The Great Shalom Podcast : Overcoming Learning Problems

I remember how hard this time of yer was for me when my daughter was going to school. We so dreaded school. That was a long time ago. I later withdrew her from school and she shot ahead academically and was so so so much happier. My grandsons likewise. But for those of you who are not celebrating like the homeschool moms I know, I am making this episode for you.

Some inspiring Bible verses.

Heb 13:5  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Mat 28:20  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psa 23:1  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psa 23:2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Psa 23:3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Psa 23:4  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psa 23:5  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psa 23:6  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psa_119:105  NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Joh_16:13  Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Mat_18:6  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Mat_18:10  Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Mat_18:14  Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Mar_9:42  And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Luk_17:2  It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

 

Unpacking my slogans.

Children are not defective products. TM

Fix problems, not blame. TM

Children are not responsible for rearing themselves. TM

God wants total well-being for all children. TM

I wish you all the best. May the Lord bless you and yours.

This is the 4th post in our grandmothers'  prayer project. Let's get her done before school starts ... well maybe the project finished before school starts in the North. LOL

Please send testimonies and prayer requests.

Thanks for the bump up in numbers on the website. This is one of the ways that I know that I have plenty of the grand generation: I have a high percentage that listen via browser rather than by podcast. Unusual, but welcome.

We all go through some sacrifice for doing right. My numbers plummeted during covid, partially because I stopped casting for a while but even more probably because of the info I was curating on my website. They couldn't kick me off a platform, but they could shadow ban me. Please share, both electronically and word of mouth. It is the only way we can help more people.

As I mentioned  last episode, let's talk about going to the library. Of course, going to the library on hot summer days is standard, just like going to the pool. Today, one would never ever just drop the children off. So, let's talk about how to take the children safely to the library.

Read to them, selected, classic books. Check to be sure that they are the original story and not somehow rewritten to make a different point -- or at least not one diametrically opposed to your values. Yes, it is tricky these days.

 ATTACKS ON CHILDREN'S MINDS AND EMOTIONS

A few years ago my younger friends were quite worried about the witchcraft in books. They led me to realize it was an important issue. Beyond that, ask how adults are portrayed. Notice in the Harry Potter books, all the adults are either evil or irresponsible. Hmmm. Today, you will want to notice other language, language that subtly teaches that human judgement trumps God's law, that government is more responsible than people, and that there is nothing ever to be grateful about -- or that we should hate ourselves.

IRON LAW OF WOKE PROJECTION

Be careful, too, of the iron law of woke projection. There are indeed racists -- about oh probably less than 1% of American society. But watch out for those who call themselves anti-racists. As you read book, teach your children to notice language. What do these words mean? How does that make you feel? Why does someone want to make you feel that way? Is the claim objectively true? Notice, this last question is normally more important that "how does that make you feel?" Especially if that is the only question, and only used as a spur to weaponize... you... for someone else's aim.

LIBRARY LESSONS

Help your child learn how to choose a good book. That means being able to tell quickly which are the better books.

Don't stop the library lessons just because a child learns to read! Keep it up. Practice argumentation with your teens. Reason, inform, even expose them to the elders' pontification. Indeed, I learned so much from my father's discussions about history etc after dinner. I was amazed by the time I was in 6th grade or so that many of my classmates didn't even know what their fathers did for a living. They were impoverished then, from having a window into the adult world.

We didn't do like the Kennedys and have recitation after dinner. Watch that movie and see how the sons had to answer questions and recite. Good training for leadership. It is a tradition for us, though, for the children to put on presentations such as sing a few Christmas carols on Christmas day or put on a play some summer day. Read *Little Women* and notice that putting on family plays and shows really was common in the days before television.  It all starts with taking the little ones to the library.

BEING A CONTRIBUTIVE CITIZEN

If you find inappropriate material in the children's section, just kindly, sweetly bring it to the Children's Librarian or Head Librarian, saying you are sure it was a mistake. You wouldn't expect that they would shelve something that is developmentally inappropriate in the children's section. You wouldn't expect them to disobey the law.   If she or he gives you a curt or worse response, don't argue. Certainly don't threaten; only possibly say that you hope they see the light. Or that you will pray for them. Say it sweetly - not with a smile that could be construed as menacing. Then,  have a chat with your city council member. Make an appointment, sit down, and explain what happened. Don't accuse. They probably didn't know. But they do have budgetary oversight. If they give you an inappropriate response, don't argue.  Say, "I see." Then sign up for helping their opponent in the next election. And do let those who are influential and care about politics know what is up. Find others and join together.

Next installment.

I recounted in a full episode a meeting of an old friend of this broadcast, Simon Okwayo, and his burden for American children and youth. Hear that. Then, I announced a prayer campaign: pray 10 minutes a day first for your offspring and then for the neighbors and finally for the nation's children and youth. Since then, the movie "Sound of Freedom" came out. More has come out. This week, we will go to the library: mom and the kids. For now, more encouragement and specific ideas for your prayer campaign.

Invite others, won't you?

