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Exposing the Largest Killer of US Troops | The Mark Driscoll Show | Ep 32 · The Mark Driscoll Show

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  It is a very disgusting, demonic, diabolical and demonic
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  day when those who have contributed nothing to the
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  country, are here illegally and possibly even come with criminal
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  intent are given preference over those who have served as
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  patriots, who have made a sacrifice, who have given
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  themselves and maybe even given their lives or a family member
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  has given their life. It really is.
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  You just stop and think about it on a day like this.
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  It's truly disgusting and it's offensive and it's horrifying.
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  Well, it's Memorial Day weekend and wanted to just thank and
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  encourage and honor those who have served.
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  And Memorial Day we have. We have holidays and that means
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  holy day. And this is a particularly holy
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  day because it's designated to honor those who have made the
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  ultimate sacrifice of giving their life to secure our
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  liberty. And for those of us who are
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  Christians, we remember Jesus Christ set the ultimate
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  sacrifice. The Bible is very clear that
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  that he loved us so much that rather than allowing us to
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  suffer and die, he inserted himself and he endured wrath and
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  suffering and justice, evil, oppression, and ultimately death
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  so that we could live. And so the whole storyline of
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  the gospel of Jesus Christ is that someone loves you so much
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  that they're willing to take your place and suffer so that
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  you can have life and liberty. Well, in that spirit, during the
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  celebration or at least commemoration of Memorial Day,
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  we just want to pause and we want to say, God bless those
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  families that have contributed to the ultimate sacrifice of
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  losing people that they love very, very dearly.
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  And this holiday season is one that is very, very difficult for
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  for many veterans who, who, who didn't die, but maybe we're
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  physically or mentally, emotionally, spiritually
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  scarred, harmed, wounded. And, and for them it is a very
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  dark time. And I've got some statistics
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  here. From 2010 to 2020, suicide and
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  self-inflicted injuries were the leading cause of deaths for male
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  and female service members, accounting for 33% of all
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  deaths. Transportation accidents ranked
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  second, followed by their accidents.
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  What that means is the leading cause of death for those who are
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  serving in the military is suicide, and that suicide and
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  and the war for the heart and the soul and the mind and
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  Wellness is actually raging at a level that is taking life beyond
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  even enemy combatants and wartime activities.
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  Since 9:11, suicide rates among active duty personnel and post
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  911 veterans have far exceeded combat fatalities.
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  Estimates indicate around 30,000 suicides compared to
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  approximately 7000 deaths for those who are in operations in
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  places like Afghanistan or Iraq. And for active duty
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  specifically, suicide deaths significantly outnumbered combat
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  deaths, 883 versus 96, according to one Pentagon analysis.
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  What does this say? It says that serving in the
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  military, being deployed, going into combat in harm's way, it
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  can absolutely take your life. And if it doesn't take your
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  life, it can take your quality of life.
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  And so a couple things I want to say for someone who is a
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  conservative Christian and a patriot, it is it is really
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  incumbent upon those of us who care for those who have or are
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  serving in the military or have loved ones that they are
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  supporting while they send them out to the front line, that that
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  we understand something. And that is that in addition to
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  physical war, there is spiritual war.
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  And that a lot of the struggles that those in the military have
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  is oppression. It's spiritual oppression.
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  That war only exists, that conflict and combat only exists
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  because sin has entered the world.
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  The the first war, according to the Bible, was naturally not a
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  war on earth. It was a war in heaven.
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  The Bible says in Revelation 12, I believe it is that war erupted
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  in heaven. And so there's God and there's
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  angelic beings. And the angelic beings, they are
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  architected, organized like a military force.
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  And so you've got high-ranking angels, archangels.
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  You've got, in addition, 2 named angels in the Bible, Michael and
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  Gabriel. So those would be sort of
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  senior, you know, Department of War heads for God's divine army.
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  The third named Angel in the Bible is Lucifer, who is Satan.
