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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Grandfather Jack Bell – miner of rare metals, newspaperman, lawman, and naturalist.
His life was like something out of a cowboy movie and his friends numbered the stars. Father’s father. I’m absolutely fascinated by this man.
It’s not expected you can read everything on a screen but if you want to read more, pausing the video for a moment works.
I think how a moment can exist forever. How someone you love can be remembered and stories about that person told and warm the heart. I think about what did I learn from that person, and what can I teach. The world became better when writing was invented so that the burden of oral tradition was lifted. One of the wonderful pieces of progress in this world are the genealogy sites and trees that encourage people to share. I’ve seen pictures of my father’s second wife because someone in her family brought her picture to the tree. What a gift!
lore: When the songs are sung and the stories are told you will be remembered. . .
I don’t look at the world through your viewpoint, but am glad you have views that make you happy.
Should you try, I leave this site for good. I don’t argue. I would NEVER try to convince you of my viewpoint versus yours. I would ALWAYS respect you. For you to continue says you don’t respect me. Respect is the only way friends are made. I care deeply about people. But I also care about my own integrity. I was raised to be free in my thinking. I learned that I had the ability to convince people. That’s why I never argue. I won’t take the responsibility that I could hurt another human being. I care about you that much.
Mary – this genealogical gem is fantastic! I stopped to read most of the articles and just love the words and phrases from that era. You have an interesting lineage to say the least. Tough and passionate ancestors!
I’m excited by people. Every person. Who does anything. They’re unique and separated from the entire world by their wrap of skin. If you follow Plato’s Symposium on Love, then they’re always striving to break out of their aloneness to find the other half who was ripped from them, to become whole again. I start with being fascinated by the people who made the genealogical part of me, but I’m just as excited by the ancestors that I hear about as others try to figure out just who they are and WHY they are who they are.
Yes, I care about who my blue eyes come from, and who made my mother and brother’s hair turn an early grey. But I’m MORE fascinated by who created traits in me that were there when I was an infant. Genealogy helps me understand me. The more I learn about these people, the more I can track this or that trait to this or that ancestor. Of course I can choose to fight against the traits, but I need to understand the base before I can understand how to change the surface.
And I have a passionate interest in helping. When I read father’s letter about his burning his manuscripts and that the future would do without him, I became fired to make sure he WAS remembered. I had the same feeling when I stood on top of the hill next to General Burnett’s monument and realized that he HAD been forgotten, no matter how hard he had tried to be remembered.
And Henry Livingston! I don’t think he would ever have fought for himself, but there are such concepts as right and wrong, and stealing his poem was just wrong. Publishers today won’t change the name on new volumes because it lowers sales when people, not knowing, search for Moore’s name and their book wouldn’t appear as a possible choice. Money wins. But that still doesn’t make it right. So I’ll keep searching for things I can do for people, even if they’re dead.
Totally awesome, Mary…
Fantastic documentary!!!
My hope is that people will see how to apply it to the ones that they love. It’s a technique, not just a result. It’s a way we can let people know that a good person once walked this earth.
And deep thanks, Patience. That meant a lot.
for a genealogical documentary – do you think we should try calling it a ‘geneamentary’ or is that already the correct word?
I LOVE IT!!!!!!! You make up words, too!!!! Why should we be limited by an inadequate dictionary when there’s a whole world of sounds ready to stick together! My favorite made up word is MMFFs (I had memories of my time doing military contracting), standing for Multi-Media Family Forms. My everlasting hope was to hear someone pronouncing it.
https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/mmff/index.htm
You’ve a passion … and you are so talented.
It most certainly beats (many hands down) scrapbooking.
-Disclaimer:
No offense to the scrappers.
Music heightens emotions and music videos were always meant to help people express what they were feeling. You project into them, the same way you project into a book or movie. You laugh. You cry. You get a temporary release. Back in the days when people wrote letters, I used to get so many talking about how they used videos of Kirk and Spock and Starsky, etc. to work through their own emotions. And when they had passed the need for them, they turned them into familiar background music. I use them the same way – which is how I got into them – grieving for the death of my mother through the supposed death of Kirk or Spock.
Once I passed that stage, I recognized the base was storytelling and was curious to know what other stories they could tell. Intellectually, they are perfect for demonstrating the changing style of an artist. But what fascinates me today is whether they can be a tool for people to save memories for their children’s children. I’m in a number of music video groups, so I know that it’s a skill so many can learn. And since I used to run workshops, I can imagine local senior groups could bring in young techies to help seniors store away memories. Libraries usually have a local history room and this is where this type of video, and interviews, should be kept.
