Hi, my name is NCR and welcome to The SunShining Blog. Today I am taking part in a blog tour for the book "POWER IN TIME" by ​Erudessa Gentian.​

Well that is it for today! Thanks for stoping by The SunShining podcast. I would love to connect with you in the comments.

​Hi it me NCR here with another episode of Sparkling Christian Music Podcast.
Last week I talked a little about rising up.
Maybe its just because I follow the sparkling Christian music podcast here on Spotify. But it is the top result when I type in "Sparkling"
Also new this week is a new website I created for Sparkling Christian music podcast.

I don't know about you but this week sped by so fast.
I didn't really prepare much to say to day.
But I do just want to say it is not possible to rise to the top with out God's help.

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I didn't really listen to much music this week. But earlier this week "LANDON'S LYRIC VIDEOS" uploaded a lyric video for one of unspoken's songs. That made me thing about their music there was a time a few years ago when I listened to their album "follow through" on repeat for a few weeks in a row. I really fell in love with that album. So I decided to make it the album of the week. If you haven't heard of it I encourage you to go look it up and listen to it. It is so good. Once again the name of the is "Follow Through". I like the deluxe version of the album. (I remember one of the most popular song from their 2014 album was "good fight" you may have heard that song before. If not you should go back and listen to that song too.)

If you have listened to Christian radio in the last few years you have probably heard a few songs by Unspoken. As much as I love Christian radio, I don't like how they don't play every song from the album. So that is why I have album of the week here on this podcast. And I encourage you to listen to the whole album.

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Now for the new release of the week.
So many good songs where released this week.
It was hard to pick just one.
If you want to listen to all the new music released this week...
I encourage you look up my playlist "April 23, 2021 - SunShining Releases".
It is just a little over a four hour playlist this week.
I think there was one worship album released this week.
The live version of "Hold On To Me" by Lauren Daigle.
Earlier this week I binged listened to her podcast Daigle Bites.
The new song I was most looking forward to listen this week was "Glitter" by Carmen Justice.
It was ok.
I also loved "How You Love" by James Stockstill.
You know what it is so hard for me to pick a new release of the week.
They are all so good.
I just found out Crowder is releasing a new album in June titled "'Milk & Honey'" they just released the title song today.
(Maybe its because I had too many other things on my to do list.)

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Well that is just about it for today.
I wasn't planing to talk much then I remembered that me and my sisters went to a "We are Messengers" concert last weekend.
The title of this episode is "At the top??"
In this world we life in we can keep ourselves so busy trying to stay "At the top??"
That we forget the important things.
I have been so busy this week.
Had so many tasks. It was hard to choose what tasks to do.
Also a bit of music new is that Rend Collective started a new podcast!
Well I just want to encourage you to slow down this weekend.
And take a break from all your tasks.
Probably a bit of advise I need to follow better.


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Well that is it for today.
Thanks for listening!
And don't forget to check out and listen to the new music and the album of the week. Cause this is a music podcast after all.

You can find this podcast on Spotify!

​Hi it's me NCR here again and today I want to talk about another song. I feel like I got a little long winded last week, and yet still forgot to say a few things.
This week I will keep it shorter and get right to the point.

Good music can really brighten up your day. So I thought I would be talking about new/different song here on Daily SunShine every week. If you have any song requests feel free to connect wit me in the comments or on social media. Also besides this YouTube channel I do a music podcast with my sisters called Sparkling Christian Music available only on Spotify. Also I try to make weekly music playlists on Spotify too.
So if you are looking for bright music to brighten up your summer you should defiantly check me out on Spotify. (@The SunShining) and if you have any music playlist requests let me know because I love making playlists.

The song I want to talk about today is "Rise Up" by Cain
But before I get to that song I been meaning to mention for awhile that I wrote a two short pieces for a book titled "Holy Resilience", making me a best selling author. Yes I am a best selling author. The book is now available as a paperback and you can find a link to buy yourself a copy in the description.
One of those pieces that I wrote for the book was titled "Rise Up"
I am going to read that piece to you right quick then I will talk about the song some.

