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 the day of salvation.
Isaiah 55:6-7
“Seek the LORD to 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.””
Thinking with you!
Be blessed for your daily early am scriptural offerings!
Amen to you both. 💪✝️💪
This devotional hit the spot.
Again. 🌞
Amen, brother! Good morning, guess I’ll see you back here later today 😁 . Have a blessed day!
Good pm old coot. I noticed your comment about a nice tool for Mungrel 🕶
I get it.
Grace to you And oh, our border collie is progressing well Meds have helped
And grace to you, Frank. So glad that the doggie is doing better.
Not sure if I told you but we had a border collie at one time. Probably the smartest dog we’ve ever had. If she got bored and we were busy with other things she’d go out and toss the frisbee to herself. Had those deep blue eyes that could see right through you. Still miss her. Dang, those glasses are fogging up again.
This poem was posted here by Treeper buzzy bee on November 1, 2016.
“I know not by what methods rare
But this I know, God answers prayer.
I know not if the blessing sought
Will come in just the guise I thought.
I leave my prayer to Him alone
Whose will is wiser than my own.”
I have kept this for a long time. I’ve never been able to remember the point where I discovered this bless-ed site, but the date of this has now laid that question to rest. Five years!! Five glorious years.
Deo gratias.
Good morning Betsy.
The nic doesn’t ring a bell – must have been before my time – but the poem hits a gong!
Appreciate your posting it. Blessings.
WP
Most welcome…and blessed good morning to you, WP.
Good morning, Betsy, thank you for posting this poem. Blessings!
And to you, Grandpa M. I’m pretty certain this was on the dedicated Prayer Thread. I knew when I read it that I would be here permanently, first as a lurker, then ultimately as a “resident branch dweller” .😊
Hey Bet!
Outstanding! 5 years!
I read your post a few days back about being in 817.
I became a Texan by choice back in 94? when asked to be NSM for a medical products manufacturer.
Office was Fort Worth, in Sundance Square (oddly enough), in one of the Bass towers.
Small world!
How strange, Frank!! Or maybe not. I don’t know if you saw my answer to you about being in East Texas at any point. I was actually, in a previous life. Two of my chilluns were born in Mother Francis Hospital. I assume it’s still there.
And yes, small world…and getting smaller😉👍
W_P, your posts have become a regular part of my daily morning devotionals. Thank you and be blessed today.
That’s good to know. Blessings back, brother.
Me too.
Routine: Scripture reading. Spurgeon. TM. WP.
I do the bulk of my scripture reading at night together with the Upper Room devotional, in the morning is Chuck Swindoll, WP, TM.
👍
Were we ever this young? Really? We were at a Bruce Springsteen concert at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. This girl walked up to me, looked me in the eye and gave me an ironic smile. She then reached up and gave me the most passionate kiss I’d ever experienced in my young life. I was too stunned to even say “thank you”. She smiled at me in satisfaction and disappeared into the crowd . . . Well, you just had to be there. I turned to my friend, shrugged, and enjoyed the rest of the show.
Oh boy, you’re taking me back, hopeless romances, dreams of music, youth…
And this of my favorite of all CSNY:
“Carry On”
Throw in another oldie for you:
Btw, my fav guitar hookup up is a Martin 12-string with a phase-shift amp. Oh the stuff you can make come out of that combo can be jaw dropping!
Bless you, Garrison.
It’s all your fault for making me post music here! 😁
Twelve string through a Leslie sound system isn’t too shabby either! That spinning speaker makes that 12 string RING!
Try this:
Seems to me that you would want that adjustable to the timing changes within a song and between songs. maybe lots of preset rev settings, or an accelerator pedal for operator control.
Also, why not make an electric equivalent? Instant changes and everybody hears the same thing.
Good morning to you, Solomon😊.
A short time ago, you were compelled, I’ll say, to jump onto your very own branch here…much as I was when I found mine. I was thinking now, as a result, how you have found a niche with all this music and like minded folk which has given you such joy every morning. I’ll bet you never expected that!
And it seems your presence and contributions have opened the door wider for others to join in as well. The ranks are swelling suddenly and wondrously with all the musical postings.
