Everything begins now. This is my journey. We don’t look back, we look forward. What do I look forward to? This question could be a mystery.

Why a mystery? Living on earth it's a mystery, but I look forward to the advent of Christ. This is my hope.

Living on earth is a mystery it totally impossible to understand. There was a time I thought I understood it, but I didn’t. All I saw were images of false idols and false living, learned behavior from television programs, and false perceptions taught to me from the world’s point of view.

At that point, I thought I understood the world because I became just as it was blind, at that time. I was really born into sin. Who is there to teach me? Who is there to save me? At that point in my life, I became a sleepwalker.

What is a sleepwalker? A person walking around that is not consciously aware of their sinful behavior. The direction of miss guidance. What am I learning in a school other than learning how to be a taxpayer?

As a kid, I knew nothing, without love there is nothing. I mean the true meaning of love. No one knows anything if not taught the foundation of love. It does not matter if Mother and Father are present. If Mother and Father don't know what love is, how can it be taught? If schools not teaching what love is, and the world is teaching that love equals sex. Then there is a problem.

At that time what was good for me became bad for me. The happiness of the world was lust. Love equals sex. A Hollywood tail of lies. What are we chasing in this world? There got to be more to life than money and sex which is not love but pleasure. The Idols of Hollywood gave me these lies. Age six, thirteen, twenty-one, thirty-three.

Who is there to save me, who is there to rescue me, I am lost. I am not dead yet. It is not too late. Is there somebody out there who is willing to show me the truth? God. Who became my Father in heaven. Teach me, Lord. I will accept, I will listen.

For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son whom he receives. God’s chastening is, at its core, His treatment of us as His children. For the first time in my life, I am being taught, and loved, guided by something that cannot be replaced once you have it. That is the love of the Lord my God Jesus Christ. He saved me, He saved me from death, with his life, and gave me his character and showed me grace.

What do I look forward to? Living for Jesus. Idolizing Jesus, Following Jesus. Everything begins now. This is my journey. We don’t look back, we look forward.

Sincerely Trey Knowles

Have you ever wondered what is wrong with your government? 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; Psalm 1:1  

Tobacco and alcohol use and abuse is witchcraft, sorcery from manufacturing companies who produce products of mind control witch craft of destruction. Increasing media messages and images is direct advertising, they are normalizing and glamorizing the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. This is like the Garden of Eve where Satan tempted Eve. We see that tricks still continue with deception.

Tobacco manufacturers spend $6 billion per year and alcohol manufacturers $2 billion per year to entice youngsters into consuming their products. Content analysis has found that alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs are present in 70% of prime-time network dramatic programs and half of all music videos.

 The prominence of alcohol in prime-time television applies to all characters, including adolescents, where negative characteristics are often applied. However, many adults shown to consume alcohol have positive personality characteristics. Popular movies, frequently shown during the “family hour”, often show the lead or likable characters using and enjoying tobacco and alcohol products. In addition to programming, children and adolescents view approximately 20,000 advertisements each year, of which nearly 2,000 are for beer and wine. 

For every public service announcement, adolescents will view 25–50 beer commercials. Research indicates that the combined 8 billion dollars that the tobacco and alcohol industries use every year to pitch their product to the American public has a significant impact on adolescents' beliefs and attitudes about smoking and drinking and may influence their consumption as well. 

Correlation studies have shown a small but positive relationship between advertising exposure and consumption. Furthermore, advertising exposure appears to influence initial drinking episodes which in turn contribute to excessive drinking and abuse. The evidence, however, of increased consumption, is strongest regarding cigarette advertising and promotions. A recent longitudinal study found that an estimated one-third of all adolescent smoking could be causally related to tobacco promotional activities. Your Government doesn’t care and why. Comedy and Public Speaker Trey Knowles explains why in his allegory comedy C-SPAN TV.

C-SPAN TV

Stand-Up Comedy by Trey Knowles

Truth & Knowledge

 Television Violence and Aggressive Behavior:

Young people view over 1000 rapes, murders, armed robberies, and assaults every year sitting in front of the television set or playing video games. Recently published, the three-year, National Television Violence Study examined nearly 10,000 hours of television programming and found that 61% contained violence. 

Children's programming was found to be the most violent. In addition, 26% (of the 61%) involved the use of guns. Portrayals of violence are usually glamorized and perpetrators often go unpunished. Another venue in which a significant amount of violence is portrayed is in rock music videos and Rap music, which are viewed heavily by adolescents. 

In a comprehensive content analysis of these music videos, DuRant et al showed that 22.4% of all rap videos contained violent acts, and weapon carrying was depicted in 25% of them.

Numerous studies, including longitudinal research, have shown a relationship between children's exposure to violence and their own violent and aggressive behaviors. Many studies have documented the role of television in fostering violent behaviors among children. Two recent meta-analyses investigating the relation between violence viewed on television and aggressive behavior in children concluded that exposure to portrayals of violence on television was associated consistently with children's aggressive behaviors.

This why Trey Knowles's Oratorical Message We Are Charging You With A Hate Crime is very important to watch. Love does not delight in evil. We must protect our mind's from what is evil.

Is Satan Behind Your Social Media Platform or Is It You?

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14)

I believe that social media can be an effective platform for the spread of the gospel. There are plenty of Christ-centered resources in the online community that can be used daily to help people grow spiritually. 

But if we’re honest, we probably spend a small portion of our time advancing our spiritual growth, while the rest is spent on aimless scrolling. 

We spend hours a day consuming endless information, pictures, and videos without any safeguard for our minds. For Christians, I’ve found that this is dangerous territory. This potentially turns the mind into an open plain, with Satan prowling through the grass like a lion, waiting to devour. (1 Peter 5:8)

Note: Time for me to make changes. 

The danger of social media turns into Idolatry. Relationships are important and shallow relationships are ok. There is no way people can have 5,000 friends on Facebook unless they are a celebrity or the president, I consider this to be a lie. Relationships make friends not numbers.

If you are a woman who always shows skin in your photos don't ask me to be your friend. I will not feed into your narcissistic behavior.

Can Social Media Platforms lead to Idolatry? Yes, I think so. It is called Narcissistic Mirroring. Most people on Social Media Platforms are looking for constant praise. Always checking their likes. 

Praising each other for being self-centered in this virtual audience with no validity. Over posting can be a sign Self-Glorification. For some odd reason, social media is creating self-obsession maniacs. Photos after photos videos after videos saying look at me give me praises.

Following Jesus 

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 

Deny- Means to refuse and give up ways and admirations that are the opposite of Jesus Christ. What does it mean to deny yourself in Matthew 16:24? 

What self-denial does mean is that while we can have the desires of our heart, we are to deny our own way of achieving them and trust the Lord to do it His way. 

Denying ourselves also means turning away from the ways of the “old self” and continually putting on our new self in Christ.

Learn how to let people help you. Never let pride get in your way. It's better to have a servant then to have no food.

Avoid negative people.

Maintain friendships with people who have positive outlooks and who bring out the best and most confident version of you. 

1. Divides Your Attention

2. Loss of Confidence

3. Making unwise decisions

4. Drifting away from the Lord

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure, Confidence is the greatest friend.