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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A devotion for today
Abraham also held fast to his previous revelation from God that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars and the grains of sand. He believed God and this belief was accounted to him as righteousness.
He had only one descendant (with Sarah) so for God to fulfill His previous promise, Isaac would have to be brought back to life. He considered that God was well able to bring Isaac back to life.
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Your wish is my command.
Make you one of these in about 10 minutes.
After 11 years I’m not big on pizza anymore, got some ribs I grilled the other night warming up for dinner tonight.
Pulled a Biden tonight and declared a lid for the evening as I am outta cheese, gotta shred more for tomorrow.
I won’t eat bugs
Good morning Patience, I’ll stick with venison.
Good morning, Grandpa 😜
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Real class here. Thanks Patience!
😎
-Happy day, Garrison…❣️
You too, darlin’!
Thanks Patience, the deer not playing much in the heat right now. Just resting in the shade and waiting for their evening corn. Then you get corn fed venison. 😁 Just kidding, the deer around the house are off limits.
Good morning, GrandpaM, Yup, venison chops for dinner tomorrow. Yum, yum.
Morning Marti. Tween you and Gramps I’m getting a hankering.
Afternoon Marti!
Good afternoon, Grandpa. Hope you are having a great day. Jim in kitchen making his marinade for the chops. Smells really good. He took hamburg to the butcher last week and had bologna made. What a treat that is.
Our hamburg is all venison. We butcher our deer ourselves so we know exactly what is in it. No additives.
Marti, our white tail burger has some pork in it but the axis burger is straight up venison. the white tail need a little fat to hold it together.
But axis is my favorite, better than cow.
Good morning Gramps. Nice choice in the meat department.
Good afternoon Levi, deer sausage and home grown zucchini and tomatoes for lunch.
Ooooooh that’s living large. Nothing but mouth watering. Skipped lunch but looking at a slab of smoked ribs. I’ll make up for the missed calories in a while. Wouldn’t want to short myself. Keep up the great work, Gramps.
Smoked ribs sound great! I prefer beef ribs if they are smoked right.
Good morning Patience. No bugs here either. Anyone thinking I will can, in polite terms, KMA.
Don’t let the bugs in.
Keep the bugs where they belong; OUT!
First it was Trump Tower
Then, “…gold in the walls”
Leftism is crawling-creepy
God Bless America, 🙂
Like this a lot, Jay. Thanks! 🙂
🙂 🙂
Ah, jay 1776, thank you for posting both renditions of ‘I’ll Fly Away’. What sweet memories that song brings back………….it was sung at the funeral services of a very, very special someone. Thanks, again.
🙂 🙂
Beautiful, Mr jay, on this Sunday morning 💖
Good morning Bet! Nipper and his mom came for a visit yesterday afternoon. Later I took him on a 60 miles round trip to see his daddy at work. My heart is breaking.
Sending hugs ❤️
Mine is breaking with yours, G. I have no adequate words to tell you how much. My eyes have become moist thinking of it. Thank God Nipper has you in his life. It is no small blessing that you are. Ever since this all broke loose, all of them and you stay in my heart and my prayers, dear friend. I’m sure he’s too young to understand. Whatever normalcy you give him, that permanence in his day to day, is a reassurance for him. It’s a heavy load to carry for all…I know.🙏💔
Thank you, Bet and Cat. 💜
🙏🙏
Sending loving appreciation your way Grandpa. You are investing your time in what is valuable. May God bless you abundantly and your Nipper also
God Bless Betsy,
Mr jay, your lovely pictures do so much for my spirit. Not the pictures alone, but that they come from you. That is the gift for me.😘
Thanks, Jay! 🙂
🙂 🙂
Love both of these songs. Thank you Jay
🙂 🙂
Good morning Jay. Wonderful post.
🙂 🙂
As a life-long fan of bluegrass and a terrible banjo player, I whole-heatedly approve of this selection of music.
JESUS HAS COME AND BRINGS PLEASURE ETERNAL
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us.
Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ. And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.
– 1 John 1: 1-4, WEB
1 Jesus has come and brings pleasure eternal,
Alpha, Omega, beginning and End;
Godhead, humanity, union supernal, O
great Redeemer, You come as our friend!
Heaven and earth now proclaim this great wonder;
Jesus has come and brings pleasure eternal!
2 Jesus has come! Now see bonds rent asunder!
Fetters of death now dissolve, disappear.
See Him burst through with a voice as of thunder!
He sets us free from our guilt and our fear.
Lifts us from shame to the place of His honor.
Jesus has come! Hear the roll of God’s thunder!
3 Jesus has come as the mighty Redeemer.
See now the threatening strong one disarmed!
Jesus breaks down all the walls of death’s fortress,
Brings forth the prisoners triumphant, unharmed.
Satan, you wicked one, own now your master!
Jesus has come, He, the mighty Redeemer!
4 Jesus has come as the King of all glory!
Heaven and earth, O declare His great pow’r.
Capturing hearts with the heavenly story;
Welcome Him now in this fast-fleeting hour!
Ponder His love! Take the crown He has for You!
Jesus has come! He, the King of all glory!
