I am most likely "that" friend that gets under everyone's skin. Why? When I read my Bible I come to realize how much in the world we all are. I'm the one who wants to let go of Disney, movies, sports,TV, and the frivolous. I take things more seriously than many of my friends. I'm more somber. My prayer life is different. I need God's word in my life. I sense that many of my believing friends see God as dessert, not the main course. I'm the rigid one. I'm THAT friend!!!
AMEN! Beautifully put Brother! It’s so great to see you are really growing in the LORD by leaps and bounds. I love you are using it to bring the Gospel & Christ to those in the World to realize their need for Jesus; & the saints like myself who need edifying and voices the encouragement. Some days are lean in that we wonder like Elijah am I alone in this? As the world gets darker and it is we want to be Light & Salt in the World & it really takes the Strength GOD gives us thru each other. I cling to the WORD and spend time in my prayer closet and the fellowship of the Body in Christ really keeps the fires going! I’ll leave some scripture addresses that are currently my go too’s. John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
2 Peter 1:1-10 but these are the flavor of the chapter: 2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: ......2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. ♥️🙏🏼🕊🙌🏼🔥Keep FIXED ON JESUS❣️
It’s probably better….. now that I think about it… I probably need to rewrite it anyway…. I have some of the story on audio on my first three reels of Instagram, there’s a picture of my childhood house on each post, the same picture on the first three posts…. Some of this backstory is in there. And also Jessica Reed Kraus has published me on her platform, and also recorded me when we first met at UCLA last spring… she titled it meet bud seigel I put that on my Substack feed…. I think I might speak about some of this during that impromptu recording she made….. I was hesitant to let her put it out there, but I had asked God to send somebody with a platform to first put me on, before I ever went on social media myself. I wanted that also as a testament, along with a litany of other things that God has done… almost impossible things with witnesses over decades. I will rewrite that first note this morning. It is part of a long story, one chapter where I died in 1998 in New York City, and popped out of my body. It is the key thing that gave me my conviction that Jesus Christ is God.
There’s a lot more I had to break it up and pieces so I’m going to send some in a little bit after I get some coffee I am exhausted…. I hope it’s not too much.
Just saw a live feed some mayor in California talking about saving California… of course it’s the fire department the fires… it’s always something that nobody is offended or has a problem with… in other words, it’s something that will do nothing to help anybody in California or this world. It wouldn’t matter if there was water in the fire hydrants it wouldn’t matter if there was no fire it wouldn’t matter if the entire state of California is burning… because that wouldn’t really be a problem in God’s eyes….. what I can’t fathom is the fact that I saw a stage in the middle of Santa Monica Blvd. last June on a Saturday morning at 10 AM near the synagogue on Shabbat… with 12 year-old boys, dancing in girls bikinis, wearing angel wings and groan. Drag queens cheering them on with tons of women with strollers and babies and balloons in the audience Nissan and Toyota there were places to get gift bags for the kids. If I was Mom, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing my child could be exposed to this. As somebody who knows exactly what happens to any kid who is exposed to these people transsexuals and others like that….the damage is irreversible not to mention the child will grow up, and most likely engage in all kinds of sexual activity… drugs…. Everything shepherd from God man, woman child family community….. I don’t even see these fires has been anything to talk about… to me, it’s a distraction and shows a populace, either blind, or intentionally ignorant for whatever the reason
This platform is cool, but I don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to messaging and receiving messages…. It seems like I lose my comments., and then, if somebody responds, there’s nothing there, and then I end up finding a page with all my comments…. So it looks like I’m commenting on something that isn’t even there., with half my comments missing…. Hahahahahahaha maybe the algorithm from Instagram follow me over here
Very bummed out…. I left a long letter. I deleted the most important part by accident, because I thought this was like Instagram and the delete function was at the top. But the little ellipses are at the bottom of these messages. Figures….. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything right on these things at first try…. Anytime I have ever tapped on something to see if it was the correct thing to tap, it is always, 100% of the time, the wrong thing…. I usually end up deleting something I didn’t want to erase
I’m so sorry to hear that. I’ve done that myself and it can be very frustrating. Sometimes I think they make these things intentionally tricky. Thank you for taking the time to respond. I greatly appreciate it.
Right? and when you think about it, why would the ellipsis be on the bottom of the note page? It makes the first note, and then the second note, have the little dots between them…. When it would make more sense to have those little dots at the top of the first note, so there’s no question….
