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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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, October 3, 2022
Blooming where you’re planted. God Is so awesome!
Posted once before. Seems appropriate here.
There is no such thing as “too many times” to post this, WP. I remember it, and I am so glad to read it again. Thank you.
Glad you posted this!
I have never seen this.
Thanks! 🕊💕
This one is, among so many beautiful sermons, Spurgeon’s most hopeful and uplifting. I have no doubt his pen flowed not with ink, but with the words from Almighty God Himself.
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I could do that….
So you, Ad rem . . . 🙂
More power to you, Ad_rem.
My leaping-through-the-air days are but a distant memory….
Although I’m fairly certain the same is true of wife, I have witnessed her in the past making it from the floor to the kitchen table top in one leap…. when one of our indoor-outdoor cats brought in a “gift” with a long rodent tail that was still quite alive….. 😁
The pizza, or the leap?
How cute!
Perfect picture.
Snag a kitten (gently!) outta the air on a jump like that……boy are they surprised!
Me…after that second cuppa. Well, not entirely true…but I’m wish it were.
One more . . .
“Like Someone In Love”
I could take a little hammock siesta to that and feel all was right with the world.
Me too. Bill Evans dones that . . . 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Hi’ya Jay. Have a blessed day, my friend. 🙂
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Welcome back, Mr jay, after your R&R. I do hope you were able to make the most of it. As my husband always says, a change is as good as a rest.
Maidin Mhaith Betsy it was short but sweet 💐🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Excellent!! So good to hear.🤗
Good afternoon Bet! Back from San Antonio working on my second cup of decaf for the day. 😁
we didn’t get the schedule for my SIL’s radiation, yet, but got the general idea. Sometime next week she gets another scan for them to map the treatments. Then a week or two later, once the insurance approves we start the radiation. Eleven sessions total. We can do that with God’s help. Praise the Lord!
The other praise is that because the treatments are so targeted she should have very minimal side effects, most likely none. 🙌🙌🙌
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Saw him perform live during the ’60’s at an intimate venue called the Village Vanguard more times than I can remember. Not that I was a fan but because he was regularly booked as second act to the headliner, Thelonious Monk. So for a few bucks a jazz fan could sit and enjoy Monk and Evans play all night. Heady days!
Howdy Garrison, 48 degrees this morning in my neck of the woods. 🙌🙌🙌
Yep. I’m welcoming October. Been waiting for it all summer. 🙂
Me, too. I start pining away for it in June. 😊
Good morning, Garrison. How like so many compositions which Billy Joel (or as he styles himself with his more classical works, William Joel) these are. Sublime. Good for the soul. We all need some of that.
Mornin’ Bet. Agreed. 🙂
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Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Hiya, Jay! Have a blessed day . . . 🙂
Morning jay! Good to see you back. 😁
Howdy Gramps got the bunker water supply restocked and some rest so here we go again. 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Couldn’t help but share this with you. I thought it was sooooo good! I am very grateful for this Pastor’s direct nature. The mercy is in the warning.
If you want to learn more about how God is working in today’s current events – this was excellent. Considering how long ago the Bible was written, it is astonishing to hear how today’s events were prophesied about to a “T”. The Lord told us all of this was coming. When we learn about it, it helps us to understand and recognize where the source of all of this is coming from.
J.D. Farag 10/2/2022
https://subspla.sh/f4k3mkk
Respectfully, I am amased that there are some who have “red-pilled” and so recognise WHATS going on, but refuse to see the Source, as you say.
ALL the ‘fingerprints’ of Satan are there for all to see, the Father of lies doing what he does best, as are his possessed servants on earth, the pedophilia, the slaughter of the unborn, the hedonism, how can anyone NOT see the evil and recognise the source?
yes, you are so right. It is a form of heart disease, spiritual heart disease that advocates for sin, that has affected the whole world…
https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-are-sins-that-cry-to-heaven-for-vengeance-and-sins-against-the-holy-spirit
Psalm 1:1-6
A question I’ve asked so many times. The only answer I can come up with is that one of satan’s tools is the ability to completely blind the eyes, minds, and souls of those he chooses as his acolytes. That’s it…nothing else explains what we see.
Agreed, Dutchman. It is nice to hear a Pastor preach it from the pulpit. No sugar coating. No Nicolaitan bargaining or negotiation with secular hedonists so we don’t “offend” anybody. (Revelation 4) Maybe that offense saves a soul and is worth the temporary discomfort. Come, Lord Jesus, come!
