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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Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Good morning, Mr jay. What is there to say of this lovely picture…idyllic😌
Maidin Mhaith Betsy 🇺🇸😁🇺🇸
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Good mornin’, jay 🙂
Good morning, Garrison. I’m trying to go to bed with out disturbing our overnight grand dog, Maggie. She’s happily asleep next to me on the couch, and I don’t want to disturb…won’t be easy…😉
Afternoon, Bet. Got up seriously late this morning. Haven’t slept ’til almost 11 in . . . well . . . several decades. I think my old body-clock is needing rewinding or something. Sure felt good, anyway. Be well, love. Pet your bording puppy for me.
Good for you…you must have needed it, my friend. Body clocks always mess me up as well, especially as the winter hours creep in. We’ve had a spate of ours needing resetting. But as my husband says when we sleep a little longer than normal, “Do you need to be somewhere?” And when my answer is “No”, he simply says, ” Well, then…”.
So I say, “Well, then…”.
😉 No harm, no foul😁😘
…and I’m petting on your behalf.👍
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
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Morning jay!
Afternoon Gramps 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
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Fascinating! I swear we don’t know a fraction of anything about animals and their interactions with others not like themselves.
Good morning Bet. Had to let my dogs out for a few minutes. I put some old ham salad out on the front porch earlier and it looks like either the outside cats or possibly a raccoon finished it off. There’s a huge raccoon that comes around once in a while to help himself (or herself) to the dry cat food I put out on the porch. And the possums will show up sometimes.
Lots of critters in the neighborhood. Squirrels, owls, coyotes, you name it. Even deer crossing the street last winter.
Good morning, Joe. What a softie you are. And how lovely that is. Looking after God’s creatures. We have the same here exactly, though without the deer. I worry for them in the colder weather. So I do put out dry cat food in a come one, come all effort to ameliorate the fact that house building shoved their abodes almost out of existence. In the morning it’s all gone. That’s my guilty secret…
In Wales, we had hedgehogs which would come up to the house. They we’re partial to wet cat food; and there, too, we were happy to oblige.
Blessings for your day, my friend. Love on your animals for me please🤗
Good morning Bet! Looks like you were up late last night. Hope you got enough sleep. ❤️😘
Good morning, G. Yep…I was pop eyed!! So I had a cup of caffeine infused tea and it worked, contrary to perceived wisdom😉 I managed to get up without disturbing The Mags, who has us twisted around her little paw. Plenty, thank you, my brother. I hope you are doing well, and all your family. Keeping you all in my thoughts always🌲😘
Thank you, dear sister. All is well except Nipper’s Dad. All we want for Christmas is to get him in a rehab.
Got up this morning at my usual retired 8 AM. 😄 Managed to have a work out then back home for some honey do’s, now relaxing with a CTH before we meet the rainwater guy to look at adding more rain collection. All in all a lazy day. Also, managed to check on the garden and pick a few tomatoes. Tomorrow will mark 7 months of garden production. PTL!
Yes sir…PTL! we need those blessed relaxing days.. I’m so glad your crop is thriving. Better get the best out of it because if what rah has posted about the upcoming cold, that may be the last for the year. Get your thermals ready!!
Sigh…been there…twice. My son admitted himself and through the grace of Almighty God got himself going on the right direction. My former son in law went into rehab but could never accept he had or was the problem.
I will pray with all I have, dearest brother, that one of Gods miracles allows your lad to see that his choice affects you all, especially Nipper. But it’s a terrible costly illness. He’s your son and so I know somewhere in him is the strength to face whatever it is that needs to be done. He’s the one who will make the choice…and I will pray for that…and I am so sorry this has visited him and all who love him. His mercies are new ever day..as you well know. Love you….Auntie Bet sends anonymous stored up hugs for Nipper. So glad you are a strong part of his life🙏😘
Nit picking.
Exactly!
One more . . .
Good morning Garrison!
Afternoon, Gramps! 🙂
14 December 2021 Phil Chen, Chinese-Jamaican rock session and touring bassist (Jeff Beck, 1974-76; Rod Stewart, 1977-80; Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger), dies of cancer at 75
14 December 2018 Joe Osborn, American session bass player (Bridge Over Troubled Water), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81
Playlist of 120 songs he played on 37 hidden from me.
