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Colorado Churches Beat State in Court as Judge Overturns Worship Restrictions

A pair of Colorado churches won a religious liberty victory last week when a federal judge ruled they could meet indoors without an attendance cap, provided they continue following the state’s social distancing requirements.

Colorado Churches Beat State in Court as Judge Overturns Worship Restrictions
 

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Colorado Churches Beat State in Court as Judge Overturns Worship Restrictions

A pair of Colorado churches won a religious liberty victory last week when a federal judge ruled they could meet indoors without an attendance cap, provided they continue following the state’s social distancing requirements.

Colorado Churches Beat State in Court as Judge Overturns Worship Restrictions
The battle belongs to the Lord and the Victory is already won! Whom shall I fear! Who can defeat our Father's Will! Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of God?
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Covid hasn’t gone away
 

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Covid hasn’t gone away
We call those things that are not as though they were in Jesus Name!
Mark 11 (KJV)
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²² And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
²³ For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
²⁴ Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
 
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Matt 4:7 Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
 

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Neither have the fleas,
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I let some in-laws stay with me and they brought their animals in. I ended up with a major flea problem and ended up in the ER twice with welts, some of which I needed antibiotics for. I finally got some flea spray and got rid of the fleas, took 2 weeks, but yeah, I ended up endangering myself with COVID infected patients at the ER.
 

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I let some in-laws stay with me and they brought their animals in. I ended up with a major flea problem and ended up in the ER twice with welts, some of which I needed antibiotics for. I finally got some flea spray and got rid of the fleas, took 2 weeks, but yeah, I ended up endangering myself with COVID infected patients at the ER.
That bites, (pun intended) :)
I got 9 cats.. and I can't bomb the house because some of them are just too stubborn to come out from behind the fridge, washer, stove..
So I vaccuum, vaccuum, comb, collar, comb, collar.. I was hoping with the cooler weather..
It's not as bad as in August though, so that's something..

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That bites, (pun intended) :)
I got 9 cats.. and I can't bomb the house because some of them are just too stubborn to come out from behind the fridge, washer, stove..
So I vaccuum, vaccuum, comb, collar, comb, collar.. I was hoping with the cooler weather..
It's not as bad as in August though, so that's something..

HUGS

Well you might be able to do what I did. You'd have to check to see if the spray is pet safe. I don't think it is though. The in-laws and animals were gone when I sprayed, but I used a special flea spray that works for 7 months. Keeps the fleas from turning into adults. At first I vacuumed after spraying and ended up with a ton of baby fleas that hatched from their cocoon stage. I put out homemade flea traps and caught thousands.

But yeah, with 9 cats I think that would be difficult to work around. Bummer. The colder weather should help.
 
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Matt 4:7 Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'
This scripture refers to tempting God to prove that He really does have supernatural power.....
The first time this saying appeared was during the exodus of Moses and the Israelites.....
Exodus 17 (KJV)
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² Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?


⁷ And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Tempting God to prove He is powerful and can supernaturally produce miracles is wrong. Another way to tempt Him is to provoke Him to jealousy and force His judgment upon you because of idol worship.

Deuteronomy 6 (KJV)
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¹⁵ (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
¹⁶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
¹⁷ Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Now there is a scripture that tells us to TEST Him....or prove Him.

Malachi 3 (KJV)
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¹⁰ Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
¹¹ And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

My personal testimony: I had a gambling problem...He told me to quit going to the casinos....but I kept being tempted and kept going....got in a financial bind...while at the casino I asked Him to please bless me with a big win to get out of the bind I was in....
He said to me...Is it not written that you do not tempt me?
I said how is this tempting you? He said because I told you to quit and you disobeyed and now you ask me to Bless you in the very thing I told you to quit doing....this is asking me to go against myself. That would make it appear that I have a double standard or am double minded.
I said oh....I understand now....please forgive me.
“And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.”
— Psalms 78:18 (KJV)
 

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I still think it is irresponsible to meet together in large group, especially without a mask.
 
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This scripture refers to tempting God to prove that He really does have supernatural power.....
The first time this saying appeared was during the exodus of Moses and the Israelites.....
Exodus 17 (KJV)
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² Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?


⁷ And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Tempting God to prove He is powerful and can supernaturally produce miracles is wrong. Another way to tempt Him is to provoke Him to jealousy and force His judgment upon you because of idol worship.

Deuteronomy 6 (KJV)
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¹⁵ (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
¹⁶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
¹⁷ Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Now there is a scripture that tells us to TEST Him....or prove Him.

Malachi 3 (KJV)
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¹⁰ Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
¹¹ And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

My personal testimony: I had a gambling problem...He told me to quit going to the casinos....but I kept being tempted and kept going....got in a financial bind...while at the casino I asked Him to please bless me with a big win to get out of the bind I was in....
He said to me...Is it not written that you do not tempt me?
I said how is this tempting you? He said because I told you to quit and you disobeyed and now you ask me to Bless you in the very thing I told you to quit doing....this is asking me to go against myself. That would make it appear that I have a double standard or am double minded.
I said oh....I understand now....please forgive me.
“And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.”
— Psalms 78:18 (KJV)

I don't know about that Heart2soul....

Seems to me that testing God in any context is not a good idea. Just because the Bible gives specific examples doesn't mean the warning against testing God is limited to these examples.
 
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I don't know about the Heart2soul....

Seems to me that testing God in any context is not a good idea. Just because the Bible gives specific examples doesn't mean the warning against testing God is limited to these examples.
Uh okay. Thanks for explaining your point so thoroughly :rolleyes::)
 

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I don't know about that Heart2soul....

Seems to me that testing God in any context is not a good idea. Just because the Bible gives specific examples doesn't mean the warning against testing God is limited to these examples.
I believe I shared that same context....even gave scripture. I wasn't insinuating those are the only examples.
Of course it isn't a good idea to test Him.