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 31, 2022
Spurgeon had a way of packing his small devotionals with such beauty of language and power of an eternal message. This one is overwhelming and perhaps my favourite, if that is possible among so many.🙏
The last two King 2 Hearts music videos:
The goal of the assassinated king, and of his brother who inherits the throne, is the reunification of South and North Korea. The force against them is a weapons conglomerate, Club M, with people in power all over the world. While the new king’s North Korean fiancee is a physical force to be reckoned with, the king uses moral coercion, trusting that he can appear again and again in North Korea and dare them to kill a king.
King 2 Hearts – It’s Not My Time – 3 Doors Down
The n’er-do-well spare to the throne has defended his brother since their childhood, but sees no reason why he can’t enjoy his position with almost no responsibilities. Over and over, he disappoints his brother, the king, never expecting a day would come when he would receive the throne he had never wanted. In that moment, his playboy days are over.
New King 2 Hearts – Father and Son – Cat Stevens
Morning, Mary. Your mojo is up and running. Well done!😊
I have to admit that these two videos were favorites to make. Characters with high moral principles will always be a win for me. And it was a tapestry of good people caring about one another against the villain who is against them all. Loved the show the first time I watched it, and it was a pleasure to put in the detailed logging and the continuous rewatchings that editing takes. Fun! A wonderful morning to you, as well.
That sort of fun keeps you young(er).We could all use more of it.😊
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂
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Good morning, Garrison😘 On my way to see what delicious musical offerings you’ve selected for the start of another week. Be well. Blessings always.
Morning Bet! The birthday party was great but I don’t remember my skates being so uncomfortable 🥴. Last time I ice skated was on Violet’s 4th birthday but that was in Jacksonville and the skates were rental and my feet were really hurting at the time. I replied to you last night, no ice cream at the party, just pizza and cake. Don’t know what this world is coming to? 😁❤️
Hahaha…my gosh, you be careful. We don’t want word you were hauled off the rink after falling. No we don’t!
I’m sure a good time was had by all. Ours had their parties at a jumping place. The kids loved it, and boy, could they work off some energy.
As for no ice cream?? Standards, people!! Dear oh dear…you’re right, the world has taken a giant leap back😂😂😂
I’ll check on your last night’s reply. Have a brilliant drama free week, G. Love ya😘
Love you too, sister. Added blessings this morning. Just got to the health club and ran into my 19 yo grandson. I knew he was working out here but our paths had me end crossed until now. 😍
A real blessing for another Monday. Don’t you guys whittle yourselves down to nothing. 😉
Mornin’ Bet . . . 🙂
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Good morning, Mr jay. Always loved Patsy Cline’s voice. It was good to hear it again. Blessings to you, sir all week and beyond.🤗
Maidin Mhaith Betsy that song was the flip side 45 of Walking After Midnight
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I liked that one as well👍
Good morning jay!
Howdy Gramps looks like ice cream has gone by the wayside at party’s. That’s too bad IMHO. 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
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Deeply touched by recent comments … just a bit pooped and also
making final plans … just in case … but keeping such matters
private. Meanwhile, live life and celebrate.
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Prayers, Leon . . . 🙂
So glad you are back Leon, even with your cryptic, ominous message. You will stay in my prayers and I hope you recover your strength soon.
I missed You Big Leon !
Happy Happy to see You now 😊
I asked about You because I am concerned and missed You .
I pray You don’t mind and/or forgive me . I didn’t mean to pry .
GodSpeed Leon 💐
Glad to see you back!
You are much loved, Leon. We notice when the individual branches of this wonderful Tree are suddenly missing those who are normally in them. Almighty God be with you and strengthen you. You are among friends here.🙏
Leon…..❣️❣️❣️
You really are somethin’ else with your cat-tale pictures.
I missed you ( phew)
-and celebrate your return.
✝️❤️ You
Missed you and your kitties. Keeping you in my prayers! May the good Lord keep you safe and give you the strength to get thru each day.
Truth!!!!!!
Welcome back, Leon!
Thank you Leon for making life a little better for all of us.
You were missed greatly, thanks for touching base today. Am one of those that quietly slips onto this branch of the Treehouse without commenting –just to see what new kitty photo you have posted, — a joy bump for me —those moments of chortling at kitty photo, thinking, yep my furry bundles do that too. Sending warm wishes your way.
…passersby are as precious as those who stay a while.😊
31 October 2020 Rance Allen, American gospel singer and musician (Rance Allen Group – Miracle Worker), dies at 71
31 October 2011 Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter (Mama Spank, The Game of Triangles), dies of heart and lung disease at 81
Happy Halloween Treepers
Choose you own caption for this one.
