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, March 6, 2023
I think that realizing that we are doing the Lord’s work, makes whatever we’re doing no burden at all. Its when we get our eyes off of Jesus, and let our hearts get cool and sluggish towards the Holy Spirit’s glorifying Jesus; that the unclean spirits of murmuring and complaining and envy of the ungodly find their opportunity to break in. We who really know how much we have been forgiven, and even more, who Jesus is and what He has done for us; nothing can make us forget or become lukewarm: its just not gonna happen!
When we think about it in the terms set forth in this little message from Spurgeon; that we are in fact the masterpiece of God’s creation, and we are really His children; that God’s look of pleasure and satisfaction upon us being the completion of His whole creation; it should make our faith as sure and unmovable as the very words themselves. Who or what can possibly entice us away from Jesus? And what place in us for anything of the devil; when there is no place in eternity with God for that wicked worthless moron and liar! And the devil is the biggest moron in all creation! None more perverted and out of mind! What is he thinking who he is, that he can just ascend the Throne of God, and declare himself to be God? Isn’t that an irredeemable self destructive delusion?
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Ha! Serenity the hairless cat has taken to liking me. She kneeded my shoulder and back as I went to sleep and just woke me up rubbing on me. She has one heck of a motor!
LOL! Cats can always sense a cat lover, and they always suck up to an alpha in the house. God be with you in the coming days as you await the news on your daughter’s biopsy. We are all praying for you and her.
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LOL…you did it Leon! You made us laugh on a Monday morning! Bless you sir! 😁😂🤣
I think this is what he’d prefer, Leon…
😅Pizza bandit: “The Paw”
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Just for you, dear Patience🤗
Oh, and thank you for the tea…which I’ll have a cup of…right after I get through jumping 😎
Good morning Patience! ❤️
Amen! Whom the Son sets free is REALLY free! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for us; and our faith is in the power of God, that has really wrought a miracle in us, making us the LIVING EVIDENCE of what He has foretold in the Scriptures. As real and living Jesus is, so are we really living now in Him by grace through faith.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂 Great image . . .
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Good morning, Garrison💕
Mornin’ Bet! 🙂
Makes me want to sit down on the bench and ponder. However, I shortly would be pondering why my biscuits were frozen!
I’d like to sit on that bench with some biscuits and gravy 🇺🇸😁🇺🇸
Good Bench Monday, Mr jay.
Maidin Mhaith Betsy something to ponder, a few signs of life from the daffodils around here 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
😍…Spring’s a’comin’!!
Yes indeedy
-Birds abound
Ahh… that musical sound
They were really chattering amongst themselves here this morning. Real little conversationalists while they were waiting for their breakfast provided by yours truly. We aim to please at Chez Jones 😊
Its an unspeakable tragedy how many young lives have been lost to the devil’s empty lies and blown up promises. Yet young people (and many older ones too) are just chewed up and swallowed up and gone, thanks to drugs and the ungodly wild life. And there’s no one to show them better!
This was the first time I saw Jimi Hendrix so candidly in a video, and actually hearing him talk. Many years ago, my brother used to live in some apartments overlooking the cemetery where he was buried, in Renton, WA. They say he started out as a kid playing ‘air-guitar’ on an old broom stick. And then to see how that poor kid ended up just another tragic statistic of the “cool” scene of drugs and rock music!
No one who could have guided me and my brothers right, apparently knew how to do that; because they themselves didn’t believe in Jesus, nor had an accurate understanding of what all was really happening, that so many were being deceived and snared, and MANY died, not knowing what they were doing; like Jimi Hendrix.
I look at his young face, and hear his voice, and watch him playing his own brand of Jazz Guitar; and can only bow my head . . . Shame on the United States of America; which was actually born as a God fearing holy people; but let it go!
You can like it or don’t like it, that’s the way I really think about all this glorifying of those whom Satan has destroyed!
What a talent – a gift from God he had! Think of what he could have done if he had been raised to know our Lord! He might have written music to accompany the psalms of David and brought more young people to God.
But without God in their lives, there is a huge black hole inside them, that many choose to fill up with drugs and alcohol to dull their misery. It is worse today, I think, with the social media and “influencers” and carrying their cell phones with them 24/7.
Or he might have seen the vanity in all that, and become a scholar of the word and a soul winner!