It’s so hard to drag information out of our relatives. A friend in VA was just bemoaning his attempts. I’ve only got 4 interviews I succeeded in scrounging out of relatives, so I know how hard it is. But it’s really vital. And interviewing is another skill that can be taught. How to sit next to the camera. How to make sure the chairs are at the same height. How to physically express your interest while KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT!
It comes down to gathering source, organizing source, and either saving it raw, or finding a story to make it more interesting.
Let me give you some examples of videos I’ve helped friends make. The subjects are now gone and the videos are precious to them.
People, Barbra Streisand, for Wendy’s mother
Oh, You Beautiful Doll, for Tricia’s mother
They aren’t great works of art, but they ARE great memories.
Sorry, had the wrong url for Tricia’s
Oh, You Beautiful Doll, for Tricia’s mother
Hello Fellow Treepers!
Here is the moon at sunset as seen from my balcony several hours ago this past evening in Northeast Ohio, after an entire day filled with rain and mist. Wishing all here an awesome day!
And here is a song to go with the view: “That’s Why God Made the Moon” by John Elefante. The intro is a really slow instrumental … If you prefer to skip it and get to the heart of the song, I suggest you start the video at about a minute and 17 seconds in.
Impressive moon photo. Really well done!
Thank you for your astute critique, Mary Van Deusen!
Because I tried a bit of a comparison experiment, by posting this shot both here and on Gab in a group called “Photography for Photographers.” People in the Gab group are responding a little more favorably than the folks here … Likely because this photo strikes me as having more technical merit than artistic merit. As in, the focus came out pretty nice … that said, it doesn’t quite have the “feel” of art.
Not true. Again, I go back to painting composition. Look at the darker clouds in the upper left. That’s what pulls your eye back into the picture as the bright color to the right whips you around the image to force your continuous focus on the moon. You have composition in your bones.
You have a keen discerning eye, Mary Van Deusen!
Composition was something learned rather than inborn, but I do agree it’s one of my strengths … and on one level, it’s still technical.
By way of contrast, there’s a photo I don’t plan to share, because while the technical merit is high and it does have artistic merit since it’s evocative, I still prefer not to share it because the emotions it evokes are spooky … It’s inspired by Tolkien and is called “The Dead Marshes.” It sure is art though.
Awe, do it. Let’s s see.
-pweeze? 🫠
Read your comment after I posted. Yep!!!
MAKE MUSIC VIDEOS!!!!!!!!
I can take photos, I can paint and in fact I teach abstract painting … I don’t know how to make music videos.
Your post makes me smile though because years ago, one of my photos was stolen and was making the rounds in viral e-mail by some Internet thief who had made a music video consisting of spring landscapes set to classical music. Someone had forwarded the e-mail to a friend of mine who by chance showed it to me while I was visiting her home, and I was quite surprised to see one of my photos included in the video.
I’ll teach you.
Contact me off list. My email is at the bottom of all of my webpages. You just need to make the subject something that will tell me to pull it out of spam.
https://iment.com/maida/
Ohhhhhh, there is a great deal of “artistic” merit due you! Yes siree bob❣️
-You captured a whole lot more than the moon.
The composition, the colors (technical)
is quite remarkable; indeed.
The movement… fierceness …. and yet, the calm.
– Wow!
Thank you very much, Patience!
Maybe why this photo isn’t all I want it to be is because it definitely was not as good as seeing this scene live … Those clouds were really glowing! Good that the fierceness and the calm came through! 🙂
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Love, love, love the moon!
Thank you for sharing! 🌙
Thank you very much, Lorrie Girten! 🙂
There’s just something about the moon that makes you want to whip out a camera and start taking pictures … especially when the past several days have been dark, foggy, and rainy!
Our God never sleeps🎚. Thank you for this reminder. Great is Thy Faithfulness🙏🏻.
Like the moon, Georgia Lane, we can reflect His light! 🙂
Beautiful picture; wonderful music to accompany it. the open/intro really sets that mood!
Thanks for your kind compliments, Bessie2003! 🙂
I’m glad you appreciate the song intro … will admit that I sometimes get impatient with it and want to jump ahead to the livelier part, but that said, you can best get the full effect by listening to the whole thing.
Know what you mean about wanting to jump ahead. I did this video source in my backyard. The clouds acted as a scrim.
