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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Had to share You all need to watch the Chosen
Here’s a little Beatles music performed by Goran Sollscher. I think this was the first album I found that exclusively featured Beatles music transcriptions for classical guitar. Goran performs using a 11 string concert guitar which lends an impressive sympathetic bass emphasis to his playing. Recorded in 1995 this recording still reveals an excellence that is unrivaled. . . .
Garrison, I look forward to your postings every evening. Thank you.
Thank you. The first time I heard Goran, I thought, wow, this guy’s really good. His playing and choice of transcriptions have definitely stood the test of time. He sounds as good now as he did back in ’95 when he made these recordings. I especially like the sound he gets from his 11 string guitar. 🙂
Looking For the Loophole
By Pastor Ricky Kurth
To many people, it just doesn’t seem right that God would punish someone in hell for all eternity, and so they look for loopholes in the Bible’s clear teaching about eternal damnation (Rev. 14:11, etc.). They mean well, but they remind us of what the Lord said about the rich man in hell, who pleaded that Lazarus be sent to warn his five brothers, “lest they also come into this place of torment” (Luke 16:28). It is often argued from this that this man had repented, and only a God who was a monster would refuse to release him. As we compare Scripture with Scripture, however, we believe otherwise, especially when we compare the torments of hell to the torments of the Tribulation.
There are many ways to show that the Tribulation will be a time of hell on earth, but perhaps the simplest is found when we read that “in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it” (Rev. 9:6). What a picture of hell! You would think that everyone on the receiving end of the unfathomable torments of that day would repent in the hope that God would relent and spare them further torment. Yet despite the fact that men will be “scorched with great heat” (Rev. 16:9), in John’s vision, they “blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not… of their deeds” (vv. 9,11).
In light of all this, we feel the rich man’s request to warn his five brothers was not an indication of any repentance on his part—far from it. Like many incarcerated men, he was looking for a loophole in the prosecution’s case against him. You see, if Lazarus was sent from the dead to warn his brothers, he could argue that he never benefited from such a supernatural warning, making his conviction unjust.
Add it all up, and a more accurate picture of hell appears. Hell is not filled with cries of repentance to which God turns an unfeeling deaf ear. Like the description of the Tribulation we just read, the air is rather filled with the sound of blasphemy, voiced by men who are eternally convinced that God is wrong and they do not belong there.
Fortunately, dear reader, you do not have to go there. Just admit that God is right, that you are sinner (Rom. 3:23) who deserves to die an eternal death for your sins (Rom. 6:23; Rev. 20:14), but that Christ died for your sins so that you don’t have to (I Cor. 15:1-4). “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/looking-for-the-loophole/
Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Luke 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Revelation 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Revelation 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Revelation 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
1 Corinthians 15:1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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The pads on his toes are called toe beans , unofficially I believe .
Makes me giggle !
Morning all. Still in Philly. When I pulled out of Pepsi here I had 6 minutes of my 14 hour duty clock remaining.
Yesterday, with all the delays is what a driver runs into sometimes, especially in big cities. It took a little over 4 hours for them to load me with over 45,000 lb of beverage. Energy drink or iced tea probably, though the bill doesn’t specify. They don’t usually ship soda pop over 600 miles.
Have to weigh and hope I can get it legal. I am at 1/2 fuel and have over 350 mi before I come to the first permanent weigh station which is west of Cambridge, OH. So I’ll burn off over 400 lb of fuel before I get there dragging this load over the hills of PA.
Rah…you run so close to your weight limit that 400lb of fuel can make the difference? That is crazy tight. My goodness. Best of luck out there.
Dad
Believe me it’s not because I want to.
Anyway it’s going to be another long day because with a rig grossing right at 80, ooo lb and dragging it up hills I will use all my drive time to make the 640 mi trip home.
Keep safe Rah. Do you use the PA turnpike or Rte. 80? The tolls are high on the turnpike, but those hills on the alternate routes are a challenging drive for a big rig.
