Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, January 9, 2023
IMHO…everything we have or own spiritually as humans is contaminated with Self ~ without God. God knows this and this is why He asks us to empty ourselves unto nothingness, turn our lives over to Him, then He comes in and fills us with His Holy Spirit and it is this Spirit, this God of Love, that loves thru us… 🙏
I would suggest, A. W. Tozer’s ~ The Pursuit of God & God’s Pursuit of Man! Books that easily direct a hungry soul to the ways of God. Fantastic!
juststevie, I love A. W. Tozer! He was not a theologian and his straight shooter way of explaining things get through to me! Mt devotional is his: My Daily Pursuit. I think you are right in that we are contaminated with sin and can not love of our own self, it is the gift of the Holy Spirit, and Charles Spurgeon is teaching this concept that we have no capacity for love outside of God and being filled with His Holy Spirit.
I was not aware of his devotional…I will add that to my library! 🤗 Thank you!
I gave one to my Dad also, but I can’t remember the title of that one! God Bless you!
There is the illustration of a glove. It is made in the image of a hand. It was intended to be filled with a hand and when this happens, that is the real purpose of the glove. Only then will human virtues be energized with divine attributes.
Before we repent and receive redemption and eternal life (it’s a two-fer: redemption deals with our record of sin and eternal life deals with the sin nature that produces sins through transformation of the soul) we feel empty and without purpose. We try to fill ourselves with many things seeking purpose.
It might be music, education, good things, it might be drugs, sex, things that ultimately are damaging. Nothing ever seems to truly fill that God-shaped space inside, and we are left somehow empty until we are born again.
If you go to the end of Romans 7, it talks about the law of good in the mind and that we want to be good, but when we will to do this good, the law of sin in the flesh takes a baseball bat to the law of good in the mind and defeats it (my interpretation). This is the condition of fallen man not animated by the life of God.
In chapter 8, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus solves all these problems.
Here is His love for us through the words of Dr Spurgeon, and our joy in receiving it.
“I bear my testimony that there is no joy to be found in all this world like that of sweet communion with Christ. I would barter all else there is of heaven for that. Indeed, that is heaven. As for the harps of gold and the streets like clear glass and the songs of the seraphs and the shouts of the redeemed, one could very give all these up, counting them as a drop in the bucket, if we forever might live in fellowship and communion with Jesus.”
Thank you, Dan…and blessings to everyone or this new week.
You’ve received some excellent responses here – very helpful, I think!
Another contemporary theologian/pastor/author you may consider is Warren Wiersbe who died in 2019.
His many books have helped me and others over the years grow in Christian understanding.
Charles Spurgeon was/is a spiritual giant. His messages are not meant to confuse anyone, although he lived in different era (very unlike ours!). Try reading some of his biographies if you can.
For all believers, spiritual growth is a process – a journey. Keep pressing on, the Lord will teach you what you need to know.
It’s encouraging to see your hunger for God. He will feed you!
Michael, in his Letter to the Romans, Paul reminds us of what every person can observe in himself and others: no matter how much we try to be good, human will is not going to accomplish this perfectly. He continues:
But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe.
For there is no distinction, for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance; to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
— Romans 3: 19-26
Some religious traditions teach that once we believe in and accept Christ’s salvation for us, we are enabled to live perfectly righteous lives that stand on their own before God. Martin Luther, in contrast, argued that we are, at the same time, saints and sinners. My pastor adds that it is 100% saints and 100% sinners, 100% of the time. Saints, because we are made holy by Christ’s righteousness, which is not of our making. Sinners, because we never lose the desire to sin and that desire is acted upon, one way or another, in our daily lives on this side of Glory.
And so we daily pray that God will keep us from sin and that He will forgive us our sins.
Amen! And one of my fav posts here – every.single.day – is Sepp’s:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy on me, A sinner.
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Splendid, 1530, thank you!
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Something new has been happening this week … pro-football has made prayer acceptable in public … now they’re kneeling in prayer, not in protest … all because of the near-death experience of Damar Hamlin … and the “woke” self-righteous haters have been silent (for once).
