with Pastor Scott
AI is taking over the banking systems!
…..Trump recovered from a head wound
……….AND is negotiating peace in the middle east
……………Islam is growing exponentially
………………..One world government seems inevitable
……………………..The world is getting darker!
I’m sure glad my hope is anchored in Christ and that He is anchored in the veil! (Hebrews 6:19-20)
Where, beloved, is YOUR hope?
Pastor Scott
Modern neuroscience has uncovered something remarkable: the human brain can rewire itself. This concept, known as neuroplasticity, means that our thoughts don’t just pass through our minds — they shape them. Repeated thoughts and habits physically alter the brain’s structure over time. Negative patterns like anxiety, fear, or bitterness can create neural pathways that make those responses automatic. But the good news is that the brain can also be reshaped with intentional focus and truth.
This discovery has profound spiritual echoes. Long before MRI machines and brain scans, the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” In other words, Scripture is not only spiritually true — it aligns with the way God built our brains.
When a person meditates on the Word of God, memorizes Scripture, or even repeatedly returns to biblical promises in times of trouble, those truths begin to form new thought patterns. Peace replaces panic. Identity in Christ replaces insecurity. Gratitude takes the place of complaint. Over time, this process doesn’t just change the way we think — it changes who we become.
Neuroplasticity tells us that the brain responds to what it’s given. Scripture tells us that the Word of God is “living and active,” capable of dividing soul and spirit, judging the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. When you bring the Word into the mind, the mind doesn’t stay the same. It’s renewed — not just spiritually, but neurologically.
~New Start Discipleship – 37 Sermon Illustrations
I’m sure, like me, you’ve taken a fan apart to clean or to repair. You’ve probably done it more than once if you have one with white or light-colored fan blades because the dust is especially noticeable. Most desk or box fans are held to the shaft by a single nut. If you fail to put that nut on, the blades will fail. Regardless of how well the motor works or weather or not it’s getting enough electricity, without that nut, no fan!
The same thing is true of a helicopter. In fact during the Vietnam war, that nut that held the blade on the shaft was named the “Jesus Nut” because despite the millions of dollars’ worth of hardware on that bird, if the shaft nut failed, you were going to meet Jesus.
Ironically, the resurrection is our theological “Jesus Nut”. If Jesus rose from the dead, then He is God and ALL of His claims are true! If He is still in the grave, then He was just another moralist teacher…. BUT this is the Year of Our Lord 2026; He did rise. He is sitting at the right hand of the Father. If two witnesses seal the deal, 500 are unimpeachable…
”For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.” Corinthians 15:3-11
Pastor Scott
@Wikipedia
Jesus nut
The main rotor retaining nut[1] or mast nut, often colloquially referred to as the Jesus nut, holds the main rotor to the mast of some helicopters. The related slang term Jesus pin refers to the lock pin used to secure the retaining nut. A failure of this nut is likely to result in a crash. More generally, Jesus nut (or Jesus pin) is used to refer to any component that is a single point of failure and whose breakdown would result in catastrophic consequences, the suggestion being that in such case the only thing left to do would be to “pray to Jesus“.
Origin of name
The term Jesus nut may have been coined by American soldiers in Vietnam;[2] the Vietnam War was the first war to feature large numbers of soldiers riding in helicopters. The term may also have originated with the PBY Catalina, which had two Jesus bolts holding the wing onto the fuselage.[3]
If the main rotor retaining nut were to fail in flight, the rotor would detach from the helicopter,[4] hence the idea that all that would then be left for the crew to do would be to “pray to Jesus.” The nut/pin must be checked before the flight, even though real-world examples of the Jesus nut/pin failing are rare. For example, in 2000, the mast nut of a Bell 206B was removed to be repainted and was not restored and checked prior to a test flight. The helicopter crashed within ten minutes of takeoff, killing the two occupants.[5][6]
Grace Notes 