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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But there’s a big global demand for gourmet sugar-coated salt!
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sumah-time
A little TV after lunch.
You’re Welcome!
By Pastor Ricky Kurth
Like many Americans, I used to spend Sunday evenings watching 60 Minutes. My favorite part came near the end of each week’s show, when Andy Rooney would voice his complaints and opinions about things. Since his complaints were often aimed at new things, I figured he was just a crotchety old man who didn’t like change. Now that I’m about the age that he was then, I’m finding that I’m not so crazy about change myself, and there is one societal change that I find particularly vexing.
When I was a boy, I was taught that if someone says “thank you,” the polite way to respond is to say, “You’re welcome.” In recent years I have noticed that “you’re welcome” has been replaced by “no problem,” or “not a problem.” I’m not sure why this vexes me, but in true Andy Rooney-like fashion, it does!
Maybe it is because, if we think it through, this response isn’t nearly as good. Saying “you’re welcome” after a kindness means that the person who did you the kindness feels that you are a good person who is welcome to such kind treatment. “No problem” just says, “Being kind to you didn’t inconvenience me;” it says nothing of your worthiness to be treated so well.
If God were speaking aloud these days, one wonders how He would respond when we thank Him for all the spiritual blessings we have in Christ (Eph. 1:3). I doubt He would say, “No problem, being kind to you didn’t inconvenience Me,” for the price He paid at Calvary to procure these blessings was too high. We feel He would rather respond to our thanks with, “You are welcome to such blessings.” Of course, we are not worthy of these blessings because we are good people in ourselves, but rather because of who He has made us in Christ. As difficult as it is for humble Christians to accept, now that we are children of God, we are welcome to the same treatment from God that He gives His own Son. As Paul put it, we are “joint-heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17), and so “how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (v. 32).
Remember every day to thank God for all that He has done for you in Christ. Anyone can thank Him for “life, and breath, and all things” of that nature, for these “He giveth to all” (Acts 17:25). Only the child of God can thank Him for “all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” If we don’t thank Him for these things, who will?
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/youre-welcome/
Ephesians 1:3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Romans 8:17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
“As difficult as it is for humble Christians to accept, now that we are children of God, we are welcome to the same treatment from God that He gives His own Son. As Paul put it, we are “joint-heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17), and so “how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (v. 32).”
What comprises “all things“ that are and can be given to man needs to be contextualized, rather than used in a manner that would suggest putting man on equal footing with Jesus Christ as far as treatment from the Father. There are plentiful and pointed examples throughout Scripture of how the Son of God shall be treated by the Father with clear exaltation rather than the same as man or other created beings:
Hebrews 1:4-6 — “having become by so much superior to the angels, as much as He has inherited a name more excellent beyond theirs. For to which of the angels did He ever say:
“You are my Son; today I have begotten You”? And again: “I will be to Him for a Father, and He will be to Me for a Son”? And again, when He brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: “And let all God’s angels worship Him.””
Hebrews 1:8-9 — “But unto the Son: “Your throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and have hated wickedness; because of this, God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of exultation above Your companions.””
Hebrews 1:13 — “Now to which of the angels did He ever say: “Sit at My right hand, until I may place Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet”?”
In like manner, one cannot expect “humble Christians“ to receive the “same treatment” as the exalted Son of God, who is worthy of worship, who is seated at the right hand of God, and who will have authority to rule His people.
Your most welcome
Each of this fellow’s videos is a complete short story with a beginning, middle and an end. Temporary victories, unanticipated setbacks, thankless altruism, and success earned through hard work and persistence, his videos have it all, video metaphors. Strangely compelling and satisfying, you can’t look away.
And hey, it’s not just me. The one below has had 11.5 million views since he posted it only 10 months ago. When it’s over, click on his name and watch the others. Good stuff. Enjoy.
This guy is doing everyone a great service by opening that clogged drain. Those people driving on that flooded road are risking a drowned-out car. If there are any worn wires in the ignition system, driving on that kind of flooded road is a guaranteed way to flood your car. This is why it’s always a good idea of always carry a can of WD40 in your car. “WD” stands for “water dispersant”. If you ever get into high water and get drowned out, spray WD40 on you ignition wire and most lilely you’ll be able to star your car and drive off. I don’t blame those folks for driving on the sidewalk. If I was there I’d be doing that too!!!
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It’s a good way to kill an O2 sensor on a catalytic converter too, done that.
WD40 won’t help there unfortunately.
Dear Garrison, Got something for you:
Leenie
Just informed by my husband, that that was NOT Bach….
Garrison< just one more!!!
leenie
I wrote an MA thesis on a 50’s Underwood manual typewriter I bought for about $20. To get it to work right, I sprayed the mechanism every morning with WD40 . . .
