How God Speaks: Recognizing His Voice

May 16, 2023

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When we are looking for direction and seeking answers from God, how does God speak and how do we recognize his voice? We’ve been talking about recognizing manipulation as well as recognizing manipulators. I share a few more common characteristics of manipulators.

Timestamps, Links, & Resources

0:00- Intro

2:05- Recognizing God’s voice in the middle of the chaos

10:45- How God speaks

12:00- When God gives warning

Interview with Amy Nordhues, author of “Preyed Upon”

34:50- Signs of Manipulators

45:55- Finding Peace and Hearing God

52:25- Update on Afghan Christians

58:00- Crisis in Afghanistan

May 12, 2023 – With its economy in meltdown and malnutrition rising, now Afghanistan is hit by swarms of locusts:
Locust infestation could wipe out 25 per cent of Afghanistan’s wheat crop this year as 875,000 children slip into malnutrition
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/afghanistan-locusts-malnutrition-taliban-poverty-b2337607.html

January 19, 2023 – Wintry weather kills 78 in Afghanistan, Taliban say A Taliban spokesperson for the Ministry of Natural Disaster Management said the deaths occurred since Jan. 10.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taliban-afghanistan-winter-78-dead-livestock-economy-failure-rcna66477

February 27, 2023 – Dying Children and Frozen Flocks in Afghanistan’s Bitter Winter of Crisis:
Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid.

January 12, 2023 – Afghanistan: Taliban Repression, Hunger Increases
Women’s Rights Drastically Curtailed; Mounting Islamic State Atrocities
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/12/afghanistan-taliban-repression-hunger-increases

March 17, 2023 – Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134722

April 20, 2023 – Millions close to hunger after WFP cuts food aid to Afghanistan
Six million Afghans, the UN food agency warns, are one step away from famine as it appeals for more funds for Afghanistan.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/20/millions-close-to-hunger-after-wfp-cuts-food-aid-to-afghanistan

April 10, 2023 – Taliban may be getting bulk of US aid sent to Afghanistan
https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/afghanistan/2023/04/19/ig-taliban-may-be-getting-bulk-of-us-aid-sent-to-afghanistan/

November 1, 2022 – Opium production increases 32% in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, U.N. report says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-opium-poppy-production-soars-under-taliban-2022-unodc-report/

1:01:50- The Truth about Title 42

May 12, 2023 – Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-biden-border-title-42-mexico-asylum-be4e0b15b27adb9bede87b9bbefb798d

May 12, 2023 – USA: At border, humanitarian delegation witnesses an end of Title 42 without chaos and cruelty of new asylum ban
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/usa-humanitarian-delegation-end-title-42/

May 11, 2023 Title 42 ending: Stephen Miller says Biden could fix border with Trump immigration policies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/stephen-miller-migrant-biden-reinstates-trump-immigration

May 12, 2023 – Title 42 ends: Texas AG Paxton files for restraining order against Biden border policy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/title-42-ends-texas-ag-paxton-files-for-restraining-order-against-biden-border-policy/ar-AA1b7IZf

April 17, 2017 – Ellis Island’s Busiest Day Ever Was 110 Years Ago. Here’s Why
https://time.com/4740248/ellis-island-busiest-day/

1:12:32- Our promise to Afghans

April 12, 2023 – ‘All the doors are closed to Afghans’: from fall of Kabul to limbo in Mexico
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/12/afghan-asylum-seekers-mexico-us-border

March 7, 2023 – New wave of Afghan migrants reaches Mexico
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/07/americas/afghan-migrants-mexico-intl-latam/index.html

January 12, 2023 – Migrants can now use mobile app to request entry at U.S. border
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-grants-migrants-access-appointment-system-border-crossings-2023-01-12/

February 1, 2023 – Hundreds of Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-afghans-risk-11-country-trek-seek-haven-united-states-2023-02-01/

January 28, 2023 – Online system to seek asylum in US is quickly overwhelmed
https://apnews.com/article/technology-united-states-government-caribbean-mexico-mobile-apps-49b38b18869ed3b2260fb6d774153456

1:15:30- The Afghan Adjustment Act

Text of the Afghan Adjustment Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4787/text

Afghan Adjustment Act Fact Sheet
https://hias.org/wp-content/uploads/factsheet_afghan_adjustment_act_november_2021.pdf

An update on immigration options for Afghans from the Afghan Americn Foundation

1:16:47- How to help people in Afghanistan

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Carla M. Sallee Alvarez

Carla Alvarez is the founder of Raised to Walk and a founding board member of An Unexpected Journal, a Communications Director at Legacy Marketing Services where she uses her BS in Marketing to create communication strategies for business, and an unlikely case manager and Bible Study teacher for the Afghan Christians of Kabul Hope Latest Series: Hacked: the Saga How an oily politician and a band of intellectual property and identity thieves conspired to erase a third-grade Sunday school teacher, Read more of her work on Google Scholar and Substack or contact her to write for you.