JULY 15 – DAY 15- Morning Theme: GROWING TOGETHER THROUGH EVERY SEASON 🌅 Reflection Growing Together, Not Apart Good Morning! A farmer in the Ashanti Region once said, "When two cocoa trees are planted close together, they do not compete for the sunlight. They grow side by side, each strengthened by the same rain." His words reminded me of marriage. Marriage is not a competition to determine who is more important, more successful, or more appreciated. It is God's invitation for two people to grow together under His care. There will be seasons when one spouse appears stronger while the other needs encouragement. At other times, the roles will be reversed. Healthy marriages understand that growth is not always equal, but it should always be mutual. The question is not, "Who is ahead?" The better question is, "Are we moving closer to Christ together?" 📖 God's Word "Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds." — Hebrews 10:24 ❤️ Today's Love Action Encourage your spouse in one area where you have seen spiritual or personal growth. Let's Talk How have you helped each other become better people? Prayer Lord, help us to celebrate each other's growth and walk together toward the future You have prepared for us. Amen. 🌿 From My Counselor's Chair Strong marriages celebrate progress instead of comparing pace. Lewis Addai-Baah Marriage Nugget "A successful marriage is not two perfect people, but two growing people." Remember In marriage, it is not about winning the argument; it is about winning each other's hearts.

🌞 Good morning, friends! 2/23/2026! Here in Texas County, Missouri, we’re starting off with a chilly day filled with mainly sunny skies. 🌤️ The highs will reach the upper 30s, while we’ll dip down to the low 20s tonight. It’s a reminder that winter is still holding onto us a bit longer, but don’t worry - a warm-up is on the horizon! ☀️ You know you’re from Missouri when summer storms are the stuff of fond memories. There’s nothing quite like sitting on the porch, sipping your favorite drink, as the summer rain provides nature's symphony. 🎶 Well, it may not feel like summer just yet, but who knows, we might catch some porch rain and warm breezes soon enough. Don’t forget to grab a warm blanket while you wait! 🤗 As I savor my morning cup of coffee, I take a moment with Abba, my Father, to reflect on Psalm 42:5: “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” 🙏 What an eye-opening verse! The psalmist doesn’t shy away from expressing feelings of despair, yet, amidst the storm within, he encourages us to re-focus on God’s light and hope. It’s a powerful reminder for all of us, especially when we face our own struggles. Whether you’re feeling downcast or just needing a little pick-me-up, remember that God is our Savior and sustainer. He’s always there to lift our spirits when we turn to Him. 💖 But enough about the chill in the air and the warmth of our Heavenly Father—what makes today extra special besides Him and you? Drumroll, please… 🥁 Today is National Tootsie Roll Day! 🎉 A day to celebrate that delightful chocolate-flavored candy we all know and love. Can you believe Tootsie Rolls have been a beloved American treat for over 115 years? They were developed back in 1907 by Leo Hirshfield in Brooklyn, and they’re still rolling strong! 🍬 This day takes me back to 1994 when the catchy tune “Tootsee Roll” by the 69 Boyz danced its way into our hearts and hit number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. 🎤🕺 Do any of you remember rocking out to that song? "Come on, come all (Tootsee Roll), just make that Tootsee Roll!" It certainly adds a fun twist to today’s celebration! 😉 So, how do you plan to enjoy both the chilly morning and National Tootsie Roll Day? Maybe some hot cocoa paired with a Tootsie Roll? Or perhaps a joyful moment of praise with a favorite song? 🎶 Let’s share our plans for today, and don’t forget to take a moment amid the busyness to reflect on His goodness. May your day be filled with warmth and joy, sweet and savory, and a sprinkle of God’s grace on top! ☕💕 Stay warm, friends, and keep spreading that love! 💞

