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Pakistani inventor Agha Waqar Ahmed created a water-kit, making it possible to drive almost completely on water.

Youtube news clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPYH1dIh4fM

You really have to see this stuff to believe it. You decide if it's relation to the locusts in the book of Revelation.

Here are youtubes about it:

Overview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cJv4O2zEOw

Military applications:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCZCQOg-zKs

Mini insect-robot applications:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIRoIdpNyZc

Swarm robots catch a ball in midair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2itwFJCgFQ

Technical specifications from Harvard University:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1t4M2XnIhI

Key Search Terms
Micro Air Vehicles (M.A.R.)
Low Cost UAV Swarm Technology (LOCUST)

Then locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They hurt not grass or any green thing or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+9%3A1-11&version=NKJV

The Apostle Paul said to pray without ceasing. As a young man, I always wondered how to do that because we can't talk to the Lord all the time (a one-way conversation)... so... how do we pray without ceasing? That question was partially answered when someone explained that doing acts of charity is a form of prayer... so... prayer can be an action.

My most recent revelation is that silently acknowledging His presence throughout our day -- whenever we think of Him -- for the rest of our lives -- is a form of praying without ceasing.

It’s interesting that Jesus said, “…when you fast...” (Matt. 6:16). Jesus didn’t say, “…if you fast…” but He said "when" you fast. The implication is that fasting is something that His disciples will do.

There is an incident in the book of Mark where a father complained to Jesus that His disciples could not cast a demon out of his son. Jesus explained that “…some kind come not out but by prayer and fasting…” (Mark 9:29). The book of Matthew describes the inability of the disciples to cast the demon out because of “a lack of faith” (Matt. 17:19-20).  Subsequently, it appears that spiritual authority (at least in the above case) is connected to THE BIG THREE: PRAYER, FASTING AND FAITH.

Nine months ago, I vowed to give up beer for one year and to go on a one-day water fast every week for the rest of my life, until I stand before the Lord Jesus. The fast is begun on Tuesday at 9:00 PM and it ends sometime on Thursday around noon (about 36 hours). The fast is broken with vegetable juice because it eases the body back into eating with the least amount of shock.

Questions for you:
(1) Do you fast for the Lord Jesus?
(2) What is your fasting regimen?
(3) What kind of goals or intentions do you have for fasting?
(4) How many years have you been fasting and what prompted you to start fasting?
(5) What results have you achieved from fasting, if any?
(6) What are your spiritual, mental, emotional and physical experiences with fasting?

I may be selected to lead a weekly bible study, possibly starting in January 2015. I'll use the RSV because it has good cross references and footnotes.

In the past at other churches, I have attended bible studies where the pastors were lukewarm about discussing the scriptures. Whenever I and others would show up, the pastor would get a frown on his face because he wasn't excited about doing it. It actually looked like he didn't want to do it, but since people showed up, he could not back out of it.

If I lead a bible study, I will do it with tenacity and gusto for a couple of reasons:
1. Souls are at stake.
2. It will have an eternal impact on people that will follow us to heaven.
3. It is God's Word to us and for our benefit, so let's dig into it.

If it happens, it should be good.

Well, I just finished another degree (an MPA) and that is probably the last one I'll ever pursue. It was more time-consuming than what I anticipated and I'm soooooo exhausted.  I feel like a marathon runner collapsing after crossing the finish line.

I will not pursue a Masters in Theology unless the Lord directs me to in the future because I'm simply too exhausted.  I already began one Masters in Theology, but after completing three classes, the program was discontinued.  So I finished the MPA instead. It was a tradeoff.

It's ironic that I love the bible and can quote it backwards and forwards, but I don't have a Theology degree. However, anyone who has studied Theology knows that the discipline goes far beyond just the bible i.e. history, hermeneutics, et al.

I was listening to a preacher named Larry Randolph talk and he said that we cannot take our gifts to heaven, but we can only take our heart.

Gifts are based on 1 Corinthians 12:4-11:

• utterance of wisdom
• utterance of knowledge
• faith
• gifts of healing
• working of miracles
• prophecy
• discernment of spirits
• tongues
• interpretation of tongues

As proof, he quoted the scripture where some people will say to Jesus, "Did we not cast out demons in your name?" (a gift) and "Did we not heal the sick in your name?" (another gift), but the Lord will say to them, "Depart from me you workers of iniquity: I never knew you." (scarey words).

Our heart is our state of mind i.e. in a state of forgiveness as we forgive others i.e. forgiveness, bitterness and strife are states of the heart and will not be allowed to enter heaven. "For with the heart, man believes unto righteousness..." (Rom. 10:10).

So anyways, we take our heart to heaven, but not our gifts.

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