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 †
Posted in Uncategorized
.
.
.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Good morning, Mr jay. I hadn’t thought of this group in decades. But I do remember them from my younger years, and the songs you posted….feeling older by the minute😉
Good morning Bet and jay. Hoping for some rain today. Didn’t get to water the garden yesterday. The soil was still quite wet and I had to relocate a copperhead that had made herself very comfortable. Had to close the dogs in the house first, then get the snake catcher and moved the thing . Probably will be back because I carried it about 50 years away but they are really docile and you just have to be careful not to step on them.
So that was my excitement for yesterday morning.
Morning, G! Yikes!!! RELOCATE? Whoa…keep that snake catcher near. That’s enough excitement for any morning, I’d say.
We had a good rain yesterday and the day before so that looks as if that’s our lot for a while. But the temps have moderated and I am so grateful for that. Blessings, dear friend, on another Saturday. 😘
Bet, if they don’t bother me I don’t bother them. Blessings to you, dear sister. 😘
Good policy. St Francis would approve I think😘
Don’t they taste like rattle snake, would definitely make a kool hat band 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
Haven’t tasted one. 😀 Now if the globohomos manage to collapse it all that may change. Haven’t tasted a squirrel, either but we got some getting fat on the bird seed.
🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
While reading it was revealed to me that as the sunlight becomes brighter the evil becomes more visible.
As God comes closer, the sin is revealed.
Is that not what we see today?
The spiritual world sees what we cannot, it knows what is happening.
Prepare yourself.
We can discern spiritual darkness.
Hebrews 5:14
Romans 12:2
Johasaphat, when meeting with Ahab, saw it.
(1 Kings, Chap. 22)
Its amazing ALL don’t see it, by now.
Bless you all, and good nite.
Is tomorrow the MOST anticipated Trump rally, ever?
The BESt
-is
Coming ❣️
Good morning Patience! The best is coming for sure. It is our blessed hope. 🙏🏻✝️❤️
Good early evening, Pa❣️
-Amen
Eventually God sends a strong delusion to those who refuse to see.
Yes Dutchman. Yes it IS.
Yes, we should be ready for anything! As history shows us how God works…
The Fall of Babylon Predicted
Isaiah 47:8-10
8So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
9These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
10You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’…
Belshazzar’s Impious Feast (conclusion of the prophesy above)
Daniel 5:1-6
1Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
2Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
3Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.…
4As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
6 his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Daniel Interprets the Handwriting
Daniel 5:26-28,30
…25Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
26And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.…
28PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans died…
HAVE A BLESSED DAY!!! 🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️. ❤️❤️❤️
Good morning, Stevie
“The Moving finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash our a Word of it.”
Beautiful….
– thanks❣️
Good to see you, juststevie.
🤗 Thank you!
Take courage. We walk in the wilderness today and in the Promised Land tomorrow.”
— D.L. Moody
We are, in fact, just passing through…
(Love your name…a fine actor was George Sanders, especially in All About Eve…and in one of my favourites, The Ghost and Mrs Muir.)
All About Eve — My number one favorite movie in life. There hasn’t been a movie with that level of dialogue in decades.
It really was fabulous. I loved it as well, Psalm 73. As I did for almost all the movies of that era. The stars were glamorous, even if their private lives might have been a bit of a mess. Loved the clothes and all their savoir faire.
Times gone by…
Oh…., He played the best gentlemanly scoundrel.
Never saw a film he wasn’t excellent in.
Loved him in The Portrait of Dorian Grey!.
—————————-
Such an intellect …
who -allegedly-
loved (dirty) limericks. 😳🤔
That one as well, Patience. Perfect description of him…that voice.
03 September 2017 Walter Becker, American rock bassist, guitarist, songwriter and record producer (Steely Dan – “Deacon Blues”; “Peg”), dies of esophageal cancer at 67
RIP, Walter,… Always remember those 19 year olds, Cuvreo Gold, and the Winner, “Roll Tide”…..
