There's been lots of talk among Christians about the “He Gets Us” ad during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Watching the 60-second commercial unfold‚ it struck me for the most part as just another fluffy feel-good McJesus pitch as it depicted people practicing servitude by washing their neighbor's feet. But wait a...

Avoiding the Cancer of Concealed Sin Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. – James 5:16 Robert Wood Johnson‚ former chairman of Johnson &; Johnson‚ had a reputation for being especially stringent when he inspected his manufacturing plants. One day‚ a plant manager got a tip that Johnson was on his way and would arrive at the plant in 30 minutes. The manager hastily had things spruced up by ordering several large rolls of paper transported to the roof of the building. When Johnson arrived‚ he was furious. His first words were‚ "What in the world is all that junk up there?" Unbeknownst to the manager‚ Johnson had arrived by helicopter and landed on the roof! Many times in our lives‚ we can find ourselves in a similar situation where we feel the need to clean ourselves up in order to impress someone else. Perhaps we're meeting with someone whom we see as "extra spiritual‚" so we move some things around in our lives to make it look like we have it all together. But the truth is‚ when we rearrange our lives to look cleaner‚ we're doing nothing more than concealing the very things that need to be dealt with in our lives. So instead of hiding the ugliness‚ find safe people who can help you address it. Open the doors of those unkempt closets in your life and invite others to help you clean them out! Prayer Challenge Pray that God would open your eyes to any sin you've been concealing so you can deal with it in a healthy way. Questions for Thought Why do you think it's so tempting to sweep our sins under the rug so we appear to have it all together? Who is one person you can invite into your life to help you expose those sins and deal with them in a healthy way? Visit the Senior Living Ministries website The post Avoiding the Cancer of Concealed Sin – Senior Living – February 13 appeared first on GodUpdates.

A Prayer for When You Feel ForgottenBy Jessica Van Roekel "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget‚ I will not forget you! See‚ I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." (Isaiah 49:15-16 ESV) We had a fierce winter storm blow through that filled our country roads with drifts as high as a car door. The snow fell in big flakes‚ but the wind tossed it around and piled it into hard chunks. My rural area is divided into one-mile squares with roads running east and west and north and south every mile. I took the westerly route that I knew was open to the hard surface roads‚ but I was curious about the north/south road. So‚ instead of turning back into my driveway‚ I drove right on past it and turned south. This decision proved to be regrettable. I made it to the half-mile mark‚ bouncing through a few drifts‚ and thought that wasn't so bad‚ but as I came to a small rise in the road‚ I gulped. I couldn't slow down because if I did‚ I would be trapped with no way to walk home because I wasn't dressed for it. I had to press on. I accelerated and prayed I would make it through the next half mile‚ which was one continuous drift. The car bounced to the left and then to the right‚ sliding closer to the ditch. I fishtailed my way to the stop sign‚ relieved I made it. But I still needed to make it home. I couldn't go back the way I had come‚ so it was around two sections and a semi-manageable drift before I powered my way up my driveway. Car covered in snow‚ brakes filled with ice‚ I slid to a stop in my garage. I sighed with thanksgiving‚ aware of the gift it was that I made it home. Have you ever felt trapped‚ with no way forward and no way to go backward? Maybe it was a choice you made‚ like my not-so-smart choice to challenge the wind and snow. Or maybe it was thrust on you by unwanted circumstances. Either way‚ your feet are on an unwanted path‚ and there's no way that you can undo it. In this chapter of Isaiah‚ the Israelites believed Lord had forsaken them. They believed their troubles were a sign that God had forgotten them. There are times when our troubles whisper to us that we‚ too‚ are forgotten. It appears other people don't have the same struggles as we do‚ and we feel it’s unfair. We wrongly believe we got the short end of the stick‚ and we stand accusing God that he forgot us. We have been lost‚ and so we lose faith in God. Yet God assured the Israelites that he was with them. That he saw them and that they were important to him. In these words‚ he reminds us that his love is greater than a mother toward her child. He doesn't forget us in our times of despair and grief. He makes certain that he looks out for us. His compassion compels him to act on our behalf‚ whether he relieves our circumstances or brings relief to our anxious hearts. The evidence of his love for us can be found in the scars on Jesus' hands. We are engraved on God's palm. He cannot forget us. Those scars serve as a reminder to us of his sacrificial love that he showed to us and of his unending desire to do what is best for us. Do you feel as though you have been left far‚ far behind? It seems like other people have moved on‚ and you're left to flounder forward‚ lonely and feeling lost. Remember that God sees you. When you feel invisible‚ remember that his heart is tender toward you. He walks with you‚ guiding you‚ bringing you comfort and rest. Let's pray: Holy God‚I feel so invisible right now. I feel lost and alone. Everyone else has moved on‚ and I am stuck in this wretched cycle of the same struggles. But you see me‚ you know me‚ and you have engraved me in the palm of your hand. Let me find my comfort and rest in you. You are my everything‚ and I praise you. I know that because of you‚ I can make it through. I know that even though I feel forgotten‚ I am not because you are with me.In Jesus' name‚ Amen Photo credit: ©GettyImages/max-kegfire Jessica Van Roekel loves the upside-down life of following Jesus as she journeys to wholeness through brokenness. As an author‚ speaker‚ and worship leader‚ she uses her gifts and experiences to share God's transformative power to rescue‚ restore‚ and renew. She longs for you to know that rejection doesn't have to define or determine your future when placed in God's healing hands. Find out more reframingrejectionbook.com You can connect with her on Instagram and Facebook. 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 When You Feel Forgotten – Your Daily Prayer – February 13 appeared first on GodUpdates.