Our Garrison has held the fort for so long, devotedly supplying us with the beauties and memories that only music can provide. Funny, isn’t it, how He leads us to places where blessings take root and grow under His loving watch. All for one decision to join in. Glorious.
Beautiful words🌸
Gracious good morning, FC. I hope the day brings you all things wonderful😊.
Good morning, my brother, I am blessed this morning to see all my treeper friends gathered here. May your day is filled with the Lord’s blessings!
Love the music and love the story. It is/was amazing to discover how just hearing the first few notes of any one of these songs stirred a sensation/memory that was as vivid and as real as if yesterday-so-long-ago were right now. Wow!
You are so right about how music stirs memories. Hadn’t thought about that moment in a long, long time until I picked “Helplessly Hoping”. 🙂
I am clearly not a fan of their politics, but a huge fan of their music. CSNY has always had the most exquisite harmonies and cogent, well-written lyrics. Their songs are not just musically sound and greatly appealing, but the words that accompany them detail real stories and real situations of the time they were written. They are almost like small novels, set to music.
I was graced to enjoy a very intimate concert with less than 150 people with them after their “fame years”….played all of their best songs…it was….simply majestic…the most spectacular two hours of musical, lyrical, harmonious glory I have ever experienced.
Hi ERIC:
Your call sign reminds me of Joe Rudie of the DOMINANT Oakland A’s back in the 70’s.
I loved him and his crew unless they were playing the Reds in the October classic.
Garrison, former Treeman, guess that was before I started lurking…
That video Frank posted of you…
Oh God! Did that ever hit home with me, the frustration, beating my hands, breaking things, etc.
I confess, I’ve destroyed a lot of stuff, some of it expensive.
Thank God I got past that, but the frustration at the time of things going wrong, I just lost it.
I pounded my hands just like you did.
Garrison, watching you in anger moved me in a good way so I understood somebody else’s anger.
But the Lord calmed me down.
I had some good reasons to be angry, but I was still convicted and repented.
I have a new respect for you as a mortal brother.
I swear if I may, you should have been my brother of music and anger. No telling what we would have destroyed, but played together! 😉
Appreciate you so much!
Frank posted a video of me. In anger? I don’t think so. At least I’m unaware of it. Be well . . .
Check out 12.15.2021 open thread time-stamp 5:41am.
He didn’t post in anger about you. It was when you were Treeman and seems like the rest of us at times you were frustrated.
I’ve lurked for a long time but don’t remember a Treeman.
He posted that as an ode to you.
Hope I didn’t speak out of turn.
All I know is that I identified with that video.
Solomon…. I think Frank posted that video as a bit of humor. If you read his following comment….
Garrison has been here for years….always as “Garrison Hall”. And we love him just the way he is. 😀
Thank you Ad rem. I was about to leave. . .
Nooooo….don’t even think about it! 😳
Please , Garrison , Don’t Ever Leave Us !
I Enjoy Your Musical Postings , the Awesome Thoughts and Info You post with them , Your Guitar Knowledge and Your Enlightened Comments on the other threads !
Oh , I would Miss You So Much ! 💐
Noooooooooo!
Dear Garrison, The video was funny but I NEVER thought that was actually you! There s no universe in which you would destroy a guitar!!!!!!! Don’t go!
You may be right, but his post seemed to indicate…and I sure identified with it.
You can remove my comments about that if that would be better CTH.
As a long time reader/lurker…I am familiar with Garrison’s musical and deep spiritual acumen. I told him it was his fault for making me post music on the open thread here of late.
Please do what you think is best for CTH.
You won’t even slightly hurt my feelings to remove my comments.
I love Garrison and all his offerings here.
You yourself are the one who posted under another name, and it has been obvious from the moment you came back.
Thankyou.
Whew! Thx, Menagerie 🙂 Finally my “suspicions”(for lack of a better word) confirmed.
Now if I could only recall the other name. OH, wait….aha! 🕵️♀️ I think I know so I’ll just hush up 🤫
…rather lengthily, involving 2 or 3 names? with a feminine and/or European? sound to it? …beginning with an F or A ? That’ all my antenna 🕶️ is picking up at the moment…………………
Hmmmm, I thought so. Thank you
🤔
Goodaye Leenie,
Do you remember a comment you made suspicion? Do you also remember a comment in reply that you made that I did not respond too!