RIP Pumpkin Jr
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Oh noooooooo!!
Too much egg nog 😂
Hammered
Howdy Patience may your days be Blessed 🌷🌷🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hi there, Jay.
~ Thank you ,,,,, 💌
Morning, Patience and Ma🤗🤗 All is not lost… we could scavenge enough for a pie at least.
(I’ll see myself out.)
Excellent use of roadkill!
or Menagerie’s Sunday recipe.
Hahaha… Roadkill.👍
Pelosi Pumpkin 😂😂
smashed
I too was thinking of Mr Bill then of current events like was Hillary driving the bus…
Oops!!
Vaxxed n boo(s) ted
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Isaiah 66:2 ESV
“trembles”
Good morning, dear friend. Just reading that Kiev is without power and water after airstrikes. Praying that your son’s wife’s family is safely elsewhere.🙏
One more . . .
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
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There aren’t many song writers whose works shine with an orchestral interpretation. Add the guitar, and they get kicked up another notch. Lovely.
Just for kicks, Garrison.
https://www.google.com/search?q=lawerence+juber&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:da417c9b,vid:w4MqLwbe1xw
Confident you know all about Lawrence Juber …. He has done some wonderful versions of the Beatles.
https://www.google.com/search?q=laurence+juber+beatles&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:a7c3f430,vid:Jz4rQVbN7TM
Good morning Patience! ❤️
Hello there, Pa ❣❣❣❣❣
…..no ice cream🤐
Definitely a good player, Patience. Thanks for posting. 🙂
Morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps! 🙂
Dion – The Wanderer (1961) 4K
A Teenager In Love
Runaround Sue
The Wanderer – one of my two favorite songs on 1961. The other is…
Cuddling a miniature horse & Happy puppy
Dog and soldier reunion
Who’s peeling onions….
WWhat a marvelous video. 🙂
Tales from the Heart.. one more from the top shelf.. I couldn’t post this one earlier.. because her official video had disappeared.. and now just recently reappeared.. in HD.. High Definition..
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underneath all that gear.. underneath all that muscle.. grease.. and grime.. under all that stuff.. is a heart.. that yearned for the softness of her hand.. the tenderness of her touch.. her beautiful scent of a rose..
the life of a large corporate company diver.. this was the big league.. worldwide.. legends in the industry.. you really had to want it bad to make it on this team..
we were expected to go the extra mile when needed.. to take the pain.. ignore the cold exposure.. withstand the lack of sleep.. often in trifecta.. cold wet and tired.. among many other challenges.. it’s just the way it was at this level..
nobody is spared the harshness of the job.. so never complain.. we were all in the shit together.. you can catch up on all of that sacrifice when you’re back on the beach.. and then go back out and do it all over again..
I was a loner.. by trade.. the only real friends I had were on the dive team.. I was spending half my life out there with them.. day and night.. 24/7.. work.. dinner.. and bunk room..
being in an isolated and dangerous environment for extended periods of time.. trusting your teammates with your very life.. strong bonds are inevitably forged..
but back on the beach.. that kind of loyal friendship bond could not be found.. so I had nobody waiting for me back on the beach.. but there was an exception.. sort of..
when you are out there giving it all you’ve got.. you’ve gotta hold onto something back in the world.. I laid in my bunk.. falling asleep.. to escape.. to dream a dream.. of a her.. real.. or imagined..
I had just gotten back.. and I must’ve looked pretty bad.. through the crowd our eyes met.. and she immediately came over to me..
being one of the first one’s in Houston to capture me.. she knew what I did for a living.. she gently grabbed my hand.. and escorted me out of the club..
she got me into bed.. and held me in her arms as I collapsed into sleep.. I woke the next morning and she was gone..
save your love for me..
The time of year when the vapid fill their lawns with inflated Walmart junk.
Ghastly indeed.
Freudian level behavior.
At Christmas , our across the street neighbours put out the most unChristmassy inflatable of all…Darth Vader, complete with audio of the first few well known bars of his ominous theme music. So when I go out on a crisp night to collect the mail, stars in His firmament, my heart full of the expectations of the birth of our Lord and Saviour, I am hit full blast, aurally and visually with….that.
Hoping this year, as their son is well past the age of Star Wars fascination, we will be spared this unChristmassy kitsch.
OMG !!!!
~You got me almost rolling in the floor 😂 rollin 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
How awful!
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Morning, Betsy 😋
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It (hopefully) was awful, Patience. Put into stark contrast with neighbours a couple of doors down opposite who always put the most wonderful huge HUGE tasteful reindeer (2), one either side of a giant “PEACE”… all lit up. Very festive.