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  And that indicates that he, too, was likely a high-ranking
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  official, a military leader, if you were in the unseen realm,
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  and that what Satan decided to do was to declare war on God in
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  heaven. And so war starts in the
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  presence of God in the unseen realm.
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  And it says that Satan was defeated.
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  God didn't engage. He let his angels fight back.
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  Jesus says when Satan was cast down to the earth that a third
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  of the heavenly hosts were with him.
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  Well if the three highest ranking angels in the Bible
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  because they are named are Michael, Gabriel, and Lucifer
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  then it would make sense that when Lucifer fell after his
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  defeat in heaven that a third of the angels went with him.
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  Because again, if there are three senior leaders and one
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  becomes an enemy combatant and, and turns, then when he loses
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  the war, the 3rd that are with him go with him.
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  And so we, we see that there is this profoundly spiritual,
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  deeply supernatural connection to war.
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  And so when Satan comes to the earth, he's all about war.
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  He's war on family, he's war on life, he's war on marriage.
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  And we see throughout the course of the Bible that often times
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  those who are being empowered for war are being empowered by
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  demonic forces. We see this over and over and
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  over, for example, in the Book of Judges, where you've got
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  Deborah and Gideon and Samson, and they're rising up to go to
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  literal physical war against enemy combatants that also are
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  demonically empowered, worshipping false gods.
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  And what is a physical war is actually also a spiritual war.
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  And so you see in that strong men like, like Samson are
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  spiritually overwhelmed. You see men like Gideon who are
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  really struggling with anxiety and fear.
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  And you even see in the days of Deborah, she has a man who is
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  working with him, Barack with her, Barack.
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  And so he is the one who is sort of listening to her.
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  She's getting revelation from God.
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  And then he's leading the troops into battle.
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  But he is struggling with anxiety, he's struggling with
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  oppression. He is struggling with his own
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  mental and spiritual well-being. And so throughout the Bible we
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  see that when there is a physical war, there's also a
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  spiritual war. And that in addition to the
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  combat and the conflict, there is this demonic oppression that
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  can come upon those who are serving on the right side of
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  combat and force. And unless you understand that,
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  there isn't as much compassion, empathy, understanding, or
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  prayerful intercession for those who are service members or those
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  who have been supporting loved ones who are service members.
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  And so this is all profoundly and deeply spiritual.
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  It explains why veterans that that do live through war, they
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  still live at war for the rest of their life.
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  There's trauma that happens, There's haunting that happens.
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  I think of a man that I know well and he he struggles a lot
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  with his sleep. He struggles a lot with PTSD.
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  He struggles a lot with anxiety. And it's because of so many
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  deployments and so much combat and so much death, in my
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  experience, to those who served as medics or firefighters or
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  those who served within certain roles within the military where
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  they're, they're first on scene to help people in crisis, The
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  trauma that they have witnessed, the, the pain that they have
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  endured, it is beyond what the human soul was created to carry.
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  And it, it can be oppressing and breaking.
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  And that doesn't mean that they've done anything wrong.
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  It just means that an oppression comes on them because the soul
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  reaches its human limits for for suffering, for death, for loss
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  and, and for pain and trauma and evil.
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  And And So what really frustrates me is we see on the
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  progressive left, and I don't want to make this just solely
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  bipartisan and political, but this toxic cult of empathy where
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  we're welcoming into the country anyone who wants to come,
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  meaning during the previous administration, 10s of millions
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  of people. It's like, hey, you're a drug
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  dealer, you're a criminal, You're a you're a human
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  trafficker. Come on in.
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  And we have compassion and empathy for you.
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  So here's housing and here's education and here's medical
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  care because, you know, we want to do all that we can to be as
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  generous as we can to you. And at the same time, there is a
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  disdain among many for those who are connected to in the
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  military. We, we don't see this same.
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  Hey, let's, let's do all we can to help veterans.
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  Let's do all we can to provide good mental health care and
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  physical doctor services for those who are suffering from
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  from combat or from military deployment or family members.
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  So we've got this day where people that didn't fight for the
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  country are preferred over those who do.
