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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Well now *that’s* a cute dog!
Adorable and very fluffy / curly!
The only thing cuter would be the whole litter mobbing you.
Looks like an American Cocker Spaniel to me. Notice the short nose. But there seems to be a tail there?
Or Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, ruby color. We’ve several of those doggies in our family.
Yep, that’s pretty cute!
Cuddle bug!
Just back from the hairdressers. Aren’t I adorable??
(YES!!)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and mother Maybelle Carter.
Maybelle Carter and her daughters are all gone now but are still legends in country music.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Good morning, Mr jay. Beautiful. And brrrrrrrr…blessings, my friend.
Good morning, Bet. A little bit chilly this morning . . . 🙂
No kidding!! Farewell warmer temps…nice while they lasted😘
Good morning, Bet. Well, we were getting spring like weather here for a few days. Now it’s cold, windy, and cloudy. 36 degrees outside. Wind chimes are clanging away on the front porch.
Here’s a good place to visit during the winter months.
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Morning, Joe! Windy here as well and about the same temps. Ah well…looks definitely warmer in those pictures. I think bears are into something with hibernation.😉
My wife and I took road trips to this place years ago. There was a PacMan machine in the diner. Food was ok; lots of ufo paraphernalia and souvenirs on display around the bar and dining area. During the summer months, the temps soar into 3 digits. Pleasent during the winter and spring.
One more
test site?
Ghost town, Rhyolite, Nevada. Gold mining town that prospered until the early 1900s. That’s a photo taken of the Cook Bank building. What’s left of it. The structure does look like it was hit by a nuclear blast.
anywhere democrats are in charge!!
Boy that sky is blue!!! When one takes road trips in the UK and stumbles on some out of the way cafe which looks as if food poisoning might be on the menu, but it is not uncommon to find some of the most delicious food ever one could eat. Same with pubs.
Our favourite fish n chips shoppe was a small nondescript place on a side street in a market town about 30 minutes away from us. We’ve never tasted better.
I can feel those triple digits temps now….incoming for us every summer. It sounds as if you and your wife had some really good trips…memories. I hope she is a doing as well as sue can be, Joe…no more falls. 🙏😘
Many years ago we found a small diner like that in a beach town. At first glance I said there’s NO way I’m going in there! One puff of wind could come along and blow it over…
But alas – we tried it and can’t wait to go back – along with hundreds of other people who discovered it. You have to get in line at 10:30 a.m. for lunch!
See????
We have a fish n chips food truck which comes around our north Texas city and parks up in a nearby Krogers. They advertise in advance the day they’ll be there. The lines go on and on and on. The fish n chips are good. But they are not a patch on the ones we used to get at the little side street chippy.
We used to buy our meal (always wrapped in newspaper), sit in the car on a Saturday at noon, and eat whilst listening to a BBC 4 laugh out loud radio quiz show. Being British, that show was so clever.
Life was good…
Perhaps next time you can take sleeping bags and comfy folding chairs the night before…be first in the queque…just a suggestion, Della😉
Bon appetite!!!😘
Your stories warm the heart! I know you’re grateful for experiencing such unique times, especially in Wales. Many good memories to reflect on is part of a rich life, I believe.
Nah, I’ll just get at end of line, forget the sleeping bag!
I can’t see you in one either😉
So many of the stories I post are revived by something somebody else writes. In fact now that I think about it, I can say all of them. Which is nice, because so often one memory leads to another…
Once I wrote about those fish n chips, I really really fancied some….in a country I never in my wildest youthful imaginings thought I’d ever visit, never mind live in. Life cam be very serendipitous…
Yes, I think so much of life’s memories are triggered by another’s. That’s why the human connection is vital to well-being.
Today I asked husband a simple question, accidentally triggering his memory, which led to a two hour story telling! 😂😂
Maidin Mhaith Betsy Bless your ❤️ 🇺🇸😁🇺🇸
😘😊
Don McLean
&
Van Gogh
-well done
One our favourites Patience. Blessings to you 🙏 and Ma 🙏.
