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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The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, enjoyed jelly beans so much that they were present at his inauguration. He started eating them when he quit smoking years before. The Herman Goelitz Candy Company supplied red, white and blue jelly beans for the 1980 event. At the time, the company didn’t produce blue jelly beans. They created a blueberry jelly bean for the first time, especially for the inauguration.
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Once Upon A Time In Paris . . . Edouard Leon Cortes’s splendid turn-ot-the -last-century/early 20th century street scenes capture wonderful moments from another time in history. His paintings perfectly match the gentle spirit expressed in Satie’s music as performed by pianist Anne Queffelec . Put the combination of imagery and music together and you get a remarkable interlude of solace. Enjoy Treepers. 🙂
Love, love, love this
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Morning Ya’ll , 🙂
😂😂😂 never heard “hard headed Woman” much like, I have though met a few 😒 !
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Morning, Mungrel💓
…guilty…
Good morning, Bet!
Good morning, G!💓
Mornin’ Betsy! 🙂
Good afternoon, Garrison!!😘
Howdy, son!
Wanda’s kind of a dish
She did live performances for a long time.
Liked these. Hadn’t heard ’em in a long time. Thanks! 🙂
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Strange not seeing Whistling Past post.
Hope for a return soon.
I think W.Past said yesterday he/she was taking a *break* , 4gypsy .
He sounded Fine and in Good Spirits 😊
Please feel free to double-check me on yesterday’s open thread 😊
Happy Friday to You 💐
Dad and daughter
Exposing The Enemy.
-who are we dealing with?
Yep, great message. We see it all around us now – lies, destruction and death. We need to root it out of ourselves and call it out in others. The ancient enemy is roaming the Earth, looking to steal, destroy and kill. Time is growing short.
Stunning, Val.
Gorgeous! What is man that God should be mindful of him?!
God is a God of adversity. And in that context, which is the blessing?
As long as God is with you you can walk through fire, it’s his absence that is hell.
Again I post one of my favourite Ben Franklin (putative) quotes
“If you don’t like the world with God in it, can you imagine it without Him?”
“God is a God of adversity” – but also a God of mercy.
With this from Job, it seems as good a place as any to put my single thought about all the upheaval and distress we have all been suffering from the undeniable hand of Satan and the souls he has collected.
I have wondered in the midst of the obvious darkness we can all see, especially with the blatant attempt to direct our gifts from God onto unholy paths, the deliberate killing of our preborn gifts, the deliberate killing and maiming of billions with the biojab, the infiltration of governments and churches with the cults of “climate change” and corruption, and on and on…if He is in the process of awakening us and turning us away from amorality and the destruction which accompanies it back to Him. To show us what happens when He is not in the midst of us.
Increasingly I feel this is so. We (in the general sense) are reaping what we’ve sowed for decades, and our fields are fallow because of it. I do pray His abundant mercy, with that Godly tap on the shoulder, and forbearance will allow us to self correct so that His grace can shine more brightly on our sinful world.
My thought for today, and quite a few days before…
Very well said Betsy, as always! 🙏🏻❤️
Thanks, G😘
April 22 Oswald Chambers
The Light That Never Fails
We all, with unveiled face, beholding…the glory of the Lord… —2 Corinthians 3:18
A servant of God must stand so very much alone that he never realizes he is alone. In the early stages of the Christian life, disappointments will come— people who used to be lights will flicker out, and those who used to stand with us will turn away. We have to get so used to it that we will not even realize we are standing alone. Paul said, “…no one stood with me, but all forsook me….But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me…” (2 Timothy 4:16-17). We must build our faith not on fading lights but on the Light that never fails. When “important” individuals go away we are sad, until we see that they are meant to go, so that only one thing is left for us to do— to look into the face of God for ourselves.
Allow nothing to keep you from looking with strong determination into the face of God regarding yourself and your doctrine. And every time you preach make sure you look God in the face about the message first, then the glory will remain through all of it. A Christian servant is one who perpetually looks into the face of God and then goes forth to talk to others. The ministry of Christ is characterized by an abiding glory of which the servant is totally unaware— “…Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him” (Exodus 34:29).