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The denomination I belong to suggests a specific “hymn of the day” for each Sunday. This is the one for this week.
Although this hymn and its music were written in the 1700s, it was not translated from German to English until the 20th century. According to hymnary.org it appears in three American hymnals.
Good morning 1530!
Hey Grandpa!
Good Morning 1530!!!
Thanks for all spiritual inspiration!! Keep it coming!! 😘
HI FC! Wishing you a wonderful week.
Back at ya 1530!!!! 😘
Gracious morning, 1530. These lyrics are spiritual poetry. Surely God inspired🙏. Blessings to you, sir.
And to you, ma’am.
One more . . .
Hi Garrison, best wishes to you!
You too!!! 🙂
Love Allison Krauss!!
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🥰
Good Morning Garrison ❤️
Good morning Cat!
Hiya, Cat!
Good morning Garrison. Have a blessed Sunday.
Was just thinking where’s my bud Levi? And viola!!! All is right in the world today, now 😊
Good Morning Levi!! ❤️
Sometimes in right out front and sometimes I am lurking in the shadows. And sometimes I don’t even know where the heck I am. Cheers!
😂!! Ain’t it the truth!
You have a wonderfully blessed Sunded, also, Levi. Mine looks to be happy . . . and quiet. . . 🙂
Beautiful. Happy is a beautiful thing in life. And funny how, as we age, quiet is so greatly appreciated. Cheers!
Have a blessed Sunday, Treepers. Always know that Our Lord is always with us. All we have to do is accept Him as our personal savior. It this is difficult for you just pray your childhood prayer . . . “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray The Lord my soul to keep.”. Do this and you’re in! Honest.
Good gracious Sunday Morning, Garrison💖 When the words of my prayers are so many and often jumbled, I turn to that perfect Lord’s Prayer and then this one you mention. He knows my heart. I’m certain I’m heard.🙏
Hi, Bet. I’ve always felt that belief and faith are what really count. Our Lord knows us better than we know ourselves. . . 🙂
Garrison… Betsy… imo wise words you posted 😉
Indeed…
He does. Most assuredly. Faith in things seen but above all in things unseen. He knows the roads ahead which we do not.
So true Garrison, all you need is the Faith of a child.
Well we are all his children, jay. 🙂
Indeed.
Doctor Carrie Madej spoke emphatically about God and prayers (a true believer is she), during her phone call with the 5 doctors, after surviving the plane crash.
It’s posted on 1st page of CTH Pres politics
– miracles do happen
Never give up on believing in miracles ❤️
Children of His, which we are.
Note to Treeper, friends. It looks like Trump is—sooner rather than later—going to announce his intention to run for president in 2024. When this happens there’s going to be a absolute firestorm of negative political opinion directed toward Trump. What we can expect is this: Donald J. Trump is going to absorb this avalanche of progressive hate and slough it off like water off a duck’s back.
Then—and wait for it—he going to sink his teeth into the Biden administration’s redolent failures. One by one Trump’s going to hang those totting albatrosses around the necks of the Biden establishment where they will have to wear them throughout the coming campaign.
The Republican Party is MAGA and Trump is the leader of MAGA. Keep in mind that DJT can draw 86.000 MAGA supporters to a rally outside of Houston when he wasn’t even running for office! The MAGA movement is real and President Trump is its leader. The real Republican Party is MAGA. GO TRUMP!!!!
You are so right!
Our President Trump is the only real LEADER on the political stage today.
🙂
https://gab.com/ilDonaldoTrumpo
Scroll down just passed the “Nancy goes crazy “
Here it is
Good morning, Patience💖 Our side really does have the best memes. And I say “the best” but thinking on, I’ve never ever seen a single meme from the Party of Hate and Lies. Not a one (thank goodness).
Hello and a joyful Sunday to you; smart… sincere, Betsy❣️
Yes… , gives quite a meaning to:
-Truth be told.
Yes ma’am. Truth will out indeed. It might take longer than we wish, but it always does.
Good Morning Betsy and patience!!!! It’s a beautiful day just starting to shine!!! ❤️
Hi there, Cat!!!!!
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Hi jay!!! Getting hot enough for that hummingbird bird spa!!!!! Rubbing hands in excitement…. big grin!!!!
🙂 🙂 🙂
Cant resist….I’ve seen one meme they use frequently….toilet paper!!!
Triple ply
cannot absorb their 💩
Don’t hold back, girl! 😂
You realize my leash snapped in may……. 😜 😂
Good morning Betsy. Their memes are exactly what you would expect, full of hate and lies.
Good morning, Levi. I believe they have not the wit to construct a decent funny one, humour not being a strength of theirs. There’s nothing funny about spite, malice, and destruction anyway. Plus they cannot laugh at themselves, that ability being a wonderful thing to own.
Amen
Ok…so by this time y’all…sorry…ALL y’all know I’m a dud on posting links…
BUT!!
On Gateway Pundit the brilliant Conservative Momma (!!!) has a 2 minute video hilariously recapping the ludicrous Cassidy Hutchinson “testimony” in front of the obscene Stalinist show trial in Congress this week.