Your comment to me was “where did that come from” or similar, point is I already noticed but you were the first to see, thankfully you helped me.
I was waiting and in one short sentence by you I seen.
Blessed are those that think.
And you do.
I can’t take Betsy out of that mix either , besides tomahawks are deadly.😒😁😜
Yes, sir, I do remember. ( and I’m still waiting.😂). And you’re spot on about Betsy.
😊…thank you, Leenie.
Amen!! I sharpen it ever day😉LBT
Hi Mungrel 💪✝️💪
RIGHT!!!! “Making friends and influencing people”…NOT…Spidy-sense on full alert!!!!
“Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!”…(no intent to dis Greeks!)
Neither do digital footprints …….
The is the last comment I’m gong to make about this. First of all, I’ve NEVER posted as anyone other than Garrison Hall. Don’t know who Treeman was, don’t much care, but he sure as hell ain’t me. I don’t play steel strings. Don’t own one, don’t like ’em. Finally, I don’t break things. And yes, you did speak out of turn. Please stop. This kind of crap doesn’t belong on the Treehouse site.
Agreed.
Sorry I misunderstood that post.
My apologies.
I told adrem she could remove my comments.
As a long time reader, I only ever read you as Garrison
Again, my apologies.
Don’t know what Frank was thinking
👍 🤠 🍻
Hey Garrison:
It was meant to poke fun. I sincerely hoped you’d enjoy it.
We all love and appreciate you dear Treeper.
Frank, it was funny! And no one with half a brain took that seriously!
I honestly thought it was so patently unlike Garrison it would, in fact, be very obvious fun.
Oopsy
Deleted.
I thought you saw it yesterday but didn’t comment.
Twas my sick humor!
Dear brother!
I did this as a joke to beloved Garrison!
I sincerely hope I didn’t offend anyone!
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It’s Cursday … why are you trying to ruin the day by making me feel guilty … accidents happen.
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Who could mad at a nice dog like this one?
Sometimes the dog gets you. Happy Cursday, Treeers . . .
Wwwwhhhheeeeeeeeeeee!
Video 1: WAT?????? This guy has like a kazillion dogs??? Never seen anything like that. But he seems to manage them all.
Video 2: Mr. Abe Bean. That look in that dog’s eyes. So happy he finally landed.
What wonderful videos!!!!
🙂
Funny! Thanks. 🙂
I never knew this Christmas hymn growing up, but now it’s a favorite. The linked YT is lovely, but it leaves out verses 3, 5, ands 6,
The words were written by theologian / pastor Paul Gerhardt (1607-76), The tune was written by contemporary composer Kenneth Kosche (b 1947). I think the old words and new music were made for each other.
O JESUS CHRIST, THY MANGER IS
1 O Jesus Christ, Thy manger is my paradise at which my soul reclineth.
For there, O Lord, doth lie the Word made flesh for us;
Herein Thy grace forth shineth.
2 He whom the sea and wind obey doth come to serve the sinner in great meekness.
Thou, God’s own Son, with us art one,
Dost join us and our children in our weakness.
3 @ Thy light and grace our guilt efface, Thy heavenly riches all our loss retrieving.
Immanuel, Thy birth doth quell
The power of hell and Satan’s bold deceiving.
4 Thou Christian heart, whoe’er thou art, be of good cheer and let no sorrow move thee!
For God’s own Child, in mercy mild, joins thee to Him;
How greatly God must love thee!
5 @ Remember Thou what glory now The Lord prepared thee for all earthly sadness!
The angel host can never boast of greater glory,
Greater bliss or gladness.
6 @ The world may hold her wealth and gold;
But thou, my heart, keep Christ as thy true treasure.
To Him hold fast until at last a crown be thine and honor in full measure.
. . . 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 (Septuagint)
To Garrison Hall,
You might of heard this piece , I personally find it brilliantly simple .
https://youtu.be/VIN8OXGICA
Hope it works.
Cheers.
Alas the video isn’t available. Cheers backatcha’ mate!
I tried. No link.