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  Those who didn't put themselves in harm's way for the country
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  are preferred over those who have.
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  Those who just want to smuggle their family into the country
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  are preferred over those whose family paid a price by burying a
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  family member who paid the ultimate sacrifice for life and
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  liberty. Yeah, it it is a it is a very
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  disgusting, demonic, diabolical and demonic day when those who
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  have contributed nothing to the country, are here illegally and
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  possibly even come with criminal intent are given preference over
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  those who have served as patriots, who have made a
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  sacrifice, who have given themselves and maybe even given
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  their lives or a family member has given their life.
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  It really is if you just stop and think about it on a day like
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  this, it's truly disgusting and it's offensive and it's
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  horrifying and it is a falsely placed empathy and it is a it is
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  a wrong headed compassion. And if you want to, if you want
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  to raise taxes, if you want to increase spending for housing
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  and medical care and psychological services, then
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  let's put at the very front of the line veterans and their
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  families. Let's let's thank them, let's
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  honor them, let's appreciate them.
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  And the truth is none of us, quite frankly, would sign up to
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  do what they volunteered to do. And by volunteering, they have
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  shown that they are willing to sacrifice and to make the
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  ultimate sacrifice. And if someone is willing to do
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  that for you, why wouldn't you be willing to do your best to be
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  of help to them? And on on a day like Memorial
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  Day, there's something called a negative anniversary.
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  And a negative anniversary is what psychologists will say.
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  If there is a traumatic event, there's a negative anniversary,
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  just like you have a positive anniversary.
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  So like, well, let's say March 12th, 1988, I took my wife out
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  on our first date. So to me, that's one of the most
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  joyful anniversaries in my whole life.
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  The day that you're born, that's an anniversary.
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  The day that your kid is born, that's an anniversary.
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  We have, we have positive anniversaries.
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  We also have negative anniversaries.
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  The negative anniversaries are where something so traumatic
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  happened that that day is sort of darkened and clouded forever.
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  And, and according to some, the body keeps the score.
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  Meaning when there's a traumatic event, your body sort of
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  remembers it, your soul remembers it, your, your
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  hardwiring remembers it. Memorial Day.
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  For many veterans and their friends and family, it's a
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  negative anniversary. It's a time when they are
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  remembering sort of the collective pain, loss, trauma.
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  And as a result, it's a very dark day and it can become a
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  season of oppression where they're, they're not themselves,
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  They're not well, they're, they're haunted.
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  And, and so I would just encourage you if, if there's
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  somebody that you know, love, care about and, and they're a
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  veteran or a family member and it is memorial season, just
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  assume they're probably experiencing a negative
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  anniversary and they're probably suffering some form of demonic
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  oppression. And that doesn't mean that
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  they've done anything wrong. It just means that they've been
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  under and surrounded by and witnessed to so much darkness
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  and evil that their soul is flooded and having a hard time
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  processing all that they have been experiencing.
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  And So what can you do? Well, you can practice the
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  ministry of presence. You can make sure that you're
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  calling, texting, emailing that you're driving over to their
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  house. Then maybe you're jumping on a
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  plane and you're like, you know what, I'm just going to go be
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  with you for a couple of days so that you're not alone.
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  This is also what the Bible called the ministry of
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  intercession. The ministry of intercession, of
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  course, is perfect by the Lord Jesus.
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  The Bible says in Hebrews that he lives to make intercession,
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  but that is there is God and there is a person who is
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  suffering or struggling. And then the the, the ministry
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  of intercession is someone who goes between them and God and
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  brings their needs to God and brings God's love to them.
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  And so it is, it is a mediatorial role.
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  Of course, Jesus does that perfectly as our great high
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  priest, and that's his role. But then we also to the apostle
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  Paul says have been given the ministry of intercession.
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  And that includes in the Bible the laying on of hands.
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  And the laying on of hands is it is a connection, but it's also
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  an impartation. The connection is, I know you're
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  in a hard season. You're not alone.
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  I'm here with you. I'm here for you.