Thank you 😇
-You are one of mine❤️
Thank you🤗
Good morning Patience and Bet! ❤️
Hi, Pa💟
Afternoon, G😘 Hope you are seeing the light at the end of your busy week, and the next one won’t be as onerous. Keeping you all in my prayers, my dear friend. Glad to see you chime in, so we know you’re still here😉.
Good choice, Patience. Thanks. 🙂
Hello, Garrison😎
So you know:
You are often in my thoughts💖
Mornin’ jay 🙂
Good morning Garrison!
Afternoon, Gramps! 🙂
oooohhhhhh, come on !
come on baby, baby …
if you won’t give a damn about me
come on baby , baby …
you don’t really care about me ..
Without words over paintings
Once again, Jay… great choices to start the day
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Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 😁😁
Wow! from Edyie, never heard before – what a voice
I’ll see about some additional material for another day 😁😁
Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence were quite a singing duo (as well as a married couple) for 4+ decades, starting in the mid-1950s. They were often on TV variety shows and eventually had their own TV show for awhile. They both could sing *very* well.
https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/why-does-atonement-disappear-in-the-new-testament
I think your important devotional today needs an important response. This important read is only about seven minutes long.
It’s fantastic. ✝️
Thank you Frank. Piper gives a very thorough if brief analysis and explanation. Christ’s work on the cross, especially those final 3 hours, did far more than simply propitiate our personal sins.
Excellent sermon. If the OT was unimportant after 33AD then the Lord our God via His Holy Spirit would not have breathed and inspired it to be canonized as part of His Holy Scriptures.
Amen! That is truth.
Everything in the OT points to Christ. While it does contain “the law” it reveals how far we’ve fallen/broken it, and need a Savior.
Last, I’m certainly not a theologian, but my faith begins at Genesis 1:1. That’s starting point for me.
Once that’s settled, I can move on to deeper truths.
I love the sacred Old Testament.
”In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the Power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits, who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Amen Chris and thank you, and all the great people on here.
It should be of interest to many that a developing story is emerging in Britain.
A Member of Parliament named Andrew Bridge on made a speech some days ago to an empty House of Parliament.
It was a brilliant expose of the dangers of the so called vaccines rushed through by the New World Order to “defeat” the Defence Department/Chinese flu.
He has now been suspended from the Tory party for alledgly saying the threat from Big Pharma s injections was the most serious since the Holocaust.
This story can be followed up on TheDailySceptic.com
Naturally our version of the Fake Media are going bananas trying to prevent the truth emerging.
On the upside there is going to be a Parliamentary Enquiry into Mr Bridgeon where some daylight may be shone on the great WuFlu scandal.
We can only hope.
Good morning, Patrick. I saw this yesterday. God bless that man. Of course in their faux outrage in suspending him, they’ve only drawn attention to themselves. We are following closely the increasing hysteria of everyone in government and the the media there, desperate to keep the lid on the boiling pot which at some point will explode. And in so trying are sounding more and more unhinged. The Tories are anathema to us now. Who ARE they? Following closely as well the deliberate importation of the third world. Sunak has led the population down a blind ally. You’re familiar with my views.
So good to see you on this thread, my Scottish friend. Thank you for the update. God be with you, sir. Take your supplements and be well. Bet
Former MLB Outfielder Dies At 53 (msn.com)
Rugby League in shock as ‘star of the future’ Logan Holgate dies suddenly at age of 18 (msn.com)
Lisa Marie Presley rushed to Southern California hospital (msn.com)
She’s 54
This is one of my daily prayers.
I have statues of the triad: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.
Please take up your holy swords while we put on the armor and together fight this unholy cabal’s grip on humanity.
God bless, everyone! ⚔️ 🙏
I purchased these for my teen daughter for Christmas. A daily reminder of where we stand in this mess. (it reads Father’s Day gifts – it’s not just for Father’s Day. It’s for every day we are in battle.) My daughter is a warrior and she prays on her armor of God every day as she deals with the unholy at public high school. We are standing our ground.
https://www.monasteryicons.com/product/saint-michael-figurine-14-bronzed-180brz/fathers-day-gifts
https://www.monasteryicons.com/product/saint-michael-prayer-plaque-481/icons-of-the-holy-angels
Good morning, my friend. She’s in good Hands…the best…as are you. Blessings to you both.
