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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Ok, now that is FUNNY!
Ohhhhh… he’s like my Danny. Danny is in palliative care right now from ulcerative cancer. Didn’t think he’d make it a few weeks ago and every day he is alive is a true gift. He is now the first I seek in the morning and my day starts with seeing his little head pop up and he has a special mew that sounds like “Mom.”
I know one day soon his head won’t rise and I will weep for him, but our Lord is Good and Merciful and I’ve asked in my prayers if my blue boy will meet me at the pearly gates when our times have come.
Thank God for the promise of Eternity.
My Heaven wouldn’t be complete with our little fur family.
Russian Blues are the sweetest. (hugs)
I got in from Hunstville, AL at 04:30 this morning. At 10:30 I went and got my hair cut and did some grocery shopping. I picked up a couple ribeyes and grilled them for dinner. Now Sherry is lying down with her electric throw over her and Gabby the cat is curled up beside her on the couch. Gabby really likes that electric throw.
Baker Mayfield?
Baker Mayfield?
WTH?
Funny you mentioned Mayfield. My youngest daughter, a University of Texas grad, LOATHES him…more because of his personal life than his connection with OU.
I flipped on the box because of your comment and caught the last minute on the NFL Channel as a rerun. I like his grit. Glad I saw it. I used to like the “Raiduhs” back in the Madden, Flores era.
I no longer like the raciss, woke NFL…but oh the memories!
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Merry Christmas !!! 😉
Good morning, Mr jay.
There were two ways I could get home from the Welsh town I worked in to my small village about 6 miles away, neither one a straight run. One was the well travelled main one, 2 lanes only.
The other was a small country road that was
considerably less travelled but ran through those beautiful hills and valleys…winding and dipping. And there was a stream very much like the one in this picture. Sometimes I’d pull over into a small layby and walk to the edge, just to ponder for a few minutes, and to appreciate the quietude. Which I am doing right now….another mental cocktail, thanks to you. Blessings, sir.🤗
Good morning Bet! ❤️😘
Your story reminds me of a trip to Ireland. We had a little rental car with a stick and had our own GPS that we took with us anytime we were traveling in Europe. Don’t remember where we were driving to but it took us down a tiny one lane road. It had me worried for a while but I guess it was a shortcut because we got where we were headed to. I was just happy that we didn’t encounter any oncoming traffic. 😁
Good morning to you, G!😘
I love that!!! I call it taking the scenic route. So much to see without having to worry what is in front or back of you…leisurely….and perhaps a quiet pub to drop into I would imagine😉.
On the road I wrote of, there were strategically placed small laybys so one could pull in to let oncoming cars (if there were any which there seldom were) to pass.
I must tell you this story.
My husband drove for Globus Gateway tours for years (as I’ve mentioned, that’s how we met), and his itineraries laid out by corporate took him all over Britain and into Ireland. It was during The Troubles.
It was not uncommon during those terrible times for road signs to be switched by adherents of the IRA. And so it was he was driving to a town in Ireland very close to the border with Northern Ireland that he took a turn on one of those whose signs had been switched…and drove straight into Northern Ireland. There were no border controls then, so it was easily done.
And the further down he went with his massive coach filled with American tourists,and the narrower it got, it took him zero seconds to understand the sign had been switched.
He is not one to become alarmed, but on this occasion, bells went off loudly. He said one never knew what had been left on the road, if you catch my meaning. So without saying a word and being a mile down that narrow, mislabeled byway, he expertly backed his coach all the way to the point where he had turned off. He said he was (in his understated British fashion ) “pretty nervous”. Times were that bad back then.
I dare say your scenic tour was much nicer than the unexpected one he took.😂
Maidin Mhaith Betsy, I’m picturing some brook trout in the pool above just waiting for my lure to tempt them so breakfast could be provided. 😉
You’d have to get up pretty early, but it would be so worth it!😁
My preferred paths… those less traveled with pretty scenery. I avoid freeways now in favor of country roads. My roads to my office take me through mansions and horse farms. (I don’t live in either, but I imagine the Heavenly Home the Lord Has waiting for me.)