14 December 2002 Ruth Kobart [Kahn], American actor & singer (King’s Quest VII, Forum), dies at 78
14 December 2001 (Secondo) “Conte” Candoli, American jazz, big band, and session trumpeter (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; The Brothers Candoli; The Tonight Show, 1967-92), dies of prostate cancer at 74
14 December 1997 Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who), dies of kidney failure at 51
14 December 1994 Mary Ann McCall, American singer, dies at 75
14 December 1989 Pattie Santos, American singer (It’s a Beautiful Day), dies in a car accident at 40
14 December 1975 Arthur Treacher, British character actor (The Little Princess; Thank You, Jeeves), TV announcer/sidekick (The Merv Griffin Show, 1965-70), and fish and chips restaurant namesake, dies of cardiovascular disease at 81
Someone on CTH had mentioned the restaurant VS Long johns. I prefer Arthur’s, but my last known location near me was the Tri-County mall in Cincinatti 2 hours away but stopped there every time they sent me for training classes in Cincy. <Reason they closed is here. >
Thanks for including the link to the quick history of the AT restaurant chain!
Pastor Chuck Swindoll’s devotional this morning was also about Paul.
https://www.insight.org/resources/daily-devotional/individual/transparent-humanity1
Thank you, G.🙏
A poem for this Season of Expectation and Hope Eternal
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky.
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die…
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson~
Blessing to all my precious friends in this beloved Tree, and to those who might stop for just a while.
Betsy, it is for certain that you are indeed a precious friend in this Tree.
You are loved. God bless you today and every day.
Oh my, Bananas…how truly kind you are.You have made my day start in the brightest way, and I thank you so much. Bless you for those sweet words.🤗
I second that motion!!!
I love you, too, Slowcobra.🤗
Betsy’s on that big branch reaching the sky
Joe, we are so blessed on this thread and this site with our loving friends, who become family. There is so much warmth from one another to one another. Just visiting here every day makes the world feel a gentler place, even though it is in turmoil. Our little haven for which I am so so grateful, as I am for the beautiful souls whose good hearts we’ve all come to know.
Isn’t it great??😊
Yes. There are few spots on the Internet that are neighborly and peaceful.
How true is that, Sepp. I really cannot think of another…💕
two more…
Sigh…beautiful, patty. Those voices!! The best of Christmas for me…
These selections are lovely – thank you!
The image on Christmas Hymns and Carols brings sweet memories … in past few years, we’ve had Christmas carolers in our neighborhood! The group organizer calls first and checks if okay to come by.
When I open the door and see twenty people of all ages -from adult to teen to children, and the stroller- standing there and they begin to sing, my heart is overwhelmed.
So touching. Their last song is “Silent Night.”
And after they leave, I’m standing in a puddle – of tears.
Love this so much!
Della, I came so close to
mentioning carolers, seeing that album cover. So close…remembering long ago. What a joy it is to know that beautiful tradition hasn’t completely died out. I don’t blame you for your puddle…🌲💕
I know, Betsy- it is joy to still see this!
A rarity, for sure.
And also a hope for the younger generations – the oldest in group are in their forties.
The oldest in the group are still striplings from my vantage point😊. I’m glad they are passing a most wonderful, joyous tradition. Long may it continue.💕
Haha! A flashback to when I thought forty was OLD …
Yesterday….wasn’t it??😉
List Of World’s Largest Weapons Manufacturing Companies
The leading 100 arms producers in the world increased their sales of weapons by 1.9 percent to $592 billion in 2021. Here’s the list of the world’s largest weapons manufacturing companies.
https://greatgameindia.com/largest-weapons-manufacturing-companies/
Yep. those are what my 16 year old grandson invests in. Vanguard Industrials ETF.
After her grandson played in the mud…
Wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL, actually!!
The little chap above will say later in his life, “I had the best childhood!” Priceless.😂
Thank you for these smile inducing photos. We need more of them.
“The little chap above will say later in his life, “I had the best childhood!” Priceless.😂”
Not to mention his immune system will be amazing!
😂😂😂!!! He probably is set for life, looking at that picture, Greg.
Right, Betsy?:) What better than children in whom the mystery of the birth of life is still strong. It’s the kids.. practically everything; without children, there is no future for Humanity (which reminds me of the critical moment now when we have to defend that future from all those nasty conspirators).
(By the way, the child in the photo might be Greg as a child, I don’t know. I found the picture on the internet, it could be anyone :):) )
Chiming in here, actually … you state the truth!
Children are a gift from God, and precious to Him.
They need to be protected at all costs as the devil and his helpers are furiously working against them.