Leon sang it best:
Now, back to the living and life:
Had the great privilege to see and hear Joe and Leon on the 2nd stop of their now famous world “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” tour at The Wharehouse in New Orleans as a Tulane student in ’70. Two years later, as a record store owner/concert ticket seller, I never experienced a better concert ever,… and I saw them all.
Two of my favorite artists and songs.
Did some shopping in Chic town went to a neighborhood store not a national chain, “Shop and Save Market”. Has a nice ethic selection, Mostly Polish,and Spanish, with a smattering of Chinese.
They changed their produce displays. Instead of being raised up for onions, potatoes, etc. Now they are flat single layer.
Onions three weeks ago were 99 cents per pound, Friday $1,49 while in season.
Pierogi package was $3.00 Now $4.50.
Packaged noodles they dropped the size from one kg to one pound or 500 grams.
Price was raised but not that much if one Doesn’t think of the package shirkage.
58 oz Bush baked beans from $5.50 to $6.68.
Just some observations from Chi town.
“We have created nearly ten thousand million jobs.”
-Latrine Two-Names
https://rumble.com/v1idtch-kjp-we-have-created-nearly-ten-thousand-million-jobs.html?mref=22lbp&mc=56yab
Happy caturday everybody!!!! 🐱
🎶
Howdy FC 🇺🇸😺🇺🇸
I didn’t know you were a ‘doo da ‘ man..
Howdy jay!!! 😎
Had that poster on the wall and the making bacon one also “remember that one “ plus all kinds of altered and funny cars doing fire burnouts 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
Happy day to you, Cat!
Saw them live in 78…. and I was a truckin ❣️
Had that cover on a t-shirt
and wore it till it ragged- out; literally.
Good morn, Patience and Ma🤗🤗. The memories are flooding in these days…good for the soul.
Good morning, Cat.
It has been months since I visited the Ace of Spades HQ ONT, their overnight thread, but last night I peeped in and found two two wonderful gems for this Saturday.”
From Britain…
“My neighbours are too low income to afford a wifi connection, and too proud to use mine. So I renamed mine Free Council WiFi and told them I had read about it and what the password was. My neighbour is now halfway through an online college qualification and I’m so proud of her.”
There ARE good and generous people in this world. I knew so many when I lived there. It was lovely to be reminded.🤗
AND!! A small story to bring a smile…
“My parrot has a vague understanding of the word ” no”. He knows to stop doing what he’s doing when he hears it.
He knows it’s a word that is used when he’s doing something he shouldn’t be doing. However, being told “no” doesn’t make him stop doing it in the future.
If he’s ever out of my sight or if I’m not paying attention, I know exactly when he’s doing something bad.
Because he says “no” to himself as he’s doing it.”
Here’s hoping those two “finds” bring smiles to all my brothers and sisters here in the branches. 🤗
😍 😍
Great finds for Saturday morning, Bet! ❤️😍
I smiled broadly with both, G.
Morning Cat! ❤️
September 3 Oswald Chambers
The Waters Of Satisfaction Scattered
Nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. — 2 Samuel 23:16
What has been like water from the well of Bethlehem to you recently — love, friendship, spiritual blessing? Then at the peril of your soul, you take it to satisfy yourself. If you do, you cannot pour it out before the Lord. You can never sanctify to God that with which you long to satisfy yourself. If you satisfy yourself with a blessing from God, it will corrupt you; you must sacrifice it, pour it out, do with it what common sense says is an absurd waste.
How am I to pour out unto the Lord natural love or spiritual blessing? In one way only — in the determination of my mind. There are certain acts of other people which one could never accept if one did not know God, because it is not within human power to repay them. But immediately I say — “This is too great and worthy for me, it is not meant for a human being at all, I must pour it out unto the Lord”; then these things pour out in rivers of living water all around. Until I do pour these things out before the Lord, they endanger those I love as well as myself because they will turn to lust. We can be lustful in things which are not sordid and vile. Love has to get to its transfiguration point of being poured out unto the Lord.