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  But it's also an impartation because I'm invoking the Holy
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  Spirit and inviting the Holy Spirit.
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  There is a transference of divine presence and power to the
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  suffering person to help lift that burden off of them and to
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  bring God's grace into them. And so as Christians, for those
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  of us who are uniquely positioned to be helpful because
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  we know that number one, it's not just physical, there's
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  spiritual warfare as well. Just because the physical
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  warfare is over doesn't mean that the spiritual warfare has
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  ended. Sometimes it's even intensified.
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  And this can include times when you're trying to sleep and then
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  suddenly you are not consciously aware for the battle.
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  And so your thoughts become flooded with some of the most
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  painful and horrifying moments of your life, and maybe even
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  regret of things that you could have done under impossible
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  circumstances that would have perhaps created a more
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  preferable outcome. This includes the spiritual
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  warfare does include isolation. The Bible says it's not good to
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  be alone. There's a difference between
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  solitude and isolation. Solitude is where they says that
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  Jesus often withdrew the lonely places to be alone with the
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  Father. That's not isolation, that's
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  just I'm getting rid of everybody and everything so I
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  can make sure that my connection to God is as close as possible.
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  And that's temporary. Isolation is very, very
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  dangerous. Isolation is where you are not
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  near God's people and you're not near God's presence.
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  And the result is that's when the enemy tends to show up and
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  to bring demonic attack and oppression.
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  And so for those who you know during this memorial season,
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  know someone and they're isolating, pay attention to
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  that. If they're not calling, texting,
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  if they're not communicating, if they're isolating, pursue them.
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  Don't let them get isolated. If they get isolated, this is
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  where mentally they could be getting oppressed, their sleep
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  could be affected, their dreams become nightmares.
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  And this is where people start self medicating with drugs or
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  alcohol. And what they're trying to do is
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  they are trying to calm down the fight or flight system in the
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  body that is being triggered. Because what happens is anxiety
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  in the mind. It, it, it triggers a fear
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  response in the body. And so they're trying to find a
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  way to, to lessen the, the, the thoughts that they're haunted by
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  and the oppression that they're experiencing.
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  And if someone isolates and then they're being flooded with
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  oppression and then they are self medicating, well, now
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  they're in a dangerous place because we know that the, the,
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  the ultimate goal of the enemy is always death.
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  He's, he's, he's the father of death.
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  And so then it is suicidal ideation and it is oppression.
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  And so we love you very much for those of you who have served or
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  love those who have or are serving, and thank you to those
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  who are serving. We know that this can be an
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  intensely difficult season for a number of practical and
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  spiritual reasons. But I'll just, I'll close my
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  time For those of you who have an opportunity, don't allow
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  these people that you love to isolate.
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  Don't let them do it. Instead, practice the ministry
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  of intercession. Be praying for them, pursuing
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  them, and if you need to, get on a plane and go literally,
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  physically be with them. If you're one of these people
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  who is experiencing a negative anniversary, you need to know
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  that it is spiritual and you need to make sure that you
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  invite in God and godly people so that you're not isolated and
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  you're being interceded for and supported during this season.
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  And and then lastly, to all of you who would be critical of law
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  enforcement or military, those of you who are, you know,
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  vocally and sometimes even violently opposing rightful law
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  enforcement, just know this. There's a spiritual war and
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  you're on the demonic side of the fight and what you're doing
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  is evil. And it doesn't matter if you're
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  calling it justice in the sight of God.
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  It is willful, horrifying, reprehensible injustice.
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  And you need to stand with those who are trying to defend life
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  and liberty. And if you're opposing them,
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  you're part of the war that started in heaven.
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  And you're on the side of the fight with Satan and demons for
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  those who are fighting for life and liberty.
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  Thank you. You're on the right side of the
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  fight, and you're on the side with Gabriel, and you're on the
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  side with Michael, and you're on the side with God.
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  And we love you. We appreciate you.
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  We intercede for you. And we're just asking you,
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  please don't do anything during the season that'll hurt you.