Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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Patiently waiting 😊
🙋♀️Leon !
Carly Simon ketchup advert: “Anticipation”
But not for long! It looks as if someone is late to the dinner table.
Good Catch!
Here is the missing diner…
Nice looking family.
These are our three dogs when we are loading the car to go up north.
For some reason they know a car trip is imminent.
DD
If one didn’t know what an “expectant look” was, there are three examples right there, Dan. Especially the little chappie (or chappess) on the left. Sweet, sweet!💕
Dan Dale: Hey, Dan. You already are up north (well, from the rest of us, that is).
Our dogs give us the same look, until we let them know that they are going, too. Then, it’s party time
We had a Boston terrier when I was growing up. She would have been overjoyed if her main residence had been the car.
All my mother had to do was jingle the car keys and Brandy would bounce like a spring lamb, not settle until she had the car keys in her mouth and was running to the door, knowing was at hand. Loved that little dog.
That’s us in 2030, waiting on the crumbs to fall from our master’s (government’s) table.
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!
one of the best photos of her ever
nimrodman: Yes, it certainly is. Now, who is it?
marilyn monroe
Good morning Treepers
mornin, Joe
“Got any snacks?”
First rule of the wild: Don’t look like lunch
Man, that’s a fat torpedo of a schoolbus
Where’s Hunter?
Ah an old lady and her memories….
Am sure Hunter is clueless about John Williams? Maybe Hunter is in the belly of the beast?
Many years ago, before 2008, I had the privilege of attending a Ravinia Festival concert where John Williams was the featured ‘entertainer’. I believe he was conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.We had seats in the pavilion…It was awesome!
a long treasured memory.
Entertainer? My gosh…
That is the ultimate reason why you dive as a buddy team!
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!
BOY, did I need that!!
That’s the way I felt about it, too!
Literally laughed out loud!
Laughter is one heck of a powerful medicine.
Hahahahahaha!!!!
LET GO !
Nimrodman… once again your pics are great wake up laughing medicine…🤣🤣
Morning to all ..
🇺🇸💪😀👍
Just so you know, I’ve shared this at work and with friends already, they all loved it.
Helped make a morning better.
Thanks!
Best he’s ever posted.
I like the last line:
“The media probably won’t cover this”
Trust and Loyalty. I’ll take care of you . . .
Morning, Garrison😉. I’ll Be Here at Closing Time…niiiiiiiice!
JD is a Texas boy who made good in LA in the ’60’s and 70’s. This version is on a retrospective CD he recorded a few years ago. It’s really well done.
Loved the album cover. Talk about a thousand yard stare…
an excellent set of songs from a fantastic musical legend
See above . . . 🙂
Now, we wait….
😹😹😹
Those FBI bastids really starting to tick me off now …
Good morning nim. Kitty has some help coming.
Morning, Joe…Methinks the barber got a little scissor happy!😁
yeah, they do have a little of that flat-top / bristle-brush look, huh?
Don’t know he got them to sit still.😉
FAKE NEWS!
That’s photoshopped, clearly.
Those guys would be bloody, and shredded!
Cats are Ninja Samurai Jedi Warriors…..
12 April 2017 Barry “Frosty” Smith, American rock, country and blues touring and session drummer (Lee Michaels; Roky Erikson; Doug Sahm), dies at 71
12 April 1999 Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer (“King Of The Road”), dies of leukemia at 67
Also appearing in this clip.
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter.
Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
12 April 1994 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
12 April 1992 Joe Medwick, American R&B singer, and songwriter (“Further On Up The Road”), dies at 61
12 April 1989 Herbert Mills, American pop singer (The Mills Brothers – “Paper Doll”; “Lazy River”), dies at 77
12 April 1979 Pernell Charity, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, dies at 58
You know, about the time you think these things are all staged, you see a guy twenty feet up on a ladder that has a eye popping lean to it where you live!
I have a meme like that to put here but…. postimages is not functioning properly at this time for some reason… I’ll slap the link on, maybe it took and will show it tomorrow.
https://postimg.cc/rKZPQJ5y
Good Morning all!