I completely agree. But for those who don't know God at all, they need a gentler approach. Jesus demonstrated God's truth by serving others, and showing them God's better way to live. I hope to be someone who can show others why a life in faith is amazing. God bless.
I hear you but GOD draws hearts & imputed Faith in every imaginable way. The truth is many even most people must be broken & humbled to realize their need for Christ. We plant Seeds; the Holy Spirit Waters GOD brings the increase. We can do nothing of ourselves to Be Saved. It’s not the approach that saves us it’s the one who’s heart is Circumcised by GOD and sees their Sin & need for the Savior. NOT ONE that belongs to Christ will be lost.
That is great too but, I don’t think anything can beat a mind-blowing revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s the only thing that will cause us to give our lives for Him and then by His life in us we will reveal Him to the world. God bless you too.
"When the evil one tricks us into settling, we lose and God loses."
God never loses.
We lose the opportunity to experience His Spirit working through us to accomplish His will, but that is only a loss for us, not God. He is not dependent on us to accomplish His will, so He never loses.
I certainly understand what you are saying. And perhaps I should have been clearer there. It was not to say that God himself loses because as you said He never loses but rather that He loses out on us if/when we settle. His heart aches for every one of His children that are lost.
That's still one of my favorites! It's time to pull it out in beginning of year, yearly! Our Sovereign God is everywhere! And He's got our lives worked out! Those are some of the deep lessons I learned in college when we had to read it for English 101! A public college! Great book after the Holy Bible! 🙌👑🙌🦋
I accidentally deleted the beginning of that comment I left or story I should say… I’m going to have to rewrite it. I think it’s worth sharing. It’s a testament to Jesus Christ. And a pretty cool story in general…. I would say if anybody had a testament to God., and it was some boring story…. That wouldn’t make much sense.
I am most likely "that" friend that gets under everyone's skin. Why? When I read my Bible I come to realize how much in the world we all are. I'm the one who wants to let go of Disney, movies, sports,TV, and the frivolous. I take things more seriously than many of my friends. I'm more somber. My prayer life is different. I need God's word in my life. I sense that many of my believing friends see God as dessert, not the main course. I'm the rigid one. I'm THAT friend!!!
AMEN! Beautifully put Brother! It’s so great to see you are really growing in the LORD by leaps and bounds. I love you are using it to bring the Gospel & Christ to those in the World to realize their need for Jesus; & the saints like myself who need edifying and voices the encouragement. Some days are lean in that we wonder like Elijah am I alone in this? As the world gets darker and it is we want to be Light & Salt in the World & it really takes the Strength GOD gives us thru each other. I cling to the WORD and spend time in my prayer closet and the fellowship of the Body in Christ really keeps the fires going! I’ll leave some scripture addresses that are currently my go too’s. John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
2 Peter 1:1-10 but these are the flavor of the chapter: 2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: ......2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. ♥️🙏🏼🕊🙌🏼🔥Keep FIXED ON JESUS❣️
It’s probably better….. now that I think about it… I probably need to rewrite it anyway…. I have some of the story on audio on my first three reels of Instagram, there’s a picture of my childhood house on each post, the same picture on the first three posts…. Some of this backstory is in there. And also Jessica Reed Kraus has published me on her platform, and also recorded me when we first met at UCLA last spring… she titled it meet bud seigel I put that on my Substack feed…. I think I might speak about some of this during that impromptu recording she made….. I was hesitant to let her put it out there, but I had asked God to send somebody with a platform to first put me on, before I ever went on social media myself. I wanted that also as a testament, along with a litany of other things that God has done… almost impossible things with witnesses over decades. I will rewrite that first note this morning. It is part of a long story, one chapter where I died in 1998 in New York City, and popped out of my body. It is the key thing that gave me my conviction that Jesus Christ is God.
Beautiful as always Mike - Let Go and Let God. Not at all easy but it so is the right path.
Thank you Terry. I appreciate that. It’s all about the Lord and what He has done for us. Not easy for sure but, simply incredible when you behold it.
God Bless.
There’s a lot more I had to break it up and pieces so I’m going to send some in a little bit after I get some coffee I am exhausted…. I hope it’s not too much.