Hiya Besty Beasty Betsy! Nod and g’day to you Jay 1776
Oh I LOVE that moniker, JWoo!! The alliteration is faaabulous, dahling!
If I can avoid the clogged roads, I will do so. It was so easy to do in the home of my heart, where anything was possible as far as sights go. Farms with sheep, farms with horses, the occasional ancient well built estate, country churches…one just never knew. Always an adventure…miss it.
I keep thinking about your daughter and her school tribulations, praying that things getting better for her…
Blessings, my new friend, and thank you!😉😘
Thank you, Betsy, for keeping my daughter in your prayers. I really appreciate it. Clinging to Matthew 18:6 (NIV) for dear life.
Causing to Stumble6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
I’m thankful for the country road driving for a respite. We are entering the winter months. May our Good Lord and Savior keep us all safe on our respective journeys. I pray, also, that He keeps our minds, eyes, and ears open to the beauty of His Creation in this world. It’s still here, just seems harder to find.
If you let Joe Pas keep playing it’s an album. 🙂
Jay 1776, now you’ve done it 😊
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Very nice… really sets the Christmas mood. Thanks, Jay
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Yo, jay . . . Far out, man . . . 🙂
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Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps! 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
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Good morning Garrison !
Mornin’ Gramps 🙂
Good morning, Garrison…what can I say about your sublime selections. Bless-ed Palestrina sung so beautifully and movingly by these superb voices, perfect for his works. I can only imagine the sounds of them had I been there, but especially in church or cathedral settings. Can you imagine the experience? What a most wonderful way to begin any day. I really do thank you for these, my friend. A gift for the soul.💕
Mornin’ Bet. Yep. The ‘net and Youtube’s influence on musical access and appreciation has been downright transformative. 🙂
Oh how I agree with that! All the works I have been able to hear and save. I’d say transformative is the mot juste.
Gregor would be pleased… very nice
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Fall’s final hurrah?
Happened to glance out my window yesterday and saw this one tree still had colorful autumn leaves hanging on. Photo taken by me in Northeast Ohio. Wishing y’all a great late fall day! 🙂
Beautiful !!
Thank you very much! Your gorgeous autumn stream shows you appreciate lingering fall colors as well … 🙂
Good morning, phoenix😊
Autumnal beauty doesn’t last long. Here one minute, then gone. What a gorgeous picture!
Last week the leaves on our Mexican pin oak were still green…this morning they are all lying on the ground, branches bare. That was quick! Blessings to you🙏
Thanks for your kind encouragement, Betsy jones!
The good news is that there is beauty in every season.
Bare branches look good in snow or Christmas ornaments … You could always decorate your Mexican pin oak tree? 🙂
There is. And spiritual as well. The dying off in the autumn when the sap is falling (as our human “sap” does), our resurrection in the hopeful spring. Almighty God showing us in real time through nature. Something very calming in knowing it.
I would love to light that pin oak up. I think if we were younger, we might have a go. It would look wonderful! I hope you will post more of your beautiful photos in the future as the seasons change. You are so right…there is beauty in each one.💕
This first one is for me, you can look for the story here last year about this time for those with inquiring minds.
09 December 2021 Al Unser, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1970-71, 78, 87), dies of cancer at 82
09 December 2019 Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer (Roxette – Must Have Been Love), dies after a long illness at 61
09 December 2014 Winfred “Blue” Lovett, American singer (Manhattans – “One Life to Live”), dies at 71
09 December 1994 Garnett Silk [Garnet Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (Hey Mama Africa; Greenline), dies in a house fire while trying to save his mother at 28
09 December 1981 Sonny Til [Earlington Carl Tilghman], American doo-wop singer (The Orioles), dies from heart failure at 56
Wow. First I have heard of a singer dying while trying to save lives.