Frank. I don’t care about the name. Besides, I’ll just call him Buck! Heck man, as an SF soldier I was gone 6-8 months out of every year somewhere. As an OTR trucker gone a bunch. When it comes to Sherry, I have no worries in that way. Never have! If I had ever thought I would, I wouldn’t have married her in the first place!
Now my buddy Randy came home off the road and found another man in his bed with his wife. Shot two rounds through the floor scaring the crap out of the guy. Got charged with a Felony for doing so. Fought it and ended up with lesser charge and didn’t go to prison. That was over 10 years ago and he just got back his 2nd amendment rights. And that cost him money to do also.
Sherry, being a Gal from the Pittsburg area, was a great fan of the Skyliners, and they would sing that song for her. They performed at our reception which was at what was then, the Airport Ramada, the same place we met.
With you.
100%. 🙌
The process is the punishment.
Trust and Loyalty, rah 🙂
I’ll be back in a little while, Treepers. Finished a minor floor covering job (for better or worse), had to feed my face, and see what’s happening here in the Treehouse. This thread’s a laugh riot…
Now, I gotta go check on my spouse; I just want to sit with her for a bit.
I pray for you both, dear Joe.💕
Dittos for me too, Joe 🙂
🙏💕
The world’s biggest paper airplane
I think it’s a good thing he didn’t catch it. He could have rode on it instead.
Oreo the dog
Fine little fella.
LORD, TIS NOT THAT I DID CHOOSE THEE
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
— Ephesians 2: 4-10
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Hi Frank!
1530, read this to my husband at 2 this morning. Needed. Thank you.
…. You’ve been on my mind.
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Good morning sweet Patience and dear Ma💕💕.
Bless you for that, sweet friend. And thank you.
Miracle, said the stent doc.
I said prayers answered.🙏🏻
Morning, Betsy! You and Mr. Jones are still in my prayer … and after reading between these lines, remembered these words of Elisabeth Elliot:
“And I’ve come to see that it’s through the deepest suffering that God has taught me the deepest lessons.
And if we’ll trust Him for it, we can come through to the unshakeable assurance that He’s in charge.
He has a loving purpose. And He can transform something terrible into something wonderful.
Suffering is never for nothing.”
Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering Is Never for Nothing
May the Lord encourage you both today!
”Be still and know that I am God.”
Psalm 46:10
Good morning, dear Della. What you posted resonates with us, and I pray others who are enduring trials will see Elizabeth’s life affirming words and feel comforted by them.
My husband, awake and sitting this morning after another night of struggling wrote this…
Faith in Prayer
“Twice in recent times I have offered my life to God. Without condition or expectation, I saw no darkness nor felt fear but was overwhelmed by the power of the Hand I felt at my shoulder.
May all who are suffering feel that same positive calm. In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.”
Bless you eternally, dear friend.😘
I am also praying for your recent health issues to be well on the way to disappearing, Della. Though I have been focused on other things, you and those friends in our branches who need the power of prayer working as it has in this house have never ever been far from my heart or mind.
And as I have been absent from time to time, I include dear Molon with his beautiful early posts and prayers absent today it seems…and WP, whose faithful words always greeted us first thing in the morning but which have disappeared over the past few weeks.
Perhaps I missed his intention to take a break? Or has he simply disappeared without notice? So reliable has he been, I wonder and hope that all is well.
And my brother GrandpaM, whose good mornings I always look for so I know all is well with him.
Continuous prayers for all through His lovingkindness, mercies, and grace.
You’re so considerate of others, kind and thoughtful! The Lord bless you!
You’re doing exactly what you should: focusing ALL on your beloved!
We’re human and simply cannot bear everyone’s burdens – plus our own.
There are times when we can be attentive to others – but please give yourself grace.
Your dear husband – and then yourself – are first now!
If we don’t tend to ourselves, we’re certainly no help to others.
This comes to mind: if your toe/foot is broken, you don’t pay much attention to a sinus headache, when you can’t walk! All energy is given to that throbbing toe!
I pray for those who post as I read, and lift them up to the Lord.
