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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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, April 12, 2021
Needed (Needed) that. ✝️
Just.
WOW.
And so carefully filled with Scripture! …and Scriptural principles
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Always Abounding
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (I Cor. 15:58).
We should note carefully that the Apostle Paul here addresses only his brethren in Christ, those who have truly been born again — born into the family of God.
Furthermore, he sent this appeal to Christians everywhere: to “all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord” (I Cor. 1:2). He knew that there is a tendency among all believers to be tempted to abandon the work of the Lord through discouragement or carelessness, so he pleads with us to be “stedfast” and “unmoveable,” reminding us that our labor is “not in vain in the Lord.”
How we need this exhortation! We do not soon abandon our businesses or homes. We toil on in spite of difficulties and obstacles, and when the outlook is darkest we often work the hardest. Sometimes our bodies suffer for it, but we do not immediately give up.
And how much more urgent is the work of the Lord! Souls are perishing all about us for whom Christ died. It is our plain duty to pray for them and tell them of His love. It is our responsibility to toil and sacrifice that they may hear and believe the good news. What shall we say when some day we stand before our Savior if we have been satisfied merely to know Him ourselves? And what will He say?
Let us then be up and doing, “always abounding in the work of the Lord.” Life is too short to fritter away the precious moments God has given us to proclaim His saving grace. Let us tell them, then, by lip and by life, by our testimony and by our behavior, that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” and that “we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7).
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/always-abounding/
1 Corinthians 15:58 ¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Here’s another shamless example of white privilege. These scenes just seethe with unconscious racism. Critical Race Theoy tells us this so so . . .so it must be true. NOT!!!!
“ ..shameless example of white privilege…” Love it. Thanks.
fred and ginger Isn’t it a lovely day at DuckDuckGo
More “white priv” AND “sexual harrassment”
~Happy Monday ?
Just a matter of time:
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has a monkey play Pong with its mind
Police shot a young black man in Brooklyn Center, MN today. The protesters at the Brooklyn Center police station are all white. https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1381453062825406465The black protesters are taking a different approach.
How remarkably . . . unexpected.
Must be a celebration of some kind. Question : Isn’t there some kind of ‘show trial’ going on in Minn. about some guy that stupidly killed himself by swallowing deadly drugs? Making a moron into a martyr.
Dang….. we miss the give-it-away ? !
Theft is legal
~ain’t it ?
Character is defined as what you do when no one is looking.
Cheating thieves at heart. No morals. No values.
Where is law enforcement? Oh, excuse me, they’re negros. They can steal without penalty.
Meanwhile, peaceful protestors who entered open Capitol doors on January 6 are being held without bail.
Incroyable!
Un géologue trouve une roche volcanique en quartz bleu dont la coupe transversale ressemble à Macaron le glouton (Cookie Monster)
Easy for you to say.
You know you want it!
Perfect
Clattering cacaphony with a terminably bored Eastern-Blok fashion model delivering the vocals with a blase’ attitude
I love it
I want it
Joe Dan featured a clip of this a few years back and I bought their stuff, delightfully weird.
I have to admit, I love these rescure stories. Sometimes you get the dog and, yet, sometimes the dog gets you!
Just add love.
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Soak it in. The many ugly things about life and in America, there are some things that are still beautiful. I am grateful that I got to see and live in a time, when you could leave your bike out, play catch with a baseball with the police officer who walked his beat on your street, and say hello to your neighbors. This song is a haunting reminder of what I still mourn. I can’t even be with my son to even show him what this looks like.
I feel fortunate that I live in just such a neighborhood. You can still find places like this in Texas. I know almost all the people on my street. Here being polite is not just expected, it’s completely unforced. It’s a small gift to simply say good morning to a stranger and receive a smile and a cordial reply . . . We also have a lot of walkers here. When they see my old truck they wave. I really like that.
I am grateful that I got to see and live in a time, when you could leave your bike out, play catch with a baseball with the police officer who walked his beat on your street, and say hello to your neighbors.
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Me also.
I well up with tears just thinking about it and hearing this song.
Jae-in Cho simply rocks
Din’t know youse was a head-banger, Maquis
I’m all over the map!
The original keyboard cat.
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
Truth. Thanks for posting. 🙂
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter XXXI – Judas Repenting
31:2
Then a mighty angel drew near, saying, “Behold the procedures of men revealed in the case of Judas, the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews. They have but followed the native promptings of the depraved heart. May it not then be said that the carnal mind is enmity against God; not subject to his law, neither indeed can be. God is light, and in him there is no darkness. God is just, his ways are ways of righteousness. God is good, with love and paternal care, he looketh upon the workmanship of his hands. God is faithful and true; his Word endureth forever. His promises are yea and amen.”