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One more . . .
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Hiya, jay 🙂
Good morning, Garrison. I thought we could all do with some joy this morning. Tap on the first link and the playlist will run after each. One of Handel’s most exuberant happy works.
“Love in Bath”is a series of dances, a work to lift this spirits.
(There is an unavoidable infantile ad to get through before the first plays. I am hoping the list will play continually…it did for me yesterday (fingers crossed)
Thanks for posting this, Bet. 🙂 Don’t know why I don’t listen to more Handel.
Your welcome, my friend. I couldn’t find a straight through performance of Beecham’s lovely rendition of this so had to take what I could get…
Very nice!
It is Cursday Treepers. Pet your puppies for me. This loving dog story so reminds me of my first encounter with Sweetie. She bonded with us for 8 loving years . . . Love you Sweetie! 🙂
What a sweetheart. ✝️
Oh, what a precious shining light ….this lady ….
Rest In Peace 🙏
I am praying that His peace which passes all understanding is resting with those who are sweeping from their loss. May God be with all of them. Requiescat in pace, Diamond.
“More classified documents found at second Biden stash house”….hmmmm.
zeppelin 1969
Garrison had Abba’s song Waterloo included at the end of a three song recording session. I kind of think it deserves its own video, and so here it is:
one more …
ABBA – Take A Chance On Me (Official Music Video)
Mind if I add this one ? I’ve always liked this song.
Covering all the music from A(BBA) to Z(eppelin).
Let the Good Times Roll.
Hoping Biden gets the boot. Good times. Until the next clown takes over.
One of the DVDs I have in the big truck.
To make the perfect trifecta of Abba songs (Waterloo, Knowing Me, Knowing You) here’s Fernando…
“How Many More Times” posted twice . Not sure why that happened.
appropriate .. given the song 🎶 title, lol
I think I forgot to change the copy Url before pasting when going to a different song.
Two different performances. Some change up in the performance. The longer one includes a band introduction at the start.
I just saw that Jeff Beck passed away. He was 78. He was another world class guitarist back in the day.
Rock & Roll to Progressive Jazz, he did it all.
Beck’s Bolero
Wired..
fond memories.. party memories.. cruising memories.. crazy memories.. love memories..
back in those days.. and nights.. at least in our party circle.. be it field parties.. car cruising parties.. parking lot parties.. party parties..
Jeff Beck was equally popular party material right along with the likes of Led Zeppelin.. Lynyrd Skynyrd.. Ted Nugent.. Frank Marino.. etc..
he was a positive influence during my young influential years..
Other Rock & Roll etceteras from the era I can think of off the top of my head in no particular order: Three Dog Night, The Rolling Stones, REO Speedwagon, Aerosmith, The Band, Deep Purple, Humble Pie, Grand Funk Railroad, The Who, The Guess Who, The Edgar Winter Band, Harry Nillson, Pink Floyd, Credence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Jimmy Hendrix, The Beach Boys, The Allmon Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, The Steve Miller Band, and of course The Beatles ………
Deep Purple. I can still remember as if it were yesterday the first time I heard Hush.
The best rendition of I Can’t Live if Living is Without You ever sung.
damn, that is exquisite!
I was living in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico when this song came out. I first heard it in Spanish, sung by Nilsson. Came back to the States to renew my tourist card and heard his English version for the first time.
Muy bien!
Good morning all.
Concerning the rains and flooding in California.
California has seen plenty of heavy rains and flooding in the past and anyone that claims that this “atmospheric river” is due to “climate change” are either misinformed or liars.
Summary of Floods and Droughts in the Southwestern States (usgs.gov)
What is going to happen come this summer there is also nothing new and completely predictable. These rains will bring forth a much greener spring than usual and that vegetation will dry out c0me summer and thus California is in for a worse than average wildfire season this year. That goes double if, as many are predicting, the current weakening La Nina turns into a strong El Nino by this summer.
