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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Six Billion Wills
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
As long as man remained obedient to the will of God, his Maker, all was well with him. His life was perfectly balanced because it was centered in God. As soon as he listened to Satan, however, and set his will against God’s, all began to go wrong. His life was now off center and out of balance. It was no longer subject to one central Will. Alienated from God, man now reaped the fruits of his rebellion, not only in his banishment from Paradise but in the self-will of his offspring.
Of the first two children born into the world, one bludgeoned the other to death and this was but the beginning. Whereas God had originally created man in His own “image” and “likeness” (Gen. 1:26,27) we read later that Adam begat Seth “in HIS own likeness, after HIS image”(Gen.5:3).
And so parents down through the ages have begotten children like themselves, with fallen natures and wills of their own, until today we have some six billion wills operating in the world instead of the one central will of God.
This does not mean, however, that God has abdicated, or that the future of the world is now subject to the wills of six billion fallen creatures, but at least we get a glimpse of why the world is in the mess it is. Nor was God forced to formulate new plans because of the fall of man. Far from it, for despite man’s rebellion — even through it — God has been carrying out His plan and every true believer rejoices that God “worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” (Eph.1:11). While He does not rule directly in the affairs of men, He very definitely overrules, and as a result, “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom.8:28).
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/six-billion-wills/
Genesis 1:26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Leon ,
This picture reminds me of a Stray that picked me out and I named *Ocho* !
I had discovered a Little Mouse Family in my
Outdoor Wood Pile and led Ocho to them .. he took a sniff and Walked Away ?
I Really Enjoy Your Cat Pictures Every Day , Leon !
I often wonder if You Write the Captions Yourself because they Truly Tell the Story ?
Gee, a day just for me?? Thank you. (And thank your 2 furry little friends too!)
Truth . . .
This is a song about what being an “Okie” was all about. There was a dustbowl diaspora which caused thousands of my people to become migrants to California. They were “Oakies” out there, looked down upon because they were different and didn’t talk like people in California. It’s an old, old story.
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Thank you for this . A great patriot! “Stop rollin down hill like a snowball headed for hell…Stand up for the flag and let’s all ring the Liberty bell”. A one of a kind American writer/singer with a great love for his country. His is an inspiring story of redemption and courage. Maybe you could show some of John Prine’s work sometime. His.. Sam Stone ,Hello in There ,The Six o’clock News & Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore are worth a listen. He was a great and writer.. an under appreciated talent. He passed last year from the Chyna bio weapon. Thank you again.
John Prine ???
Dear Abby
That’s the way the World goes round.
Donald and Lydia
“That’s the way the World goes round” live in 1989 – with Lyle Lovett, Marty Stuart
My Favorite Merle Haggard song:
Mighty Merle. Died on his 79th birthday.
Merle ???
today is the day that the lord hath made I will rejoice and be glad in it.
Give thanks to God ‘IN’ all things, Not because of all things.
Our Lord is worthy of our will and praise no matter what we face.
His majesty is beyond our imagination and all he is is good and infinite.
You cannot exhaust Gods love for us and all that implies.
When you give thanks and praise to God you are literally entering into his presence.
As a spirit you are not bound by anything besides your love. If you put all your love towards God you are with him.
It would be extremely beneficial to practice putting all your love into God, our Lord.
As you rise, you will understand why.
Sometimes the dog gets you . . .
This is a rather fascinating article the twitter link leads to; it outlines the connections which brought about the changes in our educational system, i.e. common core, now critical race theory, and the Gates’.
https://twitter.com/LHatesYouALot/status/1393991110146641924?s=20
Now for something completely different-
My wife (a singer) turned me on to this Romanian diva singing the Bell Song. Done by many before such as Pons, Callas, Sutherland, Dessay, etc.
Ms. Voinea deserves a spot at the top of that rarified list. The vocal acrobatics and control are stunning.
7 and 1/2 minutes, well worth the time!
