Tuesday, December 17, 2024

DOGE, Will You Be Examining Also The Congress & Senate With Suggestions Of Cost Savings In Regard To Them?

 I sure hope someone will look into the Congress & Senate to find ways to save money. You know, they vote for their own pay raises? What about the great benefits they continue to receive even after leaving their offices they were elected to. That has to be costing someone something to continue giving benefit coverage after their job is done. I don't know of any other business one works for that gets free benefits given to them when they leave that company. What's good for the goose is good for the gander right. They sure do get a lot of time off don't they. Maybe they should have to be subjected to earning or accruing time off like vacation time/sick leave etc. When the time earned runs out in each case then they are taking time off without pay. That's how the rest of the country has to deal with time off right. Maybe the possibility to save taxpayers money in the long run, term limits or having to take a cognitive test to even see if they qualify and have a high enough IQ to fulfill the job they were elected to do. No inside trader stuff going on either. It is just the simple ideas of a person that sees the unfairness of being elected to a position in the government with less parameters of accountability held for them as the rest of the nation is held to. Here I go thinking out loud again. I stand to be corrected if I may have got some of this incorrect, but these are things I hear news talk radio address quite often. This is conservative news talk I am referring to.

Hey Ministers, Prophets & Apostles, If The Shoe Fits Wear It. Wickedness Exists In The Church. Such A Shame That It Does. There Should Be No Place For This Within The So Called Church.

During the Christmas season so sorry to keep sharing these eye-opening type of videos but maybe that is a great gift in disguise for church folks to open up their eyes wide in this season. Do you notice how many ministries/churches, etc. are putting out their begging pleas to donate to their organizations now with the close of the current year coming to an end. They know we the church are known as having big hearts and tend to want to give donations to help a worthy cause and it could then be used as a tax donation for income tax purposes. Don't take the bait this year, I am sure your family could use the extra blessing you will be saving instead of giving it away to some ministry. Now, that is of course unless Holy Spirit is speaking to you to give then follow His leading. Giving can also be giving to a needy person, needy family, neighbors in your community and does not always have to represent a church/ministry. Let your heart be tender to Holy Spirit because He does not lead you into planting monetary seed into let's say not so rich, not so clean soil possibly found in a church, ministry or even a minister.

After viewing this very video, it caused me to look back on something I actually experienced myself a few years ago with a minster. I was at a church service with Jeff Jansen preaching at his new smaller location after their church split. He shared that day how he was diagnosed with an illness and how he was not believing the doctor's report in regard to that. Well, he had the diagnosis of the same type another local minister had and was healed from. I reached out to that minster via email asking without actually stating in the email the name of the disease. But I did make mention that it was a disease they were healed from themself. My heart was filled with compassion towards Jeff's diagnosis so surely, I thought at the time this compassionate minster would respond to my pleas to reach out to Jeff since they both at one time had the same disease. I was literally shocked at the response I received from this particular local minister. So much so it took me a few days to compose an email response back. I happened to find the rough draft of the email I sent in 1 of my bibles/journals. First of all, the minister stated their hands were tied and they had to steer clear of this. See, it was also the time when ministers were taking 1 side over the other of what was going on between Jansen's and their church debacle, let's call it. I think I have made mention of this before how the so-called overseer over this church investigation did not allegedly reach out to the other side to hear their take on what was happening just took one side in this. I found all of that out later when I began to talk with people, I used to attend the church with. If a godly person was in charge of looking into this then why didn't they not reach out to people that walked with Jeff? Causes one to wonder, doesn't it? Well, some of them are ready to share their story now if only they were approached, and they did not have to initiate the inner workings of this. Follow the money trail people, follow the money trail. As you know they were in the midst of going to court at the time in regard to financial things. There were people in the very courtroom proceeding that could share what went on in this situation. Unfortunately, Jeff died in the midst of this, and the court never got to see the financials that were in question so from what I was told the court dismissed it because the person being accused was now deceased. This is such a shame and maybe it is time now for those to come forth and share their stories to once and for all clear the name of Jeff Jansen and justice may be served to put this to rest. Now, I was not actually there so I must say allegedly, and it is not me being a firsthand witness but hearing the stories of those that were there walking through this. I would have to speak it as in my opinion to be worded correctly.

