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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Countdown 2021
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Well, it sounds fine, surely in the time when people had to toil in the fields and there was no artificial light.
But, in my field, firmware engineering, most of us are late thinkers… We will have meetings in the morning. 9AM being brutally early… and most of our real creative work happens in the afternoon and evening.
With working at home, with the separation of home and office gone, often I will be working into midnight and others are on as well.
“No doubt there are justifiable exceptions…”
This. I sleep fewer hours than many, and I don’t laze in bed.
When I have a complex problem to deal with, many variables to hold in my head, I love working late evening into the wee hours, because there are almost no interruptions and I can get that “freight train of progress” rolling along mightily until I finish or reach a good point to pause.
This is the practice of giving our Heavenly Father first fruits…our best, freshest time with Him…
“The Lord God has given me the tongue of disciples,
That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens me morning, by morning,
He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple.” Isaiah 50:4 NASB
The Lord Jesus is not coming back for church members but disciples, a people for Himself.
“. . . Took all my money and wrecked my new car . . .”
Duane..gone too soon. He and Dickey Betts were two off the best
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Love the Allman Bros.
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No Little Martha? 🙂
🙂 Next time
One more classic from the Allman Brothers.. amazing music
I saw them in concert while at the University of Alabama, in the days of my rebellious youth. A sound of their own. Truly Southern, truly unique in a worldly, soulish way.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
31 August 1963
The Angels become the first white girl group to have a US number one hit when “My Boyfriend’s Back” topped the Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCvZfY78Heg
31 August 1968
Decca Records releases what has been called The Rolling Stones most political song, “Street Fighting Man”. The number was written after Mick Jagger attended a March 1968 anti-war rally at London’s US embassy, during which mounted police attempted to control a crowd of 25,000. The single proved to be very popular, but was kept out of the US Top 40 (reaching #48) because many radio stations refused to play it based on what were perceived as subversive lyrics.
31 August 1976
George Harrison is found guilty of subconscious plagiarism of the song “He’s So Fine” in writing his hit, “My Sweet Lord”. He would eventually pay the copyright holder, Bright Tunes, $587,000 in damages.
NATIONAL SOUTH CAROLINA DAY
On August 31, National South Carolina Day recognizes The Palmetto State and her unique landscapes, bold personalities, and long history.
Catawbas and Cherokee were some of the first to greet Spanish and French explorers in the 16th century. Their tribes dotted the land with villages. The Englished established the first successful settlement near present-day Charleston. Named Carolina initially after King Charles I, the colony later split into North and South Carolina in 1710. Following in the footsteps of the previous colonies, South Carolina would become the eighth state to ratify the constitution.
Little South Carolina has more boats than all but six states.
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Fun trivia ?
MY JOY…YOUR JOY
“That My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” John xv. 11
What was the joy that Jesus had? It is an insult to use the word happiness in connection with Jesus Christ. The joy of Jesus was the absolute self-surrender and self-sacrifice of Himself to His Father, the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him to do. “I delight to do Thy will.” Jesus prayed that our joy might go on fulfilling itself until it was the same joy as His. Have I allowed Jesus Christ to introduce His joy to me?
The full flood of my life is not in bodily health, not in external happenings, not in seeing God’s work succeed, but in the perfect understanding of God, and in the communion with Him that Jesus Himself had. The first thing that will hinder this joy is the captious irritation of thinking out circumstances. The cares of this world, said Jesus, will choke God’s word. Before we know where we are, we are caught up in the shows of things. All that God has done for us is the mere threshold; He wants to get us to the place where we will be His witnesses and proclaim Who Jesus is.
Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water. Be a centre for Jesus Christ to pour living water through. Stop being self-conscious, stop being a sanctified prig, and live the life hid with Christ. The life that is rightly related to God is as natural as breathing wherever it goes. The lives that have been of most blessing to you are those who were unconscious of it.
Oswald Chambers
August 31st Devotional
Jesus-Others-You….JOY
I received a phone call last eve from a friend of forty years. He was weeping.
He’s a Marine. Business owner.
He’s stunned, perplexed, angry and grieving, that “America has fallen”.
I advised and comforted him from my Christian perspective as best I could.
Please pray for my longest standing friend. His name is John.
Massive thanks. ✝️
Prayers for John. And many who rightfully are feeling the same way..so sad
Remind John that America is not her government… but rather she is her people. And what is happening now will NOT stand.. her people won’t allow it. If you (or John) need proof of that.. look at the huge number of everyday American citizens who are as we speak, working to evacuate fellow Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan. Groups of veterans who will NOT leave anyone behind. Glenn Beck, who is over there evacuating Christians who are threatened with death… People donating money and supplies and yes, even airplanes in that effort. THAT American has NOT “fallen”… far from it
Will pray for John. It’s hard sometimes to remember when you are in the middle of a mess that God is there and He alone is the one in control. His purposes may be beyond our understanding, but our faith rests in Him and not on the evil going on around us. He will prevail.
“On mine arm shall they trust.”
