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“You cannot stand for God and God not stand for you.” 🙏🏼 So powerful! Reminds me too of Luke 6:22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.” Thank you Johnathan and Lila for speaking truth in these troubling times!
Biggest welcome to Jonathan Issac! Oh sweet! I saw your teaser pic for the upcoming podcast and thought, woah, Lila, I knew you stood metaphorically tall for your beliefs but wasn't thinking you were 6 ft 11! Turns out it was Jonathan standing both literally and metaphorically tall. Prayed for Jonathan's wife, child, and Christian Athlete shoe brand! God bless him! Hope these are helpful for standing tall! 1 John 4:16 We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him. James 2:14-26 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone may say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works. You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and tremble. Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by the works. Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called “the friend of God.” See how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way, was not Rahab the....(I don't think I can write this word) also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route? For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 But if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith. Then we are also false witnesses to God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all. Matthew 11:16-19 “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by her works.” John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. Thank you again, Lila. Hope you and your family, and everyone here has a light-filled peaceful joyful blessed Happy Fun Faith-over-Fear Freedom Friday! =)
Living for Christ and standing up for the faith takes a lot of courage (especially in left-leaning spheres like the NBA). 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 God bless you young man!
Lila. We need people like you. To stand up for persons choosing life. Reality is these children born fatherless in extreme poverty. Catholics need to do more. Pro+ life Is pro life at all stages.
Awesome thumbnail, Lila! Great smiles and great "Standing tall" title. Jonathan literally stood tall, but meeting a man on a literal and metaphorical elevator helped him to rise higher to be metaphorically taller! Back again, Lila, with a quote from your confirmation saint Saint Joan of Arc! “Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God: All will be well. -St Joan of Arc Prayed to our Lord Jesus Christ through the intercession of Saint Joan of Arc to help us all this morning. And prayed for you, your family, everyone here, our country, and our world in my Rosary this morning to help defend the dignity of life, all life from the moment of conception as a priceless precious gift as any single (and married!) person no matter his or her story, no matter who he or she is, or what they've done, or what was done to them. Will pray for Jonathan and anyone here struggling with fear and anxiety. I know I do! So if you have the time, please pray for me! =) Another quote! "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.” -Julian of Norwich (first known woman to write an example of a book written in English.)
They kept him because as much as the NBA "supported" blm, that was a marketing decision. But they paid attention to those sales and knew it would cost them A LOT more to let go someine that supported. For the team it was about money.
Porn addiction. Is nothing compared yo drug addiction. Porn is a choice. Drug addiction is physical. Horrific not a choice. The body goes into extreme pain. Not like choosing to view the sick. Bbit causes no physcical discomfort pain to not View. You have such compassion for porn addicts but not for drug addiction. Refraining from porn causes mo physical pain. Addicted mother choosing life. Adoption. Its not that easy. People do not want them.
It is very, very interesting that probably a majority of NBA athletes would identify as believers or even perhaps Christian, but NONE (that I have seen anyhow) have taken stands, any stands because they are Christians. Who else does like Johnathan? Probably pretty representative of the actual statistical numbers of people who will stand for Christ at anytime in their lives, but especially stand with Him upon His return.