After that if I were Cassidy, I’d crawl back into bed, pull the covers over my head and never show my face in public again without applying a Hollywood level disguise.
Oh my!!😂😂😂
You know, Bet, I’ve been wondering just what Cassidy’s motivation was for spinning such a story—2nd hand and, now untrue according to the secret service agents named in her statement?
Granted she’s only 25 and , with that in mind, surely someone in the loop should have advised her that if her account wasn’t true then she should not appear before the crooked “investigation” committee.
Once her story fell apart, I felt immensely sorry for her. She’s apparently out of work. Now, after all this, she has the kind of notoriety that will follow her around for decades. Poor woman. Who’s going to hire her now?
She was used, Garrison, in the most horrid way. Because that’s what political slime does.
Yes, I will retract my unkind words about her, so thank you for apprising me of her situation. Note to Self: Hold fire for those with no experience in these matters. Let rip for those who use and abuse such people. We know who they are.
Thank you for your gentle reprimand. It is deserved. Mea Culpa.
Not me.
I can see his point, G. My retraction was for being unkind in the way I phrased my comment. I could have left that off. That’s not me. And I am sorry for that.
On the other hand…and this is something I’ve gone back and forth on since I posted my comment to Garrison….she made a choice to “testify” using heresay. That she is now paying the price for it will probably be the costliest lesson she ever learns.
So if, like Garrison, I pity her situation…and I do, because who of us has not made a catastrophic error of judgement in our lives…I can fault her for trying to submarine President Trump….and I do fault her for that..
Lewis said (paraphrasing) that experience is a harsh teacher, but you learn…by gosh you do.
So I’ll hope in her self imposed circumstances she has learned and perhaps gives a little think about how she needs to alter her thinking.
Again, my mea culpa is for my unkindeness, which I do have control over. As I said, it’s not me, and that I do regret. Love ya😘
Ahem,,,,
Calling a liar out is not too harsh a thang.
~It’s not like there’s a closeted blue dress or anything.
So true, Patience. I do however have to be responsible for my words.
She will be held responsible for hers.
Love back at ya Bet! I don’t think you have anything to apologize for. 😍
Good morning Patience. That’s hysterical. Thanks for the chuckles.
Smiles and joy…., Levi❣️
Actually, I believe it’s really a message:
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The best IS COMING 🇺🇸
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Surf’s up!!!!
Almost time to ride the red wave!!!!!
Note to the guys…..no budgie smugglers!!! 😂
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Morning Garrison! And past time to get rid of all the rinos. More like run over them with the MAGA train!
Mornin’ Gramps. As Kudlow says, “the cavalry is coming!”.
Oooll, can I drive? My green tank has a cage in front… I’ve been practicing… can hit ANYTHING smack in the middle. I’ll clear our path, pretty please? Please? Running to get keys….. 😂
Hurry!!!!!
I’m trying…I got a boot and SOMEONE left their stuff laying around, obstacle incentive course, hey? Smarty pants!!!! 😂
Cat, you get the first go around. 🤣
Go President Trump!!!
Awww fdr…. did you borrow Leon’s camera?
Catching us on the beach??? Girl can’t have any private fun 😝 now I’ve got you AND Leon to watch out for…tapping foot….
Yes, it’s true…I’ve been getting lessons. He is a good instructor ❤️ They should come in handy!!!!
Have a blessed day fdr!!!
Nice to bump into you 💋
Woof…
😂
Hi feisty! Thank you!!!!
You’ve got me kicking up me paws this morning!!! 😘 💋
Speaking of paws, is one of them hurt? You mentioned a boot yesterday. And once it’s healed it’s time for the lesson on bricks and rusty knife use. 😂❤️
Hi grandpa!!! You got my report!!!! Awesome!
Thanks for the kind thoughts…boot? It’s just a “scratch “ nothing that won’t heal in time.
Now my frolicking spirit, is another animal. Been hanging out with a new group, as well as the cth Foreign thinking they be. Getting attuned. Someone I know introduced me to their new friends. Top notch, best of the bunch according to your standards. You’d be proud of the outcome. Your lesson aren’t for naught 😉 thank you ❤️
Have a happy blessed day 😘
just a scratch, huh? bet you got it caught in the wood chipper you were going to lend me. some scratch! something like getting your arm ripped off in the hydraulic crab pot puller???
😂
I’m taking the 5th
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Good morning Hayseed. Those are some good jolts of oxygen in the blood. Have a great day.
Spectacular scenes from a surprising good movie. Thanks for posting. 🙂
Good morning, Feisty. I love that movie and the great music in it. I have it on VHS tape and still watch it.
3 July 1971 Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (The Doors) and poet, dies of heart failure at 27.
Riders
3 July 2012 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), dies from a heart attack at 86.
Shall We Gather
Morning Magic. There is nothing Andy ever did that I don’t love. Good share. Cheers!
I first heard Rider’s when I was sitting on the floor of a friend’s living room back-in-the-day. I have to admit I was in a rather too comfortable altered state of consciousness at the time. Definitely eerie/scary stuff—very much in sync with the murky and dangerous dark side of LA culture. Scared the pee out of myself. Don’t do this at home kids. 🙂
Good morning all.