We are never called on to display our doubts openly or to express the hidden joys and delights of our life with God. The secret of the servant’s life is that he stays in tune with God all the time.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Am I becoming more and more in love with God as a holy God, or with the conception of an amiable Being who says, “Oh well, sin doesn’t matter much”?
Good morning, dear Cat💓
O most loving Father, who willest us to give thanks for all things, to dread nothing but the loss of thee, and to cast all our care on thee, who cares for us; Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, and grant that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which thou has manifested unto us in thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Good Morning Betsy ❤️
Imo, you picked a good one today that describes Val’s illustration 🥰
Amen 🙏
Morning, Cat! ❤️
Good Morning grandpa ❤️
It seemed to fit I think🤗 I thought of it at once.
Amen! ❤️
I remember the bliss of Gods spirit in me. When I first was filled I felt so much love.
Over time I saw the path for me was alone. No matter how close anyone was, it was only me. You might as well let go.
To this day my desire was to grab Jesus and never let him go. I felt so alone, and it must be just that way. It was as if I was dying.
You see it’s our ego that made that life not God. You may embrace those in your life but they will never be as close as Gods spirit. It must be that way.
Our only work is Gods word, he will direct your path.
Meditate in Gods word.
Birthing pains? They come as God moves within you. It’s his life. The more you experience in God the closer and more obedient. Sin is not desirable, only God.
Looking back I can honestly say that I never really thought the vax was something that I would want. I wasn’t anxious for its availability and I wasn’t anxious to get in line for one. I recall I didn’t discount it out of hand at the beginning, it was more a wait and see attitude and as time went on it became no fvck in way. Though I do think I may have caught the covid and recovered. Also, now my medicine chest runneth over with hcq and ivermectin.
There are some very wicked people in the world and in our government.
Dr Tenpenny put me on the right path very early on. She outlined in great detail what we would be looking at…and so it has tragically come to pass, just as she said. God bless that woman. She was the first.
And why?
We are all going to die but they hoard and heap for what?
They rebel against the idea of God instead of embrace the only thing good.
Evil is all that is left and they devour it like honey, yet vomit it up over and over.
The beauty in life is the individual in Christ. Once that conclusion is reached all else fades, as it should. There is no mountain to high or valley to deep.
22 April 1968
Trumpeter Herb Alpert sang “This Guy’s In Love With You” on his CBS-TV special. The Burt Bacharach / Hal David composition would rise to the top of the US chart, where it stayed for four weeks.
22 April 1974
The L.A. group Redbone earned a Gold record for the single “Come and Get Your Love”
22 April 1978
Former Stealers Wheel vocalist Gerry Rafferty releases his biggest solo hit, “Baker Street”. It will reach #2 on the Hot 100 and was written about one of London’s most famous streets, home to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Good Morning rebel!!!
Great tunes!!!! Thanks 😊
Happy Friday, Feral Cat 😊
Next one?????
Rubbing paws, crooked smile. 😎
I SO miss the Blockbuster stores. They were a hoppin’ place to go on Thursday and Friday nights – packed. You would see people you knew and get good tips on what to rent and what not to bother with. It had a positive vibe in the store, a community gathering place. Nothing has been able to replace it.
Family Video in SW NY and in NW PA! The staff always seemed to be movie buffs and were very helpful. They’re all closed down now but after renting VHS tapes for a decade and then DVDs for a decade I came to the conclusion that VHS tapes were a better option for rental stores. I treat my CDs and DVDs carefully but I am in the minority. I work in people’s homes and it seems most homes have CDs and DVDs scattered everywhere and without a case. I seldom had any problems playing rental VHS tapes but the last few years over a third of my DVD rentals were scratched and didn’t play correctly.
Good morning,
It’s Friyay! How is your soul today? Mine is alive!
Good Morning phflipper!!!!!
Love that question!! 🥰
Mine is “Let’s do this!”
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.
Verse of the Day for Friday, April 22, 2022
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“But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,”
Luke 6:27 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
BE MY VOICE
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
hilarious
Heels up!
eyewash please
good eye
I wouldn’t have caught that
but it’s obviously in Garrison’s vocabulary, innit?
