In this sermon, Pastor Aaron Vriesman provides an introduction to and a section by section overview of Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus.
I would argue you can submit to one another despite attending a nondenominational church, or even no church at all.
v1: Unlike with the gods of all the other religions, you can cry out to the God of the Bible.
v2: In this world, it's very difficult much of the time to find people who truly want to hear about your problems, but God is always willing and ready with a listening ear.
v3: David felt as though his heart was melting within him, but God knew what the psalmist was going through.
v4-5: God really was David's safe space, and He is the only safety anyone of us actually has.
v6: God is our protector and deliverer from anyone or anything which is bigger than us, which, as human beings, is most things. He is our Heavenly Father and Jesus is our big brother, as well as a friend that sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18 24
v7: David isn't asking for deliverance for the sake of his own self. He wants out of his current situation so he can praise God along with his fellow believers and they can together recognize all God's many blessings.
v1: By God, the text means the God of the Bible, not some genaric term.
God is David's god, a deity who is personal to David.
Under the new covenant, Christians should be in such close relationship with their God that their thoughts turn to Him upon or shortly after awakening.
David was fleeing for his life and was in a desert. Thus, he had a lot of physical needs, but David's priority was the fulfillment of his spiritual needs.
v2: David recognized you can meet with God in the desert just like you can in an assembly of God's people. God truly is everywhere. In fact, under the new covenant, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit live within Christians.
v3: The lovingkindness of the Lord is better than life because it lasts beyond our earthly life into eternity with Him.
v4: See what Paul says in Romans about the sufferings of this life not being worthy of comparison to eternity with Jesus.
v5-7: Life in the state David was in was extremely stressful; having to keep watch at night to insure he wouldn't be killed. However, David chose to stay focused on the delicious taste of life in the Lord, praising and rejoicing for all the times God had helped and delivered him in the past.
v8: John 15 1-5
v9-11: David knew the wicked people who were after him would be killed and be sent to Hell for eternity, but David held to all his Lord's promises, from the promise David would become king to, as best David understood it, his eternal salvation.
Daily Mail
Ultra-woke woman running for Wisconsin governor claimed she once left restaurant because there were 'too many old white people' causing her anxiety
By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER
Published: 16:41 EDT, 3 August 2026 | Updated: 16:47 EDT, 3 August 2026
A Wisconsin gubernatorial Democratic candidate revealed she quickly left a Culver's with her son on the verge of an 'anxiety attack' because there were 'too many old white people.'
Francesca Hong, 37, posted on X in 2019 that anxiety drove her to leave the fast-food restaurant after 'too many old white people' allegedly thought she and her son didn't speak English.
'I ate two bites of my kid's cheeseburger at a Culver's in Black River Falls and told him they ran out of ice cream,' she wrote.
'Mostly just wanted to leave because I was on the verge of an anxiety attack... too many old white people who didn't think we spoke English.'
The July 2019 post resurfaced as Hong launched her gubernatorial candidacy, championing policies including universal childcare, fully funded public schools, cheaper healthcare and protecting immigrants against ICE.
Hong's post was reshared on X by right-wing political commentator Matt Walsh, who wrote: 'A woman who confessed to having anxiety attacks around white people wants to be governor of Wisconsin, an 85 percent white state.'
'If this doesn't immediately destroy her campaign and career then we're doomed as a country,' he added.
The comments saw outrage and mockery over Hong's story, as many users slammed the candidate.
'How can you be a representative of a constituency you hate and loathe so much you have panic attacks when around them,' one comment asked.
'Ohhhh lawd have mercy, that poor delicate flower won't survive the anxiety of the job. Best to put her in a mental health facility,' another user quipped.
'If you have an anxiety attack at a burger joint, you have no business running a state,' a third wrote.
In response, Hong re-shared a post that saw her commenting on Culver's in 2020, which said: 'They are the perfect road curd. No other fried curd comes close. Only Culvers curds or fresh curds are appropriate for travel. For in person dining Culver's curds are indeed, trash.'