Partial Solar Eclipse – Helmut Wobisch Trumpet Voluntary
Wow! Now THIS is impressive! (And art the whole way through, with a majestically fitting musical accompaniment!) 🙂
Luckily husband wasn’t home. If he’d seen me keeping the expensive camera pointed at the sun he would have truly freaked out.
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Yes….
God IS magnificent
He sure is! Good morning Patience! ❤️
Hi, Pa❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Amen, Patience !!! 🙂
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I can feel it and the beautiful photo took me straight to Maxfield Parrish , who I adore! Hopefully you will open an Etsy shop!
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I used to have an Etsy shop, ran it for about 10 years. Left due to The Great Payment Processor Fiasco some years back (no, it’s not common knowledge outside of the Etsy sellers who were there at the time and it was hushed up by Etsy as you can imagine) … and I no longer take Paypal. So my sales recently have been limited to in-person art shows. Am hoping to make more of a comeback somehow, just looking for the right venue. Thank you very much for your kind words! 🙂
https://render.fineartamerica.com/previewhighresolutionimage.php?artworkid=41124271&widthmedium=530&heightmedium=770&x=200&y=100&domainUrl=fineartamerica.com
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Could be, but in any case it sure makes you popular with the chicks! 🙂
You guys are both so clever tonight!
I keep coming back to this picture and laughing. You really did it great, Leon!
We have a new addition to the family. I think in Western countries it’s called a Siamese cat, but since we’re already in Thailand ( formerly known as Siam ), it’s just called a cat.
Daughter wanter to call it something like Prince Fluffy Snuggles or something like that. After much debate, we decided on Killface:
https://postimg.cc/6TfxsZft
Prince Fluffy Snuggles is better IMHO. Siamese can be fiercely protective and devoted to their families. Congratulations on your new watch cat!
Good morning JWoo!
Hi GrandpaM… sorry for delay in responding. Didn’t see you post until almost 8 PM here. Be blessed, kind Sir.
Congratulations! Adorable. Few things bring so much happiness as warm fur sleeping next to you.
Morning Mary! Speaking of grandfathers, my bride’s maternal grandfather was a newspaper man, Texas ranger, diplomat, and a few other things. He had a small cannon in his front yard in Houston which he pointed at the neighbors if they pissed him off. Didn’t have the pleasure to meet him but the cannon was still there when we lived in Houston. 😁
My friend tells me that the newest trend in tombstones is for a QR code to be on the stone so that people can hear stories. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! And they need another one to let people record new stories that can be, necessarily, censored before being added to the original set of stories. Imagine the sales people assigned to a cemetery to post ads.
Imma put a QR code with my moms secret recipes then 😜
Your mother’s gift to the future. Never to be forgotten. I forgot to get grandmother’s bread pudding recipe and had to ask an aunt at her funeral. Darn! It should have been on her stone.
Love that idea!!
About your grandfather-in-law. You’ve made me desperately curious about him and now I’m frustrated at having no place to go to learn about his life. Imagine the interface we’d build for a site to find all these wonderful stories. You could sort by personality types, type of story, profession…
He also was a stickler for a proper English. My bride and sister in law often comment that if Papa P could hear them now he’d be spinning in the grave. Sorry to have to hold back on his name but it would be too revealing. 😊
Absolutely nothing wrong with having high standards. A virtual hug and respects to your gf-in-law. Whenever I say “husband and I” I can hear mother automatically correcting me to “husband and me.” But what can I do when the wrong one sounds right and the right one sounds wrong? Sorry, mommy.
That’s a terrific idea
Gabriel, JWoo being a lady is probably right about the name but I’ll vote for Killface 😁.
Lol…. he’s not a sweet widdle killy face. He’s a schmucker wooker dumplin!
😂😂😂
Hi, Leon❣️
Must be nice to have so many chicks wanting to cuddle up to you.
Hope your bride doesn’t read this – ha!
One more . . . Tears . . .
Great group!
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Thanks for the tunes. CSN’s Southern Cross is a definitive howling harmony example. My fantasy is to gather a group of singers of some talent to render the tune in the outback canopy of water oaks—the coyotes hang out 100 yards to the east and await the sirens to chime in.
Glorious word image. I’m going to see that for days.
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Love these songs – they were “in my head” on repeat after their arrival!
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Thank you for posting these great selections from CSNY (and CSN without Young). Their politics suck but their harmonies are exquisite beyond any others. Another song that highlights the harmonies (along with a great bit of lyrical alliteration) is Helplessly Hoping.
