How to Have Heaven Here
Desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." Hebrews 11:16
We want to seek with all the powers that God has given us to unfold the Scriptures to those who are in darkness. There is happiness, hope, and peace for the desponding. We cannot afford to give our God-given ability and devote it to the commonplace things of this earth. We want a faith that will grasp the promise set before us in the gospel. What if we should lose our soul? It would be better for us had we never been born. One soul is worth more than all the gold and silver that could be heaped up on this earth... We want to cultivate living faith in God. We want to have our eyes turned away from the attractions of this earth and centered upon heaven and heavenly things. We do not want the earth to intervene between us and God, but we want an eye single to the glory of God. We talk of heaven and of its blessing, and it would be a great loss to lose it. Well then, if it so lovely, so desirable, bring it into this life, bring it into your families and educate your children not to live for this world but for the future, immortal life... You can have a little heaven here below, if you will only get your eye fixed upon God--not looking at Christ half the time and at the world the other half. When you live for God, He will put His everlasting arm beneath you, and then He says, "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30). Do you believe it? I can testify this is so. By my past experience I can testify that I would not [want to] have one trial less, one sorrow less, for Paul says, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen" (2 Corinthians 4:17, 18). We want to look at the things of eternal interest, that we may think seriously in regard to what use we have made of our reasoning powers, whether we have tried to strengthen them with idle things which we cannot take with us when we shall be caught up to meet Christ in the air... We want to be fitting that we may have an abundant entrance into the city of God... Everything compared with this is of no consequence." -Manunoscript 16, 09/19/1886
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Desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." Hebrews 11:16
We want to seek with all the powers that God has given us to unfold the Scriptures to those who are in darkness. There is happiness, hope, and peace for the desponding. We cannot afford to give our God-given ability and devote it to the commonplace things of this earth. We want a faith that will grasp the promise set before us in the gospel. What if we should lose our soul? It would be better for us had we never been born. One soul is worth more than all the gold and silver that could be heaped up on this earth... We want to cultivate living faith in God. We want to have our eyes turned away from the attractions of this earth and centered upon heaven and heavenly things. We do not want the earth to intervene between us and God, but we want an eye single to the glory of God. We talk of heaven and of its blessing, and it would be a great loss to lose it. Well then, if it so lovely, so desirable, bring it into this life, bring it into your families and educate your children not to live for this world but for the future, immortal life... You can have a little heaven here below, if you will only get your eye fixed upon God--not looking at Christ half the time and at the world the other half. When you live for God, He will put His everlasting arm beneath you, and then He says, "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30). Do you believe it? I can testify this is so. By my past experience I can testify that I would not [want to] have one trial less, one sorrow less, for Paul says, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen" (2 Corinthians 4:17, 18). We want to look at the things of eternal interest, that we may think seriously in regard to what use we have made of our reasoning powers, whether we have tried to strengthen them with idle things which we cannot take with us when we shall be caught up to meet Christ in the air... We want to be fitting that we may have an abundant entrance into the city of God... Everything compared with this is of no consequence." -Manunoscript 16, 09/19/1886
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Partners With God
"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7
"We need to understand that individually we are in copartnership with God. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling," He admonishes us, and adds, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:12, 13). Here is the cooperation of the divine with human agencies... The former and the latter rains are needed. "We are labourers together with God" (1 Corinthians 3:9). The Lord alone can give the precious former and latter rain. The clouds, the sunshine, the dews at night--these are heaven's most precious provisions. But all these favors graciously bestowed of Heaven will prove of little worth to those who do not appropriate them by diligent, painstaking effort on their part. Personal efforts must be put forth in agriculture. There is the plowing and replowing. Implements must be brought in and human skill must use them. The seed must be sown in its season. The laws which control seedtime and harvest must be observed, else there will be no harvest... The apostle brings in another figure: "Ye are God's building" (verse 9)--an edifice to be erected. The construction of a building calls for skill in using the timber which God has caused to grow for the happiness and blessing of man. The Lord has provided the forest trees, and now man must use the trees. They must be cut down and prepared by saw, and axe, and wedge, and hammer, to be fitted for the building... Thus is presented the copartnership of the human and the divine. All the power is of God. "Without me," says Christ, "ye can do nothing" (John 15:5). Then how many hours is it safe for us to try to work alone? All the glory proceeds from God and should flow back in all possible ways to God, through our cooperation with God... We need to consider carefully our own spiritual interest. If we are abiding in Christ, we shall not allow ambitious business transactions, even in our service for Him, to come before the spiritual fragrance that should characterize our association with our brethren." Manunoscript 182, Sept. 24, 1897
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"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7
"We need to understand that individually we are in copartnership with God. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling," He admonishes us, and adds, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:12, 13). Here is the cooperation of the divine with human agencies... The former and the latter rains are needed. "We are labourers together with God" (1 Corinthians 3:9). The Lord alone can give the precious former and latter rain. The clouds, the sunshine, the dews at night--these are heaven's most precious provisions. But all these favors graciously bestowed of Heaven will prove of little worth to those who do not appropriate them by diligent, painstaking effort on their part. Personal efforts must be put forth in agriculture. There is the plowing and replowing. Implements must be brought in and human skill must use them. The seed must be sown in its season. The laws which control seedtime and harvest must be observed, else there will be no harvest... The apostle brings in another figure: "Ye are God's building" (verse 9)--an edifice to be erected. The construction of a building calls for skill in using the timber which God has caused to grow for the happiness and blessing of man. The Lord has provided the forest trees, and now man must use the trees. They must be cut down and prepared by saw, and axe, and wedge, and hammer, to be fitted for the building... Thus is presented the copartnership of the human and the divine. All the power is of God. "Without me," says Christ, "ye can do nothing" (John 15:5). Then how many hours is it safe for us to try to work alone? All the glory proceeds from God and should flow back in all possible ways to God, through our cooperation with God... We need to consider carefully our own spiritual interest. If we are abiding in Christ, we shall not allow ambitious business transactions, even in our service for Him, to come before the spiritual fragrance that should characterize our association with our brethren." Manunoscript 182, Sept. 24, 1897
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Forwarded from Sunday Laws Are Coming
Mississippi Newspaper States: "Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy"
At the end of the article they ended with a prayer: "Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day, Sunday.”