Isaiah 51:5
In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence and care of God. Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this! O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone! There is no getting at our God sometimes because of the multitude of our friends; but when a man is so poor, so friendless, so helpless that he has nowhere else to turn, he flies into his Father’s arms, and is blessedly clasped therein! When he is burdened with troubles so pressing and so peculiar, that he cannot tell them to any but his God, he may be thankful for them; for he will learn more of his Lord then than at any other time. Oh, tempest-tossed believer, it is a happy trouble that drives thee to thy Father! Now that thou hast only thy God to trust to, see that thou puttest thy full confidence in him. Dishonour not thy Lord and Master by unworthy doubts and fears; but be strong in faith, giving glory to God. Show the world that thy God is worth ten thousand worlds to thee. Show rich men how rich thou art in thy poverty when the Lord God is thy helper. Show the strong man how strong thou art in thy weakness when underneath thee are the everlasting arms. Now is the time for feats of faith and valiant exploits. Be strong and very courageous, and the Lord thy God shall certainly, as surely as he built the heavens and the earth, glorify himself in thy weakness, and magnify his might in the midst of thy distress. The grandeur of the arch of heaven would be spoiled if the sky were supported by a single visible column, and your faith would lose its glory if it rested on anything discernible by the carnal eye. May the Holy Spirit give you to rest in Jesus this closing day of the month.
“My Eternal King” – Crystal Cathedral Choir – YouTube
thank you
“The Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to,” period. Thank you, Flyover. To God be all the glory.
“Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to thy cross I cling.” “Rock of Ages”
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, August 31, 2021
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“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalms 119:105 (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.
On Thursday, August 26, Illinois Governor Pritzker decreed that all college students, healthcare workers, and school staff from preschool through college must get the covid vaccine or be regularly tested for covid.
Pritzker declared that, “Effective September 5, individuals working in these settings who are unable or unwilling to receive their first dose of vaccine will be required to get tested for covid-19 at least once a week and [Illinois Department of Public health] and [Illinois State Board of Education] may require more frequent testing in certain situations, like in an outbreak.”
Pritzker also decreed that masks will be required indoors in all establishments open to the public statewide starting on Monday, August 30.
I know from personal observation that in the St. Louis Metro East region of Illinois there was widespread peaceful civil disobedience against Pritzker’s mask mandate on the first day that it was in effect.
I commend individuals and businesses alike for not complying with Pritzker’s mask edict. Widespread peaceful civil disobedience is the only way to end these mask mandates once and for all.
I can’t report on what mask compliance was like in other regions of Illinois.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-mandates-vaccines-for-educators-hospital-staff-masks-for-everyone-indoors/article_d9db592e-0692-11ec-97e8-eb018c438adc.html
The Granite City, IL School District is facing a severe shortage of bus drivers. I suspect that this shortage is due to a combination of bus drivers not wanting to get the covid vaccine and Pritzker’s overgenerous unemployment benefits that incentivize not working.
I support anyone who decides to quit their job or be fired rather than to submit to any mandate to receive the covid vaccine.
I’m a vaccine libertarian. One should always have the freedom to decide for oneself whether to receive a vaccine regardless of the particular vaccine or it’s reputed efficacy.
https://www.facebook.com/GCSD9.net/posts/989636995103245
Day 17 of 30 Collective Fast
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father.
There is no shadow of turning with thee.
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not.
As thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow;
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
O God our Father,
In Your faithfulness, cleanse and heal our souls and bodies.
Pardon our sins and show us the way to the restoration of our Republic.
Return unity for the division that has been sown
Return peace for the chaos being created
Return truth for the lies being spoken
Return joy for the blessings of our Constitution
Amen
Mornin’ infidels.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, let’s prepare for the upcoming feasts:
Feast of Trumpets [Rosh Hashana] (The Jewish New Year) begins at sundown on Monday, September 6, and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. (Leviticus 23:23-25)
Day of Atonement [Yom Kippur] WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 AT SUNDOWN SEPT. 16 – AT SUNDOWN is the holiest day of the year—the day on which we are closest to G‑d and to the quintessence of our own souls. It is the Day of Atonement—“For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G‑d” (Leviticus 16:30).
Feast of Tabernacles [Sukkot] Starts on the evening of Monday, September 20th ending the 7 day festival on sundown Monday, September 27th. The festival in Israel lasts for 6 days ending at sundown on Sunday, September 26th. It’s the admonition to “celebrate in the presence of Adonai your God for seven days.” (Leviticus 23:39-43)
. . . 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.
I’ve been trying to stay positive these last few weeks about all the awfulness that’s been happening lately but I have to say that when I read of all the dogs left behind that it finally broke me.
That may seem odd to many but I finally broke down and cried.
I have a dog and I would rather put him down myself than leave him to an unknown fate like they did these.
The evil is just overwhelming to me.
I pray that God delivers some justice soon.
I feel the same way.
I, too, feel exactly the same way. Thank you both for posting.
These faithful dogs deserve better than this!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/us-contract-working-dogs-abandoned-kabul-airport-last-plane-left/
Sundance: this is curious:
China shuts down American Chamber of Commerce in southwestern city of Chengdu
https://www.rt.com/news/533523-china-us-chamber-close/
86/46 because he ain’t
error. will retry. won’t let me delete this comment.
Let me try this again. Sundance, shared this story first. wanted to let others know it is coming out. The voter fraud from GPS Phone Ping data story is coming out more now: Via Breitbart
I think you are referring to this?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/24/exclusive-true-the-vote-conducting-massive-clandestine-voter-fraud-investigation/
Yes, I am not good with using the linking apparatus below. I thought it would show as a blue link, and then it just shows as black text. Maybe I can edit it. It is clickable. Just technical stuff is not my forte. thank you.
So much good music!
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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Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Headed to bed, early to bed early to rise. Not wanting any answers, will post the same question earlier in the day later in the week. Just putting out some food for thought. Anyone else questioning the speed with which things are happening? My head is spinning. Part of the plan, or are we maybe scoring some wins? Questions to be asked later. Sleep well my fellow Treepers.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.