I don’t have a Twitter account, but here’s a quote from one of Damar Hamlin’s tweets:
“Putting love into the world comes back 3xs as much… thankful for everyone who has reached out and prayed. This will make me stronger on the road to recovery, keep praying for me!” 5:14 PM · Jan 7, 2023
Notice that there’s nothing about “thoughts and prayers” … only prayers, which are far more effective than mere thoughts. And prayers that are being seen as answered, effective, and helpful for healing! 🙂
Definitely happy to keep praying for Damar Hamlin’s complete healing. (Especially since he’s a Buffalo Bills player …) 😀
Damar Hamlin set up an account on GiveSendGo to solicit donations for toys for underprivileged children.
Long before his terrible experience, the account stood at $3 million. It has now a burgeoning $5 million.
He is an exemplar for perhaps those in his generation who desperately need direction and an understanding of faith and living that faith.
I can’t help but feel Almighty God said, “…not yet. I have plans for you.”
Now…how about apologies all round from those in the media and elsewhere who mercilessly mocked Tim Tebow for praying…
I’m listening…
Upon reading your question about the apologies for Tim the world was silent for 30 seconds you could’ve heard a pin drop from China to America and also the flow of cash being drained out of America😁
Truth, Mr jay. Crickets. It is easier to attack one than many. He is still owed one, though I suspect Tim is less bothered by the lack of one, if at all, than those who point out the difference between Damar and himself.
Keep listening, Betsy, because as long as they have “spiritual blinders”, nothing will change. They cannot see. But they will not be able to extinguish Mr. Tebow’s reflective light of Christ!
I’ll never quit, Della. There seems to be a small shift in the works. Those who come into contact with Mr Tebow will be greatly affected by him. That first ripple in the pond which leads to many more.
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Crickets…
Not a peep, Paul.
Yes, I saw that, Betsy jones! 🙂
A great example of how God can bring good out of evil.
He is now selling teeshirts with a motto on them, phoenix…all proceeds to go to first responders. I’m betting the response will be overwhelming.
But he offered no prayers for the other athletes in other sports that actually dropped dead suddenly.
Last one I saw was the 16 YO girl in Vegas dropping dead during a flag football game–one of many examples. We hear nothing about these many cases. Every thing I read about Hamlin suggests he’s a great guy and I wish him well. But frankly I’m tired of it and the NFL milking it for all it’s worth. Oh, the heroics and the coming together. There’s not first class crew standing by as these young people perish, no outcry except teh weeping of their loved ones.
He has to start somewhere …
That is a rather fascinating development, isn’t it?
Odds are there is going to be more kneeling and praying for other players in the near future.
I hate to say it Rah but I fear you are exactly right.
How many people across the globe are now regretting their vaccination status I for one i’m glad I never took a shot and I advised many not to as I have said before anything gates wants I am against🤔
Imagine how much better off we would be if the vast majority had not failed the IQ TEST
Not one time while I was in high school did I ever hear of any school in our area having a player collapse on the floor or die on the floor because of some blood clot or heart condition🤔
You and me both, brother.
About 95% of NFL players and 100% of the teams staffs took the clot shots. The NFL took money from the government to promote the shots and mandated them. But then dropped the mandate. What changed?
Maybe they NOW know the truth 🤔..
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Maybe they *finally* lifted their poison death shot mandates for both players AND fans in attendance, but the Covid “vaccine” commercials blare incessantly during every single ballgame!
And the poison is aimed at our CHILDREN! What a disgustingly hypocritical franchise!
“No treats for a month?”
“People” is right! They seem to think so. We are in their world only by permission 😁
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Wow…. What a score!👍🏼
-The benches of plenty.
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Good morning Patience! ❤️
Wow , Jay !
Benches and Snow !
Trees and Snow !
Snow and Snowing !
Am I There Yet ???
Halfway there 😁
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Ah…a tribute to Bench Monday…a cold one…
A very pretty picutre!
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Good Bench Monday morning, Mr jay. Wonderful picture! Love! 😊
Maidin Mhaith Betsy Blessings my friend 🙏🏻
Thank you, dear sir…and once again, thank you for that last lap video from yesterday. It took my husband back to his motorbike days in the UK. He did enjoy it😘
I had a 650 BSA and a 68 Norton 750 Combat Commando back in the mid 70s that were a wee bit modified but never was good enough to do anything to dangerous 😁😁
He says the Norton in the UK always had electrical problems. You clearly lived to tell the tale😉
He walked his first bike home when he was 16. It wasn’t working. His dad made him take it apart and out it back together…twice. That was the start of his refurbishing abilities. It was a BSA 121.