Everyone on this planet is trying to tread water.
But I can’t remember everyone – my heart is big enough, but not my brain!
Hope this makes sense regarding the ‘net and too much information…
God knows and understands.
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A beautiful prayer, and testimony, especially after all he’s been through.
And still in the throes!
May God use his words to minister to those who need courage and hope!
A little story –
Seventeen years ago, this month, my doctor found a quarter-sized tumor in my lung. He immediately ordered testing and visit to a thoracic surgeon.
After three weeks, I was finally scheduled for biopsy.
It was scary as the doctor proceeded to guide me through the scanner.
After I came out, the nurse standing next to me, said:
It’s gone! The tumor is gone! She began to cry. Then, I did, too…
The doctor came over and said: Your tumor is gone.
I said to him:God healed me.
He shrugged and said: I don’t know. All I know, it is now gone.
They summoned my husband, as he was expecting a four hour wait.
The doctor showed us the computer diagnostics and he had no explanation.
And, at that time, he did not accept mine: that God touched me.
I hope over the years, with the many patients he has tended, he has come to understand – that our times are in God’s hands!
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When I read you surgeon’s response, Della, the first thought that went through my mind was the same as your last sentence.
These three weeks I know were, for you and all who loved you…as the time between diagnosis and surgery probably ticked by second by second…interminable. Deo Gratias!!!
My dad, who never said much, was a devout believer who saw his more than fair share of such healing. His quiet service to our church as a vestryman was testament to his knowing that his skills were not enough, never enough. That without Almighty God standing, as my husband said, at his shoulder, he was nothing. He understood this.
And all you can do is pray for medics such as your surgeon that they come to know it as well. They will become better with the grateful, humble acknowledgment of it.
Every day is precious, a gift. And that’s all we can ever hope for. Each day by day, filled with our beloved fellow travellers in this short life, who make the journey beautiful in good times and gentler in the unexpected trials. And bring us all closer to Him Who loves us.💕
Yes, those three weeks were hard, but on the backside, wouldn’t trade them.
One huge lesson was God gave me His peace that surpassed all understanding.
It literally carried me through those long days – all the while continuing to work at my job and not telling anyone. I was private about those things.
The peace He gave then cannot be conjured up any time I wish.
He alone gives it for specific burdens.
i believe that others’ prayers lifted me, too. That is why they are crucial…
My son, then in college, told me of some people he knew that prayed for me, and I didn’t even know them. That is the body of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ, uniting together in a powerful way.
Your father has left you a tremendous, Godly legacy. I would have loved to meet him.
This world needs more doctors such as he. They are far and few between.
And, just a thought – but it wouldn’t surprise me one bit – if you and Mr. Jones are now graced with His Peace and His Presence that transcends all understanding…
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You are right about the last… waves of it. And his name is Chris, Della. Don’t know why I haven’t said, as everyone has been so generous with their prayers. As I said to Joe a couple of days ago when he told us his wife’s name was Kelly it was lovely to have her name to pray for.
Just read your beautiful reply to him. He said “Absolutely. I’ve accepted His will.” He sake he felt privileged to know you all. You were so right.😘
Betsy and Patience, may God enrich your day.
… and Miss Della.
Blessings on you, too, 1530. You are a blessing!
Still listening to music video you posted of Nairobi choir, All Hail the Name.
Brings tears – sweet ones, tho …
The music you share with us always intensifies my knowledge that Almighty God is with us. Especially when we may feel He is not, then we know He is nearer than we may know.
Absolutely beautiful, 1530!
Love to see the different people groups all over the world praising the Lord.
In last few days – Kenyans and Indians.
Thought of this passage:
“After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. (9)
And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (10)
Revelation 7:9-10
Many different groups of people you say…🙏🏻
Thanks, Betsy.
You are most welcome, good sir.
Heartwarming! A fav classic hymn …
Need to remember His faithfulness every day.
I will pray for you both this evening, especially.
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A beautiful passage — one of my favorites. Thanks, Miss Della.
Discretion is the better part of survival.
The problem there is obvious. There was no kid trying to reach an apple high up in the tree!
