Updates to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

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Some updates you should know about   We're always working to ensure that you know — and have meaningful control over — what data we collect, how it's used, and when it is shared. As our services and the regulations around data protection evolve, we will revise and refine our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to give you the information you need to make informed decisions about the data you share with us.   We're updating our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, effective 01 January 2020. We encourage you to read both documents in full. If you have any questions, please contact us as described in our Privacy Policy. Continued use of Twitter on or after the date will represent acceptance of these updates. You can always deactivate your account by following these instructions.   Thank you for continuing to use Twitter.   – Twitter         Help  |  Privacy  |  Reset Password  |  Download App   Twitter International Company One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07  IRELAND

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Updates to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy     We believe you should always know what data we collect from you and how we use it, and that you should have meaningful control over both. As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, and in preparation for new data protection laws that take effect next month, we're updating our Privacy Policy to empower you to make the best decisions about the information that you share with us.   You should read our new policy in full, but the key updates include: •   More focus on the controls we offer you over your personal data; •   More focus on how Twitter shares your public data broadly and instantly, including through our developer tools; •   More transparency and control over how we share your data with business partners; and •   More clarity about how we share your data to prevent harm, comply with law, serve the public interest, and keep Twitter safe and welcoming for everyone.   We've also updated our Terms of Service so that we have one set of terms for both Twitter and Periscope, and to clarify that you must have rights to the content you share on our services. We encourage you to read both documents in full, and to contact us as described in our Privacy Policy if you have questions. The new Terms and Privacy Policy will take effect on May 25, 2018. By using our services on or after that date, you'll be agreeing to these updates.   Remember, you can use the controls we highlight in our updated policy to limit the information we collect about you or how we use it. You can also choose to deactivate your Twitter account. You have the final say about whether and how we process your personal data.   Thank you for your trust and for using Twitter!   - Twitter         Help  |  Settings   Twitter International Company One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07  IRELAND

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Important updates to our Privacy Policy

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Update to our Privacy Policy   We're updating our Privacy Policy to reflect improvements we've made to Twitter. We encourage you to read the updated policy in full — by using our services on or after June 18, 2017, you'll be agreeing to these revisions. Here are some of the important updates:   Transparency and control: We've launched new Personalization and Data settings and expanded Your Twitter Data to give you more transparent access to your information and more granular controls over how your data is used by Twitter. These enhanced settings will replace Twitter's reliance on the Do Not Track browser setting, which we will no longer support.   Web data: We've updated how we store and use data from other websites that integrate Twitter content like embedded timelines, to improve our services and personalize the content we show you including ads. We do not store web page visit data for users who are in the European Union and EFTA States.   Data sharing: We've updated how we share non-personal, aggregated, and device-level data, including under select partnership agreements that allow the data to be linked to your name, email, or other personal information if you give the partner your consent. You can control whether your data is shared under these partnership agreements in your Personalization and Data settings.   Personalization across your devices: We've explained how we use data to personalize across your devices, and given you additional control in your Personalization and Data settings for devices that you haven't used to log into Twitter.   Privacy Shield and the Digital Advertising Alliance: We're excited to announce that we will be participating in the Swiss-US Privacy Shield program and adhering to the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising.   We hope you see value in these changes as we continue to improve your Twitter experience in a way that dovetails with our heartbeat as a company — a commitment to protecting and defending your privacy. If you have any questions, feel free to write to us here. Thank you for using Twitter!   -Twitter     >     Help   Twitter International Company One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07  IRELAND

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Worship: In Christ - 1

Sin is a master of laws. We know because the bible says so in many ways. Sin has the ability to make you do the exact opposite of what a law says. Sin can use a law like 'Thou shall not covet' to produce every covetous thought in you.  
"For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”^{[b] 8} But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting." Romans 7:7-8
Sin is a task master who chains his slaves with the chain around their necks. That chain is the law. 
Without this chain, sin has no power. Sin is deceptive. It can twist just about anything in the law to drive you to do its bidding.
The chain of the law is synonymous to the law marriage. That is the analogy that Paul uses to describe our relationship with sin in Romans 7