Back to the email now. I sure would hope this would not be an example of a minister knowing possibly something about another minister and that would be why one pulled back from reaching out to a minister that could have used encouragement, in my opinion that is and allegedly speaking. This is not a coincidence at all of the exposure of churches/ministry stuff/smut that is being exposed now. To clean up these so-called churches that they call themselves to be. I am sure there are still really good churches out there and ministers too that don't cow tow (is that how the expression goes) to the pressure of other ministers. My prayer is that you find one and stay close to Jesus in reading your bible and prayer time also. Keep a pure and clean heart before the Lord. Do not let sin take over your heart so you can no longer hear clearly from Holy Spirit. Continue to do good deeds and acts of kindness as you go about your day. Just the other day I felt prompted by Holy Spirit to offer to pay for the older woman's groceries along with my items. I asked her if I could do so, but she responded she had no need for me to do that and thanked me. That then struck up a further conversation we had after checking out and hopefully I was able to give her wise direction with the question she asked me. Just Sunday I was standing in line and there was an elderly man in line 2 behind me and he looked either tired or maybe sickly and I offered for him to go ahead of me. He declined my offer and even the lady behind me said she was going to offer the same to him. See, you can hear Holy Spirit and step forth, but it has to be received by the one you are reaching out to also. When you are walking by someone and you genuinely like their top, eyeglass frames, outfit etc. it takes no time at all to sincerely compliment them does it. Just yesterday I noticed a clerk's name on their name badge and commented how I liked their name. They smiled the most beautiful smile, and I recognized that type of smile. A person with Jesus in them. I asked them if they were a believer and knew Jesus, they responded yes. I told them how I saw Jesus in their smile and when others tell me about my smile, I respond it is the Jesus you see in me. I suggested that is a response they could use when someone tells them they have a beautiful smile.

Kindness costs you nothing but lying and deceit can cost you a great deal in life. Choose to have a compassionate heart with God given wisdom versus a hardened, callous heart okay.

The scripture I made mention of in the email was 2 Kings 2. Maybe that was for you to read since I shared that today. That scripture is about Elijah taken to heaven and Elisha purifying Jericho's waters. In my bible margin on 3/19/2005 I notated a section in regard to 2 Kings 2:19-25 the first portion was a blessing pronounced and the later portion a curse pronounced. It is much better to have the blessing pronounced in your life then the curse, do you agree.





Thursday, December 12, 2024

Thank You Aldi's For Inventory Of Lego's, 2 Styles For Only $3.99 Per Each Set Purchased. Love It. I Put Together Santa's Sleigh Last Evening. Also, Another Lego Creation, Nutcracker, How Do You Like It.

I am having fun putting together Lego creations, I really am. In yesterday's weekly Aldi's advertisement, you will find little Lego sets for only $3.99 per each set. One is a snowman, the other Santa's sleigh. I purchased 4 yesterday. Two for me to keep and work on and then 2 as gifts to give away. How could a child's toy/creativity project be so much fun for someone in their 60's. I do not know the answer to that but hey, it is fun. I am creating and placing them in little niches throughout the house. 

I was at Walmart the other day and I think maybe someone purchased the Nutcracker Lego online and maybe returned it to the store. Reason being is because I have not seen this one in the store and there it was that day. Just 1 on the shelf. I put it in my cart and inquired of its price, it was $9.97 so I purchased it. I told you there is always somewhere to display these little creations. I have an extra smaller Christmas tree set up with a blue/turquoise colored theme and I noticed the color of the little trim on the hat. It looks to me to be that same color so sure enough the nutcracker sits under that tree. Do you agree.