And he didn’t have Lee Van Cleef as back up.
Good morning All!!🌻
And we must have this!!
Hoping so much these will lift everyone’s spirits for a new day.
Good morning, Bet. How are ya?
Morning, Joe….again😉
One foot in front of the other with God’s help.👍🏻.
Good morning, Bet. I’m up again. Gorgeous day outside. 60 degrees and sunny.
Same routine; let the big girls out, get the coffee pot going, turn on the laptop, feed the cats, slurp coffee.
No complaints (give me a couple of minutes, I’ll think of something), life is good.
“One foot in front of the other with God’s help”.
I can relate to that.
Have a blessed day.
😁
I find routine is probably one of the best things one can have. I always told my young children back when they complained they were bored, one day they’d understand that what I said to them in that regard was true. Grown now with families of their own, they understand…though still probably don’t get as much as they’d like😉
Baked some blueberry muffins yesterday. We just finished one with a cup of restorative tea. Chilling now. Yes, you are right…life is good. I hope you drink in your peaceful day along with your coffee and feel every blessing sent your way for you and your beautiful bride💕
Morning, Joe!
“One foot in front of the other with God’s help”.
“I can relate to that.”
Me, too! Let’s keep walking with Him!
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👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻!!!!
🐝 Bee-u-to-ful!🌺
😘…now I can’t get that song out of my mind, Lorrie. Joyful!! I love it!
♥️ x 1000.
sweet
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MORAL DOMINION
“Death hath no more dominion over Him…in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God.” Romans vi. 9-11
CO-ETERNAL LIFE: Eternal life was the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human plane, and it is the same life, not a copy of it, which is manifested in our mortal flesh when we are born of God. Eternal life is not a gift from God, eternal life is the gift OF GOD. The energy and the power which was manifested in Jesus will be manifested in us by the sheer sovereign grace of God when once we have made the moral decision about sin.
“Ye shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost” – not power as a gift from the Holy Ghost; the power IS the Holy Ghost, not something which He imparts. The life that was in Jesus is made ours by means of His Cross when once we make the decision to be identified with Him. If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we will not decide definitely about sin. Immediately we do decide, the full life of God comes in. Jesus came to give us endless supplies of life: “that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” Eternal Life has nothing to do with Time, it is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here. The only source of Life is the Lord Jesus Christ.
The weakest saint can experience the power of the Deity of the Son of God if once he is willing to “let go.” Any strand of our own energy will blur the life of Jesus. We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.
Oswald Chambers
April 12th Devotional
Dearest sister…surely no coincidence the message in your Chambers today is virtually the same as the one I and my husband were speaking of…just! Let go…let go!!
We have been with Jesus? Yes definitely… and also Jesus has undoubtedly been with us. Blessings for your day requested and for all who will know His Holy presence in their lives. 🙏🏻💕
And this:
I’m back. All good with my wife. Had a nice visit.
How ’bout some Crosby Stills Nash and Young?
I have this one song, in my head, that won’t go away:
Aggiegirl: Back when bands played music and sang songs. I was also a Marvin Gaye fan.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. – Colossians 3:16
The role of umpires in a baseball game covers the gamut of tasks. They determine good pitches and bad, rule if a base-runner is out or safe, as well as intervene when opposing teams have altercations. They sometimes make mistakes, and the crowd may become unruly because of it.
There is One who never makes a wrong decision, and He gives peace to those who follow Him. Paul writes in Colossians 3:15, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body.” Paul had just listed the characteristics of the person who has come to know Christ as Savior, ”kindness, humility, meekness, and patience” (v.12), and that those who follow the Lord will exhibit these traits.
He then continues, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly” (v. 16). You have God’s complete Word before you. Let His words be at home, settled, in your hearts, so that the peace you have will come from making decisions based on His guidance. Paul encourages the members of the churches to help each other by “teaching and admonishing one another” (v. 16) with instruction that has warmth and compassion. In the midst of it all, Paul says to “be thankful” (vv. 15-16).
