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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Thinking of “today”, thinking of “now”:
2 Cor. 6:2 (cf. Isaiah 49:8)
“For He says: “In the acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; behold, now is theday of salvation.
Isaiah 55:6-7
“Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and He will have mercy on them, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
Hebrews 3:15a (cf. Psalms 95:7-8)
“As it has been said: “If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts…”
Revelation 22:17 (cf. Isaiah 55:1)
“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.”
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Thinking of why:
Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 5:24
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.”
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Thinking of how:
Luke 18:13
“And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’”
James 4:8a
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”
John 6:28-29
“Therefore they said to Him, “What must we do, that we may be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you should believe in Him whom He has sent.””
Mark 9:24b
“‘Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.'”
Acts 16:30-31
“Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.””
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Micah 6:8 — “He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”
John 13:34-35 — “A new commandment I give to you, that you should love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love among one another.”
Mark 12:29-31 (cf. Deut. 6:4-5, Lev. 19:18) — “Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear this O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is not another commandment greater than these.”
Thank you for sharing Scripture T!
I am just joining in.
Your comments are needed wisdom.
We are a body of Jesus Christ together.
We need each other!
I’ve been silently reading your responses for a couple years.
You have been spot on.
Happened by chance? – or a Designer?
3 minute vid.
You decide.
https://streamable.com/ls7qxz
Very pleasant. Thanks ?
Thank you. Simple elegance.
Hmmm. Perhaps I can sneak in a few added scoops of Bluebell Butter Pecan?
Who? Me? Naw ??
Ooh my giddy aunt, Frank!
My dad’s fave, our fave in this house. Must be a Texan thing?
In God’s creation, peanuts are not nuts. In addition, a lot of the nuts we have are highly salted or sugared. I recently lost over 100 pounds and nuts were part of the diet. Roasted plain or very lightly salted nuts. They provide a significant amount of nutrition to balance the calories and nuts provide a satisfaction fullness that quells hunger.
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12 kittens!
Momma cat must be a real trooper. And exhausted.
NATIONAL GINGERBREAD COOKIE DAY – 21 NOVEMBER
I love gingerbread.
Always my favorite thread of the day.
Hey! Me too.
You do know, they are coming…for your 2a stuff. True?
Keep it dry Treeper friend ?
LO! HE COMES WITH CLOUDS DESCENDING
A much-loved hymn by Charles Wesley (1707-88), based on Revelation 1:7. It is used especially at the end of the church year and during Advent.
Tune is by Thomas Olivera (1725-99), updated by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 1958).
Lo! He comes with clouds descending, once for every sinner slain,
Thousand thousand saints attending swell the triumph of His traiin:
Alleluai, alleluia, alleluia! Christ the Lord returns to reign.
Every eye shall now behold Him robed in glorious majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold Him, pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing shall their true Messiah see.
Those dear tokens of His pssion still His dazzling body bears,
Cause of endless exultation to His ransomed worshippers.
With what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture gaze we on those glorious scars.
Yea, amen, let all adore Thee, high on Thine eternal throne;
Savior, take the power and glory, claim the kingdom as Thine own.
Alleluai, alleluia, alleluia! Thou shalt reign, and Thou alone.
This song always reminds me of my first real love. I was much too young to understand or even cope with the rush of those new, quite raw, emotions. She was my muse, my ideal, she was The One. Only, she wasn’t . . . She gently, with great kindness, showed me that we weren’t suited for each other. She was for someone else. Definitely not me.
The feeling of being suspended in midair, not knowing what to do next as described in this song so perfectly described my confusion, my sense of loss. Every time I hear this song I think of her. We’d moved to another town and I felt even more lost and alone. We corresponded for awhile but that faded. The sense of love-lost lasted for a long time. It actually caused me to wonder well into my late teen-age years if I’d ever recover.
I finally taught myself that I was was just to0 young to understand those intense feelings. She went on to marry her choice, have a large family, and a successful career. As for me, I slowly took her lessons to me to heart. I never forget her kindness but I learned to love in the right way. This helped me find my one true love.
Relationships are best constructed on a foundation of trust and loyalty. That’s where genuine romantic love rests. I married my oil-patch girl, we’ve loved and suported each other through tough-times and good-times. Tonight I went into the house from my study. She was watching detective movies. I sat down, gave her a long back-rub and just enjoyed our shared presence. This kind of love endures. 54 years and counting . . .