"² For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. ³ So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man." Romans 7:2-3

Marriage is for life! One can only be released from such a relationship by death, then re-marriage can be considered. But while both spouses are alive, then the marriage is valid.
We find ourselves helplessly bound to sin even without our will because of a very powerful law. The law binds us to sin and sin to us. The only way out is death.Whose death? Sin's death? No, yours! The chain of the law loses its grip on you upon proof of your death. In Christ we hold our death certificate that nullifies every covenant whose validity ends with our life's end. We were baptized into Christ's death and thus became partakers of His death. We died to sin. How? We were baptized into him. and so? We were baptized into his death!

"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? ² By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? ³ Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." Romans 6:1-4

Thank God, that in Christ, we have that escape!
God bound us into Christ."The death He died, He died to sin" Romans 6:10
When God put us in Christ, it was for our deliverance that what Christ experienced became our history. The events that have happened in the past in our lives are valid and cannot be disputed. When God placed us in Christ, He made us partakers of an event that is as much valid as the day when I went to school for the first time. It became historically true for us. By faith, it is grafted into a node in our past. The character and the DNA of that event in our past is sucked into our present where it bears fruit.
Jesus can say, on such and such a day I was crucified and died. On such and such a day, I was resurrected from the dead. The word of God tells us that we, too, can say that 'When Christ died, I died because I was in Him when he died'

⁶ For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,^[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— ⁷ because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. Romans 6:6-7

VANTAGE POINT: THE WIDOW

I stood staring at this magnificent structure hardly believing that my own feet would soon be inside. The temple was the most magnificent building in Jerusalem far above any in the city. My eyes welled with tears when I thought about the prospect of just entering the Temple. Not that it wasn’t like me to notice such great engineering feats but My mind was set on something more profound than the symmetrical structure that stood proudly before me.

Only one thing filled my mind. “In His presence is fullness of joy”. I had listened to the rabbi in my village as he read the scroll about being in the presence of YHWH and it captured my imagination. I had heard him read “Better is one day in your courts than one thousand elsewhere” My heart longed for YHWH’s presence. Another reading from the rabbi came to my mind “As the dear pants for water, so my soul longs after you”. Had David felt exactly the way I was feeling now? How come that even the rabbis spoke these words like they never meant anything to them? I had gone to speak to the Rabbi about being in YHWH’s presence but I was shocked. He took me through a lecture about how the temple was built and how many cows were sacrificed. “Ahh....”, he sighed, “ That was a very long time ago” he added with a grin, “I would rather make my money here than trek 20 km to the temple in Jerusalem”. WHAT??? That’s all he was thinking about? 