Helplessly Hoping (2005 Remaster) – YouTube
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Howdy Garrison!
Yo, Gramps. Hope all is well, friend . . . 🙂
Hi Garrison! Blessings to you, Tex.
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Was pondering the same question earlier. Reached the scary conclusion that just about any regular veteran Treeper of good will could become Speaker of the House, and the country would be far better off.
Posted from the TA truck stop in oak Grove, Missouri.
Another “Bomb Cyclone” to hit CA.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/04/bomb-cyclone-winter-storm-to-clobber-california/
Here is my objection to that term. Everyone knows what your talking about when you refer to “the blizzard of 78”, but what if it was referred to as the “bomb cyclone of 78”.
See the problem there?
Read the WUWT article.
Newspeak is doubleplus ungood.
Phoenix is on fire today – clever lady.
Tiny house horses…
Amazing! ❤👌😎
Adorable! 🐎 💕
I read somewhere that your greatest world leader, you know old Joe O’Bama, the one who got 90 million votes and is such a devout Catholic, has been told to stay away from Pope Benedict’s funeral.
Rumour has it that this may have been at the request of the deceased Pope.
Well imagine that!
Real or imagined? Wiki dumped it all?
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/
05 January 2016 Nicholas Caldwell, American R&B and soul singer (The Whispers – “And The Baet Goes On”; “It’s A Love Thing”), dies of congestive heart failure at 71
05 January 2010 Willie Mitchell, American R&B, pop, and soul singer, songwriter, producer, and arranger, dies of a heart attack at 82
05 January 2004 John Guerin, American session and touring jazz-rock drummer and percussionist (Frank Zappa; L.A. Express; Joni Mitchell: Linda Ronstadt), dies of heart failure at 64
05 January 1998 Salvatore “Sonny” Bono, American actor, musician, vocalist, (Sonny & Cher) and politician (Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98), dies at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, when he hits a tree at 62
January 5 Oswald Chambers
The Life of Power to Follow
Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.” —John 13:36
“And when He had spoken this, He said to him, ‘Follow Me’ ” (John 21:19). Three years earlier Jesus had said, “Follow Me” (Matthew 4:19), and Peter followed with no hesitation. The irresistible attraction of Jesus was upon him and he did not need the Holy Spirit to help him do it. Later he came to the place where he denied Jesus, and his heart broke. Then he received the Holy Spirit and Jesus said again, “Follow Me” (John 21:19). Now no one is in front of Peter except the Lord Jesus Christ. The first “Follow Me” was nothing mysterious; it was an external following. Jesus is now asking for an internal sacrifice and yielding (see John 21:18).
Between these two times Peter denied Jesus with oaths and curses (see Matthew 26:69-75). But then he came completely to the end of himself and all of his self-sufficiency. There was no part of himself he would ever rely on again. In his state of destitution, he was finally ready to receive all that the risen Lord had for him. “…He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’ ” (John 20:22). No matter what changes God has performed in you, never rely on them. Build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives.
All our promises and resolutions end in denial because we have no power to accomplish them. When we come to the end of ourselves, not just mentally but completely, we are able to “receive the Holy Spirit.” “Receive the Holy Spirit” — the idea is that of invasion. There is now only One who directs the course of your life, the Lord Jesus Christ.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We all have the trick of saying—If only I were not where I am!—If only I had not got the kind of people I have to live with! If our faith or our religion does not help us in the conditions we are in, we have either a further struggle to go through, or we had better abandon that faith and religion.
https://utmost.org/
The Holy Spirit didn’t indwell believers until the death and ascension of Christ.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
(John 16:5–16)
15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocatef to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.g
18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live. 20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you. 21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Oswald Chambers’ writing can be difficult to understand – at best. I’ve been reading his devotional messages for twenty-five years. Year after year – same book, “My Utmost for His Highest.”
Sadly, I still don’t get all that Chambers expresses, but I just press on.
At times he will write a simple statement that hits me like a brick – and encourages me for years.
If you haven’t already, I encourage you to read several of his biographies. They’re so worthwhile. And here’s a brief look:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/innertravelers/oswald-chambers.html
Imagine dragons believer – animal cover
And the compiler starts the video with the list of people who pay him.
So, which is more disturbing? That somebody is videoing dear farts, that this guy knows where to find those videos, or that people pay him to toot those videos into a song.
“Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.”
PT Barnum
By my calculations , 1092 dollars.
Not to mention whatever utube might pay him.