21 November 1970
The Carpenters were at #2 on the US singles chart with “We’ve Only Just Begun”, a song originally written for a TV commercial advertising a bank.
21 November 1981
Olivia Newton-John started the first of 10 weeks at the top of the US singles chart with “Physical”. It was her fourth US #1 and went on to sell over 2 million copies.
21 November 1987
Billy Idol had Billboard’s top tune with a live version of Tommy James And The Shondells’, “Mony Mony”. Idol pushed another Tommy James’ re-make, Tiffany‘s version of “I Think We’re Alone Now”, down to number four.
Thumbs up for the Carpenters. I was born in ’73, mom said I was born several decades too early.
Boogie woogie… from across the pond.. Hearing this old classic reminded me of Long John Baldry’s song about it..
I had no use for the Carpenters back then, I preferred metal/acid, the more xtreme the better. I missed a great deal. Karen had a wonderful voice, smooth as silk. John Lennon was a huge fan. She was also an accomplished drummer. Immensely talented, so much more so than many rock stars whose only “talent” was in promoting degeneracy
I was a fan of the Carpenters and Black Sabbath. Saw both live.
Wow, talk about chalk and cheese 🙂 It took me until fairly recently to appreciate the Carps. I saw Karen doing a drum solo and I dug deeper..what a voice! I remember when Sabbath first appeared and they were the talk of the town. Ordinarily I would have been drawn to them because to me music wasn’t any good unless it caused permanent hearing loss. But they were the beginning of a general cultural and musical trend away from peace and love and toward dark nihilism. As for Ozzie Osbourne I can’t understand what appeal an old burned-out alcoholic has for kids today
Have a blessed Sunday, Treepers. Always know that our Lord love us without conditions. His healing Grace will come to us if we just ask. That’s all it takes. Just ask. There’s a direct line to Jesus. It’s called prayer.
Thanks, Garrison. You have a blessed Sunday too. Thanks for the music and nice images
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I have always loved this piece. Bach composed all of his music “for the glory of God”. Blessings
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Lone Ranger Theme Music
Lone Ranger Theme Music spoof – High School Choir (full screen is best)
Now that’s great! A lot of fun!
… those thrilling days of yesteryear.
2010.Certainly wouldn’t happen now.
And the symphonic version accompanied by a famous guitarist…
I was in the lone ranger club
Was trying to find the right video and stumbled upon this. Not quite what I was looking for, but am a Bocelli fan, and his daughter is pretty stinkin cute.
If there is anyone in Northern Illinois or Southern Wisconsin, or further if you like driving, I have an open chair at the kitchen table for Thanksgiving dinner. Mom always opened the door to others. I do the same.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wonderful invitation!
Though I am a Texan by choice, I started my journey in Beloit, WI 62 winters ago.
If you’re (or anyone else here) ever in East Texas, holler at me. 903-nine5two-2947 ?
I pretty much don’t lie Neil Young’s politics. But he’s a good song writer.
This Cowboy Junkies cover is pretty good.
Thanks for posting. The Cowboy Junkies are an old favorite. Neil Young is a very unpleasant man.
Verse of the Day for Sunday, November 21, 2021
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“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/verse-of-day.php
“I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun –not because I can see it, but by it I can see everything else.”
CS Lewis
BE MY VOICE
IT IS FINISHED
“I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” John xvii. 4
The Death of Jesus Christ is the performance in history of the very Mind of God. There is no room for looking on Jesus Christ as a martyr; His death was not something that happened to Him which might have been prevented: His death was the very reason why He came.
Never build your preaching of forgiveness on the fact that God is our Father and He will forgive us because He loves us. It is untrue to Jesus Christ’s revelation of God; it makes the Cross unnecessary, and the Redemption “much ado about nothing.” If God does forgive sin, it is because of the Death of Christ. God could forgive men in no other way than by the death of His Son, and Jesus is exalted to be Saviour because of His death. “We see Jesus…because of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour.” The greatest note of triumph that ever sounded in the ears of a startled universe was that sounded on the Cross of Christ – “IT IS FINISHED.” That is the last word in the Redemption of man.
Anything that belittles or obliterates the holiness of God by a false view of the love of God, is untrue to the revelation of God given by Jesus Christ. Never allow the thought that Jesus Christ stands with us against God out of pity and compassion; that He became a curse for us out of sympathy with us. Jesus Christ became a curse for us by the Divine decree. Our portion of realizing the terrific meaning of the curse is conviction of sin, the gift of shame and penitence is given us – this is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the wrong in man, and Calvary is the estimate of His hatred.