I resolved to set out for Jerusalem. “No one can understand me”, I thought.
Now, here I was before the temple. My heart was faint with longing. I couldn’t remember the last time I felt like that. O wait…it reminded me of my wedding. I recalled the time I was waiting for my husband-to-be to arrive to take me. May be that was closest to what I was feeling now. I had lived a full life with my husband till he died tragically. I didn’t regret the wonderful marriage we had. It was simply beautiful. That was a long time ago. But this feeling was way beyond what I had experienced on my wedding.
I strode majestically towards the entrance of the temple like a bride to meet her husband. There were tears in my eyes. I could remember all the words from the good book. “How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”
But nothing prepared me for the priest at the door of the temple. He looked immaculately dressed and wore a smile. But there was something about the smile that made me feel uncomfortable. It was…just not right. I walked up the stairs and I thought after nodding to him I would walk past him into my heart’s longing. His question came firmly. It was firm and not rude but it required a simple 'yes' or 'no'.
“Have you brought anything to offer in the temple of YHWH?”
I wasn’t ready for that. “What?”, I asked, feeling so surprised. He smiled and raised his voice, “HAVE YOU BROUGHT ANYTHING TO OFFER IN THE TEMPLE? Are you deaf?”
“I just wanted to be in YHWH's presence. I even didn’t know I had to bring something” I said softly. “Please let me in, I beg you”
“No”, he answered dryly, “The good book says you can not enter His presence empty handed”.
I didn’t have a thing but I was determined to be in God’s presence. I felt so ashamed. I had kind of attracted the attention of the busy crowd which until then I was unaware had existed. I had been absorbed by my desire for the presence of YHWH.
I turned to walk away. I was sobbing. As I walked slowly away, the buttons on my busuuti caught my attention. They were copper buttons. Immediately I knew what I wanted to do. I went away to a hidden alley. I grabbed the buttons and ripped them off the busuuti leaving two gaping holes. I tied two knots to cover the holes and up again towards the temple I went.
With confidence I answered in the affirmative to the priest’s question at the door and in I went.
“OOH, my heart’s desire! I am finally here”. It looks everything finally made sense when I was in YHWH’s presence. “The prosperity of the wicked and the suffering of the righteous seemed oppressive to me till I entered into His sanctuary and there I understood their destiny”
I felt like dancing. I could feel that God was close.
I glanced toward the front of the temple and there was the offering stall but that wasn’t what caught my attention. It was the man seated by the side of the offering box. He was different from the priests that were serving in the temple. They looked like servants but…let me say he looked like a son in the house! His eyes were kind and the men around him listened to him with so much attention. His accent was different. May be from the region of Galilee? But could any good come from Galilee? Herod, their king, was such an evil man he had killed an innocent prophet. Nearly 30 years ago when I was still a young bride, his father had ordered the killing of children because a child was born who, it was said, would be the messiah. Can you imagine?
This Galilean looked to be around 30 years of age. Now wait a minute did I just think he was 30 years?? Could he be the.....? No.., I better stop dreaming. I know I have longed to see the messiah but that would be too merciful of God to let me have a glimpse of Him. I am undeserving of such honor. I only wanted to be in YHWH’s presence. That’s enough for me. As I walked toward the stall, I noticed that he was looking at me. Or was he looking at the man in front of me? The man in front of me was a tall man and looked wealthy. He had a bag that I now know was full of gold coins. Every step he took sent a vibration up his leg through his body to the coins in the bag which joyfully and proudly announced their presence. Every eye was now on Him! WOW!
O God, people are going to laugh at me! I have only 2 copper coins…sorry buttons! May be I should be so near the rich guy in front of me that people will not notice. I pressed on closer to him and it looked my strategy was working. The man suddenly stopped and all eyes with him. He looked behind his shoulder and down at me for a few seconds and I got the message: “Keep your distance” There are many other messages I got from that 5-second episode but I will keep with the most decent one: “Keep your distance” I was embarrassed! I will not go into how I felt except that I wished that the ground would swallow me alive. I glanced at the Galilean and this time I was certain He was looking at me. I could feel His empathy, his pity and kindness. Finally I had seen someone who I felt I could identify with in the temple of YHWH. All the rest looked strange and unfriendly. The priests, Levites and my village Rabbi had one thing in common. They were all different from the Galilean.
The turn finally came for the rich man in front of me. He opened the bag and poured the coins into the box for what looked like an eternity. The sound of coins falling upon coins excited everyone. Suddenly the priest got very busy. One was calling for the other to call 5 others to empty this box and bring another. There was gleeful excitement in the temple. I glanced again to the Galilean and He was still looking at me. You mean that display of giving to the LORD did not distract Him from looking at me? It had caught the attention of everyone including the people surrounding the Galilean, but not him. WHO WAS THIS MAN? He wasn’t moved a single bit.
The wealthy man then moved to the side and he looked he wanted to have a word with the Galilean. Who was this Galilean, even the rich man wanted to talk to him!
It was my turn now. I pulled myself together and remembered why I was here in the first place. I bowed my head and silently worshiped. ”All that I have, I give to you”, I prayed. I felt joy in my heart and tears welled in my eyes. I didn’t mind what other people had brought. I was in His presence. And that is what mattered the most.
As I turned to walk away, the Galilean called to me and there he was with the rich man on his left. I came to him and deep inside I knew that I was safe with him. He wasn’t thinking of humiliating me….or was he? He touched my shoulder so gently and that is when he shouted loudly.
“Everyone, listen to me!” he yelled.
Everyone had his attention. Even the 5 priests who were carrying away the offering stopped for a while and listened. What he said will remain recorded in the books forever because it shook the foundations of what everyone believed