Good morning Bet! Another crazy week starting for me. 😁😍❤️
Oh golly, G. You were and are much on my mind today anyway. Back to San Antonio or Austin? 🙏😘
Mornin’ jay 🙂 Off to bed in a few . . .
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Morning Garrison!
Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
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I think I first heard this in ’63 or so. If memory serves me, I was a year out of high school listening to this incredible LP on the world’s cheapest “stereo”. I was laying on the floor, lights out, just imagining what it would be like . . . I so wanted to be in Brazil where music like this was born. Instead, I was only 18 years old in a little town on the Texas sea coast. This was a time in which I learned something important—music is transformational. Learn to listen to it and your world expands . . . There was, indeed, another world out there. I just needed to go find it. And so I did. 🙂
Good morning, Garrison. Today is a day on this thread where I am being dragged back in my own life through musical memories. This one in particular. The power of music…
Mornin’ Bet. One thing i really like about the ‘Tube is how, if you spend a little time looking, you can find that people have thoughtfully uploaded some surprisingly great music. The Getz/Gilberto recording is pure gold. Back-in-the-day, both musicians pretty much defined cool. In my college cafeteria the most popular juke-box choices were Dave Bruebeck and Getz/Gilberto.
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You’re right about YouTube. When I hear a piece of music unfamiliar to me and am truly taken with it, so much so I want to hear it again and again, I quickly search to see if some soul has uploaded it. Many are from obscure or unknown composers and so before I look, I always think there will be little chance I’ll find it…only to discover that yes! There it is! And I am ever so grateful to the person who was as captivated as I, and posted it.
Yes…one of the truly good things…
I also read the comments from people from all over the world who, like me, have had their musical horizons broadened because of such a posting. Wonderful!
Also…
…further to your posting Beethoven’s Leonore Overture…this is what I’m listening to now and I thought you’d enjoy.
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, his precursor to his Ninth. From one of The BBC Proms…hope you enjoy!
Another old favorite of mine, also. Thanks for posting, Bet. 🙂
Most welcome…
Howdy Garrison,
Thought of you yesterday when I ‘bumped-into’ some of my favorite ‘Linda’. A truly life-expanding contribution.
skip intro to 3:30
Enjoy
When linda’s Canciones tour came to town my wife, who was a Spanish teacher, and I of course attended. There was a huge crowd of mostly affluent Hispanics and a decent scattering of Anglos like us. That kind of audience turned Linda’s concert into a huge party, that went on and on. Everybody, including Linda and her mariachi, had a great time. What an evening! Great guitar playing here btw . . . 🙂
Wow, I’m so happy that you had that opportunity…. my goodness has she got some lungs in this album!!
Turn on that coffee pot…
The Mamas and The Papas “Monday monday” GR 080/18 (Official Video) – Bing video
One of my favorites.. have it on 100 plus playlist..it’s all I listen to when driving🤣👍
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John Phillips was a mail carrier for the Post Office before forming the Mamas and Papas. He had an interesting method for delivering leftover mail at the end of his shift.
Nice.
Great cover!
Still, I think Mama Cass was in a league all by herself on these melodies…
Enjoyed the Showtime series “George & Tammy” very much. My takeaway – What an incredibly powerful Love Story. For all the trials and tribulations in George and Tammy’s lives, they Loved each other so deeply they couldn’t stay away / not be there for each other.
My mini salute to their amazing, wonderful and flawed Love Story.
Tammy Wynette, George Jones – Golden Rings (Live)
Tammy Wynette And George Jones – We’re Gonna Hold On
and a couple solos
George Jones – “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
Tammy Wynette – Help Me Make It Through The Night
Definitely part of the soundtrack of my early childhood, thanks to my Dad’s musical interests. Feisty, thank you for posting and bringing back that time if only for a few moments. What a gorgeous song!
Though country music was not my style, I enjoyed some songs, especially Tammy’s “Stand by your man.”
And her relationship with George always seemed to be in the news.
Awhile back, my dentist had an assistant named Tammy who stood beside dental chair. I had a mental block remembering her name – then, thought of Tammy Wynette standing by her man. That’s what this Tammy was doing, so it helped me recall her name. Weird, right!?
Thanks for memories, F.