Send for our free, full color, brochure on how to pray for your children by sending us an email to [email protected]. We will send you a link.

Everyone was talking about this movie or fictionalized documentary: The Sound of Freedom.  Don't let the news cycle move you on to the next distraction. Children are important.

This is not a review, although some conversation is passed along. This is a reflection for the everyday mother who want sot help and protect their children.

I give you some basic ideas about safety. We will go to the library next week.

We need to make some more freedom sounds. Today, that might be accused of being political. Wait. Why does that merit an accusation? Why should such an accusation be a weapon. Maybe we need to consider that soon.

What I don't understand is why anyone would oppose this movie. Wouldn't that be sort of like outing oneself? I don't get it.

So, what do you think? Parents and teachers only, please share your thoughts. Practical ones are most welcomed.

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How to not be Fooled by the Lies

We see how to not be deceived by the pattern of lies, liars, and lying spirits. We can look around us and see that we , our friends, and a good deal of our nation has been deceived, and badly so.  We have a story in the Bible about a liar sent to be used in warfare.   His name was Rabshakeh, and he was a captain, sent my a brutal marauding emperor Senacharib, to talk to the men of Judah, get them snookered, discouraged, and confused. Thus, he hoped to make his battle against the easier. Actually, he was pretty good at it. Rabshakeh used a pattern of accusations, lies, and false deals.  it might have worked had the Judahites not believed in God; had they not known something about that God was different; had there not been a prophet on the seen and a good king.   Isaiah 37( & II Chronicles 36 and 2Kings 18 & 19)

Lies, Accusations, Projections, Intimidation, Misleading Deals

We are going to look at prophet Isaiah's memory of the incident. he doesn't sanitize the picture that Rabshakeh paints as much as Ii Chronicles.  Fear is a weapon. Confusion is a weapon. But hope for normalcy can also be a weapon. Notice that he gives misleading deals, painted with comforting words. The kingdom needed to take a step back and carefully consider. They needed to compare what they were hearing with what they knew. They needed to consult God.

is This Really an Attack on the Church?

In the final analysis, the attack was on God and God's character. Rabshakeh was only a captain, doing what his emperor was telling him.  That emperor worshiped an idol that today we think really was a front for a demon.  Anyway, God was personally confronted. Not just the religion; not just the kingdom, not just all the people, but the thing went to the depth. Rabshakeh used God's person name and said over and over that that God could not stand up to the Assyrians.

And so, God took it personally. We see in the end of the story, how God reserved the lat move for Himself. Judah won without fighting this time. Most of the time, they did have to show up. This time, they had to just not be deceived by the lying.

So, today, we focus on the pattern of lying.

If this is not very clear to you, would you like a retrospective, along with a course in reasoning? Seriously, I am so amazed in a bad way at how people have been so fooled. Can people really be that stupid? Are that many people really paid off? What is going on?

Please please do share this episode with your pastor!

Here are some pastors who say 1) enough is enough and 2) pastors, you had better get on board. https://flashpoint.govictory.com/episode/flashpoint-enough-is-enough-pray-eric-metaxas-dutch-sheets-mario-murillo/   Please listen to the end, where they pray for pastors. You will see it is straightforward, but upbeat.

 

Related, in the news:

On Sunday, Southwest Airlines had 1,800 plane problems at once (?) and a bit of a staff shortage

On Monday, it was reported that Southwest Airlines had more than 2,000 flights cancelled because of weather although no one else was having weather problems.

Steve Turley  Is a MASS VAX PROTEST Crippling the Airline Industry? M10/11  !!Get a load of the pix. Notice that the corporate media was STILL reporting the cause was weather on Tuesday.

Bongino reports Tuesday, Southwest Airline blames Biden for vax mandate.

Rebel News reports Wednesday Southwest Airlines crews protest vax mandate, cause 2,

Secrets to overcoming current problems -- that we are not permitted to talk about!! But, so far, we can still tell Bible stories. Today, we start a 3 part series on the story about Rabshakeh the liar. He was sent to discourage and entrap the kingdom of Judah. Hezekiah was the King and Isaiah the prophet was alive. From II Chronicles  32, Isaiah 37  & ( 2Kg19).

First we will get 3 major secrets. That's today. Next, we will see the pattern of lying that Rabshakeh used. Very instructive and pertinent.

IN THE NEWS

So very much has changed since I started this series 3 weeks ago! Then, the major news item was that the US federal government had officially directed the FBI to consider parents who complained at school board meetings about inappropriate curricula as.... domestic terrorists.

How many things wrong are there with this picture? First, the parents, the citizens are who the board is supposed to be working for. That is USA philosophy, democratic philosophy, and is true ... unless somehow we switched to tyranny. Second, The federal government is not supposed to be charge of education in this country. That is supposed to be conducted locally or by the state. Thirdly, this same federal administration is no longer considering foreign terrorists as enemies and has welcomed many of them to our soil, even tho those groups have not dropped their plans to overtake our government, our culture, our religion -- and is right now killing Americans and Christians vigorously in their land and also attacking militarily our allies. It makes no sense, unless.... Well, do you think mama bears are going to be okay with intimidation? tyranny? grooming their children for sexual depredation?

