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, March 1, 2021
Put Your Head on my Shoulder (2) – Paul Anka
“Put Your Head on my Shoulder” is a Chinese romantic comedy, as well as a song by Paul Anka. A young man who studies physics falls for a young ad student. Pursuing her should be easy since their parents have pushed them into sharing an apartment, hoping to eventually unite the families. But, besides being an innocent college senior, the young man has the disadvantage of being tutored in romantic relationships by his physics professor, who agrees that comparing her to Schroedinger’s cat is the perfect way to get the girl to fall. The show plays on viki.com
Stream or download from my website
https://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/Put-Your-Head-On-My-Shoulder-Paul-Anka-V01.htm
XMAS – Star Trek 2009 et al – Angels From the Realm of Glory – Don McLean
Star Trek – Follow Me – John Denver
Hobbit – Shadows of the Night – Pat Benatar
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https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1364638698030182400
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1365941574870462465
The Plumbline
By Pastor Ricky Kurth
“And, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand….Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more” (Amos 7:7,8).
As we compare the two verses of this vision, God identifies the “wall” as “My people Israel.” But what did “the plumbline” represent?
A plumbline is a tool that is used even today by masons who wish to erect walls that are perfectly straight. A simple weight at the end of a string is suspended alongside the wall as it is being constructed, to ensure that it is being built straight, and at a perfect right angle to the gravitational pull of the earth. Construction workers know that bowed or leaning walls are easily toppled (Psa. 62:3).
Since our text tells us that this “wall” that represents Israel was “made by a plumbline,” we believe the plumbline to be the Law of Moses. It was the Law that defined Israel as a nation, and its perfect code of righteousness ensured that Israel was built in accord with the perfectly upright standard of the very righteousness of God. Here in Amos 7, God is re-applying the plumbline standard of the Law to Israel to show Amos how far his nation had shifted away from the perfect standard with which she had been constructed, and why He could no longer “pass by them any more” in mercy, but must rather bring the judgment that their sin demanded.
Today in the dispensation of Grace, of course, God is not dealing with Israel or any other nation, but rather with individual members of the Body of Christ. In the epistles of Paul we read of how in Christ we too have been formed in accord with the perfect standard of the Law (II Cor. 5:21), and that the righteousness of the Law is given to us as a free gift of God’s grace through faith (Rom. 3:21-26; 10:4; I Cor. 1:30). Thus when believers today wish to apply a standard to our lives to check to see if we have drifted from who God made us in Christ, we look not to the Law, but to the epistles of the Apostle Paul.
We close with a very practical admonition. Every builder knows that when a wall falls, it always falls in the direction in which it is leaning. If the reader has ever wondered about the harm in an occasional drink of an alcoholic beverage, or the danger of seemingly “harmless” flirtations with immorality, it should be remembered that Christians are like walls—they too always fall in the direction in which they are leaning! Let us thank God for the plumbline of His grace, and may we determine as never before to walk worthy of Him.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/the-plumbline/
Amos 7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
Psalm 62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Noa Drezner is a young Israeli who lived in Spain for a number of years. In addition to learning the language she also fell in love with the country, especially coastal city of Cadiz which she once described as a “place where people sing to you on the street”. While in Spain she studied guitar and found that she had a great affinity for flamenco which is not a easy technique to master. She now plays professionally in both Spain and Israel. Let’s sit back, listen to Noa play and see if we can experience a little duende.
Beautifully done. Excellent editing. So glad you put that up.
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March comes in like a lamb…
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I’m sorry. This was not meant as a reply to your post.
THE UNDEVIATING QUESTION
“Lovest thou Me?” John xxi. 17
Peter declares nothing now (cf. Matthew xxvi. 33-35). Natural individuality professes and declares; the love of the personality is only discovered by the hurt of the question of Jesus Christ. Peter loved Jesus in the way in which any natural man loves a good man. That is temperamental love; it may go deep into the individuality, but it does not touch the centre of the person. True love never professes anything. Jesus said – “Whosoever shall CONFESS Me before men,” i.e., confess his love not merely by his words, but by everything he does.
