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                                                                                    Hulk Hogan

       So, Hogan knew the truth. He was saved at 14 years of age but why did it take him 56 years to finally dedicate his life to the Lord. We could criticize him but we don’t walk in his shoes. We can’t possibly 

understand all the challenges he faced. For one thing, he had to wade through decades in the entertainment industry. On top of that he had a bunch of health and personal issues that discouraged him.

       Hogan walked a long, hard road, but finally, at the age of 70, Hulk Hogan took the step to be 

baptized, according to Sara Whitman of PageSix.com. She quotes him stating, “Total surrender and dedication to Jesus is the greatest day of my life . . . I accepted Christ as my savior at 14yrs old, and the training, prayers and vitamins kept me in the game . . . but now that I am one with God, the main event theme of surrender, service, and love makes me the Real Main Event that can slam any giant of any size through the power of my Lord and Savior and so it is, even now brother, AMEN!”

       His ceremony took place at Indian Rocks Baptist Church in Florida in December of 2023. On that day it was he and his wife, Sky Daily Hogan, who were immersed in a pool of water symbolizing a 

turning away from the old life of sin to a new life in Christ. And rising up out of the water represented their publicly identifying with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, and joining the ranks of many 

others who believe in Jesus Christ.

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       This week, we wanted to give you a sample of a wonderful devotional that’s been around for decades. It was founded in Detroit in 1938 by Dr. Martin DeHaan. Today, it is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with over 600 employees. It produces several devotional publications, including Our Daily Bread. It is one of the most widely read devotional booklets printed, with over 10 million readers per issue, in 58 languages, and in 150 countries.

       Below, is a sample of one of their devotionals commemorating the observance of Easter.

  “The punishment that brought us peace was on Him,
  and by His wounds we are healed.”

       “In Isaiah 53, His suffering and its outcome are foretold: ‘He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed’ (v.5). All of is, ‘like sheep have gone astray’ (v. 6). But because of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, we can have peace with God. His suffering opened the way for us to be with Him. 

       --Alyson Kieda

  How does His suffering affect you?
  Precious Savior, it’s hard to express how grateful I am that you
  suffered, died, and rose again for me. Thank you.

“For further study, read I Am the Way: The Amazing Claims of Jesus

  at Discovery Series: https://discoveryseries.org/courses/i-am-the-way/

  

       “Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our 

iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the 

iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

       “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days,   and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my 

righteous servant will justify many,   and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,   and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death,   and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”

      “The Song of the Suffering Servant we most often associate with Isaiah 53 actually begins in the 

precious chapter at verse 13. There, the servant is introduced as one who is wise and who will be ‘raised and lifted up and highly exalted.’ (52:13). If that final phrase sounds familiar, that’s because it’s 

one of Isaiah’s favorite ways to describe his encounters with Yahweh [GOD] Himself.

       “In Isaiah 6:1, the prophet recounts seeing the God of Israel in His temple ‘high [rum] and exalted [nasa]’; In 52:13, the NIV translates the same two Hebrew words as ‘raised and lifted up.’ Isaiah 

associates the exaltation of the Suffering Servant with the very person of Yahweh, looking ahead 

to the Son Himself, Jesus.

       --Jed Ostoich”

      There’s been a lot of “buzz” lately about an independent film, 

released July 4th of this year called Sound of Freedom. It is based on a true story and was created and produced to expose the evils of sex-trafficking, going on in this country and around the world
  The film depicts the incredible true story of former federal government agent, Tim Ballard, turned vigilante who quits his job and 

embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from sex traffickers.
       In a CBN interview, Tim Ballard explains, “Nobody was talking about human-trafficking and I was telling people these stories of things I was coming across and no one believed me. And it was like, ‘These are real kids.’
       “And really it was my wife on this . . . she grabbed me by the 

collar and said, ‘I will not let you jeopardize my salvation.’ [the 

actress during this scene said, ‘You quit your job and you go and rescue those kids.’] . . . I really put it into perspective: why are we here on this earth?
       “And then we jumped in and the operation--as the movie depicts--was extremely successful . . . it was actually bigger than Sound of Freedom was able to show.
       The star, Jim Caviezel, (the actor who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ), explains, “It is the fastest growing international crime network that the world has ever seen. It has already passed the 

illegal arms trade and soon it’s going to pass the drug trade.”
       The horrors of what is happening to these children and adults alike can hardly be grasped. The website, Human Trafficking Research states that individuals are exploited “. . . through threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, and/or deception . . . and include the practices of forced labor, debt bondage, domestic servitude, forced marriage, sex trafficking, child sex trafficking, and the recruitment and use of child soldiers . . .”
       There are also reports about people being used for organ harvesting, adrenochrome collection through torturous fear tactics, and medical experimentation. But of course there is push back among the elites who say such ideas are no ore than conspiracy theories. Even so, many are talking about these issues and more of these operations are coming to light each day in spite of the “woke”.
       And just to show how “woke” our society has become, Wikipedia reports that, “Sound of Freedom was completed in 2018 and a distribution deal was made with 20th Century Fox. However, that studio was purchased by the Walt Disney Company, which shelved the film. The filmmakers reportedly spent years trying to get the distribution rights back from Disney and take it to theaters.
       “[Producer] Verástegui approached Angel Studios with the release rights. Angel presented the film to an online group of 100,000 investors in its past projects called the Angel Guild, which gave it a "yes" vote within days. On March 30, 2023, Variety reported that Angel Studios had acquired the worldwide distribution rights . . . On May 12, it received a release date of July 4, 2023.”