The love of God is so amazing. He gives peace to the believer that the world will never understand, and He gives His Word to uphold, instruct, admonish, and guide in ways only He is able. Pray now for the governing officials of this nation. May those who do not know Him come to believe in the God of peace and goodwill.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
April 12
MORNING
What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. Rom. 8:3
The law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Heb. 10:1, 2
By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 13:39
Forasmuch … as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren. Heb. 2:14-17
EVENING
All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Rom. 3:23
There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Rom. 3:10, 12
There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. Ecc. 7:20
How can he be clean that is born of a woman? Job 25:4
Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. Heb. 4:1
I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psa. 51:3, 5
The LORD. . . hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. II Sam. 12:13
Whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom. 8:30
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, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. II Cor. 3:18
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. Col. 1:23
Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory I Thess. 2:12
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/04/0412.html
~~~ WARRIOR WEDNESDAY ~~~
Galatians 6:2
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
💕💕💕💕!!! On it, my friend.
4/12/2023 – You Could Not Do Without Him
Isaiah 53:1 “Who has believed our report? and to whom is the Arm of the LORD revealed?”
Matthew 11:12,16-19 “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force . . . But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows, and saying, We have piped to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not lamented. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-tippler, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.”
Do you know that there is such a thing as, becoming immune to the Gospel? that because of having heard, and heard, and doing nothing, the heart is hardened, the conscience becomes calloused and dead, so that one is no longer affected by the Holy Spirit’s influences? Understand, that at a certain point, God will judge, and there will be no remedy and no healing? We have no doubt wondered, what the Scripture means, “Of how much sorer punishment, do you suppose, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?” (Hebrews 10:29) Is therefore continuing in sin, while having the knowledge of what our redemption cost, considered having contempt for the blood of Jesus, and blaspheming the Holy Spirit? At what point does it become in God’s view, trampling under foot the Son of God?
We only have to be honest, and look around at who is making the money, and drawing multitudes into their theater, disguised as church, to know “who came in stealthily” and “by well turned words and sleight of hand” have “cunningly worked to deceive” and to pervert the Word of God’s grace, into a license to sin with impunity? Do you ever wonder how the great falling away has happened so imperceptively, and the famine of hearing God’s words is by the vast multitude UNSEEN?
There is an answer to all these questions in the Scriptures. In Isaiah 8:20 it says, “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” And the word translated into the English, “light,” literally means, a dawning, as being up early to a task; in other words, there is no urgency and enthusiasm to be about doing all the Jesus says; so, the result is, that they do not speak according to the word; they do not speak, they do not believe, they do not PERIOD, according to the Word.
What does Jesus mean by, The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force? What also did the apostles mean by, Contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints? or, fighting the good fight? Does it mean constantly having to be comforted and reassured, while sitting week after week, only taking and taking, but never doing what the Lord says? Or does it rather mean, that we are engaged in a life or death war in the spiritual realms, that demands our most earnest and continual vigilance? The separations and contentions that arise for the word’s sake, the hostilities and shunning that come from formerly friendly relatives and neighbors, all are outward expressions of what is happening spiritually.
God has made us children of light in Christ; and has severed us from other people that we should be His. We have been taken out of the world, and begotten of God; therefore the world hates us, just like they hate Jesus; because we are not of the world even as He is not of the world; and as He is the LIGHT which exposes the evil of their doings, so do we by being in Him; and because of this they will not come to Jesus, and do not receive what we have to say. This law of God for man’s relation to man in this life, from the very first day that Adam sinned, and the Messiah was announced to come; that there be a enmity between the two kinds of people in the world. If we are paralyzed with fear of men’s disapproval, or ashamed to go out to the Lord Jesus Christ “outside the camp,” then we will not be allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven.
How can God more reason with people, before they will take to heart the gravity of the matter of their salvation? He has piped, and they sat there unmoved; unwilling and ashamed to be seen getting up to dance! When He came in the flesh announcing the Glad Tidings of the kingdom of heaven; they do not rejoice, but instead sit there in pride, embarrassed about those who do rejoice! When He has mourned to us over the abominations that are done in the world, and has shown us all the woes coming upon the disobedient, where were they sick in their hearts? Did anyone actually examine themselves, with fear and dread, to work out with tears, to set in order their account with God? Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. Does anyone fear the word of doom, You Are Not Fit For The Presence Of GOD! They have heard it all so much, and have done nothing; that now they are past feeling. And they know not, that God has made them so, because He is about to take them away.