God is getting even.
I moved to Porterville the summer of ’82. That winter, 82-83 we had an El Nino. Our average rainfall is about 9″. That winter we got over 22 inches!!! We were literally floating away. My little house out in the country was built on a little knoll so the water drained off my property onto everyone else’s property. All my close neighbors had sandbags (houses built on concret slabs) to try to keep the water out. My little knoll and my house being up on a foundation saved me.
. . . 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)
Rush Limbaugh was born on January 12th in 1951.
RIP El Rushbo, still behind the Golden mike at EIB in Heaven. 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
“Institute For Advanced Conservative Studies”
“You know you’re a redneck if your grandma keeps a spit cup on the ironing board”
Brilliant. Funny. Missed.
Thanks for the post
My Great Aunts used to snuff Copenhagen couple of flakes on the back of the hand and sniff, 😳
Husband’s dear GM dipped “Topps” snuff all her life. He’d buy her several cases of it at one time.
Her kids got so frustrated with him for giving it to her. But he loved his GM so much, and if she wanted it, she got it.
Also, she lived alone until she died at age ninety-eight! She was an amazing woman. All she would eat for lunch is two vanilla crème cookies and a coca-cola. Not healthy food, I know, but it worked for her – ha!
Great memories this same aunt loved boiled possum, roadkill was often supper at her house 😁😁
Haha! It’s all about what we’re used to, right?
Husband’s GF ate possum. He would catch it in a cage, then feed it buttermilk and cornbread for a week to clean it out before cooking.
Now, that’s where I draw the line – cannot eat possum! But mamma used to tell me, “never say never!”
Who knows? With the Great Reset coming, I may need to take my words back. 😜
Possums are all in our woods here. And they’re kinda cute…
If only my wife would quit running over them 😳😳
😂 😂 😂 😂
You should get your aunt’s recipe for roadkill …
There was a possum on my front porch last night. It was eating some of the cat food I put out for outside kitties. It retreated towards the back of the porch, then came out, sat still, and we made eye contact. No problem. He (or she) can have all the cat food it wants. There’s plenty more. Sometimes raccoons will drop by and see what’s on the menu.
Aww, that’s so nice, Joe!
Husband actually puts any leftover food outside for our possum, in a bowl at edge of woods.
Possum has a sweet tooth, too – He LOVES sweet things, like pineapple.
It may seem odd to some people that we feed them, but we live out in rural place, and we love the wildlife. They gotta eat, too!
My children just facepalm when they hear about it!
Also, did you know that possums eat a large amount of ticks? That’s one big reason they’re welcome at our place.
Raccoons NOT encouraged! Several summers ago, I went outside during the day, and saw a HUGE raccoon at birdfeeder. When he saw me, he stood on his hind legs and started to charge me! They carry rabies, too.
Husband ended up trapping him and moving him miles down the road!
There was a huge raccoon on my porch a couple weeks ago. Probably eating the cat food. It waddled off across the street to a vacant house. It probably camps out in a shed in the back yard. Before I let my dogs out in my backyard, I check for raccoons, possums, etc. A raccoon is not an animal to mess with. I don’t want the dogs terrorizing the possums.
January 12 Oswald Chambers
Have You Ever Been Alone With God?
When they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples. — Mark 4:34
Our Solitude with Him. Jesus does not take us alone and expound things to us all the time; He expounds things to us as we can understand them. Other lives are parables. God is making us spell out our own souls. It is slow work, so slow that it takes God all time and eternity to make a man and woman after His own purpose. The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters. It is astounding how ignorant we are about ourselves! We do not know envy when we see it, or laziness, or pride. Jesus reveals to us all that this body has been harbouring before His grace began to work. How many of us have learned to look in with courage?