That looks like a cup of coffee!! Excellent! Will drink it now. Thank you!🤗
Dear Bet and Patience, I am celebrating church Reformation Day today. ❤️
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October 31 Oswald Chambers
Discernment Of Faith
Faith as a grain of mustard seed… — Matthew 17:20
We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, it may be so in the initial stages; but we do not earn anything by faith. Faith brings us into right relationship with God and gives God His opportunity. God has frequently to knock the bottom board out of your experience if you are a saint in order to get you into contact with Himself. God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith, not a life of sentimental enjoyment of His blessings. Your earlier life of faith was narrow and intense, settled around a little sun-spot of experience that had as much of sense as of faith in it, full of light and sweetness; then God withdrew His conscious blessings in order to teach you to walk by faith. You are worth far more to Him now than you were in your days of conscious delight and thrilling testimony.
Faith by its very nature must be tried, and the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to trust God, but that God’s character has to be cleared in our own minds. Faith in its actual working out has to go through spells of unsyllabled isolation. Never confound the trial of faith with the ordinary discipline of life. Much that we call the trial of faith is the inevitable result of being alive. Faith in the Bible is faith in God against everything that contradicts Him — “I will remain true to God’s character whatever He may do.” “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” — this is the most sublime utterance of faith in the whole of the Bible.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The great point of Abraham’s faith in God was that he was prepared to do anything for God.
https://utmost.org/classic/discernment-of-faith-classic/
Good morning, Cat and Dog😉💕 Much to ponder with this one.
Morning Cat!💜
October 31
MORNING
Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Zech. 4:6
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? Isa. 40:13
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence. I Cor. 1:27-29
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:8
Born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:13
My Spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. Hag. 2:5
The battle is not yours, but God’s. II Chron. 20:15
The LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S. I Sam. 17:47
EVENING
Do as thou hast said. II Sam. 7:25
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. Psa. 119:38, 42, 49, 54, 72, 89, 90
God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. 6:17-20
Exceeding great and precious promises. II Pet. 1:4
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/10/1031.html
Left ya a message last night Bet.Late to the mines…a very busy canary…lol.Thank you and stay blessed.Casco 🙂
SO glad to see you, my friend. I am always looking out for you. I figured you were deeeeeep in those mines. I shall go back and check. Stay well!😘🙏
Yep…the mines are “lovely,dark and deep”…home really early today from West Palm.The wife’s all excited about the trick or treaters.She gets thrilled and just loves seeing the kiddies all dressed up…the little girls dressed in the lil fairy princess costumes and the boys as pirates or whatever.But there is no way I’m gonna have her opening the door without ME there.Sad commentary of the times,but it is what it is…Stay blessed my friend.Casco 🙂
Howdy Casco!
Happy Halloween my friend! 🙂
If you know someone with kids who might benefit from this, please share. I have long been concerned with kid’s fascination with witchcraft. Parents, please wake up. You cannot allow your kids to idolize cartoon or literary characters who represent the normalization of the paranormal and get a good outcome.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/this-american-exorcist-started-a-tiktok-channel-to-help-souls-navigate-dangerous-territory
Good info, Menagerie.
Instinct and intuition can easily get confusing; especially for the young.
There can be a sense of intrigue… excitement… and a different alluring kind of feeling …. a new found private belief of “knowing”
-which can take the innocent and confused knowledge-seeker to places of true darkness.
Having seen and met a few crazies in this lifetime…. Phew! They are where one least expects; at the best of places, in the prettiest of faces.
-Thank God for the Holy Spirit !
Oh, and my very excellent Mother. 😎
Thank you. I am noticing this is all part and parcel of the unholy and insidious extreme satanic attempt to snatch our beloved gifts of God from us. Someone has ordered these vile creatures to put pedal to the metal in every foul way…in education, normalizing and legalizing paedolphila (“it’s your choice to decide “who you love”), etc.
And now this. Satan wants our innocents. The assault is real, and it is intense. I don’t know what parents are not seeing it, but there are many. They’d best wake up…and fast.🙏
Happy Halloween all!
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The best EVER!!! Thanks for posting it.😂
“Exactly one minute after the alarms went off at GAZPROM, iCloud records of Prime Minister Liz Truss iPhone, show that she used her iPhone to send a text message to Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State. The message: “It’s done.”
No one else knew the pipelines had been blown up. GAZPROM knew there was a problem, but didn’t know what or why.