To Solomon:
I replied to your posts to me yesterday today…if that makes sense.
https://radianttv.com/stream/
Grace to you Mon
WRESTLING BEFORE GOD
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God…praying always…” Eph. vi. 13, 18
You have to wrestle AGAINST the things that prevent you from getting to God, and you wrestle in prayer FOR other souls; but never say that you wrestle WITH God in prayer, it is scripturally untrue. If you do wrestle with God, you will be crippled all the rest of your life. If, when God comes in some way you do not want, you take hold of Him as Jacob did and wrestle with Him, you compel Him to put you out of joint. Don’t be a hirpler in God’s ways, but be one who wrestles before God with things, becoming more than conqueror through Him. Wrestling before God tells in His Kingdom. If you ask me to pray for you and I am not complete in Christ, I may pray but it avails nothing; but if I am complete in Christ my prayer prevails all the time. Prayer is only effective when there is completeness – “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God.”
Always distinguish between God’s order and His permissive will, i.e., His providential purpose towards us. God’s order is unchangeable; His permissive will is that with which we must wrestle before Him. It is our reaction to the permissive will of God that enables us to get at His order. “All things work together for good to them that love God” – to those who remain true to God’s order, to His calling in Christ Jesus. God’s permissive will is the means whereby His sons and daughters are to be manifested. We are not to be like jelly-fish saying, “It’s the Lord’s will.” We have not to put up a fight before God, not to wrestle with God, but to wrestle before God WITH THINGS. Beware of squatting lazily before God instead of putting up a glorious fight so that you may lay hold of His strength.
Oswald Chambers
December 16th Devotional
Good morning ☀️ Stevie!
🤫didn’t know what to make of the discussion, by others, up thread. Perhaps I’m too much of an innocent and don’t understand the ways of the world.
Thanks for putting in some type of perspective for me😘
May God bless all treepers today and everyday🙏
It not in. Fat fingers 😐
I have ten of those!😊
😀
FC like someone suggested to me a few days ago it’s all Autocorrect’s fault.
Mornin’ infidels!
😂 nice , maybe a little two inch too nice 😜 !
Good morning, good sir! I was unable to visit MP yesterday. Will this morning, as well as that one. It’s always lovely to see you anywhere you pop up. I will catch up with you further down the line. 😉
You already did ! Reply to Leenie above !
No tomahawk for me 😝 I hope !
😉👍!
Morning son, someone should take the fly swagger to the little worm.
Autocorrect strikes again. Should be the fly swatter 🤣.
A post for you on MP1.
Feed him a Poinsettia.
Am I a misogynist? Somehow, a female narrator with a relatively high pitched voice reading ‘Great Naval Battles In History’ just doesn’t cut it for me.
More specifically White Anglo Saxon males. And while I agree, the books are in the public domain and anyone that wants can post their narration on YouTube, so I don’t see that applying in this case.
Actually, as long as a work is under copyright, distributing that narration would be a clear violation and the lawyers can force it to be taken down. Even when no profit is made by doing so, the distribution harms the ability of the copyright holder to profit.
A lot of the ‘unavailable in your area’ videos are due to such strict enforcement since the laws are often different in different countries.
On the whole, strict enforcement is a two-edged sword. Such videos can actually expand the market for the work.
But the wrong voice could also shrink the market.
In “public domain” means the copyright or any legal claim to ownership is no longer legally in effect and thus anyone can legally quote, retransmit, or narrate it.
I have 3 boys….(now men.) In 1992 several books were published when my boys were very young and I began to see this very disturbing trend, that were prescient. (Sp?). Their titles, in a nutshell, were “how to raise boys to be men.” Including, have a strong Dad in the home that listens to them, teaches them, spends time with them. I’m a Mom, and a strong Mom, but you don’t need a brick to hit you on the head to know that boys learn to be men from their Dads or strong male role models. Proud to affirm that my young Men are not going to disappear!
(before anyone jumps on me for this post, I fully realize that single Moms, raising boys, have to be very careful about who they let into their son’s lives to “mentor”them. But it has been done and can be done.). Mama Bear!
I married a divorcee having a 12 y/o son and a 7 y/o daughter. I turned both of them into proud Army brats and both are doing great. Their mother thinks Our marriage was the best thing that could have happened to all three of them. I’m their Dad and nobody better dare to say otherwise. MY son turns 50 this week.