Turnpike. Really it is the only way when you have to average over 58 mph for 640 mi to make it home in the 11 hour drive time. I will get down to 3o to 35 mph going up the biggest hills. And being so heavy it is foolish to let her get rolling too fast on the winding downhills.
I’ve used Rte. 80 & 219 thru those hills in my car. Sometimes there were big rigs traveling that way too. Those truckers were braver than me negotiate those steep twisting narrow roads. Going downhill must have been a real sphincter tightening experience for them.
WHY ARE WE NOT TOLD PLAINLY?
“He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.” Mark ix. 9
Say nothing until the Son of man is risen in you – until the life of the risen Christ so dominates you that you understand what the historic Christ taught. When you get to the right state on the inside, the word which Jesus has spoken is so plain that you are amazed you did not see it before. You could not understand it before, you were not in the place in disposition where it could be borne.
Our Lord does not hide these things; they are unbearable until we get into a fit condition of spiritual life. “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” There must be communion with His risen life before a particular word can be borne by us. Do we know anything about the impartation of the risen life of Jesus? The evidence that we do is that His word is becoming interpretable to us. God cannot reveal anything to us if we have not His Spirit. An obstinate outlook will effectually hinder God from revealing anything to us. If we have made up our minds about a doctrine, the light of God will come no more to us on that line, we cannot get it. This obtuse stage will end immediately His resurrection life has its way with us.
“Tell no man…” – so many do tell what they saw on the mount of transfiguration. They have had the vision and they testify to it, but the life does not tally with it, the Son of man is not yet risen in them. I wonder when He is going to be formed in you and in me?
Oswald Chambers
April 7th Devotional
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter XXX – Jesus Led Out to be Crucified
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Again Jesus stood before us; His form was disfigured, and he was weak and faint. Still they placed upon his mangled back the huge engine upon which to execute him, and forced him along, amid the shouts and jeers and blasphemies of the people, toward the place of crucifixion.
Until this time I had been dumb, made so by the awfulness of the varied and mingled scenes that were rapidly passing before me. But as Jesus trembled and reeled beneath his load, and while his body was bleeding from the cruel scourgings, and his temples were gored and swollen from the effects of the crown of thorns, and the maddening cry, “Away with him, crucify him, crucify him!” rolled over the city, I could endure no longer, and exclaimed to my guide, “Why will not Justice spare the innocent and let the guilty suffer? Let the world abide the consequence of violated law, not let innocence endure the pain and woe necessary to that union with the sinner necessary to his salvation. O why shall this scene continue? Why shall Jesus bear the cross? Why shall the infatuated race be permitted to inflict pain upon the pure, yea, him who seeketh their good?”
Still Jesus moved slowly along, ready to fall, faint, weary and in agony. He spake no word, but looked with love and pity upon his tormentors. While I was reasoning and wondering, I discovered that he moved more unsteadily, less firm even than before, until he sank down beneath his burden. His humanity had failed, and as he yielded from his Spirit within him, he groaned, and all was still. For the first time, his persecutors and crucifiers paused in their cruelty, and manifested care for him; and I thought perhaps that apparent care was on account of fear that they should not enjoy his protracted suffering upon the cross, beneath which he now lay bleeding. As he faintly yielded, the effect upon the saints and angels was beyond any power to describe. Truly it appeared that the very heavens would fail, and happiness so far depart as never to be restored.
To be continued…
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin weed!
Remember the movie ‘the man who shot liberty valance’?
The news paper reporter was beaten by liberty. I felt it was so unjustified and mean. Not now.
Remember how the ‘lawyer’ was a weak man who had a big mouth but accomplished nothing until…….John Wayne stepped up?
He stole Johns girl and was always labeled a ‘hero’. Road that all the way in politics. While John died for his kindness.
Liberty wasn’t the villain in that story.
I watched that movie over and over because I like Jimmy Stewart, and John Wayne, Lee Marvin. never set well, I guess time unravels many issues.
Good evening, WeeWeed!
You have broken their code!