These things ought to be what Christians are thinking about in these days; and understanding that God has commanded the times to be just what they are for a reason. The time is so short, and He will not hold the door open for ever. At one point He rises up to shut the door, and then it will be too late! We all know so well what the Lord said about, “In what measure you estimate, it will be measured again to you;” and how that “He that is forgiven much, loves much; but he that is forgiven little (in his own mind), the same loves little.” We will not get another chance at our day of visitation: it is truly Now Or Never, in every sense.
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Why will you do without Him? The word of God is true,
The world is passing to its doom – And you are passing too.
It may be no tomorrow shall dawn on you or me;
Why will you run the awful risk of all eternity?
What will you do without Him in the long and dreary day
Of trouble and perplexity, when you do not know the way,
And no one else can help you, and no one guides you right,
And hopes come not with morning, and rest comes not with night?
You could not do without Him, if once He made you see
The fetters that enchain you, till He hath set you free:
If once you saw the fearful load of sin upon your soul –
The hidden plague that ends in death, unless He makes you whole.
What will you do without Him when death is drawing near?
Without His love – the only love that casts out every fear;
When the shadow-valley opens, unlighted and unknown,
And the terrors of its darkness must all be passed alone!
What will you do without Him, when the great white throne is set,
And the Judge who never can mistake, and never can forget –
The Judge, whom you have never here as Friend and Saviour sought,
Shall summon you to give account of deed and word and thought?
What will you do without Him, when He has shut the door,
And you are left outside, because you would not come before?
When it’s of no use knocking no use to stand and wait;
For the word of doom tolls through your heart, that terrible “Too late!”
You cannot do without Him! There is no other Name
By which you ever can be saved no way, no hope, no claim!
Without Him – everlasting loss of love, and life, and light!
Without Him – everlasting woe, and everlasting night.
Francis Ridley Havergal
Greetings Treeps!
Daylight burns!
✝️
Good morning, Frank🙏🏻💕
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen, Amen, Amin!!
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim the Syrian
(with prostrations and bows)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . . .”
Great Wednesday of Great and Holy Week
From the Synaxaria of the Triodion:
“On Holy and Great Wednesday, the Divine Fathers decreed that we should commemorate the harlot who anointed the Lord with myrrh, because this took place shortly before His saving passion.”
Also today:
Saint John of Sinai, author of “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” (+ 649)
Holy Prophet Joad (+ 10th cent. B.C ) who dwelt in Bethel
Holy New Hieromartyr Zacharias, Metropolitan of Corinth (+ 1684)
March 30th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
April 12th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
https://babylonbee.com/news/family-arriving-for-easter-service-surprised-how-different-church-looks-without-all-the-christmas-decorations
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Gracious and bless-ed morning, dear duchess💕
What reassuring Scripture you leave for us all this morning. And I am pretty certain I spy with my little eye one of those glorious British gardens in which there can be found the peace of Almighty God in unimaginable measure. I am drinking it in.💕
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Amen.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:”
Colossians 2:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Praising forever His Holy Name, through Whom come all mercies and blessings, great and small. Amen.🙏🏻
Mornin’ all!
Are we under attack already?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/mass-casualty-incident-declared-after-explosion-at-dairy-farm-in-dimmitt-texas-nearly-20000-cattle-die-video/
Oh dearest Lord!!!!
Too many. Yesterday in Indiana and now this? One right after another and another?