Amen, Della, amen.
Hahaha!! I love that!! Let’s just assume it is.
And yes. I was reminded of what you say about protecting our children yesterday. And I was reminded of our absent friend far away (whom you probably don’t remember) who has spent his life doing just that where he is. He is on the side of the angels. Just thinking of the prayers we continuously offer up for all children. And their patron saints…
https://www.lettersfromthesaints.com/blog/patron-saints-for-children
Thank you for these happy, happy pictures, actually. I really appreciated them. So much joy in them🤗
. . . 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)
Msm puts out some unbelievable trash that they call news…
It’s bad enough seeing headlines about Britany Griner, but this so-called study really takes the cake. According to the American Journal of Medicine, unvaccinated drivers have a higher risk of getting into traffic accidents compared to those who got their Covid vaccines. “Canadian researchers examined the encrypted government held records of 11 million adults; 16% who hadn’t received the covid vax.” I guess Hippa laws don’t apply there?
Really? I saw this on the home page when I turned on my laptop. Sure, I’ll go out right away and get the vax and boosters so I can be a safe driver and avoid car wrecks./S
From the ridiculous to the absurd to the completely unhinged and desperate, Joe.
Apparently CNN started laying off hundreds of their staff at the beginning of this month.
I have no sympathy for them or any other corporate controlled media outlets.
Happiness is seeing Don Lemonhead and Rachel Madcow working the drive-through window at a local Arby’s.
They constantly project the opposite of truth. Every single day.
the new term now is ‘vaccidents’ because so many of the vaccinated are the ones getting into traffic accidents!
And there have been some plane crashes that occurred over past couple of years under strange circumstances.
I was one of the few staff that did not get the vax when I worked in a nursing home. I thought I was going to get fired because I refused the clot shot last winter. I turned in a religious exemption, stayed on at the job. I was offered $1000 to get vaxxed; I refused. The supervisor who made the offer got very ill with covid after getting the vax and boosters. Others who are vaxxed are testing positive for covid which, in turn, creates staff shortages in the nursing home. I know of a CNA who took the vax and all the boosters. She ended up leaving. She is pregnant; she was told there was no light duty at the facility for her. I hope she has a healthy baby.
I’m retired now and am really glad for it.
I pray for a healthy baby for her as well, Joe. Metaphorically, heads need to roll….
I just got a text from the nursing home where I used to work. They’re hollering for help to cover shifts. Aides are out with either covid, flu, or bronchitis.
The CNA who is pregnant went to work in another nursing home in our area. She’s a very nice and caring person; hopefully she doesn’t take any unnecessary risks. Lots of heavy lifting when working the floor.
Staff shortages and turnover (including LPNs) in nursing homes all over the region. Word gets around.
When you said you were retiring, I suspected you would be getting calls like this, Joe. I’ll assume you will help out. I know the residents will be ever so glad to see you. I think its wonderful for you to be able to not completely say goodbye to your profession. Keeps you young💕
I’m taking December off. The texts I’m getting are group messaging, but it’s nice to have an
option. I might go back as an on-call this coming January. Maybe. Depends on how I feel. Right now, I just want to take it easy and spend more time with my spouse. Letting the beard grow out and bought myself a pair of suspenders.
There is always something that needs to be taken care of, mainly paying bills and grocery shopping. Food prices are definitely increasing in the grocery stores.
Another bright and sunny day outside; somewhat chilly. 40 degrees. Only 1 more week left of fall season.
Check out Canadian Prepper’s videos if you’re so inclined. He avoids the use of profanity (unlike Gonzalo), but does talk a lot about doom and gloom stuff. He also has a great inventory of survival gear. Things are getting very tense in the Ukraine. Is it true that canned foods are being rationed to people in various parts of England? London, perhaps? Have you heard anything about that?
Yes…it is true about the rationing in Britain. I’m unsure how widespread it is, but as it seems to be the big supermarkets…Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Aldi…it’s bound to be nationwide.
The WEF has overthrown the UK, and it has installed its own as PM. Things are deteriorating fast, which is a source of grief for us.
I’m glad you are taking a hiatus for a while. Time is so precious, and you are well due your share to attend to the priorities in your life which are so important. It’s nice, though, to know your skills are still needed. It doesn’t surprise me in the least.