​Well I didn't have much to say about the song. So I feel funny.
But hey. 
I enjoy doing these end of the week episodes like this.
And I hope
I hope you enjoyed listening to or watching Daily SunShine.
Thank you so much for being subscribed!
If you enjoy hearing me talk or if you enjoy listening to music I encourage you to look up The SunShine on Spotify.

​Because I am doing a video titled what are you putting your trust and you can be certain that I'll be doing a video about how to put your trust in Jesus.
Or maybe I will combine both of those videos into one.

What are you putting your trust in?
Is it something small like a ladder?

​Because I love giving sneak peeks into my life, I will give another.
I have this swimming pool ladder outside my window.
This might sound creepy or weird {Hey I did a video titled: "Is God Weird?"}, but I love climbing in and out my window.
And as I am climbing out my window, I have to be careful not to put too much weight on one side of or it will tip over.
My point:
In this world we live in there are many things we can put our trust in.
But there is only one worthy of our trust.
His name is Jesus.

​(So today I want to share...)

## Some tips for putting your trust in Jesus.

If this is something that is new to you.
The first step is just to acknowledge that you are sinner and that there is nothing that you can do to save yourself. And then the next thing to do is to put your trust in Jesus and publicly declare that he is your savior.

But if you have been a follower of Jesus for a while there are some others things you can do and ways you can put your trust in God.

#### 1. Follow His leading even when it doesn't make sense.

#### 2. Obey His commands even if you don't understand them.

### 3. Continue to follow his leading even when others think you are weird and when others make fun of you.

Really the only thing I can say is you just have to do it.
Trusting Jesus and following him can be hard. But you just got to do it.

​(I knew it I should have saved my tips for trusting in God for another video.)
(I feel like I didn't say much in this video.)
I just want to close by encouraging you to put your trust in Him (In God).
Don't become too dependent on things that won't last.
Let me read this verse to you and hopefully things will make more sense.

​Trust God, lean on him and not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him and depend on him, and he shall direct thy paths.
There are lots of other great Bible verses on the topic of trusting in God.
Psalm 20 and Psalm 118 contain a few of these verses. I encourage you to look those up and read them for yourself.
And if you are looking for place to read the Bible, check out SunBible or connect with me on the YouVersion Bible app.
Or if you want to hear me read them, just search for Psalm 20 or Psalm 118 simply read. And my video should be the top result.
Have a good day. Thanks for watching or listening.
Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to this.
And if you are already subscribed thank you so much.
If you really enjoyed what I had to say today maybe you would consider sharing it with your friends.
(Share the sunshine as I like to say here on daily sunshine.)

​So, NCR stands for Nonresistant Christian Really?
What about DS?
Or TSP?

DS = Daily SunShine
TSP = The SunShining Podcast
NBR = Nonresistant Book Reviews
TWN = Tech With Nonresistant
NFR = Nonresistant Film Reviews
TS = The SunShining
SS = SunShining

And SunBible stands for "The SunShining Study Bible / NCR Study Bible".
A simply beautiful place to read, study, and memorize the Bible.
Available on the web at:
(https://the-sunshining.github.io/SunBible/)
Or download for your device at:
(https://sunbible-dev.github.io/download/)

​(You probably know that I recorded this video to talk about more than just what bunch of letters mean.
I'll get to that in just a moment, but first I wanted to ask if you noticed how many videos I have been posting to YouTube recently.
I have been kind of experimenting with YouTube.
And at first, I was posting everything to my main channel.
But I just recently started posting things to other channels.
For future Tech videos subscribe to "Tech with Nonresistant", but I don't know how many videos I will do on that.
Also, if you love books you may want to check out "Nonresistant Book Reviews".
My main channel it the home of all things bright.
Whatever that means, as I am making plans for TSP S3 I am think I might post that content to another channel.)