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Bitter racist Joy Reid was joined by John Fugelsang for a few minutes of light blasphemy and literal ignorance of Biblical proportions in an unfunny segment that brightly illuminates the left’s outright contempt for persons of faith.  Watch as Reid and Fugelsang stumble through discussion of the controversial “He Gets Us” ad that aired during the Super Bowl‚ as aired on MSNBC’s The ReidOut on Monday‚ February 12th‚ 2024: JOY REID: Let’s talk about the other odd ad. Because this is the other ad that had people like‚ “Wait a minute. Is Jesus on FeetFinder? Let me play a little bit of it. Um‚ He Gets Us. That’s the ad. Here it is. AD MUSIC: …You were there/ Two worlds collided/ And they could never tear us apart/ We could live/ For a thousand years… REID: I know that there was a Jesus ad last Super Bowl‚ but that time it was sort of by an anti-LGBTQ group. This is different funders‚ so it’s not- it’s the same kind of thing…but‚ what did you make of that?  JOHN FUGELSANG: Look. First off‚ it’s great that Jesus raised my favorite INXS song from the dead.  So‚ thank you for that. That was lovely. I’m of a very mixed mind on it‚ Joy. I thought it was a beautiful ad‚ to be honest with you. The whole message of it is an attack on Christian nationalism. Or Christian fascism. Or fundamentalism. Whatever you want to call it. It doesn't present this fictional American‚ warrior caucasian Jesus. It shows that Jesus is a life of compassion and love. And service and humility. I mean‚ I’m watching the ad and I was thinking this is designed to make MAGA heads explode. There were (unint) concerns‚ though‚ which is: well‚ OK but if you care this much and you get what Jesus was about‚ couldn't that $12 million have been used to take care of the poor? Jesus did tell off his own followers for spending money on ointment instead of helping them. And it’s the funders you bring up‚ Joy. Because when I learned who the funders were‚ it’s a lot of these groups that are deeply anti-gay. Anti-LGBT. And‚ to me‚ homophobia is the opposite of Jesus’ teachings. Homophobia is incompatible with the Gospels.  Prior to writing this item‚ I was fully and blissfully unaware that FeetFinder is an actual thing related to foot fetishism. I wasn’t about to click any further than the basic Google search‚ so I still don’t know whether Reid was talking about an app or a website. Nonetheless‚ she tried to make a funny by suggesting that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has a thing for feet. Would Reid make such a joke while discussing Muhammad? We don’t know for sure‚ but probably not. Reid then tosses over to Fugelsang‚ who is the living embodiment of the “I have nothing but contempt for your backwards Christian beliefs” meme. Fugelsang routinely shows nothing but contempt for people of faith‚ but insists on Scripture in an attempt to shame them into his side of any given argument- a Biblical application of the appeal to authority fallacy. And as is often the case with Fugelsang and Bible verses‚ he has no idea of what he is talking about. Consider this bit of exegesis when talking about the cost of the ad: OK but if you care this much and you get what Jesus was about‚ couldn't that $12 million have been used to take care of the poor? Jesus did tell off his own followers for spending money on ointment instead of helping them.  Of course‚ no such thing happened. Were Fugelsang ever to pick a Bible up for something other than to use it as a cudgel against those he disagrees with‚ he’d find that it was AKCHUALLY Judas‚ not Jesus‚ who whined about the potential proceeds from the sale of the ointment not going to the poor. Because Judas was a crook and skimmed off the money bag.  As to the controversial “He Gets Us” ad‚ Fugelsang loves the fact that it may trigger conservatives but ultimately hates it because it is funded by people who engage in Wrongthink. Fugelsang’s contempt for people of faith rages on‚ enabled by Joy Reid.