My British husband wore what are called there “braces” ( not suspenders, as that name is reserved for ladies to hold up their stockings in Britain😉) all the time with his business suits. And what varieties there were! From solid colours to those with very smart patterns and designs just for fun. He did look so smart when he wore them. Quite the English gentleman….which of course he really is. He continued to wear them when we moved back, and even persuaded his colleagues to try them.
And it was so funny…I’ll never forget the shocked looks I got from my Welsh friends when I told them, using the American word “suspenders”, that I was looking for some for him😂😂😂. I couldn’t understand why…until they put me straight. I think my face turned a fetching shade of red. Such is the difference between our two countries…
I was offered $2500 and turned it down. I am happily retired now as well. God Bless the brains I was born with.
Afternoon, parichute. Truly??? Oh my…the brains AND the immune system. Every time the offer goes up, a person’s “spidey senses” should kick in.
Hi Bet. I’m back from visiting with the wife. She’s doing ok and her bruises are clearing up. No black eye from the fall. She fell a second time but landed on a large fall pad instead of hitting the tile floor. No injuries. She’s ok; the nurses and aides are keeping a close eye on her. Neuro checks, etc.
And how truly fortunate, Joe. I’m sure you are feeling a tremendous relief.
It sounds as if the staff are really good and compassionate. As they know of your profession, I am also sure that allows you a special connection with them, so that they watch after your wife. Falls are awful no matter what age. It seems s said . f you’re re going to fall its best to go, and and not try to brace or grab. Perhaps that’s why her injuries were mercifully minor. 🙏
Good for you. Really and truly. Stand tall and hold the line, my friend.
God bless.
well turn your head now baby just spit me out …
Did not know Collective Soul also did a stint tour with a youth orchestra, but it was apparently common for a bit.
Loved Styx & Tommy Shaw doing it, and CS with the above tune.
Good morning everyone. I wonder what you all are doing to prepare for electric outage. We are trying to get everything where we don’t need electric. Hand crank radio, hand crank meat grinder and grain mill. Stoves to heat and cook on and lots of firewood. Spring way up the hill so lots of water just flows down. I want an old wood stove like when I was little but he who thinks he is the boss wants something called an AGA cooker. He thinks we will go to Scotland (won’t fly can’t swim) and bring one back. Ha! One of our Jotuls has a lid you can take off and bake stuff inside. We also have an oven built into the side of the fireplace where I have burnt stuff. We live about 100 miles from the Cascadia Subduction Zone and earthquake is due. We keep having 4 pointers every week or so now. People fire into the electric substations around here. Storms put out the lights. Anyway, what are you doing to do without electric?
Morning, Merry. No electric will decimate this population. It won’t take long. Food production facilities all over burning, and now power stations? Do not tell me we aren’t under attack, and probably by our government.
You’d love an Aga. My sister in law in Wales has one in her 700 year old farmhouse. It heats the whole house. You’d have to learn how to cook on it…I believe it’s a bit different for that one purpose, but Agas are ubiquitous in the UK. For where you are, the “boss😉” might just this once be a wise man. Check them out. I doubt you’d regret it.
I’ll have my “he who thinks he’s boss” (good one merry!) look it up.
are they available in the states? Not electric?
Thanks, just checked them out!
In Britain, they do not. I shouldn’t think they’d be any different here. Solid fuel.
Got my radio playing as I type. Listening to REM’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It”.
Gotta love it….
Oh the irony!!😁
Betsy I’ve been meaning to ask how you make your tea. What kind of tea? loose or bags? by the pot or the cup?
We aren’t fussy, Merry. So many kinds. But it’s just a case of try and see what suits your taste.
I like English Breakfast, sometimes Earl Grey, but mainly we (and I hate to admit this) drink Walmart Great Value which we both like. In the morning I add one bag green tea with Lemon, for health purposes, with one bag of black tea. Then I cover the cups with a kitchen towel and let steep for about five minutes before removing the bags. Keeps the cup hot.
We use bags and by the cup. There is a method to using loose which is too time consuming for us.
Then there is the age old and never resolved question…do you add milk to the cup/mug before tea is poured or after…we add after it is brewed.
Hope that helps, Merry😘
Here you go on that milk before or after debate…
https://www.yorkshiretea.com/brew-news/the-great-milk-debate
Thanks, Betsy. I use black walmart tea in bags usually to calm down. Have essential tremor and black tea helps the tremors. I have five teapots from cast iron lined with ceremac to an old brown betty but seldom use them. Lots of sugar and half and half. Tea is one reason I get up in the morning other than a pipeful of mild virginia tobacco.