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
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 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim of Syria
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Great Friday
Orthodox Christian Church
“On Holy and Great Friday, we celebrate [commemorate] the Holy, saving, and dread Suffering of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ: the spittings, the blows, the slaps, the insults, the mockery, the purple robe, the reed, the sponge, the vinegar, the nails, and the lance; and above all, the Cross and the death which He voluntarily accepted for our sake; in addition, we commemorate the saving confession, on the Cross, of the good Thief, who was crucified with Him.”
From the Synaxaria of the Triodion
by Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (+ ca. 1335)
April 9th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
April 22nd on the civil or commercial calendar
Blessed Holy Friday to you, Sepp
Thank you! And may this day be blessed for you.
This channel on YT has several selections of Sacred Hymns from Great Week and Pascha in the Orthodox Christian Church. These are mostly in English and Greek.
http://www.youtube.com/c/vagos2006/videos
thank you, Sepp
Blessings
The Great American Songbook…………..
“The Best Is Yet To Come”. Composed by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Written in 1959, this is the last song that Sinatra sang in public. “The Best Is Yet To Come” is etched in Frank’s headstone.
Coleman and Leigh collaborated on many hits that are standards today.
Here’s Frank singing with Quincy Jones as band arranger/conductor.
Nancy Wilson puts more swing and delivers the song with ore lightness
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Dzien Dobry (good morning)
Mornin’ Treepers
Glory to God for all things.
Good morning, Lonestar. The Breath of God, as I like to call the winds which have been with us daily this spring, is still active this morning. All blessings to you.
Good morning, LS!
Blues Friday
Whenever I hear Hey Joe I always think of this song…
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What would Jesus say to Disney?
Instead of a video this week, here is one of our recent posts that has been shared quite a bit on social media.
Do you think teachers should be instructing Kindergartners to third graders about sex, homosexuality and transgenderism? And that this should be done without the consent of parents? Disney does. Apparently, the political desires of a vocal minority of adults is more important to Disney that the innocence and well-being of children.
Sex is a supremely good and powerful gift given to us by God. But sexual acts are so powerful that they must be conducted by adults as God intended, otherwise lives are forever hurt or destroyed.
To ask young children to conceptualize sexual acts and identities is what C.S. Lewis would say is a man-made ideology that wretches a good thing from its context where it is “swollen to madness” in its isolation. Everyone must be sacrificed to whatever the powerful sex lobby wants, even our children. This is madness. Let’s heed the Savior’s warning: do not cause children to stumble.
Dr.Frank Turek
CrossEXamined
https://crossexamined.org
 
William Brewster & How Pilgrim “Covenant” twisted into “Social Contract,” then Socialism – American Minute with Bill Federer
April 21, 2022
In 1534, England had officially established the Church of England.
A revival movement to “purify” the Church of England was led by “Puritans.”
Other groups simply separated themselves, meeting in secret, being referred to as “Separatists.” Members of one such group were known as “Pilgrims.”
…Keep Reading….
https://americanminute.com/blogs/todays-american-minute/william-brewster-and-how-pilgrim-covenant-twisted-into-social-contract-then-socialism-american-minute-with-bill-federer
Download as PDF …
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Kangaroo court witch hunt to keep MTG from running for reelection is using CNN hitpieces and made up “quotes” as their evidence. Patriots need to flood the phone lines in D.C. and demand an end to this travesty or start hearings for all of the Democrats who participated in the steal of the election and the Coup.
Consider just in this last hour you traveled about 470400 miles through space.
The Milky Way rotates at a speed of 130 miles per second.
The Earth is moving 67000 miles per hour around the sun.
As we rotate 1000 miles per hour.
We are space travelers.
wonderful camera shot
Well well…
UPDATE: Gonzalo Lira is not deceased. Last reported held by Ukrainian Security Services. Of true, it’s not good, but at least he has not been killed. May God Almighty protect him.🙏
Wow betsy, good info. Thanks for posting and we’ll now switch back to prayers for the living!
tell me ….
Currently they are trying to frame Marjorie Taylor Greene for events surrounding 1/6.
It’s infuriating and I need help knowing who I should contact in gov. to make my thoughts known about this. Any guidance is appreciated.
Hu is Refried Obama kidding?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/solomon-islands-us-warns-against-china-military-presence-2642151
Oops
I needed that laugh! That is remarkable!
Amen
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.