Hong's fresh response said: 'I see that folks are digging up old tweets in an attempt to shift the narrative in this race. I stand by this statement, unequivocally. Their fries also leave much to be desired. The Reuben, however, slaps.'
She has not yet addressed her comments about 'old white people.' Daily Mail has contacted Hong for a statement.
Alongside her post about anxiety, other people also noted Hong's admission to having a 'mental breakdown' when she was 18 years old in a resurfaced interview.
In September 2023, Hong, as the first Asian to win an Assembly Seat in Wisconsin, told Meal Magazine as a chef and owner of her own restaurant, Morris Ramen, that she had a history of poor mental health.
'At 18, I had a mental breakdown. I didn't actually walk at my high school graduation because I had been hospitalized for a week at a child-psychiatric hospital. I just felt like nothing had meaning anymore,' she said.
'It was a numbness that took over, and a pain that I couldn't describe. I couldn't feel anymore, and that scared the hell out of me. And I found myself self-harming to feel something.'
After she was probed by the outlet, Hong revealed she had been diagnosed with bipolar disease, placed on an antidepressant and experienced a lithium overdose.
In the same interview, Hong commented on an inflammatory post on X aimed at the Wisconsin Tavern League over Covid-19 policy soon after she was elected.
'I know that inflammatory or aggressive language can feel off-putting at first, but I am expressing my right to be emotional, to be personal, to be human,' she told the outlet.
'So this is me being a human - angry, frustrated, and scared that there are forces that I don't have control over impacting the people that I care about. Part of it is in redefining who a politician is: somebody with a foul mouth who works in the dish pit on a Saturday night.
'There’s a lack of curiosity and creativity in politics. And if I can be someone that can continue to agitate and use activism as a way to push policy from the inside to the outside...'
Hong further said she recognizes Twitter's reach as 'an engagement tool.'
'A tool for letting people know that I feel pain that you are feeling too. Relational organizing depends on me making connections with people, and it's not always going to come from a place of peaceful discourse. We are past that,' she continued.
'I used to have people accuse me of being like Trump, and now two years later, they see what the intention was: to literally dismantle democracy and overturn an election.'
Hong, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Assembly's Socialist Caucus, was first elected to the State Assembly in 2020.
The Daily Mail reached out to Hong for comment.
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(Toronto, ON) – August 5, 2026 - The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) today released its 2025 CADA Data Report, which examines Canada's franchised new-vehicle dealership industry. While new-vehicle sales increased by two per cent in 2025, the report reveals a broader picture of evolving consumer behaviour, rooted in economic uncertainty, trade-related supply variations and affordability pressures.
The report includes data from Statistics Canada, J.D. Power, NCM Associates, Canadian Black Book, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants and MNP.
"The increasingly volatile commercial and trade environment has introduced new uncertainty for dealers, manufacturers and consumers alike," said Tim Reuss, President and CEO of CADA. "Reliable market data helps businesses adapt, informs policymakers and highlights the significant economic contribution made by Canada's franchised new-vehicle dealers."
The report found that 1,897,055 new vehicles were sold in Canada in 2025, an increase of two per cent over the previous year. It also found the average amount financed for a new vehicle increased to $57,981, while hybrid vehicle registrations continued to rise and battery-electric vehicle registrations declined. Together, these findings reflect many of the trends shaping today's automotive retail market.
"Affordability is one of the defining themes across the automotive retail sector, and nearly every dataset in this report reflects that," said Charles Bernard, Chief Economist at CADA. "Elevated vehicle prices, financing costs and household budget pressures are prompting consumers to keep vehicles longer, focus more closely on monthly payments and seek greater value throughout the ownership experience."
As consumers continue to navigate a changing automotive market, the 2025 CADA Data Report provides the latest data on the trends shaping vehicle ownership, purchasing decisions and Canada's franchised new-vehicle dealership industry. The full 2025 CADA Data Report is available HERE.