If you have become bitter and sour, it is because when God gave you a blessing you clutched it for yourself; whereas if you had poured it out unto the Lord, you would have been the sweetest person out of heaven. If you are always taking blessings to yourself and never learn to pour out anything unto the Lord, other people do not get their horizon enlarged through you.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Both nations and individuals have tried Christianity and abandoned it, because it has been found too difficult; but no man has ever gone through the crisis of deliberately making Jesus Lord and found Him to be a failure.
https://utmost.org/classic/the-waters-of-satisfaction-scattered-classic/
Hmmmm no see garrison….
Garrison, if you’re lurking, you’d be pleased with this music.
So relaxing 😌 ❤️
Was on my way to find a spot to say the same, Cat.
You and your beloved are always in my prayers, Garrison, and there you will remain, my friend. 🙏😘
Found your and Cat’s kind comments just now (2nd visit). Kind words and prayers are always appreciated . . . especially now. More later. 🙂
Blessings to you both, Garrison. And praying…truly praying…you are feeling His presence every single second, because I know He is standing beside you, my friend.
Yes, especially now. 🙂
I have no doubts…none.🙏
September 2
MORNING
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Psa. 27:14
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Isa. 40:28, 29
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isa. 41:10
Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Isa. 25:4
The trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:3, 4
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. Heb. 10:35, 36
EVENING
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Psa. 23:2
The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Isa. 57:20, 21
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11:28
Rest in the Lord. Psa. 37:7
He that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works. Heb. 4:10
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace. Heb. 13:9
That we … be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. Eph. 4:14, 15
I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Song 2:3, 4
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/09/0902.html
Thank you, Poyeema, for your Scripture choices for both morning and evening. Very much needed for these perilous and fraught times. I do pray for His sustaining and comforting presence for everyone whose lives have been made upended or made worse by the sheer maliciousness and hatred of the malignant fools “reigning” over this country.
Good morning all. Rain in the forecast later today. Wasn’t supposed to come in until Sunday but now there is a 54% chance for later today.
Meanwhile, out in the Atlantic Hurricane Danielle weakened to TS strength over night. This is not unusual for minimal hurricanes. Once the sun starts beating down on her, she’ll almost certainly be a hurricane again. One problem for Danielle is by milling around she uses up the thermal energy of surface waters and pulls cooler water up to the surface. Everyone that pays attention to hurricanes and their formation knows this stuff but NOAA NHC failed to forecast that weakening.
Danielle is forecast to mill around for a time and then trail off to the East North East.
Down south Earl suddenly emerged as a tropical storm. NOAA still says it will turn north and remain well out to sea. I would not bank on that and this storm bears watching for those in Hispaniola and the island groups to the east and north of there.
It also bears watching for everyone on the east coast of the US despite NOAA NHC forecasting the track to be no threat.
Thanks for the heads up.
Will get the mower going.
. . . 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)
Afterfeast of the Dormition of our All-Holy Lady and Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
Holy Apostle Thaddaeus of the Seventy (+ 44)
Holy Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons (+ 305-311)
Saint Avitus, Bishop of Clermont in Gaul (+ 594)
Holy Hieromartyr Symeon, Bishop of Samokov in Bulgaria (+ 1737)
Translation of the Relics (1953) of Saint Nectarios of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis (+ 1920)
[A new movie in English titled “Man of God” has been released about Saint Nectarios of Aegina.]
August 21st
Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
September 3rd
civil or commercial calendar
The Lord’s Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNk0j2H-Zs
Thank you, Sepp. So beautiful.
Thank God. A Priest once told me these two words – “Our Father” – contain the whole universe.
I do thank Him, always. What an overwhelming truth. Abba Father. Often called the perfect prayer, with two perfect words.
(I was thanking you for posting.🙏)
Hello Mrs. B., you are welcome.