Way back in the late 70s in a truck stop in Elko nv there was a waitress named Tammy that I nicknamed Tammy why not every time I said want to go dancing she’d say why not! 🤔😁
Seems “Tammy” evokes many memories here – this is funny! 😂
So, waitress Tammy danced by her man …
I’d be willing to bet she danced with a lot of guys. She was highly respected by the guys just a fun kind of woman 🤠
Well, that’s a nice thing to hear—often it’s not the case. 😔🤭
cannot get George & Tammy-Two Story House to play?
Beautiful harmony. Thank you for posting Feisty.
Back in the day (yesterday it seems) I loved We’re Gonna Hold On…started my love of their music. Listening now…and suddenly I am young again 😉
He was a “no show” in the 80’s that I was set up to vend at. Cost me a lot of money
From all that I read/heard about Mr. Jones, he had lots of problems – of which they probably became fodder for his/her songs?
His nickname was “No Show Jones” usually because he was drunk
Sad lifestyle…
1993 the CIA had developed masks so real that they can’t be detected in a face to face conversation.
Imagine the advances that have been made in the last 30 years.
https://rumble.com/v24anf6-realistic-undetectable-masks-developed-by-the-cia.html
So “Biden” has multiple body doubles in masks.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Amen, dear duchess.
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Monday, January 9, 2023
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“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 18:18 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen and amen!!
January 9 Oswald Chambers
Intercessory Introspection
And I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless. — 1 Thessalonians 5:23
“Your whole spirit…” The great mystical work of the Holy Spirit is in the dim regions of our personality which we cannot get at. Read the 139th Psalm; the Psalmist implies — “Thou art the God of the early mornings, the God of the late at nights, the God of the mountain peaks, and the God of the sea; but, my God, my soul has further horizons than the early mornings, deeper darkness than the nights of earth, higher peaks than any mountain peaks, greater depths than any sea in nature — Thou Who art the God of all these, be my God. I cannot reach to the heights or to the depths; there are motives I cannot trace, dreams I cannot get at — my God, search me out.”
Do we believe that God can garrison the imagination far beyond where we can go? “The blood of Jesus Christ…cleanseth us from all sin” — if that means in conscious experience only, may God have mercy on us. The man who has been made obtuse by sin will say he is not conscious of sin. Cleansing from sin is to the very heights and depths of our spirit if we will keep in the light as God is in the light, and the very Spirit that fed the life of Jesus Christ will feed the life of our spirits. It is only when we are garrisoned by God with the stupendous sanctity of the Holy Spirit, that spirit, soul and body are preserved in unspotted integrity, undeserving of censure in God’s sight, until Jesus comes.
We do not allow our minds to dwell as they should on these great massive truths of God.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
There is no allowance whatever in the New Testament for the man who says he is saved by grace but who does not produce the graceful goods. Jesus Christ by His Redemption can make our actual life in keeping with our religious profession.
https://utmost.org/classic/intercessory-introspection-classic/
9 days things flip. California starts drying out and the persistent cold moves into the plains states and east.
Europe gets cold again also.
Remember the old episodes of Mission Impossible when one of the team members would wear a life like mask to impersonate a bad guy and then tear off the mask once it was over?
Well we just watched “the 20” forcibly tear the mask off the Republican uniparty in congress.
Tru
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They will not be able to stop it.
https://twitter.com/DrLoupis/status/1611855613398597635/mediaviewer
Gone at this time. 404
Link to video works for me.
I’ll assume this link then without the /mediaviewer as with it it is 404 for me anyway in Brave / Linux mint.
Studio woman seemed unconcerned. Right before she dropped her eyes started circling around.
This can not be undone. And that is the terrifying part, for generations to come…if they come. Exactly as Gates, Fauci, et al have dreamed about for decades.
Surely somewhere someone is trying to devise the antidote to this poison…
Yes…we are on that…prophylactic…
Greetings Treepers!
Sola gratia 👆✝️👆
Mornin’ all!
Wonder if these guys got vaxxed ?