Walrus, Oh, My God! Stunning beyond words! Thank you!!!! Leenie
You know, sometimes you need a spark of sublime beauty!
Thanks Leenie
Indeed, stunningly beautifully sublime it is. 🙂
I am a soprano, sure as heck don’t sound like that!!! Sent it to all my singer friends, they were blown away!
On a very good day I can channel Kathleen Battle, but it gets harder as one gets older!!!!!?
The seeming impossibility of this piece reminds me in part of the said to be literally impossible operatic performance in The Fifth Element:
Though this treasure appears to demonstrate that it is indeed possible!
Such perfection and clarity of tone. If I should make it to heaven, this is how I should expect the angels to sing.
How glorious that will be!
Joy
Joy
Joy!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umrSHC8FmoA
very cool
Hmmmm…
A mysterious ‘hum’ vibrates interstellar space. Voyager 1 has a recording of it
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm Septuagint (Psalm 51 KJV).
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.
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!
Monday of the Third Week of the Acts of the Holy Apostles
The Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life.
Among the many Saints who are commemorated today, May 4th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church (May 17th on the civil or commercial calendar), are the following as a small selection:
Holy Martyrs Florian and 40 companions at Lorsch, Austria in 304;
Saint Monica of Tagaste (+ 387),who was the mother of Blessed Augustine of Hippo; and the Holy Martyrs of Baták in Bulgaria (+ 1876) who were some 4,000-plus Christians who remained steadfast in their confession of Christ in the face of the Turkish moslem yoke.
An article – “Sparks Amidst the Gloom” – about the Holy Martyrs of Baták in Bulgaria is below.
http://www.bulgarian-orthodox-church.org/rr/lode/bataknm/sparks.htm
Blast from the past.
HIS ASCENSION AND OUR UNION
“And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.” Luke xxiv. 51
We have no corresponding experience to the events in Our Lord’s life after the Transfiguration. From then onwards Our Lord’s life was altogether vicarious. Up to the time of the Transfiguration He had exhibited the normal perfect life of a man; from the Transfiguration onwards – Gethsemane, the Cross, the Resurrection – everything is unfamiliar to us. His Cross is the door by which every member of the human race can enter into the life of God; by His Resurrection He has the right to give eternal life to any man, and by His Ascension Our Lord enters heaven and keeps the door open for humanity.
On the Mount of Ascension the Transfiguration is completed. If Jesus had gone to heaven from the Mount of Transfiguration, He would have gone alone; He would have been nothing more to us than a glorious Figure. But He turned His back on the glory, and came down from the Mount to identify Himself with fallen humanity.
The Ascension is the consummation of the Transfiguration. Our Lord does now go back in His primal glory; but He does not go back simply as Son of God; He goes back to God as SON OF MAN as well as Son of God. There is now freedom of access for anyone straight to the very throne of God by the Ascension of the Son of Man. As Son of Man Jesus Christ deliberately limited omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience in Himself. Now they are His in absolute full power. As Son of Man Jesus Christ has all power at the throne of God. He is King of kings and Lord of lords from the day of His Ascension until now.
Oswald Chambers
May 17th Devotional
OC, to me, is a man’s man, something like my hero: He loved and served
Mornin’ infidels!
good one…………………as usual!
Waiting for Arizona to fall.
Verse of the Day for Monday, May 17, 2021
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“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
Duchess ,
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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.
Did anyone else notice the conspicuous media silence over the fact that the recently destroyed Hamas headquarters was in the same building as Al Jazeera?
All discussion seems to be diverted to the topic of the AP offices having space in that same building, as if THEY are above suspicion of collaborating with Hamas propagandists. LOL
Franklin Graham Says He Would Help Biden Admin Convince Evangelicals to Get Vaccinated
Bill gates, Obama, Fauci, Tedros Adhanom and now Franklin Graham. Birds of a feather. “One and done.”??
what??!!!!! that is extremely discouraging to say the least.
Good grief! We aren’t ‘slouching’ toward Gomorrah, we are running towards it at full speed!