Probably my ignorance. Mostly they are mundane. Like the heart failure, cancer and long illness above. Sometimes they are troubling, OD, murder, suicide, etc.
. . . 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.
Amen, Amin
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)
December 9 Oswald Chambers
The Opposition of the Natural
Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. —Galatians 5:24
The natural life itself is not sinful. But we must abandon sin, having nothing to do with it in any way whatsoever. Sin belongs to hell and to the devil. I, as a child of God, belong to heaven and to God. It is not a question of giving up sin, but of giving up my right to myself, my natural independence, and my self-will. This is where the battle has to be fought. The things that are right, noble, and good from the natural standpoint are the very things that keep us from being God’s best. Once we come to understand that natural moral excellence opposes or counteracts surrender to God, we bring our soul into the center of its greatest battle. Very few of us would debate over what is filthy, evil, and wrong, but we do debate over what is good. It is the good that opposes the best. The higher up the scale of moral excellence a person goes, the more intense the opposition to Jesus Christ. “Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh….” The cost to your natural life is not just one or two things, but everything. Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself…” (Matthew 16:24). That is, he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence.
The natural life is not spiritual, and it can be made spiritual only through sacrifice. If we do not purposely sacrifice the natural, the supernatural can never become natural to us. There is no high or easy road. Each of us has the means to accomplish it entirely in his own hands. It is not a question of praying, but of sacrificing, and thereby performing His will.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own.
https://utmost.org/the-opposition-of-the-natural/
I’d rather be “… filled with wonder and amazement …”
I think the contradiction comes from his dropping the qualification as being from nature. He had just spent several sentences setting up that qualification.
I am not sure his qualified statement is right, but his unqualified line you quote sure makes it sound like Christ is the enemy of moral behavior.
Instead, God is the source of all that is good. Including moral behavior. And our pride is a stumbling block that keeps us from God.
Pride is included when he talks about excellence. He uses moral to describe excellence. But he has set obedience to nature as the key block.
I believe that the man tried to say what you believe but said it in a way that jarred with that belief.
I for one am not sure that nature has morals. And human society is so influenced via God that even those who try to be atheists have to recast God’s morals as coming from nature because they know God is right. But I sure haven’t spent the effort to cast this into a theology that is consistent with one community’s interpretation of scripture.
Question, is anyone else having issues in accessing “mypillow.com”??
Using Android Tablet, both on chrome browser and Duckduckgo. Access denied. Is someone (TPTB)demonizing Mike??
The direct link works for me, Linux, brave and a VPN connection.
A lot of sites block access from my VPN.. guess they do not need my business.
Greets Treeps!
Maranatha! 🔥✝️🔥
Gracious morning, my friend😘
Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary. – Luke 2:4-5
How would you describe your “house” in light of the kind of people and history that defines it? Much is said in the Bible about “the house of David” and it is an important part of the lineage of Christ, legally giving Him the throne to rule and reign over Israel. David, while hoping to build God a house on Earth, was instead given the awesome gift of establishing the bloodline that would produce God’s Messiah, “Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever” (2 Samuel 7:16).
Lest you think the house of David was filled with finer folks than your house, the extent of the sinfulness of the kings sitting on the throne of David is hair-raising. However, God’s covenant promises have never depended upon human righteousness. They are always a description of His blessing alone. Some 1000 years after God made that promise to David, an angel appeared to a young woman proclaiming, “You will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever” (Luke 1:31-33).
As you open your home to family and friends this holiday season, remember the baby born to Mary now sits upon God’s throne forever as Savior, just as was promised generations ago. Pray for many in the house of American government to invite Him into their hearts, home, and work.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
December 9
MORNING
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Prov. 21:3
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8
Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. I Sam. 15:22
To love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. Mark 12:33
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. Hos. 12:6
Mary … sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. One thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Luke 10:39, 42
It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phil. 2:13
EVENING
The spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Ecc. 12:7
The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. 2:7
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job 32:8
The first man Adam was made a living soul. I Cor. 15:45
The spirit of man that goeth upward. Ecc. 3:21
Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident…. and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. II Cor. 5:6, 8
With Christ; which is far better. Phil. 1:23
I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. I Thess. 4:13, 14
I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2, 3
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/12/1209.html
Mornin’ y’all!