They don’t see the source (yet) because they cannot recognize it – partially because it (the finger prints of satan) AKA the evil inclination is the same ole so and so that’s been with us from the start. We’ve become so used to it we hardly recognize it for what it is. I think many still believe it’s some scary guy with horns, easily recognized, but in reality naaa, it’s a lot closer and nearer to home than one may wish to acknowledge. Thus it is ONLY when the Creator chooses for what ever reason to truly open a persons eyes (little by little) is the obvious become apparent.
Not sure how my FONT got so big??
“Concrete and Clay.”
WTH!!!!
This is a client…emailed to several to make certain all were OK.
https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/10/02/breaking-village-police-investigating-sunday-afternoon-shooting/
Who shows up with a robe and a gun?
Wow! They forgot to deliver his pizza?
October 3 Oswald Chambers
The Sphere Of Ministration
This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. — Mark 9:29
“Why could not we cast him out?” The answer lies in a personal relationship to Jesus Christ. This kind can come forth by nothing but by concentration and redoubled concentration on Him. We can ever remain powerless, as were the disciples, by trying to do God’s work not in concentration on His power, but by ideas drawn from our own temperament. We slander God by our very eagerness to work for Him without knowing Him.
You are brought face to face with a difficult case and nothing happens externally, and yet you know that emancipation will be given because you are concentrated on Jesus Christ. This is your line of service — to see that there is nothing between Jesus and yourself. Is there? If there is, you must get through it, not by ignoring it in irritation, or by mounting up, but by facing it and getting through it into the presence of Jesus Christ, then that very thing, and all you have been through in connection with it, will glorify Jesus Christ in a way you will never know till you see Him face to face.
We must be able to mount up with wings as eagles; but we must also know how to come down. The power of the saint lies in the coming down and the living down. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” said Paul, and the things he referred to were mostly humiliating things. It is in our power to refuse to be humiliated and to say — “No, thank you, I much prefer to be on the mountain top with God.” Can I face things as they actually are in the light of the reality of Jesus Christ, or do things as they are efface altogether my faith in Him, and put me into a panic?
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
https://utmost.org/classic/today/
Good morning Cat! 💜
Good Monday morning, Cat. Wishing all bless-ed things to come your way this autumnal week. 💕
03 October 2016 Joan Marie Johnson, American pop singer (The Dixie Cups – “Chapel Of Love”; “Iko Iko”), dies of congestive heart failure at 72
03 October 2000 Benjamin Orr [Orzechowski], American rock bassist and singer (The Cars – “Just What I Needed”, “Drive”) dies of pancreatic cancer at 53
03 October 1967 Woody Guthrie [Woodrow Wilson], American folk singer-songwriter (This Land Is Your Land) and peace activist, dies of Huntington’s disease at 55
I only trust the doctors who get suspended from Twitter.
. . . 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)
Monday of the 17th Week after Pentecost
Holy Great Martyr Evsthatios Placidas, his wife, and sons at Rome (+ 118)
Holy Martyr John the Confessor of Egypt, beheaded in Palestine, and those with him (+ 310)
Holy Monk-Martyr Hilarion of Crete / Mount Athos (+ 1804)
September 20th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
October 3rd – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
In 1743, Christoph Saur produced the first Bible printed in German (and the first in any European language) in North America. He established a press in 1738 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. His son printed additional German-language Bibles in later years.
October is German-American Heritage Month
TY Sepp. Live in PA and lots of Oktoberfests going on. I did not realize it was German heritage month. Thought it was about the harvest and beer.
All those who came before us, built our nation, have had to take a back seat to many accomplishments of others who now own the calendar of tribute.
Apologies, that last sentence was sarcasm.
Oktoberfest originated in Munich, Bavaria in 1810 as a celebration of an aristocrat’s wedding that featured a horse race, but no beer!
Read more… https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/magazine/tradition/the-history-of-oktoberfest
TY!!!!!
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this was posted a day or 2 ago but I’ve lost track of exactly where and by whom, but it gave me a chuckle, so I’m re-posting
October 3
MORNING
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins In his own blood. Rev. 1:5
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. Love is strong as death. Song 8:7, 6
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. I Pet. 2:24
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Eph. 1:7
Ye are washed…. ye are sanctified…. ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. I Cor. 6:11
Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. I Pet. 2:9
I beseech you . . . brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1
EVENING
There are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. I Cor. 12:5
Over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses … Jehonathan: and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri: and over the vineyards was Shimei. ‘these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s. I Chron. 27:25-27, 31
God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of hearings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. I Cor. 12:28, 11
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. I Pet. 4:10, 11
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/10/1003.html
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
This is the first time I’ve realized the breathtaking beauty of a daisy.
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 Monday, October 3, 2022
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“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
Psalms 37:4 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Mornin’ all!