Now let's get to what I really want to talk about...

{My mother recently had a dream about sleeping sheep.
And she did a video talking about it.}

DS could also stand for dead sheep. (Or sleeping sheep.)
When I was first taking notes for this video, I thought I would share some tips for staying awake.
But I realized that sleep is very important for a healthy life.
(And then I realized this is a very debatable topic. Is spiritual death and spiritual sleep the same thing.)
So what I will be talking and sharing about toady on Daily SunShine is some tips for staying spiritually alive and spiritually awake.

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### Some tips for staying alive and staying awake:

#### 1. Read the Bible
You can't live without eating. Reading the Bible is like eating food. So, I encourage you to get into God's word regularly. Also, if you haven't you should watch the videos, I did about Bible Study.
(God's word is not boring.)

#### 2. Talk to God
Talking helps you stay awake. - So, talk to God.
More could be said about prayer that is why I am going to be doing at least one video about is soon.

#### 3. Don't stay in one place
God didn't call us to stand still. He called us to follow Him. And that involves movement.
(You also make an easier target when you are standing still, but also when you are standing still you are not as much of a threat to Satan.)

#### 4. Be a part of a Christian Community.
There is strength in numbers.

My last two tips are kind of similar:
#### 5. Read good books.
#### 6. Watch good YouTube videos like mine.
Because they can educate you and give you encouragement.
(No book is more important than the Bible.)

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And...
Finally, I just want to close by saying...
Don't forget we are a in a spiritual war.
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" - 1 Peter 5:8
If you are looking for a good place to read in the Bible Ephesians 6 has some great verses about putting on armour and doing all you can to stand. (Hey, I can't believe I left to two tips out of my list of tips.)
I will just add them right now.
1. Put on the armour of God.
2. Do all you can to stand.
Because we have an enemy that wants to knock us down.
(And don't forget that we can always go to God for help.)

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#### New book release shout out:
A lot of books have been written on spiritual warfare.
I even was going to write one myself.
But today I just wanted to give a shoutout to the book "Golgotha" by Angela R. Watts.
It is a great book on the topic of spiritual warfare for those who love a good fantasy book.
[Golgotha (Remnant Trilogy Book 1)](https://amzn.to/3ticKok)

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### I decided to cut this out of the video

There is a difference between death and sleep.
And sleep isn't a bad thing.
God created a rest day for us.
We can't live without sleep.
But don't allow yourself to fall asleep when there is danger nearby (Danger that could kill you in your sleep).

As Christians we can lay down in peace and sleep because we have a God who loves us and cares for us.
But we should not lay down and die.

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### Some verses:

"I am that bread of life." - John 6:48

"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." - John 4:14

"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." - 1 Corinthians 15:22


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Well that is it for today.
Thank you so much for reading the podcast notes on The SunShining Blog or for reading the description.

Hi, my name is NCR and welcome to The SunShining Blog. Today I am taking part in a blog tour for the book GOLGOTHA coming out April 10.

​I just recently read through the book of Joshua, it was a good read.
I really enjoyed the story.
In the book of Joshua God's people go into the promised land in do a lot of killing.
One thing I love about the book of Joshua is the fact that God fights for his people.

A question I know many young people have is...
"is it ok for God to kill?"
So I want to try to answer that question today.

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If a human Judge can sentence someone to death for a crime they committed, how much more can God do the same thing.
He is the perfect Judge. He knows more than any human Judge will ever know.

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## Example of God killing people: (Or commanding his people to kill)

#### 1. The Flood (Genesis 6-8)
#### 2. The burning of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18-19)
#### 3. The Egyptian firstborn sons during the Passover (Exodus 11-12)
#### 4. The Canaanites under Moses and Joshua (Numbers 21:2-3; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 6:17, 21)
#### 5. The Amalekites annihilated by Saul (1 Samuel 15)
#### 6. The forty and two children by two she bears (2 Kings 2:23-24)

These are just a few of the many recorded times God was behind the killing of people.