Sunday is not the seventh day, Saturday is.
On March 7th, 321 AD, Constantine enforced the first Sunday Law commanding everyone to rest on the venerable day of the Sun. The Sun-day has been gaining more popularity for worship with proclaimed Christians and the secular world.
"The Roman emperor Constantine I (died 337), a convert to Christianity, introduced the first civil legislation concerning Sunday in 321, when he decreed that all work should cease on that day, except that farmers could work if necessary. That law, aimed at providing time for worship, was followed later in the same century and in subsequent centuries by further restrictions on Sunday activities." - Britannica
https://www.picayuneitem.com/2022/10/let-us-keep-the-sabbath-day-holy/
At the end of the article they ended with a prayer: "Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day, Sunday.”
Sunday is not the seventh day, Saturday is.
On March 7th, 321 AD, Constantine enforced the first Sunday Law commanding everyone to rest on the venerable day of the Sun. The Sun-day has been gaining more popularity for worship with proclaimed Christians and the secular world.
"The Roman emperor Constantine I (died 337), a convert to Christianity, introduced the first civil legislation concerning Sunday in 321, when he decreed that all work should cease on that day, except that farmers could work if necessary. That law, aimed at providing time for worship, was followed later in the same century and in subsequent centuries by further restrictions on Sunday activities." - Britannica
https://www.picayuneitem.com/2022/10/let-us-keep-the-sabbath-day-holy/
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Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy - Picayune Item
By Erlene Smith “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or…
⚠️ PROPHECIED SUNDAY LAWS ARE COMING! ⚠️
Religious laws hidden under the veil of climate emergency are in the works!
🚨 See this link to learn more - https://news.1rj.ru/str/BIBLETruthChannel/144🚨
"Threat forces us to think of ourselves and our position in the world to survive. Safety allows us to lose ourselves and connect to the greater world around us. It is here where we heal, recover, become resilient and thrive. Ancient tradition, now, unfortunately, largely forgotten in the modern world, may give us some strategies to become more resilient. The ideas of the Sabbath and sabbatical have validity to improve the human condition" - source
Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy:
"Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day. (Sunday)" - source
As a country we’re in need of healing. Here’s how Shabbat can help. - source
Biden will attend COP27 — the U.N’s climate change summit — in Egypt:
"Biden’s planned attendance at the climate conference will give a boost to the gathering, which had been at risk of delivering little concrete action amid disputes over ambition and funding." - source
"Football has faced many challenges over the past couple of years with clubs pushed to the brink and beyond following financial difficulties. Stadiums fell silent as a result of a global pandemic, while the threat of the European Super League almost changed the sport as we know it. But that episode demonstrated what can be achieved when the football community comes together, and now it faces an even bigger threat on the horizon. There can be no division when it comes to climate change." - source
Newsletter: I’m an alarmist on climate change, and you should be too - source
World Bank chief says will keep 'intense' focus on addressing climate change - source
Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ —UN chief - source
Scotland speeding up process of tackling the climate crisis - source
Refugees flee conflict sparked by climate change in central Africa - source
WE ARE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO CHRIST'S RETURN! REPENT!
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Religious laws hidden under the veil of climate emergency are in the works!