I put their famous encore with the marching band last. You can skip down and watch it first if you want.It’s pretty impressive.
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Fleetwood Mac made “Tusk” around 1979. It’s hard to believe that was 42 years ago. This video shows the complex production work that went into incorporating the entire USC marching band into their recording and subsequent performances. It’s interesting because we get to see a lot of the behind-the-scenes work that, while essential, we usually don’t get to see.
Oh, yeah. There’s a great scene where Stevie, at age 31 here, shows off her high school baton twirling skills.
Real Savage Like!
Isn’t it funny how the very people who constantly say how open and committed to the truth they are—that portray themselves as the greatest fighters for the First Amendment—cannot tolerate even the slightest written comment that calls out lazy morality and the status quo?
No, it’s not!
Context?
I played snare drum in the band in HS. The first gal that they ever had. The Director Ron Evans, was such an inspiration to me and many others! I still go around beating on things when I hear music from those days!
I used to drive my Mother crazy! But, practice makes perfect. I’m still practicing.
Of courfse. Once a drummer, always a drummer! 🙂 And don’t you know the band had a blast doing that performance with Fleetwood Mac? 🙂
Make it STOP! The NG is giving vaccines in the 7-11.
https://summit.news/2021/05/18/video-shows-national-guard-troops-administering-vaccines-in-dallas-7-eleven/
This! Baptized by the fire in your touch! Yes!! 🙂
As I’ve been reading all the horrific news lately about human trafficking of children for the sex industry, voter fraud, criminals being elevated to martyr/hero status while law enforcement are demonized, unimaginable violence in communities, corrupt politicians, corrupt institutions at every level, marxism indoctrination even to the youngest of our children, good things bad and bad things good, and evils of so many other forms…..
I found myself wondering if this is how Moses felt when he came down from the mountain?
And if God will send someone or something down the mountain again.
Exodus 32
7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Effectively the Biden administration and the progressive hard left are in open partnership with the cartels. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we find that there are back-channel communications going on between the two.
Shameful.
NATIONAL DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE DAY
Observed annually on May 19th, National Devil’s Food Cake Day is enjoyed by chocolate cake lovers throughout the country and around the world.
Devil’s Food Cake is a heavenly chocolate cake. It differs from a regular chocolate cake by its darker color and tends to be more moist and airy. Devil’s Food cake recipes use hot or boiling water as the primary liquid. Cocoa is typically utilized in the batter, as opposed to chocolate, and coffee can be added for a distinctive flavor. A delicious chocolate frosting usually accompanies the cake.
Great! It’s 6:54 a.m. and now all I want is some Devil’s Food cake!! My Mom made the best, best DF cakes—truly sweet memories!
Highly recommend the DVD Rush in Rio. Outstanding.
Will definitely check it out!
Been there!
Good analysis of the fight between Hamas and Israel from the strategy page.
Israel: Hamas Got Played (strategypage.com)
A great read! Fabulous detail and delightful karma!
Big trucks vr. deep water:
“We typically analyze radioactive debris and gases to understand how the weapons were built or what materials they contained, but those signatures decay,” says Wallace. “A quasicrystal that is formed at the site of a nuclear blast can potentially tell us new types of information – and they’ll exist forever.”
Nuclear tests forged “impossible” crystals out of sand and copper wiring
Blast from the past.
Definitely
“OUT OF THE WRECK I RISE”
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Romans viii. 35
God does not keep a man immune from trouble; He says – “I will be with him in trouble.” It does not matter what actual troubles in the most extreme form get hold of a man’s life, not one of them can separate him from his relationship to God. We are “more than conquerors IN all these things.” Paul is not talking of imaginary things, but of things that are desperately actual; and he says we are super-victors in the midst of them, not by our ingenuity, or by our courage, or by anything other than the fact that not one of them affects our relationship to God in Jesus Christ. Rightly or wrongly, we are where we are, exactly in the condition we are in. I am sorry for the Christian who has not something in his circumstances he wishes was not there.
“Shall tribulation…?” Tribulation is never a noble thing; but let tribulation be what it may – exhausting, galling, fatiguing, it is not able to separate us from the love of God. Never let cares or tribulations separate you from the fact that God loves you.
“Shall anguish…? – can God’s love hold when everything says that His love is a lie, and that there is no such thing as justice?
“Shall famine…?” – can we not only believe in the love of God but be more than conquerors, even while we are being starved?
Either Jesus Christ is a deceiver and Paul is deluded, or some extraordinary thing happens to a man who holds on to the love of God when the odds are all against God’s character. Logic is silenced in the face of every one of these things. Only one thing can account for it – the LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. “Out of the wreck I rise” every time.