Peanut Butter & Hershey: A War of Words 🍫🥜 In a world where the love for chocolate is almost as sacred as our faith, the grandson of the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups has made headlines with a bold statement against Hershey. In a recent LinkedIn post, he accused the candy giant of compromising quality by “cheaping out” on ingredients. Talk about stirring the pot! 😲 As we all know, it’s not uncommon for manufacturers to cut corners these days—decreasing the quality of ingredients while simultaneously increasing prices. In late 2025, fans of Reese’s and other beloved Hershey products were hit with an 8% to 10% price increase. Some varieties even skyrocketed by a whopping 22%! 📈 The news left many chocoholics wondering, “Are we really getting less for more?” Hershey has hinted at a troubling trend of reducing package sizes and altering recipes to include more non-chocolate components—all under the guise of rising cocoa prices. But something seems off. While cocoa prices surged in 2025, they dipped significantly in early 2026. Yet, retail prices remain high, leaving consumers scratching their heads. 🤔 As we look for answers, consider these recent headlines: -Cocoa production has decreased by 400,000 tons- Codex -The Great Cocoa Collapse continues, with prices hitting lows not seen since June 2023- Barchart -Why cocoa prices are falling - Businessday It begs the question: are consumers willing to pay for what seems to be corporate greed? With cocoa prices falling nearly 70% since last Valentine’s Day, why aren’t we seeing reduced prices for heart-shaped boxes or Easter bunnies? 🐰💔 This situation reminds us of Proverbs 20:17, “Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.” It’s a gentle nudge to reflect: are we really valuing quality and integrity in what we consume? As Christians, we’re called to be good stewards, and that extends to our choices alongside our faith. So, in this battle of peanut butter and chocolate, let’s keep our eyes on what truly matters—honesty, quality, and faith in the process. 🕊️❤️ What do you think? Are you still reaching for that Reese’s cup, or has the price and quality made you reconsider? Let’s talk about it! 💬

So since it’s December again. 🎄✝️ I have seen angels just like when I met Timothy the first time. This wasn’t Timothy—this angel had the same colors as the Color of the Year 2026. Cloud-Dancer white wings with hidden vermillion red shimmering like bright gems alternated under each feather of his large wings. His hair, with curtain bangs, was a shade of teal from the color emerald green, and the wispy outward ends reached his shoulders. His armor was also a shade of jade. He had straight eyebrows, almost round-shaped eyes with bright vermillion red eye color that was striking, a medium nose, thin lips, a cocoa medium skin tone, and a square-shaped face. This male angel had a toned physical body but was not lean either—he was built in a way like he’s trained for something he is fighting for. He cheered me up the first time I saw him because the other day, I think it was the 7th of December, I was hoping for kittens. I’d be happy to help Cayenne with her kitten delivery since she was pregnant, but they came out too early and I got sad. These demons, influencing my own aunt, came shooting arrows in the spiritual to make me doubt that the medicine I gave Cayenne—because she was having a runny nose while pregnant—was the cause. I still wanted Cayenne okay, yet I was indirectly blamed by my aunt, who is influenced by demons, for Cayenne’s unborn kittens. I didn't even want the kittens dead. I was looking after Cayenne because it's hard if she’s sick and also pregnant. Yet I know I can’t control what happened; it’s either the kittens or my cat Cayenne. I even consulted the Holy Spirit if it was my fault. Generally, though yes in the spiritual my guard was up, I was too hard-hit by the dead words my aunt spoke to me. He said— Holy Spirit: “No, don’t think that way. It's not your fault.” I heard that, I nodded, and I let that slowly sink into my heart. Though it wasn’t full, I couldn’t help but tell my mom about what my aunt said. (I’m not saying bad things about her generally, but it’s not too far from actually getting a rise out of someone to sin—I’m repentant to Abba or Father God for that.) I wasn’t fully taking it in still… until that evening I saw him. As I’ve said on the first slide, what he looks like—he’s really beautiful, and ChatGPT made the closest appearance it could make of him. Though in the glimpse of his appearance in the vision, I saw him as a form of light (though I’m not yet able to see through the form of light), which is— I didn’t know what his name was. Hold up—Holy Spirit said: IMAKAEA. That’s his name. Abba sent him