Someday I will learn to use those little yellow picture smiley things to show the happy expression I had.
Oh I am so glad. Where would this thread be without you here every day, Sepp? Your faithfulness and your posts centre me every day, and I thank you. You are a very real blessing.🤗🙏
Me car. Only driven when the tires aren’t flat and the battery ain’t gone missin about, oh 4 years ago….
?1
Very nic pic!!
Reminds me of a Road Rally for the idle rich…was in Vail/Beaver Creek for a long weekend (late 90’s). We happened to be at the finish line for a short bit…we saw a few roll on in over the finish line.
Just to finish, the drivers got a bottle of Dom Perignon and the pretty female passenger got a lovely and huge bouquet of flowers.
In chatting with some bystanders, they had said that these ‘toys’, much like the one pictured above, were the toys of the very rich and cost over 500k…can’t fathom that kind of money for a ‘toy’.
Good morning, Aggiegirl.
I never fail to think, when seeing the amounts of obviously superfluous money spent on these toys, how much more pleasure people who spend it would get in helping those who are at the end of their ropes, financially or otherwise. If only they knew…
I built it myself while working a 40 hr week, you gotta be the stupidest Betsy in the history of stupid Betsy’s
Everyone has their priorities. I’m with you. Some people just can’t understand the love and fascination with cars we men have and Betsy is obviously one of those. A working man deserves to enjoy the “toys” he earns and works hard to possess IMO.
My neighbor Steve just bought an awesome 4 wheeler ATV. Got a good deal on a used one with all the bells and whistles, including a top, doors, and dump bed. Been wanting one for the 21 years I have known him. It will replace the golf cart that he built a wood bed for to carry around all the stuff they need to maintain the back field and they have been using as their utility vehicle for years now. He took me for a ride in it last night and it was great to see his joy driving it! The thing is street legal on roads with a 45 mph speed limit or less. Headlights, turn signals, etc.
You have a good neighbor
Excuse me, rah!!!!! My comment was in response to Aggie girl’s post about those spending.$500,000 on a motor car. Believe me, I get it. I am married to a car man!!!!! He’s restored plenty as a hobby.
I am NOT “one of those”.
My husband has taken apart, put back together, restored, sold more motor cars and bikes than most have had hot dinners.
I may be many things, but if I don’t understand the value and joy of that particular hobby??
One more time!!!! My comment was in answer to Aggiegirl!!!! I hope, finally, that is clear.
You are a lovely lady and I am sorry if I caused you any distress.
I appreciate that, rah. Thank you.
How unkind you are.
I am neither idle nor rich, and why is an aggiecow making such an insulting comment? You ain’t from around here priciilla
Dude. You should apologize to the ladies Aggie and Betsy. And don’t ever call any of us stupid names.
This is where we are all allowed to express our thoughts free from dickish insults.
No, it does NOT work that way ya evil witch. Just couldn’t resist the urge to gang pile? Got a dog in this fight? YOU apologize to ME
Well, Krypton, my Brit husband knew immediately what your beautiful car is. Gawgeous!!! He’s a car
man through and through. Nodded in approval.
Thank you for the kind reply. Carrol Shelby built the original cobras from the AC Ace, a very British sports car with an inline 6. I’ve seen one or two of them, they are cool but above my budget
Krypton, someone has hijacked your handle, and it is to that person I responded above.
It’s a beautiful job. My about hubby admired your work. And he would know, the number he has restored to perfection. I know you really enjoy driving it.
(And you are right…pricey, those Cobras. After I showed him yours, he looked up a few, which are showing eye watering $$$$.)
I probably have 35K in the car over a 20 year period. I’m now working on a bitchin patina
Well it shows. Stunning!
Mornin’ Bet. 🙂 Sorry I wasn’t around last night. Serious problems (I’ll write about later . . .).