(I will have this list in the description so you can find the verse references.
You can also read this on The SunShining Blog.
So hi to all my blog readers!)

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My final answer to the question is it ok for God to kill?
Is yes. Yes it is ok.

He created and gave humans life. He has the right to take it away.

If you think it is wrong for God to kill maybe he knows something you don't know.

When you read that Bible and read of the times God killed people.
Let me ask you something.
What makes that any different from dying a natural death.
I mean maybe it is a little different.
But we are all going to die sometime.

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I guess just one thing I want to close with is that God loves you.
Yes he is a just God.
But he also is a loving God.
He doesn't want to kill you.
He sent his son to die for you.
You deserve death.
But God offers you life.

If all this is new to you or if you have other questions about God.
I encourage you to ask them in the comments
Or connect with me on social media.
{@TheSunShining on Facebook and Twitter or @TheSunShiningNCR on Instagram.}

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Bonus question: (Different from video.)

Would I be ok with God killing me or my family member?
I think I would probably be little mad.
But I know the life that we live on earth is a temporary one.
And that I'll get to spend eternity with God and whoever is was he killed.
What?
Does God kill good people?
Is someone going to show up in heaven asking why did you kill me?
There are probably a whole bunch of other related questions.
But I won't be able to get into all of them here on Daily SunSunShine.

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Some other resources: (Not associated with The SunShining)

[Old Testament Mass Killings](https://www.bethinking.org/bible/old-testament-mass-killings)
[Does God killing people make Him a murderer?](https://www.gotquestions.org/God-killing.html)
[Examples of God personally killing people](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Examples_of_God_personally_killing_people)
[15 Bible Verses about God Killed His People](https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/God-Killed-His-People)

# DS :: 3 days and 3 nights? :: (Some biblical math)
(How long was Jesus Dead?)

Today is Easter, or was it yesterday?
Depends on when you watch this.
The point is that Easter was just celebrated.

It is a really huge event in the Christian Church.
For some people it is the only day they go to church.
But is Easter a Christian holiday?
If you do any amount of research I am sure you will find that it has some pagan origins.
I won't go into detail on Easter today.

What I want to talk about today is the death and resurrection of Jesus.
There is no doubt about it being a historical event.

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"But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." - Matthew 12:39:40

"The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away." - John 19:31

"And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him." - Mark 16:1

"And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment." - Luke 23:56

"Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them." - Luke 24:1
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The question is how long was Jesus Dead?

Jesus was buried around 6:00 PM most people believe on a Friday.
And most believe that he rose Sunday morning.
They also believe that He was in the grave 3 days and 3 nights.
But that math just doesn't add up.
Some people even say he rose on a Monday.

Why is there so much division and confusion about the death and resurrection of Jesus?
I don't know.

But I do know that if we do some simple math we can get to the bottom of this.

We know what time of day Jesus was buried. (around 6:00 PM)
We know that he was in the grave 3 days and 3 nights.
We know that he was gone by Sunday Morning.
So we also know that he rose around 6:00 PM Saturday evening.
If you count back three days and three nights we get to Wednesday evening.
We know Jesus was buried Wednesday evening, because we know that Thursday was a high sabbath.

Like I said. Some simple math.
3 days and 3 nights.
I hope this video gave you something to think about and if you are curious I encourage you to do some more research.

## Nonresistant Book Reviews - Blog introduction:

Hi. Its's me NCR here. The blogger version of me.
Over the last few months I have really been experimenting with my writing podcasting and YouTubing.
I am trying to do three things as once.
Because hey why just share a piece in written from when I can make a video or a podcast episode about it. I feel like I am getting better at doing all three things. (And hey for those who like to read, you probably don't mind reading all my video notes.)

