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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Satisfaction Should NOT Be Guaranteed
By Pastor Ricky Kurth
One thing for sure about the Apostle Paul, he was never satisfied with the spiritual condition of the saints. Nowhere is this more evident than in his words to the church at Thessalonica:
“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you…indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more” (I Thes. 4:9,10).
Did you catch that? After acknowledging that the brotherly love of the Thessalonians was so great that it had spilled over into the surrounding regions of Macedonia, rather than congratulate them, the apostle begged them to “increase more and more.” When it came to wanting God’s people to grow in the Lord, there was no end to the Apostle Paul! In this he reminds me of my father, who was never satisfied with the level of success that he had attained at any point in his life.
Years ago, my brother (who was Dad’s partner in his tool and die business) was telling me about the tremendous growth that their machine shop had experienced after I left to work for Pastor Stam at Berean Bible Society. It was no coincidence, by the way, that the shop really took off after I left, for I was never a very good toolmaker! But after hearing of the exponential growth that my father’s business had experienced, I remarked to my brother, “Dad must be very happy about all this.” Shaking his head, my brother replied with words that I will never forget, saying, “There is no end to Dad. He wants to buy more machines, hire more people.”
That was certainly my father. When the state lottery began in Illinois, he mentioned to an old friend who worked at his shop that he had bought a ticket. This friend, who had known my dad for years, just laughed at him, and asked, “What would you do if you won the lottery? You wouldn’t retire like most people, you’d just buy more machines!”
Beloved, that’s the way to achieve greatness in any field of endeavor. Never be satisfied! Paul wasn’t satisfied with the surpassing love of the saints at Thessalonica. Don’t you want to be like Paul? Are you satisfied with the level of your spiritual growth? Are you begging God to help you attain pinnacles of spirituality that would make an angel gasp? No matter what area of your spiritual life needs to flourish, are you willing to pray about it right now?
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/satisfaction-should-not-be-guaranteed/
1 Thessalonians 4:9 ¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
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1 Corinthians 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Perfect!
Hi Richie!
Just say’n… 😉
Just say’n… 😉
In case you missed the memo…
As Judy Mikovits stated earlier this year: healthy people do not express disease.
Ergo: healthy people would wear a mask only if they were scared to death by the media that it’s the end of the world if they get corona, IMO.
I welcome corona, if it comes; I’m healthy and not in the least immuno-compromised. Should corona visit me I’ll take it as a blessing — it’ll take me to heaven or give me super-strong herd immunity.
But I’m not going to let the state and enemy propaganda (aka MSM) make of me an emotional cripple.
Despite my usual epicurean good taste in finding great guitar players, I have to be honest and admit that I just discovered this guy. In listening to his playing I’m impressed (and a little humbled) at his command of the guitar’s fretboard. If you look at what he’s doing, his facial expressions and his “planted” finger positions show someone who is in complete control of some quite demanding guitar music. In short this guy’s really, really good.
There are a lot of intersting guitar performances of this wonderful Bach piece. I listened to several before posting this one. If you’re interested, pay attention to how he uses the guitar’s dynamic range (Fritz Ober is the luthier) to enhance his overall performance. Throughout this whole very complex piece this guy’s in complete control, always just a few beats ahead of the hard parts. I hate this guy. I really really hate him. 🙂
Here’s another great performance by Mateusz Kowalski. Astor Piazzaolla was a famous Argentine musican,credited—almost infamously—with creating the “Nuevo Tango” which became popular and outraged Argentine traditionalists (ther were stories of his life being threatened). Piazzolla made his living for a number of years composing music for typically dark and forbidding Argentine detective and crime movies. Listening to “Inverno Porteno” you can almost sense the solitude, loneliness, mystery, and impending violence of the Buenos Aries docks which were the subject areas of movies Piazzolla wrote wrote theme music for.
I apologize in advance for this. I’m violating one of my posting rules. I always try to not post more than two guitar videos at a time . . . Yet, here I am posting a third. My reason for doing so, I hope anyway, is forgivable: if you’re tired of guitar players don’t listen to this. This viceo (which appears after the Piazzola) shows Mateusz playing a truly historica guitar: A 1975 Miguel Rodriguez “Chruchdoor” so named because its backs and side were made from a 400 year of Rosewood church door . . . This is a guitar design that is one of the very best ever made which is why the famous Romero family played them for years and years. If you’re at all interested, listen and you’ll quickly see why.