Just saw a live feed some mayor in California talking about saving California… of course it’s the fire department the fires… it’s always something that nobody is offended or has a problem with… in other words, it’s something that will do nothing to help anybody in California or this world. It wouldn’t matter if there was water in the fire hydrants it wouldn’t matter if there was no fire it wouldn’t matter if the entire state of California is burning… because that wouldn’t really be a problem in God’s eyes….. what I can’t fathom is the fact that I saw a stage in the middle of Santa Monica Blvd. last June on a Saturday morning at 10 AM near the synagogue on Shabbat… with 12 year-old boys, dancing in girls bikinis, wearing angel wings and groan. Drag queens cheering them on with tons of women with strollers and babies and balloons in the audience Nissan and Toyota there were places to get gift bags for the kids. If I was Mom, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing my child could be exposed to this. As somebody who knows exactly what happens to any kid who is exposed to these people transsexuals and others like that….the damage is irreversible not to mention the child will grow up, and most likely engage in all kinds of sexual activity… drugs…. Everything shepherd from God man, woman child family community….. I don’t even see these fires has been anything to talk about… to me, it’s a distraction and shows a populace, either blind, or intentionally ignorant for whatever the reason
This platform is cool, but I don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to messaging and receiving messages…. It seems like I lose my comments., and then, if somebody responds, there’s nothing there, and then I end up finding a page with all my comments…. So it looks like I’m commenting on something that isn’t even there., with half my comments missing…. Hahahahahahaha maybe the algorithm from Instagram follow me over here
Very bummed out…. I left a long letter. I deleted the most important part by accident, because I thought this was like Instagram and the delete function was at the top. But the little ellipses are at the bottom of these messages. Figures….. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything right on these things at first try…. Anytime I have ever tapped on something to see if it was the correct thing to tap, it is always, 100% of the time, the wrong thing…. I usually end up deleting something I didn’t want to erase
I’m so sorry to hear that. I’ve done that myself and it can be very frustrating. Sometimes I think they make these things intentionally tricky. Thank you for taking the time to respond. I greatly appreciate it.
God Bless.
Right? and when you think about it, why would the ellipsis be on the bottom of the note page? It makes the first note, and then the second note, have the little dots between them…. When it would make more sense to have those little dots at the top of the first note, so there’s no question….
Tears
I completely agree. But for those who don't know God at all, they need a gentler approach. Jesus demonstrated God's truth by serving others, and showing them God's better way to live. I hope to be someone who can show others why a life in faith is amazing. God bless.
I hear you but GOD draws hearts & imputed Faith in every imaginable way. The truth is many even most people must be broken & humbled to realize their need for Christ. We plant Seeds; the Holy Spirit Waters GOD brings the increase. We can do nothing of ourselves to Be Saved. It’s not the approach that saves us it’s the one who’s heart is Circumcised by GOD and sees their Sin & need for the Savior. NOT ONE that belongs to Christ will be lost.
We were given free will. We must choose, as scriptures tell us. John 10:10.
That is great too but, I don’t think anything can beat a mind-blowing revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s the only thing that will cause us to give our lives for Him and then by His life in us we will reveal Him to the world. God bless you too.
I agree with everything except this line:
"When the evil one tricks us into settling, we lose and God loses."
God never loses.
We lose the opportunity to experience His Spirit working through us to accomplish His will, but that is only a loss for us, not God. He is not dependent on us to accomplish His will, so He never loses.
I certainly understand what you are saying. And perhaps I should have been clearer there. It was not to say that God himself loses because as you said He never loses but rather that He loses out on us if/when we settle. His heart aches for every one of His children that are lost.
Thank you and God bless.
The one who succombs to evil loses.
Appreciated. Reminds me of The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith.
Thank you. I’m not familiar with that but will definitely look it up.
God Bless.
It’s a classic from the author of Hinds’ Feet on High Places, a beautiful allegorical book.
That's still one of my favorites! It's time to pull it out in beginning of year, yearly! Our Sovereign God is everywhere! And He's got our lives worked out! Those are some of the deep lessons I learned in college when we had to read it for English 101! A public college! Great book after the Holy Bible! 🙌👑🙌🦋
Amen
Interesting. I’m very intrigued. Thank you for sharing it.
Beautiful ideas and deep thoughts
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that.
God bless.
I accidentally deleted the beginning of that comment I left or story I should say… I’m going to have to rewrite it. I think it’s worth sharing. It’s a testament to Jesus Christ. And a pretty cool story in general…. I would say if anybody had a testament to God., and it was some boring story…. That wouldn’t make much sense.