The photo shows what looks to be a Cobra replica, most of which are intended to be built in people’s home garages. Real Cobras would never have the fakey-do “top” connecting to the roll-bar. Also, genuine Cobras are now often in the millions of dollars.
As a lifelong gearhead, I have to disagree that people who own and enjoy driving cars like these are indifferent to the needs of poor people. We are, indeed, no more indifferent than most other people. Being poor—which I most definitely have been—is a natural reality of a class-based society that features upward and downward mobility.
Those of us who own cars like this support businesses aimed at supplying specialized parts, mechanic shops, restoration shops, specialized car brokers, on-line auctions (Bring-A-Trailer.com) . . . all of which provide thousands of skilled people with good livings they otherwise might not have.
Sorry Bets but your logic dropped a gear there–just because someone hobbies on seemingly frivolous things (I’m also a gearhead) doesn’t mean they don’t also take into account the less fortunate
Take some xanax Leroy, take a LOT of xanax
That is NOT what I meant, Joe. I’m sorry you misunderstood. I was thinking more of the very very VERY well off. I am not speaking of those, like you and like my husband (who has restored so so many cars in his lifetime).
It’s sad for me that that is what you took away from my comment.
My comment was, in the end for Aggiegirl’s remark about those who have the wherewithal to spend $500,000 on what she called a “toy”. And while they are free to spend their money on what they wish, I was pointing out how much joy could be obtained by helping others.
I hope that clears up your misunderstanding of the context in which I made my comment. Cheers.
Across the street from me is a talented young man that does the body work restoring classic old cars. That is how he makes his living supporting his wife and two kids. He has a 1934 Ford in his shop right now. Just finished a 1955 Cadillac convertible. There are always two or three hulks of old cars sitting at the back his lot, awaiting his attention. He turns more business away than he takes because he has as much as he can handle and THAT is the best testament to the quality of work he does.
Yes, that’s what he knew, Garrison. As I’ve often posted before, even when he was his poorest, which was on the bread lines poor in post war Britain, he reconstructed and restored cars , some of which were on their last legs, and sold them for profit…so believe me I DO understand the difference. Not denigrating at all what kept him from worse. He’s been there.
And like Joe, who completely misunderstood what I was saying, I am really sorry that you do as well. That you did really upsets me, my friend.
Please see my reply to him.
(I felt something was amiss when I didn’t see you. And I do always keep you and your wife in my prayers.)
Sorry, Bet. I meant to be gentle and just observational rather than polemical. Sometimes writing in askii proves to be much too opaque to convey true intentions. Again, sorry to have upset you. 🙂
Thank you, Garrison. I treasure you.
The feeling is mutual, Bet Always has been that way. 🙂
(Wiping a tear or two) Bless you🙏💖
Love the smell of burning rubber and good fuel anytime!! I’ve shredded lots of tires in my time and pretty soon will be dragging my SS Chevelle out again after a much too long hiatus. 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
I have more non-runners than runners, Jay . . .
Garrison, you about to commit a donut violation
Very nice! Get er running.
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.
Verse of the Day for Saturday, September 3, 2022
✟
“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
Joshua 1:9 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, amen.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Mornin’ comrade banana republic infidel fascists. Unity!
Mornin’ comrade infidel WeeWeed!
The memes are flowing fast and furious. If one didn’t know what the term “stepped on a rake” meant, this appalling anti American, Hitlerian diatribe would make it clear. I’m still reeling over the satanic visual and tone of it.
Hello Betsy! If you want a laugh, or several dozen hard laughs, go visit the Babylon Bee today…. It’s Biden-is-Hitler day at the Bee.
https://babylonbee.com
Scroll down the main page to see the hilarious and brilliant mockery the Bee has made of Angry Joe Biden….
I need help. I’m writing a song called, “Trump’s Going To Jail Again”, making fun of all the times the Trump haters were convinced President Trump would go to prison, but their predictions always failed.
I’ve got verses about the fake Russian dossier, the Ukrainian phone call, and the FBI raid on Mar-A-Lago.