The other day I made the easiest Christmas cookies. You get 1 bag of Andes Creme De Menthe baking chips. Melt them in the microwave and when melting them you no longer see the green color of the Andes mints, they all melt and blend to the color of chocolate. You then dip/coat Nilla wafers in the melted chocolate and place on parchment paper and sprinkle with finely ground peppermint candy. If you like the flavor of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies you will then like these. So much fun, so much fun. Do you have an Ollie's Good Stuff Cheap store by you? This week's advertisement lists a President Trump Talking Wall Clock for only 9.99. In the ad it lists as seen on TV, bargain hunting is fun if you know where to look for the bargains.






Friday, December 6, 2024

Get To Know Your Favorite Charity/Ministry By Viewing The Tax Form 990 They Submit. I Already Looked @ 2 Local Ministries In My Region. Very Interesting, Very Interesting Indeed.

You know with all this nonsense being exposed within the church community, those YouTube videos I have been viewing taught me something valuable, look into these 501(c)3 organizations a little bit closer. Indeed, indeed. I did research and stumbled upon an organization you can pay to join, and they give you more info than the actual form 990 through the IRS (now I am guessing at that because I did not sign up with them). They let you view so much and then they have you captivated to join or not to view the section about other employees within the organization. I was not interested in going that route but would have liked to have viewed the other team players within a ministry and what they were actually making as a salary.

It also states somewhere on the form that the public has the right to view a copy of the form 990 if requested by them. I believe you request a copy of the form submitted in writing and they have to oblige you. So, there is interesting stuff tucked in these forms. You can see the section listing compensation current officers, director, trustee & key employees. In the one ministry it listed the President, the main minister that would be in this organization and there were 2 categories compensation from the organization & related organizations with both listing dollar amounts. It also lists the number of hours they work per week. Several of the officers within this ministry were just listed with the hours worked per week but with no compensation. There was 1 officer that was listed as working 2 hours per week and there was a slight dollar amount listed and maybe they received 1099 form. The main minister was also listed as a form 1099. The director was listed as working 2 hours a week but no compensation after their name. Another director listed as working 0.50 per week with no compensation also. The treasurer was listed as working 2 hours per week but no compensation. Then there was a name listed as being under the category highest compensated employees with working 38 hours per week and a nice salary listed for them. There was another category in which the rest of the employees are lumped together in a total listed for their compensation and I think benefits. There is a myriad of other categories like land, depreciation and for other salaries & wages. There was a section for grants given and the amount and the organization given to.

Once you find the ministry organization you can then select the year listed and then select the pdf of the 990 and it populates. This was odd, on another ministry I selected the year, and it reflected there was one for a particular year and I tried several times to select it, and it would redirect saying the website was not found. In that case I would guess you reach out to them and in writing request a copy of the form 990 for that particular year if indeed it was filed. Please note that since this is a form of taxes submitted, they would be behind 1 year just like filing your taxes. So, if you select the form 990 for 2022 you will actually be seeing the figures for the year 2021. In both instances I did not see a year 2023 to select. Maybe this is a form not required to file. So, if following the pattern, the year 2023 would actually be the figures submitted for 2022.

I found it rather interesting in the other ministry I looked up. I do not even know if this is ethical within a ministry that there is a president listed, and all the other officer titles goes to another person and no board members listed. So, I would guess in that case, the 2 people make all decisions with that ministry and don't run them across a board? Not sure of the answer to that but in God's kingdom that presents a possible red flag I would guess that no one is the sounding board of reason for that ministry back then when they were set up like that. I also found under the listing of land, equipment and other there was a dollar amount listed then another dollar amount listed under the category of accumulated depreciation which was quite a large dollar amount then reducing the book value down considerably. I wonder how one determines the accumulated depreciation amount; Wow is there a formula or book they follow in figuring out that amount? Wow, the main person within this ministry worked 75 hours per week and the other that was listed as the other 3 officers worked 25 hours per week. It also states somewhere on the form they review the effectiveness of all other ministries it supports. I think that is in regard to the ministries they either gave grants to or money to. It does state that upon written request 990 tax return is available to the public for inspection.