Allison goes home today. Her Moma is here getting some sleep and they fly out late this morning. It has been a Joy and a blessing to have her but a high energy 7 year old can tax ones endurance. I am sure though that she has had a visit she will always remember. She got to do a lot of things she can’t or doesn’t do at home at Daytona Beach. I’m glad I took a weeks vacation to spend more time with her.
I think she is going to miss Geisha our Cocker and Gabby our cat, and Peanut Butter & Jelly, nearly as much as us. PB&J is what she named a local outside cat that comes over to our house because she likes our company and we feed her breakfast. That black and white kitty especially likes Allison because she gives it a lot of attention. That small kitty has some kind of a problem so that her tongue sticks out but has no problem eating or hunting. About every morning she has been on our deck waiting for Allison to come out and feed her.
I have always said that little boys are cool, but little girls, well, they make the world go round. We may drive down in October to visit them at Daytona Beach. Still warm enough to enjoy the pool and the beach but the heat is generally not so oppressive that time of year.
Good morning, rah. And I’ll tell you, your “animules” as we creatively have called all of ours for years, will miss her as she will miss them.They just have that sense with children.
I’m so glad you and Sherri had her precious company for the time you did. Memories without price.
Rest up for your Tuesday (wasn’t it?) road trip. Blessings.
Oh and this which I saved for you, and was seen on the back of a trucker’s vehicle (like yours)…in HUGE white letters…
“SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT BUT…
TRUCKING IS IMPORTANTER”
So say all your friends here😉
Gonna be hard to do. Fireworks on the 4th going off around here and then I take off early on the 5th. I’ll put on my headphones and see if they work.
A few went off here last night. Not enough to sound like fireworks. More like gun shots. Enough though to send our feral cat appear from the darkness and scurry under an old couch we have in the garage only for warmth in the winter. Here’s hoping your earphone worm (crossed fingers).
Works!!!! Obviously…
Gunfire and fireworks around here on the 4th. A couple of years ago so much fireworks exploding that this whole side of town smelled like gunpowder. Now that was a bit weird!
Hiya, Rah. A good friend has his two granddaughters (22 and 24) visiting him. He doesn’t get along with his two daughters who are estranged. His granddaughters, however, remember their good times as children and have remained close. He and his wife, very nice people btw, gave them a gift they they now very much appreciate. You’re doing the same
The government pulls out all stops to sell the climate change scam. It’s “science” to destroy old records, or to take them off line, you know. Here is an example:
“Page Not Found” | Real Climate Science
“Tropical Storm Colin” what a bad joke! That mild storm would have never been named if NOAA NHC was not all in on selling “Climate Change”. They hyped that BS without regard to ruining the holiday weekend of people along the coast of the Carolinas. It was a nothingburger from beginning to end and now, just 24 hours after they named it, you won’t see any swirl on the radar. It is nothing but an area of low pressure.
Maximum wind gust reported inshore was 37 mph. A good thunderstorm kicks up more of breeze than that! This is a lie and I think they knew it was a lie when they published it.
There is another aspect to this. If the officials and news continue to overhype this kind of stuff, people will stop believing them. Then when a real threat comes along people will not take the proper precautions and the casualty counts will climb. But our government would like that. Anything, including unnecessary deaths to sell the scam.
A prime example of the Colin Hype.
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAZ6Zrh.img?w=534&h=300&m=6
What it looks like now.
GOES-East – Sector view: Caribbean – Band 7 – NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
It was still born.
You are correct sir, any weather today is greeted with words of peril. Meteorology has become the science of the little boy who cried wolf.
Good Morning wodiej!!!
Good to see you!!!!
Ever have one of those days, where music chatters sweet nothings in your ear the.whole.day? Guess it’s my turn 😜
Thanks!!!!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
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.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Sunday, July 3, 2022
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“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
Revelation 21:4 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
A repost….perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in awhile so we may see life with clearer view again
Praise our Lord!!
Praise God from whom all Blessings flow!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
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.
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)
Apostles’ Fast
Sunday of the New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke
Hieromartyr Methodios, Bishop of Patara (+ 312)
Elevation of the Relics of Saint Edward the Royal Martyr (A.D. 1001)
Saint Nicholas (Cabasilas) (+ 1397)
June 20th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
July 3rd – civil or commercial calendar
Faith of Our Fathers
Faith of our fathers,living still,in spite of dungeon,fire,and sword;
O how our hearts beat high with joy,whene’er we hear that glorious word:
Faith of our fathers,holy faith!We will be true to Thee till death.
Our fathers,chained in prisons dark,were still in heart and conscience free;
And truly blest would be our fate,if we,like them,should die for Thee.
Faith of our fathers,holy faith!We will be true to Thee till death.
Our mothers,too,oppressed and wronged,still lived their faith with dignity;
Their brave example gives us strength to work for justice ceaselessly.
Faith of our fathers,holy faith!We will be true to Thee till death.
Faith of our fathers,faith and prayer shall win all nations unto Thee;
And through the truth that comes from God,we all shall then indeed be free.