Love all of these ! Beautiful.
Awesome! Both artist and instrument!
I always appreciate your posts!
Oh, Garrison!!!! All of these! A taste of heaven to remind us of beauty and joy in times there doesn’t seem to be much of either! Most profound gratitude!!!!!!!
Aww, shucks (blush) . . . Thanks. 🙂
Just noticed the brace supporting guitar from knee…that would make a huge difference not having to hold and play. All the same, this fellow has God-given talent.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pr_prayer.aspx
This was posted just yesterday…
Just say’n… 😉
Seemed like a good use of a face diaper… 😉
Good puppy! Snarf . . . 🙂
Eeeeyyukkk! What on earth is she using for brains?
Hm. Maybe it was what she picked up and threw in that trashcan.
Wow! This is huge.
“A team of researchers claim to have achieved sustained, long-distance quantum teleportation for the first time.”
“Through quantum entanglement, two particles in separate locations are connected by an invisible force, famously referred to as “spooky action at a distance” by Albert Einstein. Regardless of the distance, the encoded information shared by the “entangled” pair of particles can be passed between them.”
When can we expect widespread use of this revolutionary new scientific discovery? When someone figures out how to transmit porn with it.
https://futurism.com/researchers-achieve-first-sustained-long-distance-quantum-teleportation
Hope they have seen The Fly so they can avoid this guy’s problem.
Wasn’t the Philadelphia Experiment a failed attempt at teleportation and cloaking?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment
Big love to Ad REM tonight. Maybe 5 years ago, this was my place to find some love. Lonely, out of sorts… my birthday and came for solace. Found it. Of course, God has blessed me since then, but that night it was Ad Rem. Big thanks.
Just say’n… 😉
Happy Birthday!
Here’s to a memorable Birthday!
Excess deaths from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Doctors during the Covid-19 Pandemic:Age range White: 84 to 107 Age range BAME: 46 to 79 Average mean age White: 91 Average mean age BAME: 62.
These are all doctors, which blows the ethnic minorities are at risk SOLELY due to income disparity narrative. So, what is the difference?? Sadly, skin color and its inability to absorb and produce sufficient levels of Vit D, particularly in Northern hemisphere countries. https://www.drdavidgrimes.com/2020/11/covid-19-vitamin-d-deaths-of-doctors.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR0yPNPjrX9u1GwdVlcWa6Xa6lSH8hT8Dml68CJK1xsQF-_rdItWv3hM0oU
What this tells us is that those people should be taking Vit D, a VERY simple solution.
Just say’n… 😉
annnnnd…
Liposomal Vitamin C
annnnnd…
Wash it down with Chaga Tea.
Pictures of evil as they start to realize that that now the Reich was truly in a death struggle.
Hitler’s “Christmas” in 1941. They don’t look happy and had good reason not to be. Of course just a couple weeks before Hitler had made the fatal mistake of declaring war on the US which would eventually turn out to be the decision that sealed the fate of the Reich.
. Even worse at the current time the Germans before Moscow had suffered a terrible defeat in which a general withdraw had almost turned into a route. The German troops on the Eastern Front were suffering terribly from a lack of winter equipment and cloths in the face of one of the worst winters in years that had followed a very wet fall stopping the Nazi’s from taking Moscow.. Wood fires had to be built under their vehicles engines to thaw the lubricants. At this time most of the German panzers were fueled by gasoline and it is a far more hazardous thing to warm them with an open flame than it was for a diesel.
There was no denying now the outright desperation since Hitler’s gamble to take Russia before they could marshal the forces to stop him had failed. The starving Russians of Stalingrad still held out. Even the minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, highlighted the desperate nature of the fight in his address earlier that month as he sought to motivate the German nation to greater efforts. Noting it was going to be a “hard war ahead” and ” . “You are all involved in this struggle whether you want to be or not. There is no longer a chance of withdrawing for any one of us.” These statements to the German people were exactly opposite of all of the propaganda he had been pumping out before and they shocked both the Nazi faithful and the common patriotic Germans.
The time of easy victories had ended and there could be no half measures from now on. And meanwhile the casualty tolls grew beyond what any of them had anticipated. The process of the Russian behemoth bleeding the Reich dry had begun.
