As Paul had promised, he returned to Ephesus. Like Jesus, he preached about the kingdom of God and not about optimising life (Acts 19:8-22). Extraordinary miracles took place through Paul.

After the failed attempt by the seven sons of Skeva to drive out spirits with the name of Jesus, it became clear that Jesus would not allow himself to be instrumentalised. Complete submission to his rule (kingdom of God) is necessary. It is therefore important that Jesus is accepted as Lord.

In magic, people try to utilise spiritual powers for personal advantage. In doing so, they become dependent on people and spirits.

Hidden sins are revealed in the presence of God. This is the reason spiritual books were publicly burnt in Ephesus.

The kingdom of God cannot be instrumentalised for our purposes. We must recognise Jesus as Lord and King.

5.6.25

A historic declaration was just issued by the major families and clans of southern Gaza. For the first time, they openly declare: “Enough is enough. Hamas has brought only blood and ruin. It no longer represents us.”

In this powerful document:
•They hold Hamas fully responsible for the devastation in Gaza.
•They demand an immediate end to Hamas rule and call for a national Palestinian conference to form new leadership.
•They call to hold accountable those who dragged Gaza into this disaster.
•They appeal to Mahmoud Abbas to lead a political transition and rebuild on the basis of unity and law.
•They reject all attempts to legitimize Hamas, describing it as a force of division and destruction.

Published: June 3, 2025, Gaza Strip

Palestinians looted and kiIIed an aid truck driver last night. Gaza’s private transport union has now released a statement announcing the suspension of all operations. Phone call from Gaza: “The people who fired were Hamas terrorists. They don’t want the people to receive aid, they want to foil the plan so that the aid will go to them, allowing them to steal it. They’ve gone completely bankrupt.” The Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) distributed 1.4 million meals today in Rafah, reaching a total of 8.5 million meals so far.

Iranian Leader Khamenei has officially declared the full completion of the “nuclear fuel cycle.” “Today, we’re capable of producing nuclear fuel starting from the mine and all the way to the power plant,” he stated. “Iran is conducting clandestine nuclear activities using undeclared materials”.

Boulder firebomber Mohamed Sabry Soliman recorded a video before the attack declaring, “Jihad is more beloved to me than my mother, wife, and children. Allah is greater than the Zionists and America.”

There are currently 56 hostages in captivity in Gaza, 33 of whom have been declared dead, 23 others are said to be alive, but there is serious concern for the lives of three. The intelligence that made possible the operation to recover the bodies of Judy and Gadi Hagai – Shin Bet interrogation of a terrorist who was taken prisoner. Judi Lynn Weinstein (70) and Gad Haggai (72), members of Kibbutz Nir Oz, were brutally murdered and abducted from the Kibbutz on October 7th, 2023 by terrorists of the Palestinian Mujahideen terrorist organization.

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The parable of the wasteful manager (Luke 16:1-13) is confusing. This is shown by the different headings of the Bible translations of this story.

The shocking part of the story is: ‘The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness’.

We have to break down the story from the end. Verse 12 says: ‘And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?’

From taking wasteful, he switches to giving wasteful.

The more liberated we are from ourselves, the more God can entrust to us.

God’s mercy should become visible in us. It should be seen what we experience by God.

What matters is not what we have, but what friends we have.

So what is the secret of a good manager?

He does not revolve around himself, but puts himself in the position of his neighbour. He reaches out again and again. He does not allow himself to be instrumentalised, but builds friendships.