Faith of our fathers,holy faith!We will be true to Thee till death.
Faith of our fathers,we will love both friend and foe in all our strife,
And preach Thee,too,as love knows how,by kindly deeds and virtuous life.
Faith of our fathers,holy faith!We will be true to Thee till death.
A blessed Sunday to all. Pax vobis. 🙂
Bless-ed Sunday Morning to you, Casco💖 and thank you for this most wonderful hymn. It’s perfect for our Fourth weekend . You are and have been very much on my mind lately. I am praying you are well and will enjoy a couple of days off from the mine. Blessings, my friend🙏🌷
Great morning to you Bet! It was one of my favorites back when I used to go to church…so I figured I’d bring it here.It really is a lovely hymn.
No such luck from the mine though.I’m just running a little slow today.Got to get these bones a movin’ and work the kinks out.Once I get rolling,its full steam ahead.
Been really busy…75-85 hrs/week. I come in late at night to check out the days conversations.Glad to see GrandpaM’s vein procedures going well,Marti’s kids seem to be on the mend,and Conspiracy Reality is back.Still praying for Cavemom’s husband and for the wonderful soul of Dr. Z…he left us too soon.
I’m doing just fine.Exhaustion is an old friend of mine,and I probably wouldn’t know what to do without him.(plus it keeps me out of trouble!)Thank you for the prayers and the kind words Bet…they really are uplifting.Blessings to you and your family as well amiga. Casco 🙂
Good evening, Casco. Thank you for this hymn. It is a long time since I heard it, but I really like it.
My son is much better but his wife seems to be taking longer to get over the virus. She still has a bad cough but she is testing negative for the virus.
Blessings to you and have a good day tomorrow.
Thank you Marti and continued prayers for your son and daughter-in-law.Blessings mi amiga. Casco 🙂
Morning Casco, have a blessed Sunday!
Right back at ya GrandpaM! 🙂
Mine to Flyover.Have a blessed Sunday my friend. 🙂
Good morning Casco. Wonderful words. Have a blessed day. Cheers!
July 3
Morning
If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. Rom. 8:17
If ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Gal. 3:29
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. I John 3:1
Thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Gal. 4:7
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. Eph. 1:5
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me. John 17:24
He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations. Rev. 2:26
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Rev. 3:21
Evening
Things which are despised, hath God chosen. I Cor. 1:28
Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? Acts 2:7
Jesus…. saw two brethren…. casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me. Matt. 4:18, 19
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13
My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. I Cor. 2:4, 5
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:16, 5
We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God. II Cor. 4:7
J. Bagster
July 3 Oswald Chambers
The Concentration of Personal Sin
Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips… —Isaiah 6:5
When I come into the very presence of God, I do not realize that I am a sinner in an indefinite sense, but I suddenly realize and the focus of my attention is directed toward the concentration of sin in a particular area of my life. A person will easily say, “Oh yes, I know I am a sinner,” but when he comes into the presence of God he cannot get away with such a broad and indefinite statement. Our conviction is focused on our specific sin, and we realize, as Isaiah did, what we really are. This is always the sign that a person is in the presence of God. There is never any vague sense of sin, but a focusing on the concentration of sin in some specific, personal area of life. God begins by convicting us of the very thing to which His Spirit has directed our mind’s attention. If we will surrender, submitting to His conviction of that particular sin, He will lead us down to where He can reveal the vast underlying nature of sin. That is the way God always deals with us when we are consciously aware of His presence.
This experience of our attention being directed to our concentration of personal sin is true in everyone’s life, from the greatest of saints to the worst of sinners. When a person first begins climbing the ladder of experience, he might say, “I don’t know where I’ve gone wrong,” but the Spirit of God will point out some definite and specific thing to him. The effect of Isaiah’s vision of the holiness of the Lord was the directing of his attention to the fact that he was “a man of unclean lips.” “He touched my mouth with it, and said: ‘Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged’ ” (Isaiah 6:7). The cleansing fire had to be applied where the sin had been concentrated.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be turned into something better than teaching, viz. into character. We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something but to make us something.
Good morning, Cat💖 Not just a morsel for thought…a full meal.
Good Morning Betsy ❤️
And you provide our endless supply of deserts with your inspirations. Why they could travel around the world inspiring…… around and around ☺️
Don’t ever stop 😘
Good morning FC. Have you noticed that the older we get the more character we have? Life has a way of doing that. Have a blessed day. Cheers!
Don’t forget the wrinkles 😝
As my Sainted mother often said, “At forty, we get the face we deserve.”
Ahhhh yes, aging is not for the weak nor sober mind. You have to have a sense of humor. Ours started many years ago in a Christmas letter where I pointed out the beginning of the thinning of my lid. And my wife added her note stating she was finding my missing lid hair on her chin. Tis life. Live, Love, Laugh.
Questions that should be asked of all alarmists.
Why is this current relatively mild warming period considered deadly while others that came before that were much more powerful are labeled “Climate Optimums”?
How did those previous warming periods occur before industry existed?
Those are questions which are not allowed to be asked. Over time, I’ve come to believe that there are now more questions that can’t be asked vs those that can be asked. Hence the loss of collective intellect within the masses.