“Are not the ways of man the reverse, and too often designed in selfishness and clandestinely prosecuted? Are not the tendencies of man’s proceedings unrighteous? Seeketh he not his own and not another’s welfare? Is man faithful to equity? Doth he abide in confidence and keep his pledge? Yea, doth he not proceed with respect to selfish ends? Even though he hath engagements, doth he not too often fails when his purposes and interest may indicate reverse procedures? Enquire of earth. Let her ages, buried in the past, relate the history, and thus reveal the nature of the human heart. Let the sage, the philosopher, and the poet, give a faithful answer. Awake from their silent repose those who slumber in the tombs! Let lords, potentates, and priests, speak from their high positions, and all shall reveal the truth that man is depraved. Let the tears and sorrows of the dependent, the servant and the slave unite, and they shall relate the sad story of human woe, whose source is found alone in the perversion of the heart of man.”
“Judas betrayed his Lord, and in that he bartered justice and goodness for Mammon. His procedure has been revealed, but his is only the great degree of that depravity which existeth with unsanctified desires. He sacrificed his greater good, his best friend, for applause and gain. Doth not man often proceed on this wise? Doth he not often barter friendship and forsake his brother, leaving him to struggle amid accumulating sorrows; and though earth’s philosophers fain would conceal the horrid picture, doth not man betray his fellow for present gain? Whose frescoed walls and costly drapery are not tinged with human blood? Whose luxuries may not be traced to the sacrifice of human hearts, liberty, and peace – the price of fallen helpless brothers?”
“In heaven there are no false ones. No sanctified spirit bartereth spirit into bondage, or for silver or proffered fame consigneth companions to ignominy and death. Nay, let angels repeat it. An angel never could betray his brother for aught the universe bestows.” “Nor betray for aught the universe bestows his brother,” answered ten thousand voices, “Or forsake when in the hour of trial. Never, no never. There is no Judas in the world of light,” continued the angel. And the immortal company echoed, “Never, no never; there is no Judas in the world of light.”
“There is no likeness existing betwixt the ways of fallen man and saints on high,” continued the angel. “How then can man have the native heart which, unchanged, could itself arise to angelic life?”
To be continued…
Good mornin all.
Victor Davis Hanson at Hillsdale College speaking about Patton and generalship. Though the lecture and questions take over an hour it went very quickly for me. Though I don’t completely agree with everything he says about Patton I do agree completely with his take on various other Generals from the WW II era especially. Anyway I found it to be an excellent use of the time it took to hear it.
Victor Davis Hanson | George S. Patton: American Ajax – YouTube
Patton swung his armor left and headed straight for Bastogne. In doing so he not only flanked the German advance, he plowed right through it.
He wanted to cut the German salient (bulge) at the root and trap the whole lot but Ike wouldn’t let him. And then in the shorter envelopment where is had to rely on meeting up with Brits to complete the entrapment, Mondy once again just like at Falaise, failed to perform and so US forces ended up having to push the Germans back instead of entrapping them. The result was more US casualties in the months after the Battle of the Bulge than suffered during that battle.
https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-hyena-with-fresh-kill-dangling-from-his-mouth-prowls-israeli-street/?utm_source=newsletters_worldisraelnews_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Israel+Behind+Iran%27s+Nuclear+%27Accident%27%3F+IDF+Chief+Says+THIS%3B+Israel+a+Winter+Wonderland+in+April%3B+US+Secretary+of+Defense+Visits+Israel%3B+Is+Herd+Immunity+Here%3F&utm_campaign=20210411_m162793596_Israel+Behind+Iran%27s+Nuclear+%27Accident%27%3F+IDF+Chief+Says+THIS%3B+Israel+a+Winter+Wonderland+in+April%3B+US+Secretary+of+Defense+Visits+Israel%3B+Is+Herd+Immunity+Here%3F&utm_term=_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09Watch+Now_0D_0A_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09_09
Verse of the Day for Monday, April 12, 2021
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“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
Psalms 84:11 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
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.
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin’ WeeWeed!
Mornin WeeWeed
Andy Ngô on Twitter: “Latest #BLM violence near Minneapolis sparked by police shooting of #DaunteWright. He was wanted on a warrant when he attempted to flee by car. He was shot & drove a distance before crashing into others. His FB is filled w/him flashing gang signs, using drugs & showing off cash. https://t.co/StANTcJ2bs” / Twitter
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
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.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm Septuagint (Psalm 51 KJV).
The Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim of Syria (+ 373)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . . .”
Carribean island makes human sacrifice to volcano god
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/st_vincent_volcano_evacuation_no_covid_vaccine_no_rescue_for_you.html
That’s an apt analogy.
Breaking! Google Removes Entire State Of Georgia From Google Maps- by The Babylon Bee
https://ellacruz.org/2021/04/08/breaking-google-removes-entire-state-of-georgia-from-google-maps-by-the-babylon-bee/
Another Proof Reveals the Pandemic Was Planned: The “SPARS Pandemic” Document
https://ellacruz.org/2021/04/09/another-proof-reveals-the-pandemic-was-planned-the-spars-pandemic-document/
Flashback: We Are Living the Rockefeller Lockstep
https://ellacruz.org/2021/04/10/flashback-we-are-living-the-rockefeller-lockstep-james-fetzer/
Resist The Devil’s Doctrine: “Before Christ” to “Before Common Era”??
https://ellacruz.org/2021/04/12/resist-the-devils-doctrine-before-christ-to-before-common-era/
My kinda town…
Hot Springs Arkansas 1939 in full color documentary
Quarterly Safety and Performance meeting.