Ouch – – that illustration hurts.
Top of the morning to you also!
How true, how true.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Friday, December 9, 2022
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“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Thoughts? Anyone?
America is too civilized to take back our representatives government from the Marxists.
The Great American Songbook………
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”: This song was written in 1943 by Hugh Martin (music arrangement/composer) and Ralph Blane (words) and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In 2007, it ranked the third most performed Christmas song.
Some of you might be familiar with Stouffer frozen entrees and/or Marie Calendar meals you can find in your grocery store. I just left our Fred Meyer (Kroger) this morning. One meal of either is now $5.00 and even higher.
They used to be 5 for $10 which is $2.00 each.
Thanks so much evil Demonrats.
Interesting substack discussing the Died Suddenly movie, this author has questions on the validity of the presentation since it is easily being debunked by the msm due to the holes in the manner of presentation and toward the end of the substack informs the reader there will be a roundtable discussion on Rumble, scheduled for December 13 on the Died Suddenly movie.
Pretty sure the author has valid points regarding information that should have been considered when hastily putting together the docudrama as it seems to be having the opposite reaction from what the creators had intended for it to result in.
It’s a long article and those who have already bought the premise of that docudrama hook, line and sinker may not be as welcoming to additional viewpoints so don’t do a “she’s a troll” number on me, thanks in advance.
https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/stew-peters-chaos-credibility-that-e89
Bessie, came across a video (here at CTH? Not sure) DeSantis saying that he was lied to about the vaccines, and will be suing.
DeSantis said that Florida statistics are showing over 80% rise in cardiac medical events (heart attacks or similar acute problems?)
Whether the Stew Peters info is reliable or not, the death and cardiac injuries are unquestionable. How the Powerful have managed to bamboozle so many for so long is astonishing, and horrifying too
Did the Russians place Griner with the male or female inmates?
Hi, can anyone tell me how to insert a short video/mpg file here….or must I link to one only…Thanx in advance.
Copy the link from somewhere on the internet, paste into dialog box.
If you add text, provide a full line space between text and link.
Thank you very much Alleycats…So basically I have to hot link…The file is on my computer but I guess I could post it to Youtube and then use that link, despite not using Youtube this they went full leftist…Thanx again…
Copy, paste. Hope that helps.
And when will America be free of it’s traitors?
https://thesaker.is/the-new-russia-and-a-prophetic-ballad/
Amen! God has already done everything for us! We just need to stand up for the freedoms He has already given us. The enemy can’t do anything without our consent. Time to stand up for our rights. .
In this eye of the storm
If you would keep warm
Remember The Child
Who tamed a world as wild.
Christmas poem by Dr. Ward Pafford, longtime professor at Valdosta State College
Puuuuuure Scripture. Niiiiiice. 🙌✝️🙌
Praying and asking God not to lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil is what we need to pray often.
God says were in a spiritual battle with satan and his demons.
Evil can be defeated by prayer.
Wokeness out to ruin Christmas, too? Enough already.
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‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ Is Coming Under Fire for Its ‘Disturbing’ Themes
https://cafemom.com/news/216418-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-backlash
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
I see Hanoi Jane managed to get her mug on TV again. The only news about her that I will get my attention will be found in the obituaries soon.
There are two noted Global satellite temperature data sets. RSS and UAH. Dr John Christy and Dr. Roy Spencer make sure the UAH is not corrupted. However it is a different story for the RSS.
Fruit Cake.
What is it that people have against it? Personally I don’t see what is not to like! I bought some today and just had some for my desert.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.
Sorry folks , but while your posting cat videos and talking about your grandkids , the world is collapsing around you !
Aren’t ya worried that at a minimum , those grandkids will live in a socialist country and will have to eat your cat !!!