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He Came To Set The Captiives Free

18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity], 19To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day [b]when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound.(B) - Amplified Bible This past week has been awesome at Shalom Missionary. We have been having a week of believers meetings, Pastor Napolean Black, my dear friend and brother has been sharing with us. What an anointing upon the man, he has opened himself to the move of the Spirit. He has availed himself to the Lord so much, and God has been using him mightily. Last night, we had to engage the power of darkness in a direct way. Just as Jesus taught us, we do not play around with demons, we deal with

Guns, Gangs and Governance

Guns, gangs and violence, G3 - This was the topic of a conference put on USAID and FLAVACA held at Hilton Kingston June 12-13 , which I was privileged to attend. It was time well spent, I learned a whole lot. The conference was well organized, and the organizers sought to bring presenters from a wide range of perspectives on the G3. There was the 'grassroots' perspective, the youth perspective, the police perspective, the media/business perspective... In the Grassroots perspective I learned new slangs that are being used by gang members along with some of the harsh realities of the inner city gang life and their gun related activities.

Guns Gangs and Governance

Guns, gangs and violence, G3 - This was the topic of a conference put on USAID and FLAVACA held at Hilton Kingston June 12-13 , which I was privileged to attend. It was time well spent, I learned a whole lot. The conference was well organized, and the organizers sought to bring presenters from a wide range of perspectives on the G3. There was the 'grassroots' perspective, the youth perspective, the police perspective, the media/business perspective... In the Grassroots perspective I learned new slangs that are being used by gang members: 'strapped for cash' - means armed to go rob some money.