by Stephen Green‚ PJ Media: Ever since PJ’s own managing editor‚ Paula Bolyard‚ gave ur-blogger Matt Drudge a virtual black eye‚ I’ve made it a point to visit the Drudge Report once or twice a week‚ just to keep an eye on lefty cray-cray over there. Today was one of those Drudge days and — as […]

from Revolver News: It’s like a modern-day showdown at the OK Corral‚ but this time it’s in Eagle Pass‚ Texas. The face-off is between the Texas National Guard and the Biden regime. Thanks to a fully fed-up Governor Greg Abbott‚ Texas has now taken control of Biden’s “New Voter” invasion. As it stands now‚ the […]

A Prayer for When You Don't Feel Good EnoughBy Molly Law "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful‚ I know that full well. –Psalm 139:13-14 This is something that affects me acutely‚ and I know that it is something that everyone feels at least once in their lifetime‚ if not more. As a type-A perfectionist‚ I can feel "not good enough" several times a day. I've even noticed how it affects my interactions with my family and friends. I'm constantly filling in the blanks of what I imagine their thoughts are of me. Even in conversation‚ I will stop myself - I will literally stop the flow of our conversation - to correct myself‚ justify or defend what I just said‚ or add a cliff note‚ so that they know that I have a good heart or so that they do not detect even a hint of weakness within me. During one of these long conversations‚ my good friend caught onto this formed trait of mine and said‚ "You know‚ you don't have to edit yourself for me. You can speak freely and without judgment." When my friend said this to me‚ tears began to bud at the rims of my eyes. This was the first time I had heard those words out loud. I had never been given permission or given myself permission to just be me. The freedom I felt at that moment was the greatest feeling I had ever experienced. This made me think‚ "Why do I do this? Why do I value myself so little when no one around me feels this way about me?" And if no one around me sees me this way‚ then I know that my Father in heaven doesn't either. I realized that this was learned and formed behavior. Growing up in a broken family‚ chaos followed us wherever we went. So‚ to cope with the rejection of my father and the inconsistency of everyday life‚ I thought that if I could be perfect‚ if I could control every situation‚ then nothing bad would ever happen to us again. But the fallen world doesn't allow this. There is so much out of our control. This fact‚ along with the overwhelming standards of beauty‚ performance‚ and success‚ produces a perfect storm of anxiety about not being good enough. I know so many people feel this way‚ which stems from a variety of reasons and causes‚ but‚ as Christians‚ we know that this is really a lie from the enemy. Although we may know this in our heads‚ it is hard to drown out the loud voices and deep-seated feelings to the contrary. This is where the truth of Scripture comes into play. This is where God's own words penetrate the darkness to tell us how loved we are‚ how beautiful we are‚ and how we are so important to the Lord Almighty that he meticulously formed us and bore the scorn of the cross for us. Let's Pray: Dear Lord‚ Thank you for your love and pursuit of who we are. Thank you for loving us so much that you created us and saved us so that we can be with you for eternity. Thank you for finding us when the darkness overtakes us. I praise you for loving me just the way I am - without altering myself to be perfect. I pray that when the world is shouting at us to be thinner‚ to fit their standards of attractiveness‚ and to reach their levels of success that we dive into your presence and your Word so that the only thing we see and hear is your truth. You tell us that "You have searched me‚ Lord‚ and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways" (Psalm 139:1-3). How loved we are by you! Please let us not forget this - the enormity of possessing your love and the knowledge of our worth through your eyes. We love and trust you with all of our hearts‚ our Creator and Savior.In Jesus' precious name‚ Amen. Photo credit: ©GettyImages/TinnakornJorruang Molly Law is the Editor of C.com. She has a Master of Arts in Publishing Studies from the University of Stirling‚ UK‚ where she studied and lived for a year in Scotland. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Professional Writing from Gardner-Webb University. Her editorial career includes Senior Editor of a bimonthly magazine for the nonprofit ACA and Editorial Assistant at Luath Press in Edinburgh‚ UK. She enjoys reading 18th-century British Literature‚ creative writing‚ and traveling.  Teach Us to Pray is a FREE prayer podcast hosted by iBelieve writer Christina Patterson. Each week‚ she gives you practical‚ real-life tips on how to grow your faith and relationship with God through the power of prayer. To listen to her episode on What to Pray in the Morning for a Worry-Free Day‚ click below! Now that you’ve prayed‚ are you in need of someone to pray for YOU? Click the button below! Visit iBelieve.com for more inspiring prayer content. The post A Prayer for When You Don’t Feel Good Enough – Your Daily Prayer – January 13 appeared first on GodUpdates.

President Trump is celebrating a massive win today as the Oregon Supreme Court refuses to hear a case that would bar President Trump from the primary ballot. The Supreme Court rejected the case because they lacked the authority to handle it. Democrats continue to scramble for any chance to remove President Trump from the 2024 Presidential election. Oregon’s top court on Friday allowed Trump to run in the state’s presidential primary‚ saying it wouldn’t take up the issue of whether he’s qualified to get on the state’s ballot while the Supreme Court considers a challenge on the issue out of Colorado.https://t.co/QA8ke3OFoM — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 12‚ 2024 More from Fox News : “Today‚ the Oregon Supreme Court declined to hear‚ for now‚ a challenge by five Oregon voters (relators) seeking to preclude Donald J. Trump from appearing on the Oregon 2024 Republican primary and general election ballots‚” a media release from the court announced Friday. Democrats in a handful of states across the U.S. are in the midst of legal battles to remove Trump’s name from state ballots‚ saying Trump’s actions on January 6‚ 2021‚ violated a clause in the 14th Amendment that prevents anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution from holding political office. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether former President Trump will be on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot. The justices said they will hear the case on an expedited basis‚ with arguments on February 8. All of these courts‚ preventing President Trump from participating in their primaries‚ will be upset when the Supreme Court shuts them down. The Oregon Supreme Court declines for now to review a challenge to Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility. https://t.co/C7NWsxJiHv — CBS News (@CBSNews) January 12‚ 2024 BREAKING REPORT: Oregon Supreme Court on Friday DECLINES TO HEAR case to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballots.. pic.twitter.com/WDeuwQ5oiy — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) January 12‚ 2024 The Associated Press News shares more: Oregon’s Supreme Court on Friday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot‚ declining to wade into the legal chaos over whether he’s disqualified to be president until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar case out of Colorado. Oregon was one of several states where liberal groups sued to remove Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment‚ a Civil War-era provision that prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. Only one of those lawsuits has been successful so far — in Colorado‚ which last month ruled that Trump’s role in the Jan. 6‚ 2021‚ attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualified him from the presidency. It blows my mind that these courts accuse President Trump of inciting an insurrection‚ and yet the case that is handling this question has not made any conclusion yet. This is a last-ditch effort by Democrats because they know that President Trump is going to beat them in the 2024 election.