Hitler’s Christmas party: Rare photographs capture leading Nazis celebrating in 1941 | Daily Mail Online
Please forgive my error and replace Stalingrad with Leningrad above.
Patrick Byrne Inside Scoop — Here’s what really happened at 5-hour meeting with Trump (photos)…
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/patrick-byrne-inside-scoop-heres-what-really-happened-at-5-hour-meeting-with-trump-photos/
This shows what happened, very significant as to who is whispering defeat into Trump’s ear.
I like Byrne, even if he does seem a tad incoherent at times. Apparently the FBI paid him to romance Maria Butina and get some information via pillow talk. Kind of like Dan Aykroyd’s Fred Garvin:
Why would Trump invite Byrne to such a meeting???
As I understand it, he’s helping Sidney Powell with her lawsuits, so if Sidney was invited, Byrne would probably ride along as part of the package.
Win, lose or draw, one thing is clear: Trump did what we needed him to do. He exposed every stinking branch in the Tree of Liberty. The Alphabet Agencies corruption. The Congressional corruption. The Media corruption. The court system corruption. All were drawn out in order to stop the Man of the People. We spoke, we did what we needed to do. If Trump leaves, he gave us the tools and knowledge we needed to get the job done. What we do with those tools is now in our hands.
??
Someone has a lot of time on his hands.
Wait a minute. How do we know there’s not some guy off camera playing the xylomophone?
I wasn’t born yesterday!
j/k ?
Well, we don’t but the timing was not steady but somewhat erratic within a small tolerance, so to perfectly coordinate the strike of a xylophone with each drop of the ball would take some amazing eye to brain to muscle reaction time.
plus, if you’ll look closely, the relative width of each bar (step) corresponds very closely to the pitch of the note that sounds when the ball strikes it. Shorter bars are higher notes and Vice versa.
I think it’s genuine. Not to mention who’d go to all that trouble just to create a fake.
j/k means ‘just kidding’ ?
Just say’n… 😉
Let’s Get the Whole World to Cry Out to God on December 21!
We have just passed through a year in which a “Goliath” of evil has done all that it could to instill fear in all of us. It’s purpose is to dominate and control us.
As this year is drawing to a close, and just before we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, God has deemed to grant us a – once in 800 years – bright star, that many are calling the “Christmas Star.” Could it be a “sign” for all of us to take heed, just as the Wise Men once did?
As we heard in today’s Gospel, everything was set in motion with the Angel Gabriel sent from God to Mary. “Do not be afraid, Mary,” were the reassuring words of Gabriel. His message would conclude with, “…for nothing will be impossible for God.”
This was the firm belief David held as he, as a young man, was unafraid to face Goliath. With but a stone and a sling, David took down the giant, Goliath … for nothing will be impossible for God.
This Christmas Star is, literally, coming at the darkest point of the calendar year … the Winter solstice on December 21. Could there be something with that? You know, “darkest before the dawn”?
Fr. Ripperger said this same thing, in so many words, as reported by Patrick Delaney at LifeSiteNews:
“I think what we’re seeing now is that there’s some stark comparisons in the behavior of some of these people and in what I’ve seen (from demons) in (exorcism) session(s),” he said.
Providing hope for a positive resolution, Ripperger continued, “For example, right now things are kind of leading up to a crescendo, and that’s what you tend to see right before the person is liberated. So, there is this buildup of diabolic manifestation which becomes much more drastic, much more open, much more out there. Sometimes even more preternatural right towards the end, and then the person is actually liberated.”
What if we stood, like Mary and David, with the same firm belief that nothing will be impossible for God?
While we are not exorcists to stand against this Goliath, we have the power of prayer. Let’s cry out to God, and seek liberation from the Goliath of evil in our times!!
A very holy woman contacted me to say she received in prayer last night that we were to pray the Pater Noster in Latin. I replied by saying, this could be our sling and stone to hurl at our present-day Goliath.
The Vatican’s chief exorcist, Fr Gabriel Amorth, who performed well over 70,000 exorcisms, repeatedly testified to this reality of the power invested in this sacred language. “It is most effective at challenging the devil.”
Then, I said, you received this a day before the “Christmas Star” appears. What if this was our “moment in time” to wield this mightiest of prayers? And then, from there, pray the Pater Noster, in Latin, throughout every day, until the Goliath of evil in our times is defeated.
I believe this. do you?