Got
A kerosene heater, a generator to run the water pump and the two freezers and one fridge, fireplace too. Gas stove, and I can always cook venison in the wood smoker. Guess I can have a roast if I crank it up.
Grandpa M, the generators I have seen are so noisy they hurt my ears. Are there quiet generators?
Not that I know of but they are all outdoors. This particular one runs on gas and is 7500 watts. Just started it this morning for 10 minutes for maintenance.
Actually, the solar generators should be quiet. My bride bought one to run our water pump if needed but I haven’t even opened ll the boxes, yet. Several solar panels came with it but I’m stalling. Just the thought of solar or wind electricity generation gives me the runs. 🤣
Reposted without the link & other changes as it is in approval:
I used a Honda generator for a wedding music performance once, was very quiet, to reduce any noise heard for guests it was placed at the end of our longest extension cord about 100 ft from the tent.
Could not tell it made any noise at all.
Larger generators I have seen running various food truck / message trailers , they have wood boxes built to put over them to dampen noise and also allow access to refuel and allow intake air for operation.
If you have a permanent spot you could double box one to really reduce noise, or build a “tool shed” around it for camouflage.
Digging a pit in the ground like a “root cellar” would also work and be as silent as possible”
Link
https://powerequipment.honda.com/
they have made some updates in series but probably only made quieter.
Merry,
There’s one available in Pennsylvania – to which you could drive 🙂
AGA Range Cooker | eBay
Thanks p, I’ll check it out, too. BTW, good to see you.
Looking also…
https://www.agarangeusa.com/
Here is a list of dealers who will sell Aga brand:
https://www.agarangeusa.com/find-a-dealer
December 14 Oswald Chambers
The Great Life
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled… —John 14:27
Whenever we experience something difficult in our personal life, we are tempted to blame God. But we are the ones in the wrong, not God. Blaming God is evidence that we are refusing to let go of some disobedience somewhere in our lives. But as soon as we let go, everything becomes as clear as daylight to us. As long as we try to serve two masters, ourselves and God, there will be difficulties combined with doubt and confusion. Our attitude must be one of complete reliance on God. Once we get to that point, there is nothing easier than living the life of a saint. We encounter difficulties when we try to usurp the authority of the Holy Spirit for our own purposes.
God’s mark of approval, whenever you obey Him, is peace. He sends an immeasurable, deep peace; not a natural peace, “as the world gives,” but the peace of Jesus. Whenever peace does not come, wait until it does, or seek to find out why it is not coming. If you are acting on your own impulse, or out of a sense of the heroic, to be seen by others, the peace of Jesus will not exhibit itself. This shows no unity with God or confidence in Him. The spirit of simplicity, clarity, and unity is born through the Holy Spirit, not through your decisions. God counters our self-willed decisions with an appeal for simplicity and unity.
My questions arise whenever I cease to obey. When I do obey God, problems come, not between me and God, but as a means to keep my mind examining with amazement the revealed truth of God. But any problem that comes between God and myself is the result of disobedience. Any problem that comes while I obey God (and there will be many), increases my overjoyed delight, because I know that my Father knows and cares, and I can watch and anticipate how He will unravel my problems.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
It is impossible to read too much, but always keep before you why you read. Remember that “the need to receive, recognize, and rely on the Holy Spirit” is before all else.
https://utmost.org/the-great-life/
Mornin’ all!
My story
December 14
MORNING
Make his praise glorious. Psa. 66:2
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Isa. 43:21
I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth. Jer. 33:8, 9
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Heb. 13:15
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Psa. 86:12, 13
Who is like unto thee, O LORD…. glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Exo. 15:11
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psa. 69:30
They sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty. Rev. 15:3
EVENING
By nature the children of wrath, even as others. Eph. 2:3
We ourselves also were sometime foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. Titus 3:3
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. John 3:7
Job answered the LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile: what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Job 40:3, 4
The LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil. Job 1:8
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psa. 51:5
David … to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Acts 13:22
I obtained mercy… who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious. I Tim. 1:13
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:6
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/12/1214.html
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen”
~The Book of Common Prayer~
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature. – Hebrews 1:3
Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God, not only by His parables and teachings but also by His example. If you want to know what God is like, look at Jesus. Today’s verse says He is the “exact imprint of his nature.” He exhibited this by reaching out to the needy and performing miracles. The apostle John relayed that the Jewish leaders were upset with Jesus for making Himself equal with God.