We should not be fearful that we are in a period of warming. IF that chart is historically accurate, our Lord Jesus Christ’s first advent occurred during a period of warming (“Roman Climate Optimum”).
It is and was accurate. The events depicted are well known and extensively studied well before the current climate alarmism began and not disputed except by the likes of Mikey Mann who has done his best to minimize both the Medieval Warming period and the Little Ice Age with his fraudulent tree ring study despite a mountain of other evidence.
There is all kinds of human based evidence in history for the Roman warm period for example which spanned from about 250 BC to 400 AD. For example Hannibal crossed the Alps in 218 BC. Do you think that would have been possible if it had not been a relatively warm period?
Yale “climate scientists” blow it big time.
Yale University Experts Predict | Real Climate Science
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Sure, I wave the American Flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure, I love my country with all her faults. I’m not ashamed of that. Never have been, never will be.-
John Wayne
Good Morning ms Idaho!!
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I am still teaching through Isaiah. This week is Chapter 56 which begins like this:
Thus says the Lord:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
for soon my salvation will come,
and my righteousness be revealed.
Nuff’ said.
Amen.
Amen sir.Glad to see you recovered and back to teaching from the “Good Book”.Blessings.
Good morning VM. Hope you are doing well. Have a blessed day. Cheers!
An answer to our Prayers?
The beginning of the end – for Biden?
Yesterday Sundance posted this as part of his post on Russian Sanctions.
“The EU has now dropped the blockade and the transport of goods between Kaliningrad and Russia will resume. The EU decision was made before the NATO meeting in Madrid concluded; however, it looks like NATO postponed the announcement until after Biden left in order to save face on the reversal of position.”
Really? They waited until Biden left to make the announcement?
Is this what is called Passive Resistance?
Am I reading too much into this?
Has anybody noticed that they haven’t heard any Ronald Reagan forgetfulness jokes recently ?
Good Sunday Morning Everyone. I’ve been outside most of the morning, enjoying the early temps and I am reminded of colors and how important they are to the landscape and our world. From the greens of grass and trees to the red rock of the desert terrain to the springtime burst of flowers blooming to the fall spectacle of trees turning. Colors are something we all marvel at.
As an example, for many years we would leave our home in the north and spend a month in Florida. The north, in winter, was gray and devoid of vibrancy. Trees are simply matchstick figures absent of life. It’s depressing, not to mention cold, and that is why we would leave.
And when we’d get to Florida our minds went on sensory overload because it was bright, blue, green and floral. And the depression of a long cold gray winter was gone. Vanquished.
Just reminds me of how much I appreciate the gift of colors in our world, and the eyes we have been given to experience them.
Have a blessed day everyone. Look around you, there are visual gifts everywhere. Cheers!
I am a printer by trade and color is very important, particularly color perception. Here is a little test:
https://www.xrite.com/hue-test
Here is another:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/575383/color-perception-test
That was interesting. What does it mean? — Score: 0
About your score: A lower score is better, with ZERO being a perfect score. The circle graph displays the regions of the color spectrum where your hue discrimination is low.
Get the Facts
Great mornin’ to you Levi.Yesterday morning it was raining,but there was a beautiful rainbow to the west of me.Every cloud has a silver lining my friend. 🙂
Yeah man, they all do. Rainbow references often remind me of a guy who cooked Cajun. We’d select how hot we wanted our blackened food to be by the spices he would use and as he sprinkled them on he’d bellow out “a rainbow of flavor in the meat”
A bit of a showman. Cheers, friend!
🙂 🙂 🙂
Wow!!! Standing room only in our packed chapel!!!! 🥰
A blessed Sunday to all and to all wishes for a deliciously delightful day ❤️
And a most blessed Sunday to you FC. 🙂
Good Morning casco!!! A most blessed Sunday to you too. I borrowed your old friend, exhaustion he just showed up unannounced. I’ll give him back on my second Sunday 😉 ❤️
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Surprised me too, FC. Parking lot was chaos.
Well, well, well. Guess who just folded?
Crosby, Stills & Nash’s Music Returns To Spotify After Joe Rogan Protest (msn.com)
Boston – The Star Spangled Banner / 4th of July Reprise
Saw them during their first album tour in a smaller venue. They represented their music very well on stage as opposed to some who decide to take creative liberty on stage and you sometimes can’t even identify the tune as the recorded version. Enjoyed it.
Happy 4th weekend
Gettysburg, Day 3. Pickett’s Charge. “The high water mark of the Confederacy”. The temperature this day reached the high 80’s at the time of the charge and was the hottest of the three days of battle.
Pickett’s Charge is the easiest of the battles to explain. A charge of almost 15,000 (some histories say 12,500) Confederates across over 3/4 of a mile of open fields against the right center of the Union line after a preparatory bombardment of the Union line by at least 150 pieces of artillery. This was to be combined with an attack on the Union rear by J.E.B. Stewart’s calvary.