Please prepare to pray the Pater Noster, in Latin, 45-60 minutes after sunset, wherever you are, on Monday, December 21.
And, please, please, please get this word out to everyone you know.
Let’s Get the Whole World to Cry Out to God!
Pater Noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
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How to see the December 21 “Christmas Star” (conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn that hasn’t happened in 800 years) from North America:
Look to the lower southwest sky on the evening of December 21, right after sunset. It will only be visible for a brief time, for about an hour or so.
And pray and take hope.
Pray, hope, and don’t worry………..Saint Padre Pio
…but being fallible, it’s very difficult not to worry.
I went out but didn’t see it.
EXPERIENCE OR REVELATION
“We have received…the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” 1 Cor. ii. 12
Reality is Redemption, not my experience of Redemption; but Redemption has no meaning for me until it speaks the language of my conscious life. When I am born again, the Spirit of God takes me right out of myself and my experiences, and identifies me with Jesus Christ. If I am left with my experiences, my experiences have not been produced by Redemption. The proof that they are produced by Redemption is that I am led out of myself all the time, I no longer pay any attention to my experiences as the ground of Reality, but only to the Reality which produced the experiences. My experiences are not worth anything unless they keep me at the Source, Jesus Christ.
If you try to dam up the Holy Spirit in you to produce subjective experiences, you will find that He will burst all bounds and take you back again to the historic Christ. Never nourish an experience which has not God as its Source and faith in God as its result. If you do, your experience is anti-Christian, no matter what visions you may have had. Is Jesus Christ Lord of your experiences, or do you try to lord it over Him? Is any experience dearer to you than your Lord? He must be Lord over you, and you must not pay attention to any experience over which He is not Lord. There comes a time when God will make you impatient with your own experience – I do not care what I experience; I am sure of Him.
Be ruthless with yourself if you are given to talking about the experiences you have had. Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is.
Oswald Chambers
December 21st Devotional
i love this song, it makes me smile when I hear it!
Thank you for posting it!
🙂
Yw.
Lsmft.
Mornin’ infidels!
A.F. Branco Cartoons on Twitter: “A.F. Branco Cartoon – Outside Dining in December https://t.co/8i7wzyrskE via @alphanewsmn #Minnesota #Lockdowns #Walz https://t.co/sE3aMkiVGO” / Twitter
The two articles below are from American Thinker. Remove the two asterisks from in front of the url links to get to the articles.
Did you ever see the movie, “I Am Legend”, with Will Smith?
Were COVID-19 Vaccine Dangers Covered Up Prior to FDA Authorization?
**https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/12/were_covid19_vaccine_dangers_covered_up_prior_to_fda_authorization.html
COVID Vaccines – A Deeper Dive into the Data
**https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/12/covid_vaccines__a_deeper_dive_into_the_data.html
As Sundance has been predicting– https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/530963-federal-agency-says-employers-can-require-workers-to-get-covid-19-vaccine
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Sosthenes, Appollos, Cephas, Tychicos, Caesar, Epaphroditos, and Onesiphoros
They are among the Saints who are commemorated today, December 8th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and December 21st on the civil calendar.
This link is to the names with short Lives of the Seventy Apostles who are honored in January as a group (Synaxis) and individually throughout the year.
http://www.cpress.orthodoxws.com/lives_4_january
Shame on them!
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US Bishops: Vaccines From Abortions OK
Call vaccination ‘an act of charity’
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) – America’s bishops are saying “yes” to Wuhan virus vaccines even though the cell lines used for research and testing are connected to abortion.
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/u.s-bishops-vaccines-from-abortions-ok
How long, O Lord!
Read this and tell me again “Hell on Earth is fake news”
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https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3114549/covid-19-christmas-sweater-ensures-social-distancing-it
Just say’n… 😉
In case you missed the memo…
Just say’n… 😉
Did Nancy take her job
a little too personally?
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 Mike Pence and their families 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.
Found in the bin…. 🙁
I figured. Wish I knew why. 🙄 Thank you.
Honoring our Fore-Fathers and Fore-Mothers . . .
Don’t see lilbirdee’s 9p prayer. In the bin?
Sent up my 9p prayers ad usual for our President, for Sundance, Moderators and all Treepers… for General Flynn and his family, for all patriots and freedom loving people around the world
Yes, it must be in the bin. I don’t know why it is going there every night. Just another glitch that will be fixed.
We live in hope!