Franklin has been on the wrong path for months now. He needs to talk about “thy shalt not steal’, as in an election. He has been singing mike pence praises. He stated Jesus would want us to take the vaccine and Jesus would take it. He back tracked a couple of days later and said Jesus would not need the vax…..because he’s Jesus. Took him days to figure that out?
IMO Franklin needs to get in his lane, and stay there. I am terribly disturbed and saddened by his opinions in the last few months.
Disgusting!
Parents In Virginia Debate School-Based Diversity Libraries With Sexually Graphic Books
Really???
39 Million Households Including Most US Children to Get Up To $3,600 Stimulus in Monthly Payments (beginning July 15th) Zero Hedge (Treasury Release May 17, 2021)
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/39-million-households-including-most-us-children-get-3000-monthly-stimulus-payment
Juststevie ,
Where can I get one of those Government $$$ Trees ?
Honestly , I am Not begrudging the Children !
My thoughts are ,, Any money directed at a Child should be put in a Trust where No One can Touch it until said child turns 21 !
Thanks for Posting This , juststevie ! Wishing You a Blessed Week Ahead ?
? Thanks Ryder! You too!
Well it will be suddenly summer for the central and eastern US starting in about 6 days. Temps will be well above average and remain that way for 2-3 weeks.
You folks down in TX, especially in the central and eastern part of the state , are in for a couple weeks of flooding rains over the same period.
June could see an early start of the Atlantic hurricane season with conditions being very favorable for close in development off the east and gulf coasts of the US.
Tornado incidence is well below average and expected to remain so through June if not longer.
After this shot of hot air expect temps to drop down to cooler than average in July.
Oauh!
What?
Giant Otters of the Amazon take on crocodiles and jaguars with aplomb.
I don’t believe one need comprehend the narration to appreciate this, though it is really well done I think.
The title says it all: Snakes and Even Crocodiles Are Afraid of this Beast.
Tres Cool!
Rant of the day. Vegans and Vegetarians. I have no problem at all with people choosing any eating lifestyle they deem worthy of their own bodies. My problem comes with all of the pressure to come up with items that taste like “meat” that is plant based
If meat is so horrible and a sin against man, then why is there a vegetarian and vegan market for food that tastes like meat?
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.
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Amen…
‘Asian’ Kamala Harris to headline first-ever Asian-American Pacific Islander unity summit with Bag Lady and more https://www.asianjournal.com/usa/dateline-usa/vp-kamala-harris-to-headline-aapi-unity-summit-on-may-19/
When you’re nothing, you can pretend to be anything, as has been her wont from the start.
In response to Harry Markle running his mouth about the first amendment
I am a Louisiana Gulf Coast gal. Born and raised. I have lived all over the country, could retire anywhere I wanted. …… I am 59 and have been home since 2007. It sure was great to sleep in my bed again….the Gulf Coast of Louisiana.
Hitting’ 60 this year too? 😉
My fam is from that neck of the woods. Insomnia and Patriot/mom worries at 4am….thank you! Loved this song since I was an ittybitty. I know I am not taken seriously abt food shortage right now but not only canning jars unavailable but now commercial jars for food are out of stock. We are in PA. LA too? Seed shortage, jar shortage, freezers need electricity….
Yes, the big Six oh. We did not have any problems getting seeds here. The tomato, cucumber, peppers, etc already have baby vegetables. We have generators….but of course have to have gas. We have plenty of jars…but who knows what will happen. As always, being in hurricane territory, as prepared as possible. Just have to make it thru this week of rain for now. One day at a time…..
I have not had a decent night of sleep since Nov 3, 2020.
one of my fav songs also.
The result of democrat racism.
https://trendingpolitics.com/racist-hate-crime-young-black-man-kidnaps-stabs-white-4-y-o-to-death-in-dallas/
I am willing to avenge this child, and remain ice cold in the doing.
✝️ Thank You, dear Lord, for this day.