17 million views on that one, 634K subscribers, seems they demonetized him for some reason, good thing…they would owe he/she/they a boatload of money, certainly more that the 1K he got donated.
Day 3/3 of fasting in prayer for our J6 citizens who are being illegally jailed in direct violation of their legal Constitutional rights as citizens of our America.
Heavenly Father,
I thank You for your Sovereignty over all matters. You know all details and the conditions of hearts, minds, and souls. You are the Ultimate Judge. I pray in unity for the swift release and recompense of all political prisoners who are having their rights violated and for their journey to healing and full restoration without prejudice.
Make America Great, again, Father and restore in us a burning desire to place Your Will at our core, until You come again and make it so.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN.
PROVERBS 3:5-8
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.
7Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
8It will be healing to your body
And refreshment to your bones.
Amen
Thank you for your post, jwoo.
I have been doing my hardest the past two days, and today as well.
I am so grateful that Archbishop Vigano is aware, and has offered his prayers. I am trying hard to channel my thoughts and prayers onto his, for an extra ‘push’ of communication to heaven.
I cannot possibly imagine what those poor people are enduring.
Agreed Slowcobra. With prayer, we can only do our best and the Lord meets us where we are. Thankfully, with the gift of the Holy Spirit to interpret our hearts, thoughts and motives. Thank you for joining in this journey of prayer. I feel we are going to need much more of this.
Amen, juststevie! And please give your brother a hug from me and my bride.
Oops, sorry, JWoo. My eyes saw your name but my brain decided something else.
No apologies. Love this board. So sorry I’ve been really super early with initial post, but then so late in the evening with follow up. I fear my replies get lost. Big hugs GPa
Amen
Mornin’ all!
Yep, that’s very accurate.
Gratitude… Brandon Lake
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 Thursday, January 5, 2023
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“Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:”
Hebrews 12:28 (KJV)
Thank you, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
January 5
MORNING
We which have believed do enter into rest. Heb. 4:3
They weary themselves to commit iniquity. Jer. 9:5
I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 0 wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Rom. 7:23, 24
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11:28
Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Rom. 5:1, 2
He that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works. Heb. 4:10
Not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. Phil. 3:9
This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. Isa 28:12
EVENING
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Psa. 141:3
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, 0 Lord, who shall stand? Psa. 130:3
They provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. Psa 106:33
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Matt. 15:11
A whisperer separateth chief friends. Prov. 16:28
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Prov. 12:18, 19
The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. James 3:8, 10
Put off … anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. Col 3:8, 9
This is the will of God, even your sanctification. I Thess. 4:3
In their mouth was found no guile. Rev. 14:5
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/01/0105.html
Poyeema, I never regretted anything I didn’t say.
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him. – 1 John 3:22
Do you remember taking a “big subject” in school, a class you were not certain you could pass? Whether it was chemistry or art history, the concepts in the class tested your fortitude. Pleasing God is a “big subject!“
Entire denominations of faith, and epochs in Church history, are based on specific thoughts about what pleases the Creator. Mercifully, discovering what brings God joy does not require a degree in theology. He has made it plain across the span of time, and it remains clear today.
Pleasing God starts with seeking Him in faith.
“Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists, and He rewards those who seek Him” (Hebrews 11:5). The patriarch Abraham is your example of a pleasing faith that leads to salvation.
“He believed the LORD, and He counted it to him as righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). And today you have the gospel of Jesus Christ to lead you to the Father.
Faithful followers are called to please God by walking in His Spirit.
Paul explained it in detail to believers in Rome, “Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit” (Romans 8:9).
Ultimately it is God’s Spirit, and you living in harmony, that brings Him the greatest joy. “For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13).
Pray for authentic faith to be formed in the hearts and minds of leaders in America, seeking God and finding fellowship with His Son!
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. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Thursday of the 30th Week of the Epistles
Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ
Nativity Fast continues
Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete (+ 250)
Saint Niphon, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus (+ 4th century)
Saint Egbert of Rathmelsigi (Netherlands) (+ 729)
Saint Nahum of Ochrid, Enlightener of the Bulgarians (+ 910)
December 23rd – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
January 5th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Greetings Treehouse!
Sola fide 🙏
Oh, the next Speaker is two seats away from the Presidency.
MaiBweeshud…pway bout dis. Hmmm? 😊🙏😊
Without ceasing…
Betsy, hope your husband is feeling a bit better today…
Ditto.
Yes!
Are you referring to Besty Beasty Betsy? I’m late to the news. Praying for her and her hubs.