Borrowed from citizen free press poster…
The power of words
May all have a blessed day ❤️
Words can uplift. Words can also demoralize. Words can inspire. Words can comfort. The right words at the right time can change a person’s outlook, or even change a life. Once written or spoken, they can never be retrieved.
They are the most powerful tool there is. They should be chosen with care and used likewise.
I had seen this long ago, Cat. It made the same impact on me seeing it again as it did the first time. Wonderful.
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Now that’s funny…🤣👍
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Very good follow up..🤣..certainly fits where I come from..👍
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Here’s another one…
With all the news about Florida, I decided I needed a generator.
It was put somewhat by my door but below the step. Too heavy to drag. So, I got a shovel to act as a lever and lifted it enough to move to the step. Then was able to pry, push, and pull up the step and over the lintel into the garage.
How to get it out of the box, my next problem. I cut all 4 corners and laid them down on the floor. Voila, the generator! Removed the packing from around it, removed attached pieces. Read the directions: Remove red brackets from the bottom of the generator……hmmm.
Managed to turn it over on its side on one flap of the box and there were the red brackets! Got out the little wrenches from the enclosed tool kit. One bracket gone! The second one won’t budge. The nuts had obviously been tightened by a gorilla. After attacking the wrench with a hammer to try to move the nuts from the bolts, I halfway stripped the metal without releasing the nuts. The bolts just turned as the wrench turned. My internal temperature – at least 150 degrees.
But not to be denied, I dug out a socket wrench set that hadn’t seen the light of day in 20 years. That second red bracket yielded. My knees are grateful.
Second instruction. Lift the generator onto 4×4 blocks. Do they not realize how much this thing weighs? Done – sort of balanced but rocking a little. Attach the feet with the XXXX bolts and nuts (no picture). Move 4×4 blocks so I can get to the attachment spot. Attached. Attach the wheels (No picture). Done. Attach the handle bracket. Done…..but woops, it doesn’t work right. Hmmm. The bracket is upside down? Yup. Undo the 4 bolts. Turn. Replace the 4 bolts. Attach the handle (No picture). Not right. Upside down. Reverse and re-attach.
Ha…..finally…..rolled it off the remains of the box. Folded box for re-cycling. Time for a piece of apple pie. Tomorrow is time enough to continue the generator discovery.
I am impressed!
A+ for your perseverance!
Necessity..the mother of invention…American’s are good at it … good job💪👍
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Well done Belle.. you don’t need no stinkin’ man…
(But maybe a nice smellin’ one…ha)
My usual, wonderful, do-everything neighborhood handyman has gone out of town for 2 months….probably would have waited to get it, if I had known. I can do this, though, I hope. However, when he returns, maybe he will wire me a transfer switch and build a shed for the generator. I won’t smell him, though….LOL!
I’ve been planning all summer to get one, to be prepared for the winter and storms. But now, I’ve changed my mind. Not going to put myself through all that; sounds like a man’s job. If and when, there comes an immediate need, I’ll find the men in the family and let them do it.
Belle, you need to make a big pot of chili and some cornbread and buy a case of Bud Light and invite a couple burly guys over
I commend your tenacity, but
just sayin’
The scene opens on a trendy, exclusive “sidewalk cafe” of the “French Laundry” level.
The elites, dressed in their finery, seated and unmasked, are being served by staff not only masked, but gloved as well.
They are bringing out platters of crickets, sauteed in sesame oil, with a raspberry reduction, and taureens of cockroach soup, with black ants, which the elites are consuming with gusto and praise.
A small child, in the crowd of lessers walking by, outside the stanchions and velvet ropes, points and says;
“LOOK Mommy, they’re eating BUGS!!”
All the ‘passersby’ stop, point and start laughing, uproariously.
The elites eyes seem to ‘unglaze’ and truly focus on what it IS, they are shoving in their mouths…
They all begin to throw up, which only makes the crowd laugh HARDER.
The Emperors new foods.
I see a future for you … in advertising
that’s a great little mini-drama script
Where is our rah?
I have been wondering that too! Praying he and his family are ok.
I ask for your prayers for my newest grandson Isaiah. Born a little more that a month early. And for his mother and my son and their others 3 children. Mom was having issues and they had to take the baby. So far, so good. But very stressful for all of them.
Prayer never hurt anyone.
Thank you all.
Prayers up for them.
Prayer lifted.
Amen
Amen.
I think I may have goofed. My alarm clock hand seems to move on its own and didn’t go off until half an hour later tonight. I just happened to be watching. I guess it is what I get for buying a cheap clock.
You are doing so, so well!
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Bought another set of flannel sheets from Mike Linedell, delivered today.
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.” I Peter 4:8