Men At Work – Down Under (Official HD Video) – YouTube Music – Bing video
Men At Work – Who Can It Be Now? (Video Version) – Bing video
Blessings for this Monday! 🤗
Tax season for clients starts in earnest this week, meaning increased hours at work…sigh! Passing on some ambient music that I play to keep me focused ~ ha! Have a great day… 🙏
Tony Anderson – The Heart of Man-In The Distance (5:36 mins)
I am hoping this will help in your focusing, juststevie. If not, then perhaps when you come up for air, so to speak, just to regain what you need to continue…
Chopin’s 24 Preludes, played by 24 great pianists
Or
Chopin’s Complete Nocturnes…very gentle
Definitely the Nocturnes Betsy!🤗 The smoother the better with very little percussion! I do love percussion, but not at work in a stressful environment! Thank you! 💝
I felt the Nocturnes would be the ones you’d prefer, my friend. They really are lovely, and thankfully there are many of them.😘
One more. They put on a superb performance.
Men At Work – Down By The Sea (LIVE) – Bing video
Yesterday, I finished my teaching on Jeremiah 2. This verse stood out to me:
35 you say, ‘I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.’
Behold, I will bring you to judgment
for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
The prophet had just relayed God’s message to the people of Israel with a list of their sins. They had turned away from God and His law in many ways. They worshiped idols. They made alliance with enemies. It was a long list.
At the end of this God says that they will be judged, but not for the sins specifically. They will be judged for saying “I have not sinned.”
There is forgiveness for sin. No one is immune to sin for all have sinned. God is patient to restore those that come to him seeking forgiveness. However, repentance requires the understanding that one has sinned against God. These people would be judged for saying they were the arbiters of sin, not God. It was a thing that could only be judged. God does not grant forgiveness without repentance.
I see a society that arrogantly claims that the the evil that is done is not sin. That can not end well.
Thank you, Vibeman, for this message – simple yet profound.
I, too, see the culture as you.
And the Lord Almighty says it will NOT end well for them, unless they humble themselves and repent.
Believers everywhere should double up with prayer for family/friends who are lost. Time is drawing near.
I will do so!
“The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing: 9
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. 2
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.” 21
Isaiah 5:9, 20-21
Just as those in charge of spreading evil are trying to obliterate history, so too are they trying to destroy the concept of wrong doing and sin…and the accountability for it.
But worse…they are trying to obliterate Almighty God Himself, installing themselves as gods. Those in the WEF (Yuval Noah Harari especially and stupidly) taking every opportunity to advertise their defiance of what is and what will always be.
They will of course fail and suffer the damning consequences of their posturing.
…and many innocents will pay the price along with their failure 😢
That’s the worst part of it when I allow myself to look further, juststevie.
2 more and that should cover it for the 80s theme.
[50 fps] Sultans of swing – Dire Straits – 1985 – Wembley, London LIVE pro-shot – Bing video
Interesting lyrics in this song. Who re-wrote history, invented memories, and burned all the books ?
The Man’s Too Strong – Bing video
Good Monday morning, Treepers. Feeling classical and pensive:
If you are feeling pensive, GreyManRock, there is nothing better than Satie.
GreyManRock! Not pensive now, Betsy Jones!
Oh dear…so sorry, dear sir…corrected, GreyRockMan…😬🤗
If healthy young athletes who’ve been vaccinated for Covid are dropping like flies when subjected to adrenaline rushes, what prevents that from happening to our military when they are subjected to adrenaline rushes?
Have we lost the next war before it has started?
If Ukraine is a Deep State Proxy State, who is Trudope fronting for?
whoever is on 3rd base
And that happens to be…
the quarterback
As planned…
yep
I have been having a vague awareness of something that makes sense when I think about it. It’s like a dark undercurrent in society.
The people of this country, and the world, are in an increasing state of traumatization because of loss of their loved ones due to the bioweapon injection.
The excellent and perceptive comment by Leon Brozyna above tells us that people are becoming aware, even those on the loony left.
Edward Dowd informs us that 7900 people per week are experiencing severe reactions to these injections, including death. People disguise it well, but so many carry the trauma of these losses.
My new office neighbor told me that she has lost 21 friends and relatives in the last few months. That’s a lot of funerals. Many of her clients are suddenly battling cancer.
She said none of them died of Covid. Right, but people are going to realize that it was the “vaccine” at some point in the future. The safe and effective narrative is collapsing now.
People need our care. This year it will get much worse. This is an opportunity for unity.
The narrative engineers will try to villainize the unjabbed, and we can’t let that happen. The best way to stop that is to support the people, jabbed and unjabbed, who are suffering death and disability of their loved ones.
Dr Tenpenny was among the first who predicted this scenario exactly as it is playing out…well before what we are seeing now.
