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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This last statement quoted, that Jesus replied “the Beginning” to the question “Who are you?” simply didn’t seem to be familiar.
I looked it up, and in my version His reply was, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning?” which gives a different meaning. But unquestionably, the first three quotations show that He is indeed the beginning.
People ponder what was there before time and space came into existence. The answer is in the first four words of the Bible: In the beginning God ….
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Hi, AnAppeal2Heaven.
I’ll reply here once the series is complete.
Probably Monday, God willing.
Watch this space.
The Lord’s reply in John 8:25 is notoriously difficult to translate and understand, and to understand and translate. Which is why nearly every English version has something different:
https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/John%208:25
(note DRA and WYC)
One difficulty is that the Greek for “The beginning” Τὴν ἀρχὴν is in the Accusative (objective) Case, which is unexpected and hard to explain, much less put into good English.
If “the beginning” is the Object, what is the Subject?
So translators have to do linguistic backflips with word order as well as add thoughts and phrases not in the Greek sentence in order to come up with something in English that reads reasonably, if not necessarily accurately [‘from’ is not possible].
As noted, only Douay-Rheims and Wycliff start the English exactly as the Greek does, with “The beginning.”
Which is what I also did, respecting the original inspired Greek.
And then uniquely, by highlighting and connecting the Lord’s “I Am” (v.24, Subject) with “The Beginning” (v.25, Object), giving the complete thought.
In this way too, The Lord Jesus gives a direct answer to their question of Who are you?
“I Am . . . The Beginning.”
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I wana know who flosses his teeth afterward.
DD
On this day ~
June 11, 1502
✝️ The Sainte Chapelle of the Holy Shroud was officially completed. With great fanfare the Shroud was exhibited and then locked away. Pope Julius II established a Feast and a Mass for it. Countless pilgrims visited the site. The Shroud was reputed to have marvelous powers of protecting people. It could not, however, protect itself, for in 1532, the chapel housing it caught fire. Brave individuals rushed in to rescue the cloth which had supposedly covered Christ in his burial. Before they could reach it, silver had melted and scorched the cloth and burnt holes through it. When the Dukes of Savoy transferred their headquarters to Turin, Italy in 1578, they took the Shroud with them. It has been known as “The Shroud of Turin” ever since. Scientific debate over its authenticity continues to this day.
I applaud Scotland for standing for their national Anthem (no knees for Marxism).
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General Secretary of the Free Speech Union Toby Young added: ‘This is a smart move by the Scottish FA, which has recognised that taking the knee has become a divisive, politically charged gesture.
‘When your national team competes in the Euros it’s an opportunity for people to put their differences aside and come together, which is why politics should be kept out of football.
‘For the last five years, the gesture has been a clear expression of support for Black Lives Matter, a political movement imported from the US that wants to dismantle the nuclear family, defund the police and end capitalism.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9673029/amp/Tory-MP-backs-Scotlands-footballers-deciding-NOT-knee-Euro-2020.html
Political sports aren’t worth watching. Politics ruins everything it touches.
Capitalizing on Confusion
By Pastor Ricky Kurth On July 19, 2013
Depending on when your monthly Searchlight arrives, the Mayan calendar deadline for the end of the world has either come and gone, or else it is looming in the imminent future. All the hoopla that surrounded this gloomy prediction got me to wondering if there might not be some way that Christians could capitalize on yet another failed non-Biblical prophetic expectation. After all, last year when the Rapture failed to take place on the date designated by a popular radio Bible teacher, God’s people were able to take advantage of this by pointing out that, when it comes to the Second Coming of Christ, the Bible says that “of that day and hour knoweth no man” (Matt. 24:36). Those that knew the difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming were also able to point out that the date of the former is just as unsearchable in Scripture as that of the latter. Surely there has to be a way to similarly benefit from the failure of the Mayan calendar disaster as well.
I wonder if what we are looking for might be found in Isaiah 41:21-24. There, God Almighty thunders forth a challenge to all the false gods of the nations, daring them to “produce your cause,” that is, to produce “strong reasons” why anyone should believe they are God. If you are wondering what kind of reasons He had in mind, the Lord went on to say, “let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen…
“Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods….”