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
Romans 3:23 (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.
. . . 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, . . . .”
OMG, China the Fourth Reich is now going into a propaganda war and it is SO bizarre.
THE NEW YORK SLIMES HAS A MINOR ARTICLE ABOUT FULL ON FRIGGIN CONCENTRATION CAMPS HIDDEN ON PAGE NINE UNDER A REVIEW OF A WEIRD CHINESE MUSICAL
OUR PRESS OUR OPEN COLLUDERS WITH THE FOURTH REICH
Of course Australia’s Sky News covers it better than our race hustlers, slave ennablers and vote stealers in our corrupt Uni-Media which includes pathetic China fluffers at FOX noise
Chinese officials are now making false claims against the Uighrs calling them terrorists for not accepting Chinese land stealing and forced assimilation, book burning, and forced rapes of the Uighr women by Han (their supremacist racist majority who has all the rights) to try to wipe out the next generation.
China has gone from hiding the concentration camps, to telling people they were fun summer camps, to now trying to say the Uighrs deserve it
Sky News broadcasts the full Chinese press conference if you ever want to see the officials mouthing their current bunch of lies
BUT IF YOU WANT A FAST READ OF THE MOST BIZARRE THING EVER, THE NY SLIMES WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY FOR THEIR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
This is the weirdest. The New York Slimes knows they are going to go down in history for doing the same thing they did with Hitler, promoting them. So they have one article, conveniently not behind their pay wall where they let someone quietly write about the HORROR that China is putting out a MUSICAL, that’s right, a Broadway Style show trying to show how successful their Uighr concentration camps are.
It is WEIRD, they talk about the concentration camps non stop in this article, but it’s just a sarcastic review of a musical!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/world/asia/china-uyghurs-propaganda-musical.html
If the fake news wants to actually oppose something, like CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR A RELIGIOUS MINORITY BEING ABUSED BY HAN SUPREMACISTS …. would that kind of thing be mentioned a BIT MORE prominently?
Do you think if millions of people with the media owner’s religion in CONCENTRATION CAMPS if the perps were white (and they weren’t profiting by trillions off this reich) they’d be a BIT MORE COORDINATED AND VOCAL about attacking this?
To me…………………we have PROOF the Uni-media overlords are guilty as sin. From the Left to FOX noise. Keep in mind FOX noise triggered the week early bogus Arizona election night call that allowed the 6 state shut down then 6 state steal the MOMENT the Chinese stock market crashed and the dissidents were celebrating on Twitter.
Feast of the Annunciation to the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
March 25th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and April 7th on the civil or commercial calendar.
Dismissal Hymn
“Today is the fountainhead of our salvation and the manifestation of the mystery which was from eternity. The Son of God becometh the Virgin’s Son, and Gabriel proclaimeth the good tidings of grace; for this cause, we also cry to the Mother of God with him: Rejoice, thou who art full of grace; the Lord is with thee.”
Kontakion.
“When the bodiless one learned the secret command, in haste he came and stood before Joseph’s dwelling, and spake unto the Maiden who knew not wedlock: The One Who hath bowed the Heavens by His descent is held and contained unchanging wholly in thee. Seeing Him receiving the form of a servant in thy womb, I stand in awe and cry to thee: Rejoice, thou Bride unwedded.”
Among the readings from Holy Scripture appointed for this day are these:
the Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 1 : 39 – 49, 56 for Matins;
the Epistle to the Hebrews 2: 11 – 18;
and the Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 1: 24 – 38.
https://www.pravmir.com/the-annunciation/
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Thank you Lord, for all your Mercy and Grace!