The morning began with Union troops on Culps hill at the tip of the fishhook of the Union line on the right evicting a number of confederate units that had moved in the abandoned federal trenches the night before when the Union troops manning them had been pulled out to reinforce the center of the Union line during the 2nd day. The Confederates had been evicted from Culp’s hill before the charge against the center began.
Lee, once again, put Longstreet in charge of the attack and wanted the attack made asap. But it took Longstreet much longer than Lee wanted to get the attacking units and artillery in place. Lee’s syncopates to this day blame Longstreet for the failure of the attack, some even going so far as to say that Longstreet intentionally sabotaged the effort.
Though units from both Longstreet’s and A.P. Hill’s Corp were used in the attack, it is known as Pickett’s Charge because Pickett’s Division of Virginians was the only fresh Division that Lee had left in his Army and ordered that it would lead the attack. All the other two assaulting Division’s were from A.P. Hills Corp. They were Heths Div, now led by BG Pettigrew because of a head wound Heth had suffered on the first day and Penders Div. now led by MG Trimble because Pettigrew had suffered a serious leg wound that turned out later to be mortal during the 2nd days battle.
The Divisions selected for the assault from A.P. Hills division had already seen action and that of the Division that Pettigrew was leading because under Heth that division has suffered heavy casualties during the first days battle. There were fresher divisions available that had not been so severely engaged the prior two days and that fact is another reason why Longstreet’s conduct of this days assault is questioned. But A.P. Hill was at this time Hors de Combat due to an outbreak of his reoccurring illness and not available to advise Longstreet on who in his Corp. was in the best condition to fight. Lee himself was suffering from “Soldiers Disease” at this time and it is speculated by some that his heart condition had flared up also.
The Field Artillery dual between the two sides was the greatest during the war by any measure. But the Union artillery was better, and more smartly controlled by BG. Henry Hunt, chief of the Army of the Potomac’s artillery than that of the Confederate Artillery. After about the first 1/2 hour of the bombardment Hunt realized the intent of the Confederate’s and ordered his artillery to cease counter battery fire and prepare to fire on the Confederate infantry when the charge came.
There were several contemporary claims that the rumble of this artillery dual could be heard 50 or more miles to the west of Gettysburg. This has led some to claim that at the time there was a temperature inversion over the field that propagated the sound waves. I question both of claims myself.
I will deal first with the Calvary action. In a nutshell J.E.B. Stewart’s calvary was badly beaten by the Union calvary which had anticipated that the Confederates would attempt an attack on the rear of their Army and had obtained excellent positions to counter such an assault. This is not surprising because Stewart’s horses and men were extremely jaded by their long movement around the Army of the Potomac prior to the battle and during the first day. This contribution of M.G. Alfred Pleasonton, head of the Army of the Potomac’s Calvary was probably his best during his generally less than lustrous tenure. Another factor is that also by this time most of the Union Calvary was armed with the breech loading carbines. Bottom line, Stewart’s foray had no effect on the main battle except to keep most of the union calvary Corp engaged so it would not be available to attack the flanks of the Confederate infantry when they charged.
The main charge was aimed that the “copes of trees” where the attacking Confederate forces were to merg in their assault. At in this area was and is still a low stone wall behind which the Union troops line laid. Just to the north of the trees the stone wall takes a 90 degree turn to the east. This today is known as “the bloody angle”. It was in that vicinity where the most desperate fighting occurred.
Part of Armistead’s Brigade, of Pickett’s Division, after suffering heavy loses, actually breached the Federal line at the angle but was driven back and that was “the high water mark”.
The Confederates suffered about 50% casualties in the assaulting Divisions with Pickett’s Virginians suffering the most. Of the three commanders of Pickett’s brigades, only Kemper survived, though so seriously wounded he could never serve as a front line commander again. Similar losses were suffered by lower ranking officers in the Division. Kemper had been wounded before reaching the Federal line when two Vermont regiments advanced from the Union line and poured flanking fire on Kemper’s brigade which was on the extreme left of the charge.
On the next day, the 4th of July, Lee began his retreat from the field. The wagon trail of his Army stretched out about 15 miles with many of the wagons holding wounded men it was thought could be moved. That same day Confederate General Pemberton surrendered his besieged troops at Vicksburg to Grant. This day marked the turning point of the war. From that point on the Confederacy would remain on the strategic defensive.
My husband’s great grandfather clearly hear it with whole family. From York, PA about 40 miles. Amistead had been best man at Chamberlain’s wedding, I believe. Amistead died without seeing chamberlain when the rebs breached union line.
I am wrong it was Amistead and Hancock and I got my info from Killer Angels book. don’t pay any attention to me. although hearing the guns at Gettysburg is what Great Grandpa always said. who knows.
That’s right. Armistead and Hancock were the closest of friends and fate dictated that Armistead was attacking Hancock’s line as Hancock was in charge of the troops at the center of the Union line. Armistead was killed and Hancock wounded that day.
One of Armistead’s uncles, George Armistead, was the commander of the garrison of Ft. McHenry that fateful night when the words of the Star Spangled Banner was written.
I think I need a pickmeup. On the road this weekend and stopped in one of the um, less affluent St. Louis suburbs. Now you can be poor but still classy. You can be poor yet dignified.