Oswald Chambers
May 19th Devotional
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin’ WeeWeed
Good one!
Mornin’ WeeWeed! My first laugh out loud for the day.
Much appreciated.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, May 19, 2021
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“Be still, and know that I am God…”
Psalms 46:10 (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.
Ahhh…so good! Thanks for posting!
Sundance & Team, I don’t know if you care or not, but these Daily Open Thread posts are NOT showing up in the email notifications. I just noticed it this AM.
The Presidential Daily thread IS showing up.
. . . 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!
Wednesday of the Third Week of Pascha
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.
(sung thrice)
May 6th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church (May 19th on the civil or commercial calendar)
The Holy and Righteous and Long-suffering Job, the Prophet is among the Saints who are commemorated today.
Epistle Reading
Acts 8: 18 – 25
Gospel Reading
Saint John 6: 35 – 39
A reminder, and for those who haven’t read this yet:
Live Not by Lies
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies
“On the day Solzhenitsyn was arrested, February, 12, 1974, he released the text of “Live Not by Lies.” The next day, he was exiled to the West, where he received a hero’s welcome. This moment marks the peak of his fame. Solzhenitsyn equates “lies” with ideology, the illusion that human nature and society can be reshaped to predetermined specifications. And his last word before leaving his homeland urges Soviet citizens as individuals to refrain from cooperating with the regime’s lies. Even the most timid can take this least demanding step toward spiritual independence. If many march together on this path of passive resistance, the whole inhuman system will totter and collapse. — by Edward E. Ericson, Jr. and Daniel J. Mahoney, The Solzhenitsyn Reader
“There was a time when we dared not rustle a whisper. But now we write and read samizdat and, congregating in the smoking rooms of research institutes, heartily complain to each other of all they are muddling up, of all they are dragging us into! There’s that unnecessary bravado around our ventures into space, against the backdrop of ruin and poverty at home; and the buttressing of distant savage regimes; and the kindling of civil wars; and the ill-thought-out cultivation of Mao Zedong (at our expense to boot)—in the end we’ll be the ones sent out against him, and we’ll have to go, what other option will there be? And they put whomever they want on trial, and brand the healthy as mentally ill—and it is always “they,” while we are—helpless.
“We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble:
“‘But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.’
“We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence. We have lost our strength, our pride, our passion. We do not even fear a common nuclear death, do not fear a third world war (perhaps we’ll hide away in some crevice), but fear only to take a civic stance! We hope only not to stray from the herd, not to set out on our own, and risk suddenly having to make do without the white bread, the hot water heater, a Moscow residency permit.”
Edit: H/T to Peter Grant (and read his post, too)
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2021/05/when-medical-and-biological-facts.html
What a collection of misfits. https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/kamala-harris-to-headline-democratic-asian-american-summit-101621255419004.html
Danger Will Robinson.
Something spotted I suspect!
| Adam And Eve Kicked Out Of Garden Of Eden For Having Only Two Genders |
“EDEN—Eden’s population took a sharp decline — down to zero — as the two residents, Adam and Eve, were kicked out of paradise for their intolerant views on gender. “Get out of here and take your MAGA hats with you!” yelled a cherubim at them as he set a flaming sword at the edge of the garden to block their way back in. …”
https://babylonbee.com/news/adam-and-eve-kicked-out-of-garden-of-eden-for-having-only-two-genders?utm_source=Gab&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Gab
Mosquito Control in my backyard…
Celtics delete tweet of star player wearing ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Gadsden Flag clothing after online outrage
https://www.theblaze.com/news/celtics-kemba-walker-gadsden-jacket?utm_content=buffer7e2d0&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=fb-glennbeck&fbclid=IwAR39FAbyx1krRkCyzGW2lq35SwQ5K5dyDhjyZ4OWp6TcQLgWRxz-8vzJJK4
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.
Good for this lady, the one who was tazed then arrested for not putting a mask on while she was watching her son play at a High School football game – has refused to take a plea deal so will make the prosecutors try her in front of a jury!
Another lady during that incident was charged with interfering and she too is demanding a jury trial!
https://www.kolotv.com/2020/09/25/police-tase-woman-at-football-game-in-logan-ohio/
Blinky has his Fauci on as he grabs the ankles for Lavrov. There will not be a meeting between Putin and Xiden. Putin knows Xiden isn’t all there. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210519-blinken-lavrov-to-meet-in-iceland-amid-push-for-us-russia-summithttps://nationalinterest.org/feature/does-blinken-lavrov-meeting-signal-thaw-us-russia-relations-185622
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day.
Amen.