Unless we get hurt right out of every deception about ourselves, the word of God is not having its way with us. The word of God hurts as no sin can ever hurt, because sin blunts feeling. The question of the Lord intensifies feeling, until to be hurt by Jesus is the most exquisite hurt conceivable. It hurts not only in the natural way but in the profound personal way. The word of the Lord pierces even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, there is no deception left. There is no possibility of being sentimental with the Lord’s question; you cannot say nice things when the Lord speaks directly to you, the hurt is too terrific. It is such a hurt that it stings every other concern out of account. There never can be any mistakes about the hurt of the Lord’s word when it comes to His child; but the point of the hurt is the great point of revelation.
Oswald Chambers
March 1st Devotional
Was looking at a bunch of new Mars images from the newly landed Mars rover when I came across this that someone sneaked into that thread. Being a Star Wars nerd after seeing the originals in theaters in the 70’s and 80’s, I thought this was kind of neat ¯|_(ツ)_/¯ …..
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter XV – The Phantom Sphere (Marietta visits Hell)
15:3
When in solemn contemplation of these fearful scenes, a spirit approached me whom I had known on earth. This being appeared externally far more brilliant than when in the body. The form, the countenance, the eyes, the hands, appeared endued with a metallic lustre that varied with every motion and every thought. Accosting me the spirit said:
“Marietta, we are again met. You see me a disembodied spirit, in that abode where those who inwardly deny the Savior find their habitation when their mortal day has ended.”
“Strange emotions agitate your bosom. Thus I felt, looked, wondered, and moved in sad and bewildered anxiety in the hour when my being here discovered the theatre of its present existence. But I experienced that which you have never yet realized in the interior principles of mind. Strange and incontrollable are the emotions causing me to relate that inward sorrow which this brilliant exterior would, if it were possible, conceal.”
“My life on earth was suddenly brought to a close; and as I departed from the world, I moved rapidly in the direction prompted by my ruling desires. I inwardly desired to be courted, honored, admired – to receive universal adulation, and to be free to follow the perverted inclinations of my proud, rebellious, and pleasure-loving heart – a state of existence where all should be pleasure without restraint – where each should be free to obey the promptings of every passion, and where every indulgence should be permitted to the soul, – where prayers and religious instructions should find no place – where the Sabbath should not be known – where no rebuke of sin should ever fall – where existence should be spent in gay and festive sports, with no superior and restraining power to molest or interfere.”
“With these desires I entered the spirit world, and passed to the condition adapted to my inward state. I rushed in haste to the enjoyment of the glittering scenes which you now behold. I was welcomed as you have not been, for at once I was recognized as a fit associate by those who here abide. They do not welcome you, for they discern in you an interior desire, adverse to the ruling passions which here prevail.”
To be continued…
Good morning everyone. After last night I’m in the mood for some iconic American music. The comments are interesting. People from all over the world saying they miss West Virginia and have never been to America. One says this song should be “officially declared as the homesick anthem of Earth.”
John Denver singing the MAGA anthem ….
Amy Coney Barret used A New Arrival adoption agency after the Haiti earthquake to adopt her two Hatian children. The company violated Fed. Reg. 22 Sub chapter F Part 96. and lost accreditation. Robert’s broke Irish law at a time over 1500 illegal adoptions took place. Are they compomised?
Found in the bin… 🙁
Nearer, my God, to thee.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
He Promised He Wouldn’t Leave us orphans ♥♥
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.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm Septuagint (Psalm 51 KJV).
Great Lent in the Orthodox Christian Church begins two weeks from today.
Yesterday, Sunday, was the commemoration of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
http://www.cpress.orthodoxws.com/c_sunday_prodigal_son
Verse of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2021
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“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE – I am a CHILD – not a CHOICE!!!
Andrew J. Breitbart
February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012
Neither Andrew nor Rush will ever be gone–protect yourself when you bring this to the att of a Leftist.