What other conclusion is there…🙏🏻
RISE UP PRAYER WARRIORS
In the morning when you arise
Thank God for the lovely sunrise
Thank God you have the eyes to see
Thank God through Him you are set free
So many are suffering in various ways
From family problems to general malaise
From discouragement to deep depression
Hearts, minds, and souls suffer repression
Each day God asks you to boldly come
To the Throne of Grace and beat the drum
Sing Praise to our God – Sing Praise
To our Deliverer – Our voices we raise
God told us to pray unceasingly
Give Glory Honor and Praise to He
Bring our petitions and lift them up
So that all may drink from the Blessing Cup
When you are troubled the Body suffers
Take it to God and pray for others
When we reach out and pray for one another
We bless father mother sister and brother
Our own concerns become less of a bother
When we reach out and touch another
So Rise Up Prayer Warriors and shout
Defeat the enemy roundabout
Send him back to the dry places of doom
Back off and prevent his message of gloom
Declare your victory over all that prevails
Defeat his plan and all it entails
Our nation has been attacked mercilessly
Over a long span of time most relentlessly
It is time to defeat that father of lies
It is time for Prayer Warriors to rise
‘Go To The Quiet’ if it need be
To replenish and refresh on bended knee
You must be courageous and strong
To fight this battle all the day long
Rise Up Prayer Warriors and come to their aid
For many who are lacking let hope be staid
For those who are allegedly down and out
Sing Praise – Declare Victory – and Shout
Decked in your Armor fight the good fight
Send our enemy and his minions to flight
Give it your all and you will soon see
And taste the blessings of Victory!!!
D01: 11/18/2022
The Holy Spirit is truly working, dear friend.💕
The media is desperate for you to believe that Governor DeSantis is “the best Governor in the entire country”, or their second favorite thing to say, that “DeSantis is Trump without the baggage”. Those are both big lies once you realize all of DeSantis’s perceived “accomplishments” have been massive, coordinated PR stunts, and he’s never actually been successful in carrying out the promises he’s made to Floridians during his time as Governor.
DeSantis may not be “The Best Governor in America”, but he is most certainly the BIGGEST SHOWBOATER.
Watch and share this video to learn about 3 of Governor DeSantis’s biggest policy lies and broken promises that you may have been duped into believing were real accomplishments.
Video is missing I think…
Well duh! Mr. Obvious!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/western-forces-have-100-troops-in-ukraine
SF has been in there since about the beginning I would bet. That is what they do! Who do you think is going to train the Ukrainians to use the weapons the US is supplying. Who is going to be an integregal part of trying to form an effective combined arms force. US Army SF of course.
This is a FID mission, meaning Foreign Internal Defense. One of the several primary mission types SF exists to do. Having a language capability for the target area for such missions is very important and this kind of mission is one reason why SF has that. Not all team members will have the language capability for the target area/country, but usually you have at least one member rated as a native language expert and several others with good language skills for the area your deployed to.
This part of the world, and in fact all of Europe was where the Group I served in was targeted.
And yes, on these types of missions, and when MTTs (Mobile Training Teams) are deployed in these situations they work through the Military Mission of the US Embassy. They are the ones that lay out the rules of engagement and brief the teams on the laws of the land and provide support for the MTTs mission. They can also change the mission as the situation dictates.
Rah, are you near the Richmond, Indiana fire? be safe. Merry oh, hey rah, do you think there are a lot of fires around lately? Explosion in dimmik Texas kill 18,000 milk cows.
Fires and train derailing’s. And no, I’m not close. I am located about 30 miles ENE of Indianapolis. Richmond is over 70 miles east of Indianapolis on the border with Ohio. So Richmond is about a 1 1/4 hour drive from here. The dominate winds are easterly and so the smoke isn’t coming this way.
Does anyone know where to find Leo Donofrio’s articles on natural born citizens?
https://tennesseestar.com/policy/commentary-blue-cross-blue-shield-cuts-are-hurting-rural-tennesseans/admin/2023/04/12/
Amen🙏🏻
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Good night all. May Almighty God give you rest. Tomorrow is another day filled with new blessings and mercies by His abundant grace.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is ending its longtime partnership with lawyer and election strategist Marc Elias, who paid for the notorious dossier falsely accusing the Donald Trump presidential campaign of colluding with Russia. The divorce between the national organization of Democrats and its top lawyer over “a number of strategic disagreements” was first reported by Punchbowl News, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.