PARENTS COMPLAINING TO SCHOOL BOARDS

Really, this is the current problem in education?!?! Pornographic curricula? Hate and division inspired social studies? Grooming children for depredation? Even cover-up rape, at situation set up by the far left agenda? What?

And the usual method of fixing... parents' (taxpayers) democratically making their wishing known itself is now seen as a problem?

Someone may object that in a few small instances there were parents who were somewhat unruly. Would that in itself be an argument? Get a few unruly and for that reason disallow democracy? Force everyone to be a criminal, even with no violations? What? A great retort to this objection is to ask who was the instigator? Weren't the officials themselves the one who incited unruliness? Standard procedure obstructs and limits citizen input. Indeed, weren't the the officials the ones who started the violence?

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

We are tired of lies. All, but the most gullible huddled around the liars, knew there was not one shred of evidence that Trump colluded with the Russians. We all knew that the opposite candidate grossly violated the law with her email/server. Not a few sort of had an inkling that it was she who was colluding with foreign enemies. How could people not have knows about Hunter Biden's laptop, which was not merely a sex scandal, but showed that the Biden family was paid millions, ongoingly, by the CCP. Democrat friends tell me that such knowledge would have changed their vote. How could they not have known???? Is there really that much narrow banding? I knew. I thought everyone knew. EEK! Could people really not see that the corporate media was fear mongering the covid-19? Are people really that innumerate? How is it that people can straight faced say that the mnRNA injection is safe?

Really? My gosh! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

You will want to hear something about the secrets. First, you have to understand what is up.

Related:

Moms for Liberty July 25 Inappropriate Curricula

Wicked Rulers and Blessed Children -- prophetic light from II Chronicles. In a time when we are presented with darkness, lies, and threatenings... we have the hope, life and light from previous generations. We have concern for our health, for our livelihood, and for our children. God knows. God cares. God has a plan. It is encoded in the Bible, for sure. Amazing that I found this in II Chronicales chapter 21! After last year people finding prophetic revelation in chapter 20.

Blessings to you and to your children. Blessing to you and your nation. May you live under rigtheous government.

What happens when you are attacked? Viciously. Unnecessarily?

Good news! God takes care of His.

From the lesson of King Jehosaphat -- he sought the Lord

he listened to the answers - through the Word, through the prophets

he did as told

He showed up

The Lord fought the battle by setting "ambushments." The enemy killed themselves.

The kingdom of Judah was left with spoils of war. Then they had rest, peace.

Notice some of the details in the story! Why did the army have so very many people? Why did they have so very many jewels?

Notice that the enemy, which offered to start war, ended fighting with itself. Notice that those who just wanted peace and quiet finally got it.

There are lots of lessons here. I leave some quiet time in the reading, so you can think-- and apply it to today.

Some of the aggression we are facing is so egregious that it is hard to even believe. The slander is so ridiculous. The people of God have been altogether too sweet. But the evil always overplays its hand, we say. God in this case, "set ambushments." The Kingdom of Judah had to show up and sent their praise team ahead of their army. The enemy killed each others. Then there was 3 days of picking up jewelry etc. Wow.

Today, too, we should trust the Lord. We will have to show up. "God is in control" is normally a cop-out. Nevertheless, the prophets that I trust have said encouraging things. It is time to continue believing. However, I do rejoice at the news of this weeks, that many more people are showing up.

Here is Steve Turley's collection about activities in Australia. This is the most fulsome video I've seen, relying mostly on Avi Yemeni's, Rebel News, reporting. Union members confront union leaders in cahoots with government over-reach, in show of force that police can't intimidate. Notice particularly 8:31, shown widely. Mature construction worker, watching from grassy sideline is aggressed upon by cop in riot gear and assault rifle, yelling, doesn't move, and sees cop retreat. Comments heard include, "We are not afraid anymore."

More on similar :

Dinesh D'Souza covers Austrailan police intimidating young mother https://rumble.com/vmu231-crazy-video-shows-australian-riot-police-violently-break-up-anti-lockdown-p.html

Dinesh D'Souza covers Australian protests https://rumble.com/vmu231-crazy-video-shows-australian-riot-police-violently-break-up-anti-lockdown-p.html

CHECK THE NEWS COVERS Australia and Biden in UN https://www.revivaltoday.tv/check-the-news/season:2/videos/the-latest-on-gabby-petito-australia-rises-up-and-all-biden-s-mess-ups-from-the-un-today

Trusting we still have the liberty to read the Bible in public, out loud, we read II Chronicles 15 & 16. King Asa does some things well and wisely and good good results. Then, he changes and chooses unwise pattern. He gets sick and dies.

King Asa decides to trust his doctors, rather than the Lord. he feet get worse. Then he dies. Even tho, over all, he was a pretty good king.

Conversations from about hospitals, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Uq1DU6IS0. Predictions include Nuremberg like trials.