Doctors around the world speak against the plandemic as means to gain control and compliance by fear; warn of mRNA vaccines, PCR testing not intended or suitable for identifying infectious persons.
https://worlddoctorsalliance.com/blog/
Vid. 36 minutes. Doctors around the world warn on Covid vaccines: mRNA vaccines cause antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) which caused worse sickness in ferrets, rabbits, sometimes death, possible irreversible DNA changes.
https://brandnewtube.com/watch/ask-the-experts-covid19_eZsej9Uiah1gNlP.html
UK doctors offer Covid facts vs. fiction.
https://covileaks.co.uk/facts
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin’ WeeWeed
Afternoon WeeWeed.
Humanity of old folks with their old dogs……..gets me every time.
My 83 years old Dad is infirmed. Thankfully he has the means to have 24/7 care and remain in his home. A couple years ago my sister got him a little dog and he was named Cesar, just as one of our family dogs had been named when I was a kid. I have now doubt that dog has extended my fathers life,
I’ve gotten into “First Reaction” You Tube videos…………one of my favorites: That moment when you realize your grandparents music is cool……..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMo4dDwEtU0
My daddy loved trucks, my stepdaddy loved Harleys, my momma loved Tom Jones! And still does!
There is an interesting insight in this article.
FTA: “Brands don’t go broke because they get woke, they go woke because they’re going broke, and don’t know how to stop the slow but steady collapse of their business …. Behind every big woke brand is a company slowly going broke and with no clue what to do about it.”
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/03/coke-goes-woke-and-broke-daniel-greenfield/
So … “woke” is just another Jim Collins “silver bullet” by companies already circling the drain. See Collins’ site below to see his five stages of decline. Oh, and by the way, his stages of decline don’t just occur in companies. They occur in every human endeavor. Civilizations, countries, cultures, religions, churches, your local club, are all populated by people and we do the same things everywhere we go.
https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/five-stages-of-decline.html
And while we are on the topic of “decline,” here is an interesting article about National Review, although going from 170,000 subscriptions to 75,000 in a decade may not be “decline,” but more “crash and burn.”
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/02/standing-athwart-pulling-plug-national-review-david-deavel.html
Thanks.
Love the energy and enthusiasm of the bass player;;;;;
Words of wisdom.
“Keep a strict watch against every appearance of pride: it appears imperceptibly, particularly in time of vexation and irritability against others for quite unimportant causes.”
From “My Life in Christ” by Saint John of Kronstadt (+ 1908).
Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Oreo cookies says Trans is okay.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/25/oreo-cookie-brand-declares-trans-people-exist-as-anti-1a-equality-act-works-through-congress/
Does this mean they will be putting the Trans Fats back in their cookies?
See my post above. We shouldn’t be buying Oreos anyway. A few years ago the company closed the Oreo line in Chicago and moved it to a new plant in Mexico, BEFORE USMCA. Put 600 Chicagoans out of work to send their jobs to Mexico.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo_boycott
I haven’t bought Oreo cookies for decades.
The last time I ate an Oreo, I thought it was disgusting! Nothing but chemical taste! I hadn’t eaten one in years, but I know they used to taste good. So many companies put so much crap in our foods. The same goes for cereals. I used to love Captain Crunch. The last time I ate some, it was horrible.
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Happy Birthday to Roger Daltrey
1 March 1944
Happy Birthday to Catherine Bach(Daisy Duke)
1 March 1954
Finally! Ancient Faith put up TWO The Whole Counsel of God podcasts today!
Galatians Chapter 4 concludes…
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/wholecounsel/galatians_chapter_4_concluded
Galatians Chapter 5 begins
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/wholecounsel/galatians_chapter_5
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“President Trump refused to meet with Nikki Haley in Mar-a-Lago, and now she is panicking.”
Glad to hear it.
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.
Dutch nuttery. If a black person creates literary stuff, only a signed and sealed black person can translate https://rmx.news/article/article/should-black-poetry-only-be-translated-by-black-people-a-new-debate-rages-in-the-netherlands