We have to get rid of the idea that we understand ourselves, it is the last conceit to go. The only One Who understands us is God. The greatest curse in spiritual life is conceit. If we have ever had a glimpse of what we are like in the sight of God, we shall never say — “Oh, I am so unworthy,” because we shall know we are, beyond the possibility of stating it. As long as we are not quite sure that we are unworthy, God will keep narrowing us in until He gets us alone. Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affection — things over which we never thought He would have to get us alone. We listen to many things in classes, but they are not an exposition to us yet. They will be when God gets us alone over them.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves.
https://utmost.org/classic/have-you-ever-been-alone-with-god-classic/
12 January 2022 Ronnie Spector [Veronica Bennett], American pop singer (The Ronettes -“Be My Baby”), dies of cancer at 78
12 January 2019 Bonnie Guitar [Buckingham], American guitarist, singer and record executive (Dark Moon), dies at 95
12 January 2018 Danny Woods, American musician, dies at 75
12 January 2015 Clifford Adams, American trombone player, dies at 62
Superstition
12 January 2007 Alice Coltrane [née McLeod], American jazz harp, piano, and organ player (Journey in Satchidananda), dies of respiratory failure at 69
12 January 2004 Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (“Just When I Needed You Most”), dies of leukemia at 48
12 January Maurice Gibb
(1949-2003)
English rock-pop-disco singer-songwriter and bassist (Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever), dies of cardiac arrest at 53
Late update for January 10 2023
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English rock guitarist who rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and afterward fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice.
H/T Joe 12 Pack
Love, Love, Love the BeeGees! My favorite tune of theirs is First of May (and so many more but if I had to pick…)
Mornin’ all.
January 12
MORNING
The only wise God our Saviour. Jude 25
Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. I Cor. 1:30
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? Job 11:7, 8
We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. I Cor. 2:7
The mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known, by the church, the manifold wisdom of God. Eph 3:9, 10
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shalt be given him. James 1:5
The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be in-treated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. James 3:17
EVENING
When shall I arise, and the night be gone? Job 7:4
Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh. Isa. 21:11, 12
Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Heb. 10:37
He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds. II Sam 23:4
I go to prepare a place for you And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. John 14:2, 3, 27, 28
Let all thine enemies perish, O LORD; but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. Jud. 5:31
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. I Thes. 5:5
There shall be no night there. Rev. 21:25
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/01/0112.html
Greetings Treepers!
MILaw update: The diuretics are working to assist with fluid removal. She’s stable.
Thanks much for your prayer.
Maranatha!
Praise God 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks J!
Praying her progress will continue so she can return to those who love her, Frank. Hoping so much your wife has been able to get some rest.🙏
Love you sis. Thanks much!
Great news!
Thanks rah. Love your posts. Keepm comin
Thank you, dear Lord …
Please continue helping Your precious ones.
Thank you Miss Della!
Always a joy, Frank, to go to the Throne, especially on behalf of others!
Continued prayers, bro. 🙏🏻
Thanks G! I’ll call you tomorrow 🤟
RIP Jeff Beck
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men. – Colossians 3:23
As he explained the Colossians 3 passage, a pastor once said, “People are problems for all of us.” The marriage relationship, child/parent relationship, and the employer/employee relationship can have conflicts for various reasons. However, the Lord has given guidance for each one in His Word.
The apostle Paul referred to masters and slaves, but you can insert employer and employee to understand the relationship as it should be. The Christian employer and employee should be conscientious and industrious in their work habits.
“Whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord” (Colossians 3:23).
Addressing the motives people have for working, Dr. Lloyd J. Ogilvie wrote, “The fact is that we were never meant to find meaning in our work, but rather bring meaning to our work. When Christ is our meaning we can work creatively to praise Him.”
In all situations, be faithful to God.
Whether you are the employer or employee, do your best. Pray for those with whom you work. If you are a stay-at-home mom, pray that God would give you the strength to do all He has called you to do. “Work heartily as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward” (vv. 23-24).
Seek to please the Lord whether someone is watching you or not. Though no one else may see, the Lord does, and, as John MacArthur says, “He will pay you back with grace and generosity.”
Ask the Lord to show you whether or not you are doing your best in your position. Pray for those around you and that your Christian testimony leads them to Christ. Pray for the relationships that exist between the nation’s governing officials and the aides who serve them.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Amen, amen, amen!