This challenge went unanswered in Isaiah’s day, of course, for only the God of the Bible knows the future, something He has proved over and over again in Scripture, and something that the failed predictions of others serve to magnify.
With all this in mind, why not put together a short mental list of fulfilled Bible prophecies, and mark Isaiah 41 in your Bible? That way when the subject of the Mayan calendar comes up the day after the December 21st deadline (as you know it will!), you can capitalize on the biggest non-story of the year by reminding people that the challenge of Isaiah 41 has still gone unanswered, and that the God of the Bible is still the only God worthy of worship. Let’s determine to be ready to offer “a word in season” (Isa. 50:4) to all who are disillusioned by the gods of the nations, and are in desperate need of the God who sent His Son to die for their sins.
Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Isaiah 41:21 ¶ Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isaiah 50:4 ¶ The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
To the Reader:Some of our Two Minutes articles were written many years ago by Pastor C. R. Stam for publication in newspapers. When many of these articles were later compiled in book form, Pastor Stam wrote this word of explanation in the Preface:
“It should be borne in mind that the newspaper column, Two Minutes With the Bible, has now been published for many years, so that local, national and international events are discussed as if they occurred only recently. Rather than rewrite or date such articles, we have left them just as they were when first published. This, we felt, would add to the interest, especially since our readers understand that they first appeared as newspaper articles.”
To this we would add that the same is true for the articles written by others that we continue to add, on a regular basis, to the Two Minutes library. We hope that you’ll agree that while some of the references in these articles are dated, the spiritual truths taught therein are timeless.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/capitalizing-on-confusion/
Rev: 2:29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what The Spirit is saying to the assemblies.”
Isah:
But you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledge us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemer from of old is your name.
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Why, Lord, do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.
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For a little while your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary. (Our enemies are the enemies of God)
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We are yours from of old;
but you have not ruled over them,
they have not been called[c] by your name.
65: I said “Here am I, here am I”
65:11 But you who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny, I will destine you to the sword, and ALL of you shall bow down to the slaughter” Because, when I called, you did not answer.”
18: For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered, or come into mind.
For behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy.
55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, says the Lord.
For the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
https://twitter.com/HumansNoContext/status/1402898389080158211
That’s funny, now that my kids have grown up… thanks, Maquis
Funny, I didn’t get it until I read what you said. LOL
ROFL….those single whole black ones were killers!
NATIONAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY
On June 11th, National German Chocolate Cake Day celebrates a cake with American roots. It also happens to be one of the top 10 favorite cakes in America.
Although the name may sound like the cake originated in Germany, it did not. The cake’s roots can be traced back to 1852 when American Sam German made a type of dark baking chocolate for the American Baker’s Chocolate Company. Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate’s brand was named in honor of Sam German.
Over 100 years later in 1957, a recipe for “German’s Chocolate Cake” appeared as the Recipe of the Day in the Dallas Morning Star. This recipe, created by Mrs. George Clay, used Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate, and it became quite popular. During this time, General Foods owned Baker’s brand and distributed Mrs. Clay’s recipe to other newspapers around the country. The current name of German Chocolate Cake, as we know it today, came to be as publications started dropping the ‘s.
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will build a border wall
Texas says “we don’t need no stinkin’ federales”
GETTING THERE
Where the sin and the sorrow cease, and the song and the saint commence. “COME unto ME.” Matt. xi. 28
Do I want to get there? I can now. The questions that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by the words – “Come unto Me.” Not – Do this, or don’t do that; but – “Come unto Me.” If I will come to Jesus my actual life will be brought into accordance with my real desires; I will actually cease from sin, and actually find the song of the Lord begin.
Have you ever come to Jesus? Watch the stubbornness of your heart, you will do anything rather than the one simple childlike thing – “Come unto Me.” If you want the actual experience of ceasing from sin, you must come to Jesus.
Jesus Christ makes Himself the touchstone. Watch how He used the word “Come.” At the most unexpected moments there is the whisper of the Lord – “Come unto Me,” and you are drawn immediately. Personal contact with Jesus alters everything. Be stupid enough to come and commit yourself to what He says. The attitude of coming is that the will resolutely lets go of everything and deliberately commits all to Him.