Congratulations!!!! Well done.
Yes. Well done.
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And long may you wave! 🙂
I can say the same for my husband, a good strong man, not my “original” husband nor my children’s biological father. I credit him completely for pulling my son out of certain destruction. OUR son who knows that my husband, through love and strong male parenting, set the fine example which he himself followed to become the patriot (Navy vet), man, and father he is today.
But of course it started with God’s mercy and grace. And I give thanks for that divine intervention which happened long before we ever knew how important it would become.
Praise God Bet (not Midler)!🌞
I have…and I do. Though I do not deserve such blessings I feel sometimes. He has been merciful and full of grace.
And thank goodness my last name is not Midler😁!
Leenie, you are so right. For over 30 years one of satan’s lines of attack on the family has been removing the fathers from the home and having the government become the “daddy”. Sadly, there have been too many willing accomplices. Good for you for raising 3 young real men.
‘My wife and I started a blended family over 3 years ago and have raised 2 real men and one real woman.
And yes, don’t mess with Mama Bear!
I should have also said that bringing them into my life was the best thing that could have happened to me.
The real evil is what has been done to the black community. The number of abortions, father’s not in the home, rampant crime, gangs, and no strong “black leader” advocating for a change in course that I have heard on the national stage. (Please, someone, correct me if I’m missing something!) Breaks my heart.
Amen to that!
Amen. Gut wrenching
…destroy the family, destroy the society.
Sadly, that is the goal of the race and poverty peddling pimps (borrowed that one from JC Watts).
Oops, that is over 30 years ago, can’t blame it on Autocorrect this time.
Autocorrect has done a lot of us wrong.
3 or 30?
30 bro, 30, LOL, and a few on top. I was typing on my phone and didn’t proofread. It’s been quite a ride, I’ve been so blessed by the Lord!
Our oldest son is going to turn 50 next month. I’m not his biological dad but I am his Dad.
Keep telling him that he is getting old and I want my money back.
Niiiiiice
I don’t think I mentioned I am married to Mama Bear 🙂
Being a good mom is hard. Jack of all trades, master of all. My daughter, working a 60+ hour week, with three teens and their after school activities, shopping, house etc (you understand all too well, Leenie) is rearing her brood to be the best they can be. I doff my hat to you.
If I had a clapping emoji, I’d put in a thousand of them.
We have 3 daughters.
You sure don’t offend me!
As a small business owner we wag our heads at most of the current crop of young men.
Nuff said. Spit
Frank, we had our business for many years. Sold it a couple of years ago. By its’ nature most of the employees are young people. the last 5-6 years it has gotten really bad. Most of the ones that even show up for work leave as soon as they find out that you have to actually work to collect a paycheck and not just be on your phone. There are exceptions, of course, and they are the ones that are working.
Fortunately, my 2 years that I owed the new owners after the sale are over. I had told them that I’d stay part time until right before Christmas to help. So I have 2 more working days before I am fully retiredand focused solely on taking care of my parents and the honey dos.
Very cool 😎
I’m probably going to work til I drop…not saying others should…not about the moolah now.
I promised my momma I’d burn out. Not rust out.
I don’t wanna die with a golf club or a fishing pole in my hand.
I know you get it✝️💪
I’m signing off after this!!!! SPIT is right. The guys my 28 year old daughter has dated over the years leaves me speechless. She loves to Dress up…i.e. costumes, Halloween, parties, make-up. Okay. The guys she dates go along with it!!!! I asked my husband, “if I asked you to dress up with me in costumes, would you?” “NFW.” (IN her defense, she lives in San Francisco…condolences, appreciated!)
I get it.
Pwomiss
Verse of the Day for Thursday, December 16, 2021
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“Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.”
Psalms 98:4 (KJV)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/verse-of-day.php
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
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.
Oh MYYYYYY!!!!!! How utterly glorious!!! Thank you, DT
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AGREED BET(not Midler)
😁😁😁💓
Just look at the cleanliness of Moscow’s streets and shopping precincts! The beautiful ethereal decorations, the cathedral spires rising above it all! It makes my heart swell.
Contrast and compare with what has happened in our larger cities, now cesspools of decay and violence. No Glory to God in any of them, all deliberate. How different it used to be.