Following a Conversation with a Tree
https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2021/03/26/following-a-conversation-with-a-tree/
March 26, 2021 · Fr. Stephen Freeman
“On a recent hike in our city’s Arboretum, I came across a small plaque. It showed the picture of a log cabin, built in the early 1800’s, that stood in that spot until the 1940’s when the Manhattan Project swept almost all the local homesteads away. The plaque told the story of the family that lived there, and the fortunes of its young sons, most of whom died in the American Civil War. It continued their saga up until the time of the cabin’s destruction. It was a story that, no doubt, rhymed with those of other families in the region, with but varying details. The plaque’s purpose, however, was to draw attention to two young oak trees in the photo, standing near the cabin. Those same oaks now stood, some 200 years old, as silent witnesses of all that had passed in the lives of that family. The photo, I thought, gave the trees a voice, a chance to speak of all they had seen.
“I had another such experience recently while watching a program on the plight of the American Chestnut. They once comprised about a third of the Eastern forests in America, but were nearly driven to extinction by a blight brought in on imported trees in 1904. The forester in the program noted a few unharmed stands, and the slow efforts to nurture a blight-resistant tree. He noted, off-hand, that he fully expected the Chestnuts to return to something of their previous position over the next thousand years.”
Which, of course, reminded me of the Over Mountain families:
Not Too Long Ago, Families Living in Trees Was Not Too Uncommon
https://appalachianmagazine.com/2019/10/17/not-too-long-ago-families-living-in-trees-was-not-too-uncommon/
By AppalachianMagazine – October 17, 2019
“As autumn sets on the hills and hollers of Appalachia, thousands of tourists are flocking to the Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway and the ridges of West Virginia to catch a glimpse of the colors of fall.
“As magnificent of a spectacle as the dizzying and colorful trees may presently be, they pale in comparison to the towering behemoths which once reigned supreme in this part of the world.
“Long before Interstates and chain restaurants, there were only trees. Big trees. Huge trees, in fact.”
Too bad this site does not display http images.
In this time, when prayer is needed so desperately to petition God for help from the Sanctuary for our country…we ask ourselves, what is prayer and does God answer? C. S. Lewis has some great thought processes on this!
C. S. Lewis and the Efficacy of Prayer (13:48 mins)
https://youtu.be/2wa9uzV0Eos
&t=1617807154&ymreqid=f7be7f68-f206-9632-1ca0-f8000101fd00&sig=uvTFrzbXnFb3NCPGss0x0w–~D
Interesting concept.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_end_of_an_era_or_the_return_to_an_earlier_one.html
I’ve had to listen to this one twice already, will listen again later tonight with hubby. EXCEPTIONAL for the explanation of ‘the Israel of God is the Church.’
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Verse by verse through Ephesians, Chapter 2.
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/wholecounsel/ephesians_chapter_2
GraceLife, Pr. James Coates’ Church Seized by Canadian Government
Breaking! Police and Security Put up Chain-link Fence Around Gracelife Church – Alberta Canada
https://protestia.com/2021/04/07/breaking-police-and-security-put-up-chain-link-fence-around-gracelife-church/
It’s what we all knew!
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_covid19_response_is_killing_more_than_it_saves.html
Several weeks ago I was berated on this site for my comment that, hearing of Tiger Woods’ accident and President Trump’s public comments of commiseration for his celeb pal: “I couldn’t care less.”
The Leftist-Marxist-Globalists have used celebrity, fantasy, envy, and false hero worship to tear Americans and others from the foundations of human life, that is, the reality of God Almighty and how He wants us to conduct ourselves in This World.
Woods was speeding excessively, a danger to others and a wanton and arrogant misuse of the public thoroughfare. It is unknown if he had been drinking because the authorities reportedly chose not to test him. Elite privilege perhaps.
If we are to regain our liberties (that, by the way, celebrities—political, media, and Big Tech celebrities) have stolen from us, we must remove the delusion of a need for celebrity wherever it is found.
In truth, our real heroes are to be found locally and in our very own families.
Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos
Orthodox Christian Bishops in Greece have issued an exhortation to prayer by the Faithful, wherever they may be, for 7:00 PM, dropping to their knees in repentance, compunction, and lamentation before God in beseeching His mercy in light of the effects of the pandemic upon the world. (This is a paraphrase.)
http://www.imoph.org/Info_en/New.html
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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