to cheer me up and deliver the message that it wasn’t my fault. Abba is with me—Abba’s grace is with me. That’s what I got from him. I saw him for two nights in a row, and tonight, currently November 9, I saw him again with two angels: one with vermillion red hair (a woman angel) and the emerald-green-haired male. Though it’s not exactly two—there’s more. And like… more? Angelic presence. I don’t even want to count, but I think they were six. Holy Spirit says so. (Some lukewarm Christians and lukewarm faith or ignorance would definitely deny this, but this is for those who have devout faith to the Father, who love the Father more than themselves.) Yes, I have recorded them—with permission from the Father as always, because the Lord knows I love a little remembrance of His heavenly hosts, for His presence and glory shines from His angels. So IMAKAEA—earlier, a few minutes before 9 PM—I stood there at the terrace delighting in what the Father sent. I was in awe again like child-like wonder. That’s exactly what the fear of the Lord is FYI. When you desire not your own understanding but God's. I let go of what my human mind cannot comprehend and trusted God. To learn from Him and with belief, faith—everything in me towards the Lord. I give all I see because I desire more of the heavenly God above. It’s part of being a seer that the Father trains me to be (Prophet/Seer… what the Father says about me, though I’m not into titles; I’m just serving here). Anything He trains me for, I’m eager to learn. Then, not long after, I said: “Can I connect with this angel, Holy Spirit?” He said— Holy Spirit: “You can take breaths.” I took my breaths and exhaled calmly. Then I started feeling a pressure on my forehead. (No, it's not sickness—it's wisdom and knowledge from the Almighty God.) It connected my heart and mind with Jesus. After a few seconds (I'm nearsighted by the way; it’s hard to see without my glasses because he’s a bit distant and in the sky, yet I can see his light form), I saw him shine below—think of it as some holographic futuristic thing he showed with angelic light, but it’s not tech, okay? He showed me Jesus and Mary Magdalene in motion, and then Jesus again. I kept confirming my understanding with the Holy Spirit. I asked how long I would be seeing him. He said: Holy Spirit: “Like all Christmas and New Year.” That honestly was exciting, because I get to see more angelic beings before the year ends—just like how I met Timothy, who is a transparent form of white light. Then after that answer, I asked if what I saw—Jesus and Mary Magdalene—was something related to redemption. I didn’t hear or feel a “no.” Instead, He said— Holy Spirit: “Yes it is. You are to remember your redemption, like how Mary was healed from seven demons.” And it made sense to me. Because in seeing that motion IMAKAEA showed, I felt God’s love. And if it’s to say that I'm walking into a new year still with Abba through good and bad, then I’m walking through unharmed and taken care of while I serve Him. So I’m showing this because I am given permission by God to share. (I just asked—He said so I can.) You can go on my fb page posted there is a short recording of the angelic being I witnessed and was given permission to record by the Lord. But on here is just a image of IMAKAEA I'll post. If this brings you to God—if it tugs on your heart—I encourage you, beloved. For IMAKAEA is a sign that the only life you should be walking and living is God’s ways, not the ways of sinners. For those who go back to sin like dogs or pigs will wither like grass, and plants lose flowers and dry up. But God stays the same, and His words will not fade. It won’t. Through His gates, beloved—not religion that divides. Physical bodies of churches are not churches if they don’t have the same desires and love of the Lord. Religion in this world has hidden agendas. All their outward tent religion rituals are just a copy of what’s heavenly, but none who offer—just like in the Bible—no offering will make you clean because you’re offering only half of yourself while one heart is still dark as sin. There’s no real change happening. This is like worshiping with your lips but your heart is far from Him. Does it ring any bells? Do you remember the scripture? This world and their lusts—what their eyes see, hear, and speak—really like dogs and pigs. But Abba knows your real self. So may you lay down your life and live according to His plan