There will be no place to hide for ALL who participated in the grand plan of Gates et al. I include doctors and pharmacists who surely had misgivings but for whom filthy lucre was more important than any principles or ethics they have now torched by their failure to stand up and say this is genocide.
Hi, Bet. Did you see this? Not sure if she was vaxxed or not.
‘Totally Unexpected’: Diamond of MAGA Duo ‘Diamond and Silk’ Dies (msn.com)
She tried to warn everyone. And was ridiculed by the pro-vaxxers and mainstream media. I believe her license was revoked, then reinstated. She was right . She’s done a lot of research on vaccines over the past 2 decades.
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny Warning of Massive “Death Tsunami” Caused By Covid Vaccines – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)
And it is not simply the physical loss of those who have passed, it is also spiritual loss of those who have been hoodwinked, dividing loved ones from family, friends, etc…
Yes…
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
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)
Monday of the 31st Week of the Epistles
Third Day of the Feast of the Holy Nativity of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ
Holy Apostle and Protomartyr Stephen the Archdeacon of the Seventy (+ 34)
December 27th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
January 9th – civil or commercial calendar
Christ is born! Glorify Him!
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. – Psalm 19:14
Even Cain was given the opportunity to change and please the Lord (Genesis 4:3-7). When he brought his offering, the Lord did not regard it as acceptable. When Cain became upset, the Lord asked, “Why are you angry… if you do well, will you not be accepted?” It was Cain’s responsibility to do what God desired.
It is the believer’s responsibility to learn who God is and what He expects. Psalm 19 is a wonderful psalm that reveals God in a variety of ways. The first six verses speak of creation: “The heavens declare the glory of God” without a word spoken (v.1). The rising of the sun speaks to God’s wisdom in creation, His power, and His care for humankind.
The next verses talk of the commandments of God. Not only do they give guidance to the believer, but the psalmist gives insight into the character of God, as well as the benefits of following His statutes.
God’s law is perfect, sure, right, pure, and true because He is. To follow His statutes is to enjoy a life that is sweeter than honey; “in keeping them there is great reward” (vv.10-11).
Just as the sun brings illumination to the day, God’s law reveals your shortcomings, revealing sins hidden in the depths of your soul.
Ask the Lord for His grace to make the changes that will please Him and follow the lead of the psalmist, who knew he had a Redeemer: “Let the words of [your] mouth and the meditation of [your] heart be acceptable” to Him (v.14). Then pray that others would come to know Christ, the Rock of all ages, especially those who serve in the nation’s government.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
We are directed to pray for those who persecute us. A very difficult thing to do in light of the terrible attacks on us by our own government in all aspects of our lives…with malicious intent. How do we do this?
The common thread through all of these devotionals, I’ve noticed, is showing a way to pray for those who mean us harm and are succeeding in their evil goals. I appreciate these devotionals very much, Poyeema.
Oh, Betsy, how I struggle with this! And we’re not only instructed to pray for them, but forgive them!
(“But Lord, You do see what they’re doing!”)
The only way we can forgive is by the Holy Spirit’s help. We need Him…
Today I read a message from Matthew 18:21-35 about forgiveness. It was the “umpteenth” time I’ve heard it, yet it’s still fresh.. The reason I must forgive is so that God the Father will forgive me. If I don’t forgive them, He won’t forgive me! That’s a perilous thought!
#metoo
You’ve posted before about following “The Chosen” series; did you watch last night’s livestream? It’s now a contender for one of my favs – so moving…
Viewing again tonite!
So true. As CS Lewis said…we must forgive the unforgivable in others because He forgives the unforgivable in us.
That is as powerful a statement on this point as I’ve ever seen. And I hold on to that.😘
Hi Betsy,
I pray you are well! “How do we pray for those who persecute us?”
I’ve got this one down to an art, sadly through too much experience.
When I pray for someone who is attacking me and is trying to harm me, I pray for their eyes to be opened to The Truth. I pray them blessing and that they can be reached before their eternal judgment. I pray their arms be bound, their tongue silenced, and their mind recalibrated. No weapons formed against me and my daughter can prosper. That they can’t inflict further harm. That they should not perish, but whatever demonic has control over them be loosed and thrown into the pits of hell. For the abuser to find peace.