I also have a verse about Stormy Daniels lawsuit against Trump, but I’m feeling that it doesn’t really fit with the title about jail, since this was a civil case, not a criminal one.
Can anyone suggest a topic for another verse where Trump haters were sure he would go to prison, or suggest a way to modify the Stormy Daniels verse?
Thanks for your help!
Mocking Stormy would make a hilarious refrain.
I share with you my prayers this morning. I have taken to burning resin with a censure during my prayer time outside on my patio to draw me deeper into my prayers with our Lord that I purchased through Monastery Icons. It deepens my experience. You may consider inserting your prayerful desires in substitution for my own, if you would consider praying with me. I am compelled to share. I will also include the Scripture the Lord drew me to this morning in the response.
Saturday, September 3, 2022
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I placed my happiness, my comfort, my good fortune above other more serious and pertinent matters of today.
What good would it be for me to have a wonderful husband and an excellent father for Savannah — if the earth and its people still stay in shambles?
Forgive me for my ineffectiveness in earning souls to Your Kingdom. Or at least I do not see the results of my labors.
I am burning Myrrh today. Do you like it? I love it. But I love most… that which pleases You.
Search my soul and body, Father, and remove all that displeases You or that fights against Your Sovereignty. Use me, Father, I surrender. Use my eyes, my ears, my Spirit to see who and what You would have me see and to do what You would have me do.
All Glory, and Honor, and Power, and Majesty are Yours alone and none to be shared. Until You right the wrongs and restore Heaven on earth, I will walk and exist as fully leaning on Your Promises.
I will look to the clouds for You… and I will wait as the bride waits for her Bridegroom and I will delight in Your works and for Your patience that all would be saved for Your Kingdom. You are a patient and merciful God. A loving and abiding Father.
How wonderful are Your Ways — too vast for my small mind. I am blessed to call You my own. My own Abba Father. My own Loving God.
I wait for You, Father. My oil in my lampstand burning. Come!
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
I am drawn to Psalm 94 NIV today. I will post it below. Love to you, Treepers.
Psalm 94
New International Version
Psalm 941
The Lord is a God who avenges.
O God who avenges, shine forth.
2
Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3
How long, Lord, will the wicked,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4
They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5
They crush your people, Lord;
they oppress your inheritance.
6
They slay the widow and the foreigner;
they murder the fatherless.
7
They say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
8
Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?
9
Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?
10
Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?
11
The Lord knows all human plans;
he knows that they are futile.
12
Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord,
the one you teach from your law;
13
you grant them relief from days of trouble,
till a pit is dug for the wicked.
14
For the Lord will not reject his people;
he will never forsake his inheritance.
15
Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16
Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17
Unless the Lord had given me help,
I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18
When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
19
When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy.
20
Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—
a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
21
The wicked band together against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
22
But the Lord has become my fortress,
and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23
He will repay them for their sins
and destroy them for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will destroy them.
Excellent choice for this week JWoo!
This is soooo very applicable to those arrogant “elites” who continue to sneer at and disparage our nation and its good people.
Well, Sherry has agreed to getting a new dishwasher but said she would be happier with a BMT from Subway than a dinner at Red Lobster. She already has the dishwasher picked out.
It is very muggy and overcast here but calm, so I burned the stuff in my fire pit off before the rain comes in. Just from the last good thunderstorm I filled that 8 ft. diameter fire pit up to the top of the 20″ rolled steel fire ring with deadfall. Though I wasn’t home with that storm came through it had to be a pretty strong one.
I’ll get cleaned up soon to head out to order the dishwasher (installed), get gas for the mowers, seed blocks for the birds, and Dolly Madison oatmeal cream cookies and a 12 pack of Shasta cola for the truck. Also need to stock up on lawn mowing beer. Think I’ll get Coors Banquet this time.
Rainy Saturdays suck!
Happy Birthday Tom! Thank you for your service.
God Bless and Happy Birthday to a real American hero.