and how He made you? Lastly, I searched in Hebrew letters— IMAKAEA — Using the spelling: אימכא (Alef – Yod – Mem – Kaf – Alef) --- Meaning of EACH Hebrew Letter (simple): ־ א Alef — Beginning, oneness, leadership, divine power ־ י Yod — Creation, energy, spark, hand of action ־ מ Mem — Water, flow, depth, mystery, life ־ כ Kaf — Palm of the hand, authority, shaping, bending reality ־ א Alef — Unity, source, spiritual essence --- ⭐ All letters combined into ONE simple meaning: “A powerful divine spark shaping life from a deep source.” Another simple version: “Divine beginning + creation + life + shaping + unity.” --- IMAKAEA is a being telling me 2026, for me, will be good—good as well for those who serve Christ without human motivation or worldly lust or desires that are wicked as the flesh. Devout desire nothing more than what is heavenly. So these are all I want to post before Christmas. I’ll post again possibly after New Year. I’ll bring more heavenly revelation and encounters from Abba, if He permits me to show you all. Have an advanced Merry Christmas, brothers and sisters. May God’s love and grace be with you all. ✝️🤍 ©️ 2025 Ruth B. Personal encounter with God shared by His grace. #EncounterWithGod #GodEncounter #JesusEncounter #HolySpiritEncounter #FaithJourney #SpiritualExperience #HeavenlyEncounter #MyTestimony #ChristianTestimony #GodIsFaithful #GodIsGood #WalkWithJesus #TestimonyTime #GodsGrace #JesusMySavior #JesusMyRedeemer #exlgbtqiaplusmember

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Three Angels Broadcasting Network Devotional Lessons from the Frogpond By Jenni Poling September 29 “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” James 1:5 NIV I would like to share with you a little experience that happened to my mother when she was young. She attended one of the typical one-room schoolhouses in rural Ontario, where children would walk several miles back and forth to attend. Inside the classroom, early grades were seated on the left, and the older grades, with larger desks, would sit on the right.​ In the winter, the room was heated by a gigantic stove, which ate up great, huge chunks of wood. Scholars cooked potatoes in the cylindrical device built into the stovepipe. Jars of cocoa warmed on the stove platform alongside wet mittens and socks that toasted as the children studied.​ Students were allowed to tap the trees in early spring and make maple syrup candy in the clean snow. It was a delicious, sugary, fudge-like confection! Later they would pick wild strawberries and enjoy the rich scent of peonies and other flowers that grew in the schoolyard.​ Across the road from the school was a large wooded area. The students were allowed to visit the woods but were cautioned that they must remain within earshot of the sound of the school bell. If they missed the bell, they would have to forfeit their privileges.​ A special source of attraction was a fairly good-sized, spring-fed pond inhabited by numerous salamanders, turtles, and frogs. Many a lunch hour was spent trying to catch the elusive creatures.​ One winter day, after the pond had frozen over, the children decided it would be great fun to slide and skate on the slippery ice. However, only one of the pupils had brought skates with her. So a dozen or so children set out for the pond and crowded onto the ice, running behind the skater as she sped along.​ Suddenly, an ominous cracking sound made them realize that there was too much concentration of weight in one spot.​ “Scatter! Quickly!” they shouted—and this piece of intelligence might have proved useful if they hadn’t all scattered together in the same direction.​ Crack! Snap! Sploosh! As the ice gave way beneath them, water gushed upward. The children had nearly made it to the pond’s edge, but most of them found themselves in frigid water up to their knees. Imagine the chagrin of one of the older students who sought refuge by shinnying up a small tree in the middle of the pond, only to realize that she would have to plunge into the icy water to get back to safety! We might find ourselves in a similar situation as the girl in the tree when in our planning, we neglect to first seek wisdom from the Lord. But our heavenly Father wants us to learn to trust in Him, and He has promised to give us the help that we need. Romans 8:32 reads, “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”

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