For instance, we lived in an apartment above a couple who had a very bad love/hate relationship. The smoke and the noise were as though we lived above a noisy bar at all hours of the night. Cigarette smoke permeated our apartment and choked us non-smokers and lung-compromised girls out. Lots of violence. Lots of screaming. Lots of injuries and damages to the building fixtures and surroundings. It was very hard for my young daughter at the time to sleep, because… frankly… it was scary. Even apartment management were terrified of them and wouldn’t go to cite them without a police officer accompanying.
It was a hard and terrible time for us, so of course… I, at first, was really angry because I felt entitled to live our existence peacefully, since we obeyed the rules and paid our rent on time, and were great tenants. I wanted the Lord to smite them, especially every time my little girl woke in tears!
But, one day… something in me changed.
I started to ask The Lord to bless them. To open each of their eyes to the realization that the condition they were living in… was not love. It was abuse. I prayed that they would terminate their relationship and find God, and their true soul mates who would treat them kindly and warmly, who would protect them from harm, not inflict it. That they would have beautiful families that they could be proud of and live at peace.
The girl ultimately moved out after almost five months, but I really believe The Lord answered the latter prayer by blessing us to be able to leave that place and securing our own home. So by changing my soul, my motives, my intent… God actually blessed us.
I have a terrible one right now who has narcissistic tendencies, and he has done great damage to us. I mean really damaged us with unforgiveable things. I am stuck with that one for another 2.5 years. I can only pray him blessing, because I shudder to think what The Lord is going to do with him once “The Almighty” gets His Hands on Him. You don’t mess with children of God! The forgiveness thing is still a work in process – some things are truly the hardest to forgive and until someone walks a mile in our shoes, they cannot counsel us about it. We have to leave our hurt, and the disposition of the situation, to The Lord for Him to avenge, remedy, make right, restore. I can set my desire for revenge aside, not because I love the perpetrator (I don’t), but because I love The Lord and believe His is Just and Righteous.
This is what I believe we are to do when we are to pray for our leaders. We are not to sing kumbaya and go along to get along. We are to be clear what evil is and to call it out and to not go along with evil’s plans. We can pray for the evildoers, though, and lament and mourn for the number of lost souls. And we should mourn their loss. Can you imagine the day to day lives they live??? It can’t be good.
What a beautiful post, my friend. This is my approach now as well, having at first wrestled with it. And so now it is no longer a struggle. Taking the Christ-like way makes it easy. 🙏😘
Thank you for this post! The Lord has truly given you Wisdom and Understanding in a great measure! You have encouraged us as believers to turn our eyes toward Heaven!!!
Thank you jwoo; that was inspirational.
Thank you Jwoo
January 9
MORNING
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Psa. 60:4
Jehovah Nissi (The LORD my banner). Ex. 17:15
When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. Isa. 59:19
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. Psa. 20:5
The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. Jer. 51:10
We are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Rom 8:37
Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Cor. 15:57
The captain of their salvation. Heb 2:10
My brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Eph. 6:10
Valiant for the truth. Jer. 9:3
Fight the LORD’S battles. I Sam. 18:17
Be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: … fear ye not. Hag. 2:4, 5
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. John 4:35
Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Heb. 10:37
EVENING
One thing is needful. Luke 10:42
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. Psa. 4:6, 7
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God. Psa. 42:1, 2
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Psa. 63:1
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Lord, evermore give us this bread. John 6:35, 34
Mary . . . sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. Luke 10:39
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. Psa. 27:4
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/01/0109.html
Walk away from this sick world. Sick government. Sick MIC – Medical Industrial Complex. They are not here to help us.
Have you seen, I’m sure you have, the commercial with the guy who stepped into the bear trap. Then he goes and steps in the kids pool. Look at those 2 boys, poster children for the above. If that was my kid I’d be embarrassed beyond belief. I go to the local park gym–I see quite a few HS boys as well as girls who can really hit the weights. Probably the exceptions
Once it is admitted the MIC is not concerned with health, the rest makes sense (cents). The American Academy of Pediatrics is a foul evil organization. All in on the mutilation of children. Parents would do well to inform themselves, then give them all a wide berth.
Gotta get those AI nanotechnologies into us somehow. How’s the easiest way? Meds to “help” us. Sorry. You know what they call conspiracy theories now, right? Foregone conclusions or prophesies.
Djelem Djelem – Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra
I hope this is the correct thread to ask this question.