“…and I will give you rest,” i.e., I will stay you. Not – I will put you to bed and hold your hand and sing you to sleep; but – I will get you out of bed, out of the languor and exhaustion, out of the state of being half dead while you are alive; I will imbue you with the spirit of life, and you will be stayed by the perfection of vital activity. We get pathetic and talk about “suffering the will of the Lord!” Where is the majestic vitality and might of the Son of God about that?
Oswald Chambers
June 11th Devotional
Lovely!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
Evil one.
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.
Afterfeast of the Ascension
Friday of the Sixth Week of Pascha
May 29th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
(June 11th on the civil or commercial calendar)
Acts of the Holy Apostles 19: 1 – 8
Holy Gospel according to Saint John 14: 1 – 11
Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Tyre (+ 308)
Saint Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria (+ 328)
Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (+ 730)
The Fall of Constantinople in 1453
and many other Saints and Holy Martyrs who are commemorated today.
Good morning all. It has been a busy week for this trucker.
So Sunday morning at 10:46 I got a call telling me I would be doing a run for the Vandalia, OH terminal up at Chicago. When dispatch called I informed them that I would need the Toyota Check sheets for the route when I came in too leave.
Went in I came in a little earlier than they told me to because I sensed that there were going to be problems. Sure enough they Vandalia had not emailed the check sheets! After repeated emails and calls they finally did send them just 10 minutes before I would have leaved without them. However, the inexperienced dispatch crew, hurrying, printed the check sheets out on both sides so that in some cases there was a check sheet for one location on one side and check sheet for another stop on the other side.
In total there were about 70 check sheets. One each one the driver has to sign, print name, date, and write in the trailer number.
So I drove up to Chicago and took a 10 hour break at the last service area westbound before the I-294 and I-80 split and there I filled out all of the information mentioned above on every check sheet and organized them into stacks the best I could with the check sheets for each stop having in it’s own stack .
The next day I did a 5 stop milk run on the west and northwest side of Chicago. Then I brought the load back to the terminal in Anderson and put it a door. Got bac k home at about 22:00 on Tuesday.
At 11:00 the next day I went in to the terminal bound for Canada. Drove up and took a break and then delivered a trailer full of pallets of TENNECO shocks and struts, etc going to various places in Canada to a distribution warehouse in Mississauga, ON. Been there several times before and this time they were unusually quick getting me unloaded.
Next I had two pickups. One in Guelph and the last in Burlington, ON. At the last stop they were as slow as they usually are. By the time they were done there was no way I was going to get back to the terminal in Anderson without taking another 10 hour break.
Thankfully, both stops emailed the paperwork to the ACE department at the Anderson terminal that handles getting the border clearance paperwork done so I didn’t have to put PAPS stickers on the bills and fax them or transflow them myself. It would be about 20:00 before I got to the Ambassador bridge and that is a very busy time to try and cross.
Between Detroit and Windsor Canada runs the privately owned Ambassador Bridge. It is a piece of crap! It has been a piece of crap for a long time. This bridge, opened in 1929, should have been replaced or another bridge put in elsewhere decades ago! It handles more than 25% of the commercial traffic between Canada and the US. Far more than any other bridge. It leads to the 401 which is the busiest interstate in Canada. The fact that it hasn’t been replaced is third world bullshit.
The next closest crossing for commercial traffic is up at the Blue Water Bridge running between Port Huron, MI and Sarnia, CA.
Not once in the 9 or 10 years I have been running to Canada can I remember a time that bridge was not under repair with at least one lane closed. This week is was down to a narrow single lane of traffic running each way because they had places in the other two lanes torn down to the girders welding in new anchor bolts.
To get onto the bridge from I-75 one takes exit 47B and that exit only leads to the only way to the bridge. Once you take that exit there is no turning back, your going cross the bridge to Windsor, Canada. Right now I-75 there is under construction. There are three lanes with no shoulders where exit 47B is. Going up to Canada I sat in a line of trucks backed up on I-75 in the right lane there by reducing that major interstate in the city of Detroit down to two lanes going through. Usually there are five lanes!
It took me 1 1/2 hours to get across and clear the Canadian side, almost all of it spent on the US side. And this is not unusual at all!
