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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Mozart’s 261st birthday, born 27 Jan 1756. A true genius, anticipating at times later greats like Beethoven (if you’re a fan of Beethoven, listen to Mozart’s 40th and 41st symphonies some time).
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Mozart’s 40th (my favorite of his symphonies) has been called “the perfect symphony.” Happy birthday, Wolfie!
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The 40th (which supposedly is nicknamed the “Great” symphony but I never hear anyone simply call it the Great Symphony) was my first real intro to Mozart.
I remember going to a live performance of the 41st (“Jupiter”) once, and after that thunderous fugue-style finale was finished, there was something like five solid seconds of stunned silence from the audience, with a couple of quietly spoken “wow!”s heard. It blew their hair back. I guess they are used to Mozart being a little more restrained in the Classical era tradition. (Mind you most of that audience had probably heard “Jupiter” before.) That 41st finale is probably his single greatest symphonic movement…but three of the ones from the 40th are right behind it, so overall the 40th gets top prize, at least in my book.
Today our “classical” (really “Orchestral” is the better term; “classical” is properly a reference to the period from 1750-about 1820, Mozart and Haydn’s era) music writers today write such incoherent, rambling crap. None of them can touch Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Dvorak.
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Good Samaritan who shot man attacking trooper speaks out
“I firmly believe that that morning I was put there… by God,” Yoxall said. “It’s difficult to think about that day still.”
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You are in our prayers. God put you in that situation, just as He has put you in other situations that you have lived though, for His purposes. You did the right thing, or you wouldn’t be here. Put everything in God’s hands at all times.
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Hm. I think these two characters are switched. That man doesn’t look to me like the one who would be yelling that.
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Can we please ask Pres. DJT to release the 650,000 emails on Huma’s computer!!!!!
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Please instruct Comey to order McCabe to recuse/retire himself. Senator Sessions must remove Kadzik as soon as he is confirmed.
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Television personalities are being lost in 2017.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mike-connors-dead-star-mannix-was-91-969213
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One really handsome man.
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Arkansas House Passes Dismemberment Abortion Ban
January 23, 2017
This afternoon the Arkansas House of Representatives passed a good, pro-life bill that bans some abortion procedures.
H.B. 1032 generally prohibits D&E and sharp curettage abortion procedures in which a living, unborn baby is violently dismembered. The bill passed the House Public Health Committee last week. Today it was passed by the entire House of Representatives.
From here the bill will go to the Arkansas Senate. You can read the text of H.B. 1032 here.
Below is a breakdown of how the Arkansas House of Representatives voted.
https://familycouncil.org/?p=14596
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No, that can’t be Whoopie. Neither head is big enough.
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Mary Cassatt – Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap): ca 1899
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Mother and Child
o/c
Pino Daeni (1939-2010) ~ Italian
love moms, love babies 🙂
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Very nice. I like both of our paintings today. 🙂
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Can you please post this beautiful picture on the ‘March for Life’ thread, smiley?
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Gorgeous!! 💕 I would like to buy this one for the new Townhouse I’m going to buy with my mom.
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Sign please if you agree….
Reinstate Lt. Col. Terry Lakin into the U.S. Army with full rank, pay, benefits and pension immediately.
The former Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin was a highly-decorated Army flight surgeon who questioned whether or not the orders he received from Obama were legitimate. Court-martialed, imprisoned, expelled from the Army and denied pay, pension and benefits, Terry was merely following his officer’s oath and constitutional duty. It is an outrage that this was allowed to happen. Obama refused to answer Terry’s letter and ended up producing a forged birth certificate. Terry who was a medical doctor is a valuable asset to the American military and the fact that his military chain of command and his congressional representatives allowed him to be court-martialed and run out of the army is an outrage for all Americans. This grave injustice needs to be addressed and corrected ASAP.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reinstate-lt-col-terry-lakin-us-army-full-rank-pay-benefits-and-pension-immediately
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Thanks for posting, Guest! Hoping and Praying Trump can help, too!
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Reading about this makes me ill. Too many people playing God and too little respect for human life.
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Human-pig HYBRID? Scientists hoping to create part man, part pig organs
A HYBRID human-pig embryo has been injected into a sow’s womb as scientists push the ethical boundaries of science in the hope that they can create lifesaving donor organs.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/759162/Human-pig-HYBRID-organs-transplant
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Moral implications (and there are plenty of them) aside, this process has been hotly debated for a long time, as has the use of swine organs, tissue, etc. in humans. A large problem is the potential to make human recipients vulnerable to diseases now found only in swine. There are many, many posdible ramifications here, most not so good.
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Wuht whro, Kennedy related name in news again ….mugshots of MA “resettlememts”??
http://patch.com/massachusetts/barnstable-hyannis/major-cape-cod-fentanyl-ring-busted-police
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Donald Trump – Get ‘Em Out Overture
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LOL. Thanks asawasa for posting. Great start to my morning!
Mornin’ Treeps.
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Hey, Mama! How ya doing?
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Mornin’ infidels!
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Mornin’ WeeWeed!
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Netflix issues with fake app..think i heard its just on android devices:
http://www.securityweek.com/fake-netflix-app-takes-control-android-devices
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What is the difference in a pollster not calling people and making up the numbers he wants to show and a pollster asking his questions in a way to make sure he gets the numbers he wants to show?
“Mr. Citizen, do you prefer sweet, creamy chocolate ice cream or that bland, possibly spoiled vanilla with dog hairs in it?”
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Oh, yum, dog hairs. 😛
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Here’s a great example, from the days when the BBC used to produce good programs. Just in case you are unfamiliar with “Yes Minister/Prime Minister”, this bit shows a senior civil servant, Sir Humphrey, explaining to Bernard, his junior, how to rig polls.
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Verse of the Day
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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)
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MATTHEW HENRY COMMENTARY – EPHESIANS 6
http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/ephesians/6.html
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There are more angels than demons, but the demons are all on Earth.
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Yes – appropriately notice the VERSE FOR THE DAY in the Open Thread – Ephesians 6:12 –
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That’s what I replying to.
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Oopsey – Octavian – sowee – I am on the March for Life thread – 🙂
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Actually, that particular verse is appropriate for both threads.
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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!
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https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/scientists-warn-we-are-25-minutes-closer-to-doomsday/78673/
Doomsday clock is moved closer to midnight because of “rising nationalism across the globe and climate change deniers”.
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Those people are delusional….bet they don’t count abortion deaths.
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May cause dust in your eyes….
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Must get new box of tissues.
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Rest Only in Christ
by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. | Jan. 27, 2017
“But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.” (Genesis 8:9)
Unlike the raven, which Noah had sent out first, the dove could not live on the carrion floating on the floodwaters. After nine months cooped up in the Ark, she had reveled in her freedom when Noah first released her from the window of the Ark. Unaware of the outside perils while safe with Noah, she flew gaily off into the open spaces beyond, just like many a professing Christian, eager to cast off the constraints of his or her parental religion. “And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness” (Psalm 55:6-7).
But the dove could find no rest away from Noah, whose very name means “rest”! His father, Lamech, by prophetic inspiration, had called his name Noah, saying, “This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed” (Genesis 5:29). So, she finally returned, finding rest once again in Noah’s outstretched hands.
Just so, the Lord Jesus, in His greater ark of secure salvation, is waiting at its open window with arms outstretched, inviting all those weary of the doomed world outside to return to Him. “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30). Christ’s message to the weary wanderer is: “I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, . . . return unto me; for I have redeemed thee” (Isaiah 44:22). HMM
Source: http://www.icr.org/articles/type/6
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