tobuild in extra
traction.• Computing compile (a program, database, index,
etc.).• [ intrans. ] (of a program, database, index, etc.)
be compiled.• establish and develop (a business,
relationship, or situation) over a period of
time : he’d built up the store from
nothing.• [ intrans. ] ( build on) use as a basis for
further progress or development : the nation should build on
the talents of its workforce.• increase the size, intensity,
or extent of : we built up confidence in our
abilities | [ intrans. ] the air of excited anticipation
builds.
establish |iˈstabli sh |verb [ trans. ]1 set up (an
organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or
permanent basis : the British established a rich trade with
Portugal.• initiate or bring about (contact or
communication) : the two countries established diplomatic
relations.2 achieve permanent acceptance for (a custom,
belief, practice, orinstitution) : the principle of the
supremacy of national parliaments needs to
befirmly established.• achieve recognition or acceptance for
(someone) in a particular capacity : he had established
himself as a film star.• [ intrans. ] (of a plant) take root
and grow.• introduce (a character, set, or location) into a
film or play and allow its identification : establish the
location with a wide shot.3 show (something) to be true or
certain by determining the facts : [withclause ] the police
established that the two passports were
forgeries.4 Bridge ensure that one’s remaining cards in (a
suit) will be winners (if not trumped) by playing off the
high cards in that
suit.DERIVATIVESestablisher nounORIGIN late Middle
English (recorded earlier as stablish): from Old
French establiss-, lengthened stem of establir,
from Latin stabilire‘make
firm,’ from stabilis (adjective) ‘stable.’
I honestly
feel that the Lord wants me to share these three messages
with others including yourselves. I am still learning to
walk with God and to have a relationship with Him. Right
now, it is not perfect, but I hope these messages will do
others good as they have done with me.