Coming back I had the hours to make it across the bridge but not the hours to make it home because of the delay at the bridge I knew I would face during the high traffic hours. So I stayed at the truck stop at Comber, CA about 26 miles from the bridge. I have to stop there because that is where I have our ACE department fax my clearance documents anyway and this time I just stayed and took my 10 hour break so I would be going over the bridge at 06:00 in the morning instead of 20:00 at night when traffic is heavy. It took me 40 minutes to come back.
It is a suspension bridge. When I get caught in bumper to bumper traffic on it and sit still as often happens you can feel it swaying and vibrating at times.
It is shameful that Detroit, the US government, and the Canadian government have failed to remedy this situation. No excuse!
Grew up just south of Detroit and going to Canada was like going to the next town. The Ambassador Bridge was worn out in the 60’s…Glad you are home safe!
Thanks.
The same countries that claim they will lead us to a carbon free Nirvana are unable to build a new bridge that has been needed for decades to efficiently connect them.
Burlington?? You are 25 mins from me.
We could have stopped for a coffee. I’d buy.
DD
May have been closer than that. Came down from Guelph using Hwy 6 and left taking the 403 to get to the 401.
If I may share a small personal story that has affected my family’s life recently. My wife grew up atheist and never believed in religion or G_D. I’ve known her now over 15 years and knew from day one we be married. Never once forced my beliefs on her. She’s a good person with a big heart and I count my blessings everyday for
her in my life.
She would attend church with me on occasions out of respect and curiosity. I keep a small Bible in the car and I find her reading it. Soon she asked me to get shows on biblical histories. More and more she wanted to know.
Last week she decided to get baptized and did so. She had the the whole congregation in tears as she told her journey to Christ. It’s genuine and now she assist at the church every Sunday.
I thank G_D daily she came into my life and now G_D has come into hers.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story!!!
Heaven rejoices for every lost soul that is saved. The effectual and fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Read that somewhere
Verse of the Day for Friday, June 11, 2021
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“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Romans 12:1 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
We will fight for you. We will Not just talk about the horror that befalls the weakest among us. We will fight till we end this slaughter of the innocents.
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.
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin’ WeeWeed
TGIF
Jill Biden overseas for G7. She is a shlub of a First Lady.
Oh how I miss elegant FLOTUS Melania………………
Good Morning America, 🙂
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Oh hum, just routine. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Oil-Prices-Drop-After-US-Lifts-Sanctions-On-Some-Iranian-Officials.htmlhttps://iranintl.com/en/iran-in-brief/us-drops-sanctions-former-iranian-officials-routine-step
Grrrrr. Present ‘administration’ now our enemy.
I’ll take politicians for a thousand Alex.
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated & scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
– Mark Twain –
Give Thanks to the people and some politicians of Arizona for being the patriot audit trail blazer …..
The latest Democrat covid-fanatics’ fashion accessory.
Granddaughter: (thumping LOUDLY down the stairs with a box) “Oh, my! Busy Busy Busy”
Me: “What are you ‘Busy’ with?”
Her: “I’m working for Jeff Bezos”
Me: ??? “Oh, really? And what does he have you doing?”
Her: “Delivering packages.
ALL DAY. Packages. For 30 hours a day!”
Me: “That’s nice.”
Later…. overheard from another room:
“Oh GREAT. ANOTHER packaging day in the packaging life. I get sick and tired of it, but I HAVE to do it for Prime because they get my money. $1,000 a day.”
ROFLMAO
She’s SEVEN
Priceless!
Right now she’s producing a series of videos with her iPad about her life as a “Packaging Girl”
She put the family pooch in her bedroom, then knocked on the door and said:
“C’mon, Dude! Open up! I’ve got A LOT of stops after yours!”
I.Am.In.Tears.
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.
Amen.
How will NBC paste it together? They love deep state drones https://www.rt.com/russia/526365-putin-interview-nbc-biden-summit/
Obama’s point man on corruption in Ukraine, and stellar foreign policy experience, Biden, is sending demented signals to Kyiv https://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/ukraines-zelenskyy-frustrated-over-lack-of-support-from-key-allies-in-face-of-russian-aggression/
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.