Instead, as I looked at the people, how they carried themselves, how they presented themselves, how they interacted or didn’t interact with others, well use your imagination. I’m sure it won’t be off base.
If this is us as a people or where we all are heading…we are done. Even the expressions on all the faces were scowls.
Yes it was an area dominated by a particular race, but I have seen depressed areas of other demographics and wasn’t any more impressed.
Are we done for?
The fork indicates it 🤷♀️
Wow. Such an unselfish acts of kindness…sets an example.
And fun for the owner, too!
I’d definitely do this if I had a driveway.
Hello all,
Day 2 update:
I adopted a new cat yesterday. In honor of the holiday I named her Lady Liberty, and call her Libby for short. She’s a black cat about 4.5 years old; a skinny little thing with huge green eyes.
She came into a home that already has a cat. C.J. and I have been together for 10 years. She’s also a black cat, and also on the petite side.
Most of yesterday was spent in letting Libby get comfortable with her new space. I kept assuring her, “This is your home now, sweetie. You will never sleep in a cage ever again, and you will always have enough to eat. And most importantly, you will always be loved and cherished.” Every time she comes within arm’s reach, she gets loved on and talked to.
I’ve isolated her in the bedroom and made that her safe space. By now both cats are quite aware that there’s another living cat right on the other side of that door, but their interest in that is somewhat less than I expected. Libby, as the new cat, is of course curious and wants to check out everything in her new home. But C.J. isn’t all that worked up about it. She’s made a careful inspection of the doorway, and if she gets down low, she can see Libby’s snout under the door. She tried sliding her paw under the door, but Libby tapped her back, and that was the end of that. C.J. will occasionally go and watch the door for a minute or few, but beyond that, nothing. I thought that one or the other, or both, cats would be clawing and scratching at the door to get in, but so far it’s been totally uneventful, except for a short spit at the paw contact.
A couple of times during the day yesterday, I cracked open the door and let them see each other directly, from a safe distance of about 3 feet. I figure I’m just going to take small steps, go slow and let them get more and more comfortable with each other at their own pace, instead of just throwing them together and letting them work it out that way.
So this morning I decided to formally introduce the two cats. I waited until both cats were awake but relaxing, and I gathered up Libby in my arms and took her out to the main room. C.J., being the gentleman that she is although she’s a lady, at once stood up when a lady entered the room, and I sat down on the floor with Libby in my arms and let her approach.
It went pretty well, I think, especially on Libby’s side. She remained calm and passive. I couldn’t read her face and eyes due to the position I was holding her, but her ears were good, body language was good, and she wasn’t growling. She just let C.J. come up to her.
C.J. was another story, though. I can’t blame her too much, this is her territory after all. She wasn’t freaking out but she was hyper cautious and tense. Her ears weren’t all the way back, but she was definitely in guard position. Not snarling or hissing, just very very careful at this new thing. At this point their faces were about 6-8 inches apart. Libby was in my lap with my arms around her, but she was calm and passive, as if she were just waiting to see what would happen. A couple of times C.J.’s paw came up slowly (she’s got a mean right hook, I can tell you!) and I cautioned her and she stopped.
Slowly C.J. reached out to touch noses, and with Libby in my arms I leaned forward slightly to assist. The moment their noses touched, Libby lost her nerve, and spit and pulled back. But surprisingly she wasn’t struggling to get away, not clawing me or anything. Big points in her favor for that.
And that was the end of that session. We’ll try again later, maybe. It’s their call. Meanwhile, everybody’s gotten something to eat and drink, gone potty, and are now napping. Cats. I’m going to slip out to the store now and leave them alone with each other, albeit in separate rooms, for the first time.
Best wishes to all you wonderful Treepers.
two cats here also. Roxy appeared back porch three years ago already spayed. Last fall the kitten appeared. gave roxy new lease on life. they love each other and give each other baths. Roxy black, kitten tabby. sooo cute together with tussles and mock fist ti cuffs. had to get the kitten spayed for $450.
They’ll be fine, Jeff.
It’s been almost 2 days. What do you think, Grandpa? Should I just open the door and let nature take its course, or should I continue to manage the introduction?
I don’t care who you are, this is funny!
SEE IT: Newsom cuts ad encouraging Floridians to move to California (msn.com)
Am really hoping some of ’em take him up on his offer!
Remember when Cuomo begged people to move back to NY? He even said he’d treat them to a dinner!
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.
And prayers up for all political prisoners. Prayers up for Pastor Pawlowski, for Julian Assange, and for all the protesters of January 6 who were or are entrapped in DC.
Thank you Father, for Your love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Amen 🙏
Amen!
Amen.
Amen.
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Deo gratias!!!🙏
UPDATE on the 6-month old baby denied by a doctor wth no compassion or humanity at Vanderbilt from receiving a heart transplant has been told the corporate hospital has backtracked on their demand he be vaxxed, (against his parents’ will, or be left to die) and will now be on the list for that transplant.
This is glorious news! Thank you, Almighty God for answering the prayers offered for hope for this child and his parents.🙏 One major hurdle defeated.
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.