“This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God” (John 5:18).
In the next verse, Jesus emphasizes who He is. “So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise‘” (John 5:19). Jesus replied to Philip in John 14:9, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’” God the Father Himself confirmed His claims in Matthew 3:17, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
The claims, the deeds, the miracles the supernatural confirmations all attest to the deity of Christ. Go to the Father in confidence through the Son, bringing Him your needs and the needs of the country.
Pray for the citizens and government officials to turn to Jesus as the only way to salvation.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
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 Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:27 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, amen, amen.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
For all our precious gifts from God…
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
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The crazed Left needs to stop demonizing everyone who disagrees with them!
Encouraging their zombie followers to commit violence will not end well.
Satan has collected a lot of souls….
The fall of a church (you are the church)!
The church has fallen because the knowledge we use is factual knowledge not heavenly knowledge. Factual knowledge is physical knowledge and comes from our own flesh and desires. Heavenly is only through relationship with our lord, a connection that must not be broken.
The ancient church had that unbroken connection. We have substituted it with Gods word alone filtered through our fleshly desires.
It can become our nature if we choose.
This world will again fall to chaos, due to this fact. The fleshly desires are the tree of life, to follow become death. We see it all around the absence of heavenly interpretation is why we can’t stop it or will not. In harmony with heaven life is directly imputed into us from “the garden” in the garden we thrive.
We can change our destiny it is to repent and follow in heart, mind, soul, our lord. To almost everyone they consider it a complete loss because it is not what the flesh desires. Only through a regeneration from God can it be accomplished. The very first bit of knowledge that verifies that we are on the right path is to understand Only God is good and all his ways. From there it is a process to leave what is not useful in his kingdom, pretty much everything. It is literally an exchange of bad for good.
“Dear God, we are all hungry for leadership that is moral, professional, dedicated, and above all honest. Guide those who are in positions of power in our country.”
We are entreated to pray for all, even and especially for our enemies…the latter perhaps being the most difficult thing to do when we are being targeted, persecuted with true hate and malevolence, and purposefully destroyed from within.
This morning I found this small but powerful prayer which, to me, seems to be the perfect prayer to offer for these who with all intent and zeal are following such an evil agenda. Our God is a God of miracles. Nothing is too hard for Him. And so I do pray that eyes which are clouded will be cleared, and souls which are moribund and blackened will be awakened and restored. For all our sakes.🙏
The Jerusalem Post has an artical on the apochryphal book of Enoc. Very different ideas on angels between Jews and Christians.
Good afternoon all!
The alarmists and the press want to talk around the reality and ignore the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. One of their ploys is to say that weather is not climate.
Sure weather is not climate but the simple fact is that according to what has been declared by many prominent “experts” of human caused climate change, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING!
The NH snow extent should not be in near record territory.
Australia should not be having the coldest spring in 30 years.
Children in Southern Britain should not know what snow is.
Ski areas should be shut down due to lack of snow.
Polar bears should be almost extinct from starvation or drowning.
The GBR should be a bleached out and large areas nothing more than a dead shell.
The polar air masses descending upon us should not be so darn cold.
There should be permanent hot spots in the mid to upper troposphere.
The wild fire season should have been terrible instead of the below average one it was.
The hurricane season should have been terrible instead of below average and the global ace should be setting new highs instead of being at 72% or normal.
The tornado season should have been bad instead of being around the 20 percentile of normal.
The rate of SLR should be skyrocketing instead of plodding along at about the same rate is has for decades.
The summer at my Indiana home should have been brutally hot but instead we have gone three years without a single 100 deg F day and even in July highs in the nineties are the exception and not the rule.
etc, etc ad nauseam.
Bottom line is that these blasts of real winter and all the preponderance of other data make it clear that natural variability rules, just as it always has! And all the Kings horses and all the Kings men cannot change that fact! They can only lie, deceive, and indoctrinate, and try to divert people’s attention and conversations away from what they are experiencing and the real, uncorrupted data.
All this indoctrination started decades ago. And as each doomsday date passed and we were still here, those who were the chicken littles and their “models” just look more and more like the frauds they are. Nobody signed on to their strident prognostications.
So what puzzles me is what changed so that the whole western world seems to have lost its collective mind? Now hysterical and frightened out of their wits….mass hysteria never saw a better definition than where we are now.
Oligarchs and their money have taken over.