Eve was an 8 year old sweetheart with tons of energy and love. A few months ago she really started slowing down, but the vet didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. A couple days ago she started refusing food, vomiting, shaking and became very lathargic.
I took her to the vet yesterday and they ran a bunch of tests and saw she had a bunch of fluid and air in and around her stomach like something ruptured. Without doing invasive surgery which really might not have really done much but give us more information, the vet said she likely had some sort of cancer where a mass had ruptured. So it was upwards of $10k in surgery and treatment or euthanasia, or if we had done nothing she would have died a painful slow death from sepsis within a day or so.
Being unemployed right now with a wife who is a stay at home mom for our 1 year old, we didn’t really have a choice. We both knew that even if we somehow could afford and had opted for the surgery it would have been a long, tough road for Eve so we made our decison knowing she would be at peace.
Eve passed away peacefully in my wife’s arms by my side. She was my wife’s pup from shortly before we got together but she felt like my dog too. She was a rescue pitty from the streets of Philadelphia but she loved everyone she met, loved our cats and loved to play with other dogs. I’m more of a cat person but this is devestating me. I’ve lost pets in the past but it never felt like this. We feel like we’ve been robbed of a few more years with Eve since she was only 8.
I miss her so much and our house has an emptyness to it right now. My wife is a mess and is inconsolable. She lost her best friend. While I had an inkling that something had been off with Eve for a little while now my wife wouldn’t hear of it and was in denial. Even so, neither of us thought she wouldn’t be with us today.
Sorry folks, just wanted to share our story and vent a little. If you have pets give them an extra hug or cuddle today, for you have no idea what each day will bring.
Mike, I am so sorry for your loss. My heart aches with you, for I think all of us here know how much it hurts. I lost my furbaby Katerina a few years ago, and it hurt so much that I vowed, “never again.” But the empty silent house was too much to bear, and 3 months later I adopted C.J., who is here with me now, and one of the best parts of my life. My condolences to you and your wife, and may you find the strength to carry through this.
That’s a tough story to read, Mike. I sympathize with your & your wife’s grief. We have lost young pets too, and my son’s older dog recently passed yet still had the attitude and heart of a pup.
We have a several portraits of pets who have passed, and they are a gentle reminder of the good if not too brief lives they shared with us.
This time last week there was no tropical storm activity anywhere on earth. Now we have a Typhoon in the Pacific moving up towards Korea, though it could “thread the needle” between Korea and Japan moving over the inland sea.
In the South Eastern Pacific we have a TS that was a hurricane for a short time off the coast of S. California. And an Invest down off Central America that Joe says is going to develop and bring cooling rains to S. California about this time next week.
In the Atlantic we have Danialle way out in the middle that was a minimal hurricane and is now a TS and may strengthen again. Down further south east of Hispaniola we have TS Earl that is expected to gradually strengthen into a hurricane. Joe believes it will reach hurricane strength by Monday while the NHC shows it doing so on Wednesday. It is still tracking WNW at 10 mph now but the National Hurricane Center projects it starting to turn north by morning. We shall see. Joe is saying there is still a chance it will continue on its current course after loitering for awhile. Like I said, it bears watching.
Those in the Gulf are not out of the woods yet by any means. There are hints in the models now that indicate there could be some close in development late next week.
While California and the NW have been hotter than average that will change late next week and you will be cooling off. And S. California is going to hit will drenching rains. So the hype will be flooding after months of hype about drought. Both of course will be blamed on climate change even though this pattern has happened before more than once.
Another day of being Thankful for being a Citizen of God’s Kingdom
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 Julian Assange and for all the protesters of January 6 who were or are entrapped in DC. And, thank you, Lord, for restoring Pastor Pawlowski.
Thank you Father, for Your love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Had a problem with my cable. Thanks, Andeclain.
I’m blessed to be able to assist you.
Truthfully, I feel truly blessed that you can and will help.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.