I am not sharing anything with you all that is not public knowledge and is out there for you to look up also. You need to have the correct name of the ministry and address, and I think it even lists somewhere their ein number if I am not mistaken. There must have been a change of some sort within the one ministry because the last couple of years they then listed a total of 3 individual officers and then maybe 10 board members. Maybe I read it wrong in this organization, but I do not think I saw a Secy listed. They gave a good amount of cash or grant to 3 ministries along with some to their organization listed.

It also lists their accounting firm and their address that prepared the tax form for them. In 1 instance the others listed give an actual mailing address meaning street listing, etc. In 1 instance it listed the accounting firm as a po box number, and I thought it was a bit odd the post office box number began with a 1 and followed a sequential series of gradual numbers going up for its po box number. I do not know why that stood out to me but it did, you know like this as an example 7,8,9,10. Do some research and get some knowledge before you begin to be a faithful donor to a ministry. The info is out there for the public to see so see it. I told you this would be very interesting indeed, didn't I.

Monday, December 2, 2024

Here Is Another Video. Truth Be Exposing Evidence For Restoration To Take Place. Why Aren't The Prophets & Ministry Leaders Speaking Out About This?

Did I not share with you the power in the prayer I have been praying. I pray for them to repent and if they do not repent then expose the evidence. Seems to be playing out in the church now. Do you agree. I am still waiting for that to take place in a couple of ministries in my region. I prayed, I fasted, and I have done my part, so I step aside and let God handle the rest. Another video and I will be posting another video I am watching right now. Lord have mercy on those that do not want to repent and change their ways because the evidence will be exposed, as we are seeing right before our very eyes




Sunday, December 1, 2024

President Trump, Please Assure Me The DOGE Will Look Into The Practices Of The USPS. Let me Share My Recent Experiences With Them If I May.

The USPS has been draining the federal government of finances for quite a time now. When they need more money, they ask the government to help them out and they get the finances. Who is governing over our USPS anyway. That person or group should be in my opinion held accountable for spending out of control and they just keep increasing the postage stamp fees. It seems like nowadays almost after a postage stamp increase there seems to be another one around the corner. They rook you in by purchasing the Forever stamps but in reality, the price of stamps keeps escalating so how many of us really still have Forever postage stamps in which we paid for them at a reasonable cost to use when the pricing keeps increasing.  When you inquire at postal stations, they have no answer and definitely no answer as to why we are not getting improved services for each time the government bails them out. Maybe it is time for the Federal government to take over the administration of the post offices in the USA and hold them accountable.

Here are a few of my recent post office experiences. I baked cookies and took the time to place them in packaging I thought would get them to their destination all intact. Well, they seemed to take days to get there and when they arrived, they were crumbled pieces. I asked my local post office what the cause was since they were marked fragile, and they may have even marked it perishable also. I was told that automation/machines are now handling packages, and they are not being handled by actual people taking care of the package as it goes through the postal system. That is a shame when actual human beings are not handling fragile/perishable type of packages. No wonder if machines are jostling them around that they arrive crumbs. Postage is not cheap nowadays and to spend the money to have that type of service should be addressed. Furthermore, there is no reimbursement given of some sort to the paying customer when the mail is not being handled properly, and the receiver gets crumbs instead of yummy cookies. Now, my relative did share with me that they were good tasting when they ate the crumbs with a cup of coffee. They should not have had to resort to eating cookie crumbs when cookie crumbs were not sent to them in my package prior to being handled by the USPS in which I paid for this service.

Two other recent occasions I ordered items and while viewing tracking history of the package destination heading to me I experienced this. Both instances I can see it was actually in the region in which I reside, then for whatever reason they are re-routed to cites anywhere from 1.5 to approximately 4 hours away from where I reside to then be sent back to my region to be delivered. In 1 instance the package inside was all bent and caused the box to open with some of the items outside of the box within the package. Most thankful that particular company sent me out a fresh package and charged nothing for it, including postage. That is not fair to both me and the vendor when it deals with the mismanagement/mishandling of package delivery.

Please look further into this. Oh, 1 more thing ... quit having them purchase electric vehicles to deliver the mail that is a pure waste of money. With these recent incidents I experienced, don't you think maybe it is time to rehaul the USPS. There I go thinking out loud again.