Yes but to explain the infectious mental cultish illness does actually believing it…by millions upon unthinking, unquestioning millions.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
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Rah, am I reading that temperature chart correctly for North Texas?? -23?????
That is the temperature anomaly. IOW it is showing that it will be 23 degrees less than the historic average temperature on that date. Some folks in the Texas Panhandle may see a dusting of snow according to the models also.
However, as I have said before, these models nearly always under estimate how cold it is going to actually get and that goes double for when polar air penetrates as far as the deep south.
Both GFS and European models also continue to advance the snow line further south with each run.
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Well phew. I knew I was reading it wrongly, but was unsure how I should interpret the chart. Ta, rah.👍
Erdogan’s #1 challenger facing prison.
https://www.turkishminute.com/2022/12/14/e-ambitious-troubled-istanbul-mayor-taking-on-erdogan/amp/
For further consideration:
The message of Matthew 7 is directly to teachers/pastors/priests/rabbis/any, who don’t understand Jesus’ true message.
Matthew 7:15 “...beware…false prophets…but are ravening wolves.” [False teachers…in it for the power, prestige, $!]
An alternative ‘obvious point’ in this teaching; Do not be decieved by false teachers, who have no understanding of what they’re teaching. We study for ourselves so we can discern if the ‘teacher’ teaches truth.
Matthew 7:16 “...know them by their fruits…gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” [Poor teacher = poor students.]
How, if one plants false doctrine through no understanding of the true intent of the teaching, can one expect to produce students that understand the true message? If one plants falsehoods, can one produce a student that understands?
Matthew 7:17 “…every good tree bringeth…good fruit…corrupt tree bringeth…evil fruit.” [Good teacher = good students.]
Can a false teacher produce ‘teachers’ for the next generation, if they learned falsehoods from the beginning?
Matthew 7:19 “...tree that bringeth…not good fruit…is…cast into the fire.” [“the fire” = Rev. 20:15 “...into the lake of fire“.]
False teachers are going into the fire alright, for deceiving God’s children throughout their entire lives. Repent, or else.
Matthew 7:20 “...by their fruits ye shall know them.” [Everyone will be in attendance, and witness their eternal destruction.]
Then the unlearned (in Truth) will finally understand Jesus’ message and why He taught ‘study for yourselves’.
2nd Timothy 2:15 “...Study to shew thyself approved…a workman that needeth not to be ashamed…” [‘workman’ = teacher.]
The epitome of Matthew 7 is against the false teachers so rampant today. If you don’t know, don’t teach!
Ezekiel 13:7 “Have ye not seen a vain vision…The LORD saith…albeit I have not spoken?” [Teaching lies? God didn’t send them.]
The alternative ‘obvious point’ to, “we should not deceive ourselves” is, if we don’t study for ourselves, we cannot possibly know if our chosen ‘teacher’ understands what they’re teaching. With understanding, one should be able to listen to a teacher for five minutes, or less, to determine if they were sent by our Heavenly Father, or are in it for their own glory. It’s just a job…
Matthew 7:21 “Not every one that saith…Lord, Lord shall enter…the kingdom...” [False teacher? Won’t be saved.]
Matthew 7:22 “Many will say to Me…have we not prophesied in Thy name?” [Wasn’t I an awesome teacher?!!]
Matthew 7:23 “...I will profess unto them…depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.” [Get lost, deceiver!]
Matthew 7:29 “...He taught …as…having authority…not as the scribes.” [He spoke truth, not flowery gobbledygook.]
Choose your teachers wisely, there is a test coming up, much sooner than most understand.
Matthew 11:15 “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Michael,
All excellent points too. I hope you know, [I believe you do] I wasn’t calling you out in any way, yours is a good analysis of the Scripture. I enjoy looking for what I perceive as the primary message, which helps newer students [maybe older ones too?] look closely at their chosen ‘teacher[s]’.
No one [any church, teacher, priest, pastor, etc.] should be wholeheartedly endorsed without first checking them out in God’s Word. Do they teach Chapter by Chapter, Verse by Verse? Or do they spend a lot of time teaching interpretations , excluding what Father has to say…
Isaiah 28:10 “...precept must be upon precept…line upon line…here a little, and there a little.” [650 B.C.]
Keep up the good works, Brother!
KP
Why Is Santa Claus Dressed In Red?
December 14, 2022
https://rumble.com/v20o430-why-is-santa-claus-dressed-in-red.html
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