Oswald Chambers
November 21st Devotional
Amen, Stevie. The truth of those words eventually percolated through to me long ago, and they are the most powerful in all Christendom. God’s promise completed. The Lamb sacrificed for us. Who, realizing the meaning, can fail to give eternal gratitude for His love for us who sin. His Beloved Son sacrificed for our redemption. No greater gift.
“His death was the very reason why He came.”
The purpose of the Messiah’s death was to demonstrate resurrection, eternal Life.
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.
Please note that these are defensive Weapons of warfare. Thank you for this wonderful piece
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
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.
The Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm
I personally do not do Thanksgiving but I will offer this , hattip Betsy Jones and Frank .
There is a song that always comes into my head when going into battle so I thought maybe as most don’t understand I would give a gift.
For words of explaining and real meaning a psychedelic mindset with a free metaphysical inward learning helps.
The song is called ” Orange and Red Beams” by Eric Burdon and the animals of the album ‘ the Twain Shall Meet’ 1968 .
A hint: the line ” A baby is born” is in reference to Jesus.
Enjoy , but to do so you need to let go of all .
Tears of anger and joy are one to me.
Have a good Thanksgiving.
Mungrel no surrender.
Well then!
From a mongrel to Mongrel: hat tip to you. ??
Bless-ed Sunday, friend. You express yourself in poetic ways that speak to my heart. I feel every word when you do. It’s a gift, there is no question. Rest up, Christian soldier. Onward!?
Germany | Dr Thomas Jendges Head of Clinic, Commits Suicide “COVID-19 Vaccine Is a Genocide”.
About Covid ‘vaccines’ he wrote:
These are “bio-warfare agents”. He is also said to have described the vaccine in his letter as genocide and a crime against humanity”
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https://philosophers-stone.info/2021/11/20/germany-dr-thomas-jendges-head-of-clinic-commits-suicide-covid-19-vaccine-is-a-genocide/
Synaxis of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel and all the Holy Bodiless Powers
This link is to the account of the Synaxis from the Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints (compiled by Saint Dimitri of Rostov) for today.
He explains, from within the Holy Tradition of the Church, the orders of the Holy Angels.
http://www.cpress.orthodoxws.com/lives_8_november
November 8th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church or November 21st on the civil or commercial calendar
The Church’s Teaching Concerning Angels
(This link uses http instead of https.)
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/angels2.aspx
Mornin’ infidels!
4 black teenage girls attack asians on subway
And nt a word from the so called Fourth Estate. I am shocked! Shocked I tell you!
Beautiful.
The Red Cross has now fallen in line. Straight from the horses mouth:
covid19_newdonor_vaccine_guide.pdf (redcrossblood.org)
Follow the Science:
Pastor John MacArthur:
“Get Vaccinated?”
– Hits all the hot buttons in 8 minutes –
Let’s try to raise awareness about this terrible mega-law the Democrats are on the verge of passing. There is still a chance to stop it in the Senate. Share this on Twitter and FB if you can:
https://democracypeak.wordpress.com/2021/11/20/democratic-bbb-mega-law-will-massively-damage-energy-infrastructure-national-security-and-stability-of-dollar/
This discussion I have been reading on the open thread in the last 3-4 days, is amazing.
I hope to join it.
Some of you out in the blogosphere are amazing and are saying great things of needed wisdom.
I thank God for all you standing in great truth, love of God, family and Nation.
It is what many of founders did.
May God bless all of you!
Please share this video far and wide.
Israel is ahead of us with COVID vaccines and now realizes
the vaccinated are the ones getting seriously ill and dying more
than the unvaccinated. It does not look like they are going down the
road of more boosters(good for them)
https://www.brighteon.com/474635ae-9e29-4696-8d29-20f0fefd9a08
Dios con nosotros!!!!
Let’s see here…it takes a duckduckgo search to find out what we really do here eh?
I caught this today while I was trying to get onto the forum:
Ignoring the news today, call it a mental health day. Enjoy.
Prayers up for: Mike Lindell and his teams, his family, company, employees, travel safety, health, the whole nine yards.
If you’ve been watching Mike over the past 100 days, you know why.
November 23rd approacheth quickly.
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.
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Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.