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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oops. landed in Bible Study thread. My bad.
Aw, we’re Open here!
Hey! I’m from etx. Lots of room for lots of topics on these branches.
Hop on! ?
Same message different day.
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This tortoise has probably never experienced such heavenly bliss.
1. @ 55: probably the best guitarist on that stage.
2. the well-arranged strings made this song.
3. only the best of the best get to be studio musicians, e.g. G.C.
Thanks, all great.
Thankfully Glen knew the Lord; he is now in Heaven.
He was part of the famous “Wrecking Crew” — 60’s LA studio musicians, all of whom had serious chops. If you play an instrument, it’s humbling when you realize just how good you have to be to do that work. I’m reading Hotel California which is about LA music in the 60’s and 70’s. Famous names were famous because of those guys.
Then there was Joe Maphis…
August 3, 1959
“A Big Hunk Of Love” becomes Elvis Presley‘s fourteenth straight Gold record. Recorded in Nashville while he was still in the Army, it was the first of Presley’s hits that did not include guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black.
Dear Heavenly Father we pray that you will spare Your body here on earth and rescue us from the tribulation that is surly coming. Look past our unbelief and complacency Lord and strengthen us for the coming repression. The Faith and courage of many of your warriors will be tested as never before. Please make us worthy to be called your children. It’s in the holy name of Jesus I pray.
Amen
amen
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1421935341611724801
Adorable!
They’ll never catch us now!
https://twitter.com/HumansNoContext/status/1421334418019467268
Mornin’ infidels!
Dems don’t really wish that at all. Not even the way a junkie wishes to stop as he injects another fix for his addiction. Truth would be more like:
‘marry me and we can rule the world’.
Good evening WeeWeed!
https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1421933051651792901
Except from their competent and well equipped neighbors .
Tribalism uber alles.
Whoopsie! Space Station made an unscheduled 540 degree flip as newly docked Russian science module goes berserk, initially reported as only a 45 degree akilteration . . .
Space station situation with Russian module misfire more serious than stated: report
Trust me…they’re glad they’re weightless in space.
Just another American technology “giveaway” gone bad.
Head wag
Sounds like they want to be part of the Olympics. But they only made 1 and 1/2 revolutions. If they practice, maybe by the winter Olympics they can pull off a double axel.
THE BIG COMPELLING OF GOD
“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem.” Luke xviii. 31
Jerusalem stands in the life of Our Lord as the place where He reached the climax of His Father’s will. “I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me.” That was the one dominating interest all through our Lord’s life, and the things He met with on the way, joy or sorrow, success or failure, never deterred Him from His purpose. “He stedfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.”
The great thing to remember is that we go up to Jerusalem to fulfil God’s purpose, not our own. Naturally, our ambitions are our own. There is so much said today about our decisions for Christ, our determination to be Christians, our decision for this and that, but in the New Testament it is the aspect of God’s compelling that is brought out. “Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you.” We are not taken up into conscious agreement with God’s purpose, we are taken up into God’s purpose without any consciousness at all. We have no conception of what God is aiming at, and as we go on it gets more and more vague. God’s aim looks like missing the mark because we are too shortsighted to see what He is aiming at. At the beginning of the Christian life we have our own ideas as to what God’s purpose is – ‘I am meant to go here or there,’ ‘God has called me to do this special work’; and we go and do the thing, and still the big compelling of God remains. The work we do is of no account, it is so much scaffolding compared with the big compelling of God. “He took unto Him the twelve,” He takes us all the time. There is more than we have got at as yet.
Oswald Chambers
August 3rd Devotional
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
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.
Tuesday of the Seventh Week after Pentecost
July 21st on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
(August 3rd on the civil or commercial calendar)
First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians 6: 20 – 7: 12
Holy Gospel according to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 14: 1 – 13
Among the many Saints and Holy Martyrs who are remembered today are these:
Holy Prophet Ezekiel (+ 6th century B. C.)
Holy Martyr Victor of Marseilles (+ ca. 290)
Holy New Hieromartyr Peter of Russia (+ 1938)
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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“…The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Psalms 27:1 (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.
Billy Beck has something to say:
https://coldfury.com/2021/07/31/evergreen-2/#comment-11917
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From Ikos III of the “Akathist to Almighty God for Help in Trouble” (page 11):
“O Lord, my Lord, impart Thy peace to my lowly soul.”
Men’s 400 mtr hurdle race shatters world record.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/tokyo-summer-olympics/karsten-warholm-has-great-reaction-to-setting-400m-hurdles-world-record/2618493/
Such a refreshing. wonderful lady, and Olympic Wrestling Gold Medalist too!
Question – has anybody seen any evidence of those hundreds of “conservative” federal judges that the Federalist Society supposedly endorsed for Mitch Mc-Chi-Com to push through?
Have any of them lifted a finger to defend our Bill of Rights?
. . . lather . . . rinse . . . repeat – why wouldn’t they??? Did anybody expect anything else to happen???
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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Kiwi leftists are on the verge of nailing their coffin https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/new-zealand-naive-to-shut-down-its-only-oil-refinery-marsden-point-australian-analyst.html
Brilliant.
https://rumble.com/vkorz0-freedom-fighter-court-victory-ends-masking-shots-quarantine-in-alberta.html
The government could not produce one iota of evidence that the virus even exists, and so admitted in court.
That’s huge.