Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #87

Pray for Your Enemies

Psalm 35

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 27) "May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, 'The Lord be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant.' "

My Thoughts

Okay, I have to be honest here. When I first read this, I chose this verse because I, for some reason thought the word 'vindication' had something to do with being attacked or oppressed. David seems to be praying against his enemies in this whole Psalm, saying things like "May those who seek my life be put to shame..." and to ruin and disgrace. I was obviously wrong about the word 'vindication' because it means to have your name cleared.

The title of this post still stands and still works perfectly fine. If David was saying these things against his enemies, that's fine, but we can still do the opposite and pray for our enemies. Why would you want to pray for your enemies? Well, we are supposed to love them as well, right? We usually pray for those we love, however it is that we love them.

We should never have malicious thoughts for our enemies because, whether they deserve it or not, whether we feel that way or not, whether we are justified in feeling that way or not, they are still evil thoughts. Evil thoughts are never appreciated by God and never something that He wants from us. God is the one who ultimately gives punishment anyway, and His punishment is ultimate. Nothing we could ever think of could ever come close to what God could do. People are not always mean to others by malicious choice. Sometimes that is all they know because that is all they got, or sometimes it's because of things that have happened to them. You never know what could have happened in someone else's life.

It is very difficult to let go of what someone has done to you sometimes. The worse their deed, the harder it is usually. It may take some time, and that is perfectly alright. Once you are able to forgive and move past it, you can't hold a grudge. Holding a grudge is not letting go. If you never want anything to do with them again, that's fine, but how would it be if you could bless them?

If you could bless those who hurt you in return for their deeds, or even pray positively for them, you would have the ultimate comeback! People love to one-up each other, and if you blessed in return for a curse, that would be the best thing you could possibly do. Do that, give a blessing to those who hurt you from now on. You don't have to do it to their face, you can just talk to God. If you cannot think of a way to bless them, ask God to bless them however He chooses to. After all, God does know best.

If you are unable to give a blessing to them, then try praying positive things for them. If the person stole from you, pray that they would realize stealing is wrong. If they hurt you with words, pray that they would realize how hurtful their words are. Pray that they would change from these things. That's still a positive request. The next time someone hurts you, give yourself time to cool down from how you feel about it, then pray for them, and if you can, bless them.

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!

Song of Horror (Demo) First Impression

Song of Horror is a horror game, obviously. You play as a man named Daniel who goes a Mr. Husher's house in search of him. The door is slightly ajar and so you walk in. You are armed with a flashlight. The house is dark, and some lights do not work. You listen to doors carefully before entering, lest the darkness pull you into eternal, well, darkness.

The demo itself is actually very well done, for it being just that, a demo. It is quite extensive, for being only one single chapter. I never made it to the end because I couldn't find the second locked door. Either way, it is a basic representation of the mechanics of the game and what the developers can do and are planning to do.

I love the listen mechanic. It adds new depth to the gameplay, more realism and even a new fear. You listen to the doors before entering, and if you hear noise, it is probably a good idea not to enter. There is also an event that occurs where the darkness starts to come. When this happens, you need to hide or run very far. A word of advice: unless they change something in the final game, it is better to hide than run. Running takes time and some doors end up being locked when this event occurs. As you will see in my play of it, I could not figure out how to hide, or where for that matter.

There are, of course, a few cheap jumpscares, which aren't all bad. At least they aren't anything stupid, but they actually play well into what already happens in the game. The layout of the game is the same and where items are found, but the events that take place I believe are randomized. Things change each time you play, like when the darkness comes, or if it even does.

I am pretty excited for the final release of Song of Horror and can't wait to see what else is added to the game. If you play the demo, remember that it is just a demo. inventory pictures and documents seem to be missing currently. I encourage the developers to continue working on Song of Horror and to make it even better than the demo, which was already pretty enjoyable! If you would like to see my video of Song of Horror, it will be down below. If you like it, why don't you head over to my channel and subscribe for more? Just click my name above the video!

DragoNate

Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #86

Elevating Yourself

Isaiah 10

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 33-34) "See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low. He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One."

My Thoughts

Assyria had made itself higher than most other nations. They were the most powerful nation and the one others feared the most. They elevated themselves above all others with their intentions being to destroy. Of course, God had other plans.

Gods plan was to cut down Assyria and bring them low. Just like He did so with them, God still does today. It would be better to humble yourself than to elevate yourself. Elevating yourself cannot really be done in any way other than selfishness. That is why we should never elevate ourselves. Just be you, but don't talk yourself up to others. Even if it works with some people, it usually doesn't go very well in the end.

It is very hard to make yourself out to be some kind of character and then try to stick to that character all the time. It is much easier, almost effortless to just be you. If people like you, then they do, if they don't, then they don't. From those that do like you for you, others may join them because of what they say about you. It'll be much easier to 'stay in character' if that character is the true you.

Your aim should never really be to impress anyone anyway, but if it happens, then that is a good thing. See, if God elevates you, whether through Himself or through others, then that is how it should be done. That would be an amazing thing. I would owe all that to God because I din't put myself there.

Don't try to put yourself in positions where you are elevated, in any way. Just let it happen if it is going to. I can tell you that I honestly couldn't care less about fame. I really don't want fame. I mean, I love it when people I know are excited to see me, sure, but I don't want fame. Being known to a bunch of people is different than fame, in my opinion. Being known just means that you're known to them, but fame starts getting into the hero worship and people wanting to be you and have everything to do with you. That's what I really don't want.

If God makes me known to a lot of people for this blog and/or my YouTube videos, that's great, that means that God can use me to reach them. But that's all it should really be. I don't plan on making myself big or giving myself some kind of authority. It's when people do make themselves big that God won't be happy with them. That's why I ask God to use me however He needs me and to guide me in what He wants me to do.

Don't elevate yourself. You'll just have a lot of stress trying to stay in character so that everyone is impressed by you and people don't lose interest. If you make one small mistake, you may lose it all. Leave that up to God. You can be known and greatly appreciated within a small group of people too, and that is still pretty cool. Just remember what God did to the Assyrians who elevated themselves.

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!