Like many other professions, I as a truck driver have a continuing education requirement beyond what is mandated by the State for license and endorsement renewals.
The quarterly safety meeting is usually about 30 minutes to 45 minutes long and is available online. A driver much watch the video and sometimes pass a multiple choice quiz at the end that demonstrates he/she watched the video and understood the material. If a driver fails to watch the video within 30 days after it is posted online he loses that months safety and performance bonus.
This time there was a video produced by the MN state police about a truck driver that killed a man because he was texting. His eyes were off the road for 8 seconds looking at the pictures of a house that his girlfriend was considering buying. His truck went completely over a car stopped at a light killing the driver instantly.
In the video the driver is serving jail time and talks about his feelings as do the deceased mans wife and kids. Of course there are multiple pictures from the scene of the accident and the driver and dash cam videos included.
In addition the company Safety officer talks about any of the things they are finding that drivers are failing to do or are being ticketed for and general warnings about up coming DOT “hit” days what they will be targeting.
Then there is other general information stuff from various other departments to keep the driver informed of what is going on in the company and also the awards of driver of the month for each terminal. They issue company challenge coins to those drivers. I got mine many moons ago.
The company pays a quarterly safety/performance bonus based upon the miles driven by a driver or the hours worked. If a driver goes 4 quarters with no tickets (including warning tickets) and perfect performance without missing work or screwing up somehow they get an additional $300.00 on top of the bonus they earned that quarter. For me that works out to be about the same amount as a regular weeks pay check so in a year adds up to well over $3,000.00 on top of my regular pay.
Rah. These safety reminders are so important. I read in a trucking magazine of a father who took his daughter for a run against company policy. He had to pull over and allow her to use bathroom on a corner. Car coming around did not see approaching car. People died.
What a lesson. We need to be reminded daily. Complacency is our biggest enemy.
DD
Very little of what we did in the 70s would be considered safe these days.
Biden’s handlers have him send 150 million dollars in “foriegn aid” to UNRWA. The Palestinian children in UNRWA schools have this to say about what they are being taught……
“They teach us that Jews are bad people”;
“I am ready to stab a Jew and drive a car over them”:
“I will run a car into the Jews”;
“We have to constantly stab [the Jews], drive over them and shoot them”;
“Stabbing and running over Jews brings dignity to the Palestinian people”;
“I’m going to run [the Jews] over and stab them with knives”;
“I am prepared to be a suicide bomber”; and
“With Allah’s help, I will fight for ISIS.”
https://twitter.com/LizaRosen0000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1380037294766366721%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgellerreport.com%2F2021%2F04%2Fjewish-group-slams-deeply-troubling-tweets-of-house-committee-jew-hater-ilhan-omar-on-holocaust-remembrance-day.html%2F
Thunder
March 30th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and April 12th on the civil or commercial calendar.
Saint John Klimakos ( or Climacus) of Sinai (+649), the author of the Christian classic “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” was commemorated yesterday being the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent.
Today is the commemoration of the Meeting of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with Saint Elizabeth, her cousin and mother of Saint John the Forerunner.
Also, today the Holy Apostles of the Seventy, Sosthenes, Appollos, Cephas, Caesar, and Epaphroditos are honored.
This link is to the entire listing of the Seventy Holy Apostles as recorded and handed down since their days on Earth over the centuries.
http://www.cpress.orthodoxws.com/lives_4_january
Acts 8: 26 – 31
26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert. 27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.”
30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
The Civil War began on this date:
The Nation’s Dead.
https://americaheartandsoul.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/the-nation%e2%80%99s-dead/
Rev. Edward C. Porter, The Round Table (September 9, 1865)
“FOUR hundred thousand men,
The brave—the good—the true,
In tangled wood, in mountain glen,
On battle plain, in prison pen,
Lie dead for me and you!
Four hundred thousand of the brave
Have made our ransomed soil their grave,
For me and you!
Good friend, for me and you!”
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It’s not that they don’t give thanks, it’s the gall they have to ask for reparations.
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Been to that exact location. Those are confederate dead on the east end of the Rose farm field. They and a bunch more were cut down by the 2nd Delaware who were in a tree line with good cover & concealment.
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lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
The Lord Almighty didn’t allow it, didn’t allow Trump for a second term. And you have to ask yourself why? Trump surrounded himself with 2 renegade jezebels that have no business preaching God’s Word……..I’ve heard it said that is disgusting to the Lord Almighty, because He has established an order……….the Head of every man is Christ, the head of every woman is man and the head of Christ is God (1 Corinthians 11:3) That’s the way the Lord Almighty has established it. And that is the way it shall be whether we like it or not, believe it or not. (And that includes any counterfeit marys too)
Globalist greening promise the world while paying with promises https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/italys-celebrated-building-renovation-scheme-hits-a-snag/
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Here’s a little Paul Desmond and Jim Hall magic . . .