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 12, 2023
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“For in him we live, and move, and have our being…”
Acts 17:28 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
One of my favourites
New York City Losing Cops at Fastest Rate Since 9/11https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/new-york-city-losing-cops-at-fastest-rate-since-9-11/
Hmmmmm…what could be the reason I wonder??
(definitely sarcasm)
Keep and eye out along the east coast this weekend:
Joe Bastardi
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Bomb cyclone time off the east coast this weekend. question is can it throw snow all the way back into the big cities. Models off shore but strong upper low coming over very warm water means it has to be watched. Raging Weatherbull video describes http://weatherbell.com prem
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmR4cqpXoAIphRQ?format=png&name=medium
Maybe not from PBS. Try going directly to Twitter and copying / pasting that direct link to Joe’s tweet:
Happened again Mods. Another weather post in the bin.
I guess from now on I will not try to cut and paste Joe Bastardi tweets.
If you ever feel like you’re having a bad day, it could always be worse.
The scariest IMO is big Teahupoo (showed a few in your clip) due to the “wave” or rather, the ocean suddenly folding in over itself. Just look at the thickness of the curl – must be enormous weight and power – tons and tons of water crashing down. Any persons with breathing problems, as in like hold your breath for 2 – 3 minutes while being tumbled about like a rag doll, need not apply. Here is another clip showing Creations awesome power and beauty – and a hats off to those who dare.
Whoa. Those are thick, heavy barrels. And fast. Very few surfers ride Teahupoo when it’s big without taking horrendous wipeouts. Laird Hamilton was one of few who rode Teahupoo all the way without wiping out. The ride affected him and big wave surfing in general. He talked about it at the end of this video
crazy balls and athleticism
Brazilian Big Wave Surfer Marcio Freire Dies Surfing Portugal’s Nazaré (forbes.com)
A lot of the waves ridden at Nazare are over 100 feet tall.
In Wales, there are two types of places of worship, Michael. Church and Chapel . In one of my favourite films “The Corn is Green”, Bette Davis as the school teacher who inherits a Welsh property in the coal mining areas and finds a protege amongst all the children and youths she sets up a school for, one of the characters, a ” Mr Jones”, asks her when she first arrives if she is “church or chapel”.
Even though I lived in Wales for two decades, I could never quite understand the subtle difference. I suspect Mr Evans’ congregation though were ” chapel”, as most Welsh people were at the time.
Beautiful, moving words! I love Ms. Havergal’s hymns, and my fav is “Take my Life and Let it be.”
(Easy to sing – harder to do!)
A-men!!
“There is a great reason why God has us in the world for the times we are in.” Indeed – there is a “story” to support this, and it goes something like – before creation, the Creator, the Father being at all times just and “fair” asked the souls when they would prefer to come down to physicality. All the souls gave their answer, except one “group” who requested the Creator first assign all the others and then they would give their answer. So, when it came to their reply they STILL were uncertain, so replied that they were completely ready to be sent to whatever generation/time the Maker decided. They were/are considered the ‘toughest” souls, and are to be sent to the last generation. I think we can conclude that if WE don’t pull it off……????
A lot of times we don’t know how strong we are until we have to be…
Bit late for a reply – only check in once, maybe twice a day – anyway, think of it like this. Since the Creator is “above” time – IE what we in physical form, indeed all physical forms “experience” is a certain awareness of time passing – whether it by sun, moon, light dark, cold, hot – whatever. However, time itself is non-existent, at least in any form – it is merely an awareness “locked” into our physicality. We “remember” the past, we “visualize” the future, but in truth the present is technically over so fast, by the time our brain has computed what we we just “experienced”, its already in the past. Long story short, to the Creator EVERY moment is eterrnal – there is no “sequence” of events – past, present, future, everything and anything that has,will and can be is ONE eternal moment Alpha and Omega. Crazy stuff to get ones head around, and to be honest I dont believe we should wrack our brains over it. He knew us before we were formed because He is not “time” bound.
Love this, Oldspeak!
I’m with you – it’s waay too much to “wrack our brains.”
Simple child-like faith is the essential.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.