Bless you for posting this.
Betsy Jones, I couldn’t agree more!
😊!!
I was captivated by your video.
Thanks so much.
Absolutely over the top beautiful.
Comments too.
Continuing with a discussion on Boeing.
Mr. Allen had reason to be upset with Tex Johnston for rolling the Dash-80.
Once before Boeing had gambled the fate of the company on a revolutionary aircraft and nearly lost when the prototype was crashed.
In 1935 the company rolled out the Model 299. There was nothing like that sleek 4 engine bomber flying anywhere on earth. The bomber was faster than any fighter plane then in US service. It was of a unique and highly advanced configuration for its time. And it had been produced on Boeings dime to compete for a government contract that specified a two engine bomber.
It made a big splash in the press. One reporter from Seattle, noting the 4 machine gun positions, coined the name “Flying Fortress” and Boeing adopted and copyrighted that name.
The model 299 made several test flights including one that set an intercontinental speed record. It looked like a shoe in for the contract it had been produced to win.
Then disaster. It crashed killing the Boeing test team and an Army test pilot. A total loss caused by the failure to remove a new type control lock prior to takeoff.
It looked like Boeing was finished. Douglas won the contract with the two engine B-18. It was the depression era and getting capitol to continue without a production contract to justify the investment would be impossible.
Then the Army stepped up and awarded Boeing a separate contract to build 13 of its new bombers. And thus the B-17 Flying Fortress was born.
Then in 1943 Boeing lost one of the two B-29 prototypes in a crash that killed over 30 people and wiped out the Boeing test team. The crash resulted from an engine fire caused by the improper routing of wiring to a test sensor.
So Mr Allen certainly had reason to be concerned when he saw Tex roll the Dash 80.
Good morning, Ray, I really enjoy reading yours and ms idaho’s posts about all things aviation. Thanks.
good morning GrandpaM
happy to contribute to your reading enjoyment.
I can’t speak for rah, but I hope to give folks some things to read that are not doom and gloom.
Good morning, ms idaho, always enjoying your posts. Have a blessed day.
👍
I’ll keep it up. I Love the stuff.
re: not removing a new type control lock – it’s called a pre flight walk around inspection. What bothered me most about our pilot friend describing his final years with his airline is that HE did not do that. Other people had that responsibility for the airplane HE was going to pilot.
Now an engine fire from a wiring problem / test sensor is a horse of a different color. That’s the kind of thing you can’t experience until it goes wrong – the reason for prototype test flights. Not my cup of tea – but somebody has to do it.
Not sure why the plane could not be put on the ground ASAP flying on one engine – or even acting as a glider if both engines were on fire or out….. That’s likely a whole other story?
Eddie Allen was at the controls and the most experienced engineering test pilot of his day. The sensor wiring burned through a fuel line apparently and the fire spread through the wing quickly.
The aircraft having just taken off had full tanks of 100 octane. It crashed into a meat packing plant as Allen was trying to bring it around for an emergency landing. 34 people were killed.
Understand that at aircraft manufacturers there are two types of test pilots, Production test pilots check flight the aircraft coming off the production line to ensure there are no bugs. Engineering test pilots test and help develop the prototypes or sometimes experimental aircraft created to test an aerodynamic concept or experimental propulsion system.
And then of course there are the military test pilots that do all kinds of test flying. Lots of roads on Air Forces bases are named for those that augered in according to the writing of the recently departed Chuck Yeager.
From Newsmax:
McCarthy Prodded to Boot Jan. 6 Reps. Cheney, Kinzinger From GOP
Too bad he doesn’t have the testicles to do it.
Well, two rotations done and one to go. As I sit here parked along the curb in front of the Vandalia terminal there is a stiff gusting wind coming out of the South rocking my Bobtail.
These loads are light and if this keeps up I’ll have to be right on top of it as I head West along I-70.
Pulling a light load or empty trailer in a heavy gusting cross wind is twice as much work as driving under normal conditions IMO.
But my home beckons and so on Friday it’ll be pedal to the metal to the maximum extent possible regardless of weather conditions.
I’ve never known winds to be as widespread as they are strong. Here in North Texas yesterday we had wind advisory alerts. And these have been showing up with unusual frequency over the past month.