He must’ve been sh1tting his pants. And with his Daddy in the car too. 🙂 🙂 🙂
FYI, he waived extradition, they beieve it is most likely because he wants to see what they have on him.
Idaho Murder Suspect Stopped Twice by Police During Recent Cross-Country Drive: Officials
By Jack Phillips
4 Jan 2023
https://www.theepochtimes.com/idaho-murder-suspect-stopped-twice-by-police-during-recent-cross-country-drive-officials_4961665.html
So, right after committing mass murder, leaving blatant evidence behind, he hops in the car he used at the crime and draws the cop’s attention twice on his trip to his family home.
Was this guy trying to get caught, or was he going for the thrill of feeling superior to the cops while actually being inferior?
Big news you won’t see on “the news”. –
2022 Global Tropical Cyclone season ends with weakest storm levels in the last 42 years.
The number of “violent” tornadoes, meaning tornadoes with a Enhanced Fujita scale rating of EF-3 or higher has been declining since 1970.
2022 Global Wide Hurricane Season Ends with Weakest Storm Levels of the Last 42 Years – Watts Up With That?
Well I’m back home and I’m pooped. When I got back I took Gisha for a walk and got the mail. The as soon as I got in I got comfortable in my sleepers.
Everything went fine.
The last thing I did before I came home from the yard was visit the Safety department because I had glanced in the permit book for my truck and the Old “Cab Card” 2022 registration for it was in there. But it turned out they had put the 2023 in there but did not tear out the 2022 registration as they should have.
I went on through the book to confirm that all 33 pages of permits were current. The only one that wasn’t was the New York HUT (Highway Usage Tax) form and sticker. That one is now on order. Yes, despite their toll roads and fuel taxes, the states of New York, New Mexico, and Oregon require trucking companies to pay another tax on top of the others if your going to drive in their state.
They do love their hidden taxes. “Hidden” because the end consumer of whatever materials or product that is being transported is who pays for those taxes.
You should run things. You are so thorough. Refreshing. Hope Sherry is feeling right as rain again.
I am nearing the end of my time as a driver, or at least as a full time driver. My actions were of self interest because I pay if my stuff is not right. It is no big deal to flip through the permit book and a beginning of the year ritual because the most important permits must be renewed then.
Sherry is feeling great! Told me that “It sure feels good to feel good”!
Guinness Stout. Smooooth. I always buy it in the cans. The cans have a little plastic ball containing pressurized CO2 so it is not carbonated until you open it. Wait about 15 seconds after opening before you pour.
Pouring one properly means down the side of the tilted glass for the first 1/3 then to down the middle with the glass upright. Gives the right head every time. Or at least it does in my Guiness Beer glass.
I learned from a German that how you pour a beer matters. Horst Meijer and I became friends when I met him during a Unconventional Warfare OP. I arranged to work behind his bar for free as a look out for our undergrown hospital that was in the basement of the fire station across the street from his pub.
He had 8 beers on tap and 4 more in the drawers. I could pour/drawl any of them but the Pilsner! Only he did those with the diary queen like curly cue on the head. His local clientele were quite particular about how their Pilsner was served.
Anyway, Horst and I became friends. For my last 6 months in Germany I was alone. Sherry and the kids had gone back before my tour was up so that we did not have to move the kids from a DoD school to a regular school in the mid term.
So I would go and visit Horst. I would always take a bottle of Crown Royal with me because that stuff was like Gold there and Horst liked it. Horst moved his pub and I helped him do some of the remodeling where he was moving to before he moved it.
It was Horst that was driving me to the Frankfort Airport when I learned about the Pan Am flight going down at Lockerbie on the car radi0.
Interesting! Do you keep in touch with horst?
Sundance and admins, the CTH post from yesterday (1/4/23), entitled: “Video, Representative Scott Perry (PA) Nominates Representative Byron Donalds (FL) for Speaker of House” does NOT appear in Sundance’s Twitter feed. I wonder if Twit is censoring, again? This makes me sad because I usually look for posts on the AWESOME Sundance Twitter feed and not on CTH, directly. I think I’ll start doing both. Rep. Perry’s speech was GREAT, too! 🙂
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/01/04/video-representative-scott-perry-pa-nominates-representative-byron-donalds-fl-for-speaker-of-house/
Sending out Prayers for Betsy and her husband – a day without her here is remarkable (we miss her). Godspeed for hubby’s recovery (please God)
Amen parichute. Come back soon, Betsy
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