🚨 See this link to learn more - https://news.1rj.ru/str/BIBLETruthChannel/144🚨
"Threat forces us to think of ourselves and our position in the world to survive. Safety allows us to lose ourselves and connect to the greater world around us. It is here where we heal, recover, become resilient and thrive. Ancient tradition, now, unfortunately, largely forgotten in the modern world, may give us some strategies to become more resilient. The ideas of the Sabbath and sabbatical have validity to improve the human condition" - source
Let Us Keep the Sabbath Day Holy:
"Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for giving us joy the world cannot give. Help us love and honor You especially on your Holy day. (Sunday)" - source
As a country we’re in need of healing. Here’s how Shabbat can help. - source
Biden will attend COP27 — the U.N’s climate change summit — in Egypt:
"Biden’s planned attendance at the climate conference will give a boost to the gathering, which had been at risk of delivering little concrete action amid disputes over ambition and funding." - source
"Football has faced many challenges over the past couple of years with clubs pushed to the brink and beyond following financial difficulties. Stadiums fell silent as a result of a global pandemic, while the threat of the European Super League almost changed the sport as we know it. But that episode demonstrated what can be achieved when the football community comes together, and now it faces an even bigger threat on the horizon. There can be no division when it comes to climate change." - source
Newsletter: I’m an alarmist on climate change, and you should be too - source
World Bank chief says will keep 'intense' focus on addressing climate change - source
Climate impacts heading to ‘uncharted territories of destruction’ —UN chief - source
Scotland speeding up process of tackling the climate crisis - source
Refugees flee conflict sparked by climate change in central Africa - source
WE ARE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO CHRIST'S RETURN! REPENT!
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Set Your Affection On Heaven
"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." Colossians 3:2-4
We need to have a broader view of the Saviour as “Lord and Christ.” “All power” is given to Him to give to those who claim to believe in His name. We do not half acknowledge His right to our homage and obedience, and to our increasing faith in Him... “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,” the apostle continues, “bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:12-16)....TDG 290.4 Put yourself under discipline to Christ. Be led by His word. Heed His instruction, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matthew 11:29). I beseech the churches in every place to make thorough work for eternity by confession and putting away of sins. “His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3). By what means? “Through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” “We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18).TDG 290.6 God and Christ alone know what the souls of men have cost. For our sakes the Son of God became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich with eternal riches. His love is without a parallel." — Letter 318, 10/08/1907
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"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." Colossians 3:2-4
We need to have a broader view of the Saviour as “Lord and Christ.” “All power” is given to Him to give to those who claim to believe in His name. We do not half acknowledge His right to our homage and obedience, and to our increasing faith in Him... “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,” the apostle continues, “bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:12-16)....TDG 290.4 Put yourself under discipline to Christ. Be led by His word. Heed His instruction, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matthew 11:29). I beseech the churches in every place to make thorough work for eternity by confession and putting away of sins. “His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3). By what means? “Through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” “We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18).TDG 290.6 God and Christ alone know what the souls of men have cost. For our sakes the Son of God became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich with eternal riches. His love is without a parallel." — Letter 318, 10/08/1907
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Father’s Love Letter 💌
My Child…
You may not know me, but I know everything about you… Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up… Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways… Psalm 139:3
Even the very hair on your head are numbered… Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image… Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being… Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring… Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived… Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation… Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book… Psalm 139:5-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live… Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made… Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother’s womb… Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born… Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me… John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love… 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you… 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father… 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than any earthly father ever could… Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect Father… Mathew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand… James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs… Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope… Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love… Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore… Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing… Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good for you… Jeremiah 33:3
For you are my treasured possession… Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul… Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things… Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me… Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart… Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gives those desires… Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine… Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager… 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles… 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you… Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart… Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes… Revelation 21:3-4
And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth… Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus… John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed… John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being… Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you… Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins… 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled… 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you… 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love… Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me… 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again… Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen… Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father… Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…Will you be my child?… John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you… Luke 15:11-32
Love, your Father,
Almighty God.
My Child…
You may not know me, but I know everything about you… Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up… Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways… Psalm 139:3
Even the very hair on your head are numbered… Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image… Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being… Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring… Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived… Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation… Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book… Psalm 139:5-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live… Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made… Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother’s womb… Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born… Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me… John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love… 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you… 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father… 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than any earthly father ever could… Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect Father… Mathew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand… James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs… Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope… Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love… Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore… Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing… Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good for you… Jeremiah 33:3
For you are my treasured possession… Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul… Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things… Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me… Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart… Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gives those desires… Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine… Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager… 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles… 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you… Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart… Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes… Revelation 21:3-4
And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth… Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus… John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed… John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being… Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you… Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins… 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled… 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you… 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love… Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me… 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again… Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen… Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father… Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…Will you be my child?… John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you… Luke 15:11-32
Love, your Father,
Almighty God.
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🦠☀️ Did you know? 🌧☄️
The seven last plagues will fall in a span of 1 year. The prophecy says:
Revelation 18:8 KJV
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
One day in prophetic language is one year. We can know this from:
Numbers 14:34 KJV
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
Ezekiel 4:6 KJV
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
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The seven last plagues will fall in a span of 1 year. The prophecy says:
Revelation 18:8 KJV
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
One day in prophetic language is one year. We can know this from:
Numbers 14:34 KJV
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
Ezekiel 4:6 KJV
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
#DidYouKnow