Yesterday, I read a post from someone in Denver who said they were getting winds at 60-80 mph. And of course all across the central part of the US. But that’s weather for you. Weather…not climate for those cultists out there😉
Ride! Boldly ride.
Are you able to be home and cozy for Christmas?
Yea! I’m supposed to off from 06:00 Friday until 06:00 Sunday.
Soooo happy for you!!!!!
Well , one of the new guarantee drivers is quitting after a few weeks. I had high hopes for him but he’s going to J.B. Hunt to pull Intermodal dedicated. Ug!
He decided this after he ran into a bit of winter driving in the hills of PA. Some regular drivers call off runs they have committed to when they don’t like the forecast along their route and then a guarantee driver is called to cover it. Some call those drivers “Snow Babies”. I call them something else.
If averaging about $1.45 a mile as a company driver isn’t enough to make up for the hazards and hassles it entail’s then I guess it’s best to move on.
Anyway, to each his own.
What a disappointment, rah. Character tells. Faster in some than in others. I don’t know what happened to standing with a personal commitment. Especially if not following through leaves others in the lurch. A man is only as good as his word in the end. Stay safe.
glad to see you, rah!
saw that 18 wheeler get blown off the overpass on southbound 80/94 just before I-65.
was hoping it wasn’t you.
but all prayers for the driver and the car it hit. 😢
Thank you for your concern. I think I’ll be fine today, but may have to work harder at it than usual.
Not many drive like you do, rah. (or are capable of it)
We have traveled many a mile in a 40 ft motor home with dinghy in tow. Know EXACTLY what kind of driving you are prepping for. What people in cars don’t realize is that you go along ‘braced’ for a particular wind – then (like exciting airplane landings), suddenly everything is different. The wind often disappears (behind a hill or building maybe). Or sometimes it changes direction. Thing is, it affects different parts of your traveling ‘train’ at different times.
A truck driver friend of ours always warned us to drive the cars all around us on the road (mentally of course) hoping they wouldn’t do something to cause us trouble.
Probably has much in common with herding cats. You try to keep the entire ‘train’ under control and heading in the same direction.
The other thing that has to be taken into account is that, depending on your location and the road conditions it may not be possible to ‘just pull over’ Sometimes there is no place to ‘pull over. We’ve been on roads like that. You really have no choice but to keep going. The combination of wind and drifting snow is especially challenging.
I’ll be sitting here, warm, in my comfortable chair, wishing you the best of luck and good driving
Thank you. Now it’s time to do my paperwork. Good night all.
You’re keepin it g. Niiiiiice
Hot diggity, “Mr. C” – blast from the past
Perry Como
Blast from the past – 1957 …. try singing the Lord’s Prayer on prime time now
Perry Como ….. Lord’s Prayer
That was very good, thank you!
Blast from the past – Perry Como
“And I Love You So”
Ten years and counting of the BidenBagLadyBarackBenghazi legacy
https://northafricapost.com/54372-militia-group-seizes-power-in-libya-cancels-dec-24-elections.html https://www.rt.com/news/543334-libya-tripoli-militia-standoff/
But someone plans on running https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/12/gadhafis-son-shakes-libyan-elections
Well I’m parked in the parking lot of a public park less than 1/4 mile from the entrance to my first stop.
The drive was fine. Drove out of the rain just West of Indy and it got clearer as I went west. Wind was not an issue.
Fueled and bought my dinner along the way which I’m eating now. 12” Subway Club on Wheat. Pepper Jack cheese, green pepper, spinach, and pickle. Put mustard on it just before I started eating it. Now that Subway has roast beef back I will get their club.
Dinner will be topped off with my vitamins. Then I have about 35 Toyota check sheets to stamp and sort.
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. And Lord please comfort and relieve political prisoners everywhere… especially Julian Assange, Pastor Pawlowski, all those held in DC dungeons following January 6 protest, and all people all over the world imprisoned for speaking their minds in public
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
The Sackler family tried to “beat the rap” for the deaths they and their company caused pushing opioids.
One small step for justice . . .
Likely the most beautiful harmony I’ve ever heard.
At least the mathematicians are trying to preserve a record of civilization, while the globalists destroy everything they can.