Liz Truss knew.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/mediocrity-british-intelligence-vividly-displayed-string-alleged-terrorist-attacks-russia/
The military industrial complex wants an all out nuclear war. I saw this. I do not find it surprising.
For Floridians thinking of filling up their tank, I heard it on the radio this morning that today is the last day of the state gas tax holiday!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Amen, duchess🙏
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 31, 2022
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“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, Amen!!💕
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Psalm 135
Septuagint
Serbian
Slavite Gospoda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5FRPcrqNTc
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
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)
Be well, Sepp. Blessings be upon you.🙏
Evening, Mrs. Betsy, thank you for the kind greetings. I was going to pass along something but forgot it now.
Twenty-first Monday of the Epistles
Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke of the Seventy
October 18th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
October 31st – civil or commercial calendar
Saint Luke pray for us!
On this All Saints Day, the Collect (for contemplation, meditation, consideration):
“Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical Body of your Son: Give us grace so to follow your blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, One god, in glory everlasting. Amen”
a link to a reflection on why there is a day set aside to honor the Saints:
http://anglicancompass.com/all-saints-day-a-collect-reflection/
Thank you, Bessie. Nothing surpasses the language of the Anglican Church.
HEAL US, LORD
In the morning, we are reminded
Of what we need to do today
We try to remain broad-minded
As we attempt to make our way
As our eyes open to a new day
We think first thoughts of You
For it is You who will guide our way
Over, above, and through
Without You we would be lost
Confused in mind, body, and soul
Through this maze we would be tossed
No way we would ever be whole
What would You have us do today
Where are we needed the most
Who needs a prayer a clearway
Nearby or at a distant coast
Be we anxious or just be concerned
About another in the mind
Whose life may suddenly be upturned
Or it may be one in a bind
Whatever it is the Spirit knows
For it is He who guides us
Through many sorrows even woes
With happy blessings He abides us
Inspire us Lord as we make our way
Guide us Lord in all that we do
Make this a most prosperous day
As we praise and glorify You
Not for us do we work so hard
Not for us do we normally pray
Not for us do we stand guard
But to help another make his way
Help us, Lord, to be of service
Help us, Lord, to glorify You
Help us, Lord, not to be nervous
About what it is we must do
Open our hearts and clear our minds
Open our ears wide to listen
Help us to open the spiritual blinds
Pray for those we need to christen
Many are lost in ways unknown
They have been brought to the edge
They need to know they are not alone
They must come now off of the ledge
There is healing in the Blood of Jesus
There is healing in His mighty Word
There is healing in His love that frees us
It is by His love that we are stirred
It is You in whom we find comfort
From worldly concerns of the day
From all that brings discomfort
Help us, Lord, to drive it away
Strengthen our bodies and minds
Bring peace to those around us
Bless Your people of all kinds
Let not turmoil surround us
Heal us, Lord, as only You can do
From whatever it is that ails us
Let us not be discouraged or blue
Break up the evil that assails us
Give us peace of mind, body, and soul
Help us stand strong and not falter
Give us back that which they stole
Grant our petitions left at the altar
Bless us, Lord, and heal us
From all that would keep us aback
From all adversity seal us
Protect us from ev’ry attack
Under Your wings we are sheltered
From all that could ever harm us
With Your love we are weltered
Nothing will ever alarm us
Thank You for hearing our prayer
For guiding us on our way
For nothing could ever compare
With blessings received each day
AMEN
D01: 04/06/2022
Bless you, duchess.🙏 Every word from your loving heart. Amen.
Roadblock in Tanzania..
I though #3 might be coming over to unblock. Should have known…love the swishing tails😍
Happy All Saints’ Day tomorrow! It has been said that there had been more Christian martyrs these past 100 years than in the first 1900 years. Remember especially the memory of U.S. Army Chaplain, Capt. Emil Kapaun, Medal of Honor (Posthumous) POW North Korea. He was deemed “Venerable” by the Vatican and might be canonized as a /Martyr / Saint soon. Born in New Pilsen, KS to Czech immigrants. Veteran of WWII in Burma Theatre and Korea. Bronze Star with “V” for many instances of dragging wounded and dead American soldiers to safety under fire.
And always keep in remembrance the Four Chaplains (Chaplains Fox, Poling, Goode, and Washington) who died during the sinking of the troop transport ship SS Dorchester 2/3/43 off Newfoundland by a U-Boat. They helped many soldiers into the lifeboats and gave their own life-vests to the men. They were last seen gathered along the rail of the bow praying to the freezing and drowning men as the bow submerged last. It was one of the costliest sinkings during the war with only 204 men rescued out of 904. Most succumbed to hypothermia with 34F ocean water.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.