At the beginning of the year I was think about switching my blog to medium.
One things I like about medium is the ability to have different publications.
So back in January I create a few different publications.
"Nonresistant Film Reviews"
"Tech With Nonresistant"
And of course "The SunShining" publication.
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A side note about "Tech With Nonresistant":
I originally did a few videos in December.
Then I wrote about tech related stuff for a few months.
And then I did another Promo video for that and a few Tech related videos in March.
But it is not something I think I will continue.
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Now let me get the thing I want to announce today...
"Nonresistant Book Reviews"


Over the last few weeks I have discovered brand channels on YouTube, so I created some for all the different things I do. I created a brand channel for Daily SunShine, Tech With Nonresistant, SunBible, and Nonresistant Book Reviews.
For Daily SunShine and Tech with Nonresistant I just posted some promo videos directing people to my main YouTube channel.

I want to YouTube and even write about these different things.
I also want to get monetized on YouTube.
But that is something will probably be harder if I have two or three other channel I post to(it is more like 5 or 7). 
So that is why I have been posting all my content to my main channel.
But I am afraid all the diversity of my content on one channel will confuse people.
I have been really hesitant to do this but I am starting something new.
"Nonresistant Book Reviews".
And for this new thing I am starting I will be posting the videos to a special brand channel called Nonresistant Book Reviews.

With "Nonresistant Book Reviews" I want to review and talk about the books I have been reading.
But also a question I want to answer is "What books should Christian young people read?
I don't know how good I will at answering that question.
Because I may even read books that I would not recommend other Christian young people read.
I guess my biggest hope with "Nonresistant Book Reviews" is to have fun talking about books and maybe leave better reviews on books.
I have been reading books for years, but I never been good at leaving book reviews.
Book reviews really help out the author.
And being the book worm that I am there are defiantly some authors that I love and that I want to support.

​# DS :: Little Boys can be annoying (But they can be sweet to)
A piece about forgiveness.
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Little Boys can be annoying.
Ok. I say that as if I am not a boy.
But my gender does not matter at the moment and maybe I will talk about gender in another video.

As the oldest of 9 children.
I have some younger brothers and some younger sisters.
Being the oldest sibling, I am often a baby setter.
I love baby setting my younger siblings.

Currently I two sweet little sisters that I babysit quite a bit.
They love going for stroller rides around the house.
And they love going back and forth on a swing set.
And they love doing both of these thing for what seems like hours on end.
But life isn't always fun and games.
We have a few little boys in our family.
Little boys can be quite annoying at times.
And they seem to enjoy making their little sisters scream.
Scaring them with caterpillars, toy snakes and toy guns.

But little boys can also be sweet.
My little brother Daniel just ran out here to my room and gave me a piece of candy.
Besides the Bible my family is my biggest source of inspiration.

So let me get to the point of this video.
Family conflict is common.
There may be times when you hate your siblings or your parents.
They say you don't get to decide what happens to you, but you can decide how you respond.
It is in times like these when you have a choice to make.
Will you continue to hate your brother?
Or will you forgive?
It is ok to hold on to anger for a while.
But there comes a time when you have to let go of your anger and forgive.

I guess didn't make this video to say much.
I do just want to say though...
That I love being a part of a large family.
And I want to share a few verses with you...

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"Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath" - Ephesians 4:26

"Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." - Matthew 5:23-24

There are many more verses I could share on this topic but I will just share two more:

"Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven." 
- Matthew 18:21-22

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Well that is about it for today.
In case anyone is wondering it is extremely hard to get angry with annoying little boys they are always so sweet.
But maybe you don't have sweet little brothers, maybe you have annoying big brothers, they can be sweet too.
If family conflict is something you are experiencing in your home.
I just want to encourage you to forgive and forget.
Forgiving and forgetting can be hard.
But it is worth it.
It is the hard things that bring you guys closer together.
And at the end of the day the only thing you should be remember is the good times.

Well that is it for today.
I hope you enjoyed this short piece.
I just want to remind you to hit the subscribe button
And if you really enjoyed this piece I encourage you to share the sunshine.
As always please take some time to to think about what you just heard.