“Now I will tell you who has given the most to the LORD!”…

THE ENCOUNTER PART III: SSEGGWANGA AND MMUNYE – The Kamunye Revelation

“Something tells me that you are not just doing a kokonyo” Sseggwanga told Mmunye, “Why are you telling me this yet you know that I am a chicken? Can I fly? Can I become an eagle since it looks that the only way to fly is be an eagle?”

“I have good news for you Sseggwanga. You can fly!” Mmunye declared, “I even have better news for you, YOU ARE AN EAGLE”

Sseggwanga could not believe what he had just heard. “Did you just say…”

“Yes, Sseggwanga, you are an eagle.”

I don’t believe you”, this time Sseggwanga was strutting around in disbelief, “No way! I was born a chicken, I crow like a chicken, I like worms, I don’t eat flesh like an eagle. In fact that thought is revolting! All my feelings are chicken feelings! ”

“Sseggwanga, look at me. I mean critically look at me. We are brothers. My father, your father, sent me to you to set you free from this farm. You were captured when you were young by the farm owner, Levid. He decided to groom you like a chicken. He cut off your claws and he continues to do so in the name of ‘grooming’. Have you ever thought about why he locked you up between Kiggula wall and Kiggala? He set out to frustrate all your efforts at flight until you were convinced that you were a chicken. That you could only eat what he told you to eat.”

The revelation that he was an eagle was nearly killing him with excitement! What?? All this time and he never knew?

“Stretch out your wings”, Mmunye asked him. Sseggwanga stretched them. “No, they are not stretched! Your wings are 6 feet across!” Sseggwanga then started to stretch. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. It is like his wing span was getting even wider! “How come I could never stretch this much?? What is happening to me? It looks like I am changing to an eagle!”

“You don’t understand yet?” Mmunye asked, “You are an eagle, you have always been an eagle!”

“Your name was never Sseggwanga. That name was given to you by Levid the farm owner. Your real name is Kamunye. You are my younger brother!”

“Goodness! I even have an eagle name?? I am actually an eagle?” He was so excited! Stretching his wings he flapped them once. He was not ready for what happened! With that one flap, he was already above the level of Kiggala!

Landing back where Mmunye was grinning across his eagle beak, they hugged and both were crying uncontrollably. What he had been trying to do all this time, he did in only one flap. The close fellowship he had had with Kiggala had left him bruised but it didn’t matter. Who needed a broken leg when he could fly? Kamunye was so happy. He loved his new name. ‘I don’t have to crow again!’

It now started to make sense. Everything that Mmunye was saying…

“What is impossible with chicken is possible with eagles!”

“Chicken give birth to chickens and eagles give birth to eagles”

“The eagle is like the wind” Now it made sense. Before he knew he was an eagle, he was limited only to Kiggula and Kiggala. He never looked up to see the boundless sky that has no limits. Now he could spread his wings and claim the skies. Now that is freedom!

But how come he couldn’t fly even when he had always been an eagle? That puzzled him. So he asked Mmunye “But why couldn’t I fly?”

“You never knew that you were an eagle. You knew you were a chicken. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!”

He no longer had to live off Levid’s farm any longer. His diet was opened up. So now he could eat of what could build his body. He no longer had to listen to the lies of Levid that he was Sseggwanga. What was his pride, he now surrendered it because it was a symbol of his failure. He would rather be a ka-munye than Sseggwanga because the latter was a slave while the former was free.

Mmunye and Ka-munye flapped their wings thrice and off they flew…to freedom