Why is no one at the Conservative Treehouse talking about the protests in Brazil ?
It seems to me that this a very important topic to analyze and compare to j6.
No enough blog space? /sarc
There are lots of Treepers talking about it. Every page of the Presidential thread has linked stories.
I can’t imagine anyone providing an answer to that question. We aren’t mind readers. Why do you think it’s not being discussed?
My schedule today is dominated by furnace problems and trying to analyze how extensive they are.
….now that’s about 7% of my original comment. For once I had the good sense to delete before posting.
We’ll take good news whenever it comes. From Emerald Robinson…
“EXCLUSIVE: J6 defendants sitting in the D.C. gulag are seeing a slight sign of hope.
These political prisoners are now being allowed to receive face to face visitors, religious services and more.
This all happened after @TroyNehis visited the jail last Thursday.”
It’s a start. Remembering the three day fast and prayers last week.
Thanks be to Almighty God.🙏
Praising God…🤗🙏🙏🙏
Yes oh yes!!!🙏💕
Finally….!
Amen to your exhortation!
It’s a start, GB.
I have to wonder what he said to the torturers to bring this about…
Seriously. He apparently ruffled some feathers 🤣 this past Friday when he called Erin Burnett “young lady”; during an interview on CNN and then referred to the network as Clinton News Network 😆😆 right in the same interview. So he seems to be fairly plainspoken and doesn’t hold back. 👍
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/video-troy-nehls-triggers-cnn-erin-burnett-after-while-defending-mccarthy
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 🙂
I dont know who troy nehis is, but I sure know who Almighty God is!
This is great news, and thanks for posting this betsy!!
Thank you God for Troy Nehls. And maybe we can call Troy Nehls and thank him… and I will go back to fasting and praying, can’t hirt
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Nehls
Well I’m back from Wisconsin. Eaten dinner. And am tired. I’m ready for a long nap.
Scary as hell.
CDC, after delay after delay and stonewalling, has finally released it’s Safety Monitoring Analysis for COVID “vaccines”.
If you don’t have the time or inclination to read the text that describes how they arrive at the numbers, just scroll on down to the graphs.
In the climate alarmist world the phrase “it’s worse than we thought” is a common ploy. Well in this report you will see that injuries and deaths and the potentials for them are really worse than we thought.
CDC Finally Releases VAERS Safety Monitoring Analyses For COVID Vaccines | ZeroHedge
Same in the UK, rah. 1000 excess deaths DAILY.
I just saw on another web site that “Diamond” of Diamond and Silk passed away. Apparently it happened today. Trying to get more info. Not sure if she took the vax or not.
Oh no! Prayers for them both
Very sorry to hear this news!
Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/diamond-of-maga-duo-diamond-and-silk-dies-totally-unexpected?ref=scroll
Gateway Pundit
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/horrible-news-president-trump-reveals-diamond-diamond-silk-died/
This is where I first heard about Diamond passing away. Dutch monitors earthquakes and he was talking about it.. Questions were asked as to whether or not Diamond was vaxxed.
DutchsinseOfficial – Twitch
Amen.
Amen
Amen
Amen…
Amen🙏
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
R.I.P. Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway. You will be sorely missed by so many. Though we never met, this feels like a very personal loss.
You and your Sis made us laugh with glee at your uproarious bulls-eye stabs at all the purveyors of political poison. The word “ridicule” is a French term – and you Ladies rose as linguistic stars – utilizing the spotlight of ridicule to shame the perps, the pandering, and the politics of destruction.
Thank you for your profound contributions to the national debate – with much of it dressed in laugh-till-I-ached humor, as you hit all the important topics of governance along with the seamy underbelly of the politics.
This is very sad news, Lynnette “Diamond”. My heart is with your sister, Herneitha “Silk”, and with President Trump who holds you both in the highest regard. The two of you sisters, working together, gave all of us a wider scope with which to envision our America made Great again, as constantly described and promoted by our tireless President Trump.
We WILL Make America Great Again – Again. Rest assured that the marvelous contribution you two sisters have made to the cause will forever be an important part of the historical record of MAGA.
Thanks for the memories, Lynnette Diamond. I’m sure that Heaven has welcomed you – Bigly!
My heart and prayers go out to Sister Silk and your entire family.
The entirety of MAGA country has become your family.
Rest in peace. Job well done.