You are so right Riley; without Jesus we are lost and in the darkness, and by nature doomed and unfit for the Presence of God. Yeah, in a way, you may be right with that, about all the plastic devices, etc; ’cause they both enslave the minds and destroy the souls, by making them incoherent to the Holy Spirit. But cell phones and poisons are very different however… computers and cell phones can be turned off and unplugged; but poison literally kills people. Its really too sad that idolatry has such a hold on people, that they can’t bear to give up; even while the absolute ruin of millions of lives is screaming at them to wake up and stop it already! You can’t do those things forever; and what are you going to say to the Lord when He asks what all that was for?
perhaps he was doing exactly what God intended
Doing drugs and following the devil’s allure of vain glory? You can’t really believe that God wants that for anyone! Have you ever really been around that kind of society; and dared to even mention the Name of Jesus? You don’t even have to be a Christian to do that; and you will get your answer in a heartbeat: hatred and cursing, pride and blasphemy, and every conceivable Satanic nonsense for a philosophy. Do you ever wonder how they can be completely given over to fornication and he occult and all manner of uncleanness? Its not because they are doing what God wants them to do; but because they are children of the devil, in darkness and enslaved to the devil in sin; and they have cauterized their conscience in order to get to where they are.
That’s what is meant by Idolatry, and unwilling to give it up. People just don’t automatically go in the way God has designed for them. Without Christ, and without the new birth and the gift of the Holy Spirit, everyone walks in darkness, with an alienated nature, adversarial to God. Without being saved by faith in Jesus, man is unfit for the Presence of God. Idolatrous men think that the things they highly esteem are talents and gifts of God; but Jesus says, that they are an abomination to God. That’s why people don’t want to really be Jesus’ disciples, because of the narrow way He has us to go, which leads to life. So instead, the vast majority of people cauterize their conscience with the false and temporary comforts of the broad way of the world. And the Great Falling Away of our day, is evidenced in that so-called Christian Believers, really think that they can be of the world and love the things of the world, and use the vanities of the world to “evangelize” for Jesus! So they fill their churches with thousands of people who come to see the show and experience the soulish and emotional experience, actually believing it to be worship in the Spirit!
Pharisee or Sadducee which are you?
Saying the truth as we all can read in the Scriptures does not make someone a hypocrite; but saying and not doing; or putting on a show to make others think you’re a Christian, when inside you are full of hypocrisy and all uncleanness.
Jesus was not a Pharisee for shining light upon the evil; and we should not be of those who hate the light because it exposes what we need to get right with God before we come before Him for eternal judgment.
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Excellent selections, Jay… thanks for posting them
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Morning jay!
Morning, dear G💕 My engine is cold this morning. Coffee I think…
Good morning Bet! Getting hit with Violet’s bug this morning. No coffee for me. Tried a little decaf but almost came back up. I pray that I get over it in a few hours. ❤️😘
Prayers up….big time!!! Try this…boiled water cooled to drinkable. Small sips. A remedy for nausea I learned in the UK. Doubted it, but tried it. It worked for me.
Ginger ale…also baking soda 1/4 tsp in warm water then small sips.
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Lemon in hot water; sip it.
It may make one upchuck a bit and / or expel a goood belch
-and then, settle the tummy and quiet the inner quiver.
I’ll show you my medical license if you show me yours😎
Seriously though, those home remedies were really very efficacious. Hope between yours and mine, he’ll feel better. I’ve always said I’d rather have a cold for a month than a gastrointestinal bug for 24 hours.
Just got the text. Miss V is home. Hallelujah! Now her daddy and grandpa need to get better.
All Glory be to God our Father!!!!!!! Best news ever!!
Yes, now you and he do the same. Keep hydrated if you can…we’re keeping a way h
eye on you both. 👀💜
I’ll do a combined reply to you and Patience. I think that the nausea is gone pretty much. Now hoping and praying for the other part to go away. 😆 Just took some Acidophylus with a little water. When my bride comes back from her Women’s Bible Study I’ll have her dig in the cabinets and see if we have some mint tea.
Need to get better by this afternoon . Tonight is Administrative Council at church. Will be voting on whether to schedule a vote to disaffiliate from the denomination. It’s a pretty much a done thing but don’t want to take anything for granted.
Thank y’all for the prayers and the remedies! ❤️💜😘
Got any Lomotil or the equivalent over the counter stuff??
No but decided against it, anyway. Not enough toilets at church to share this nasty stuff. 🙂
And the important vote is when the whole church votes. This is just to schedule the vote. And I already checked. No proxy vote,mail in ballots,or ballot harvesting.
Gotcha👍🏻
🙃 feel better, Pa❤️❤️❤️
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ See my reply to Bet above. It’s for you, too.
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
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I had the good fortune during the mid 60’s to be friends with both Guy and Townes. Guy fixed my old guitar and didn’t really charge me for it, when he knew I didn’t have much money. You had to be there . . . 🙂
If you are interested . . . “If we don’t get killed or caught” is a really good biography of Guy Clark. Definitely worth a read. 🙂
This last video is especially good . . . 🙂
One more . . .
Thank you Garrison
I did not know of Guy Clark until now .
Also , you said “you had to be there”
Well , you just took us there 🙂
Have a great day
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Morning Molonlabe!
Good morning Gramps
Caught you just in time this fine morning.
Get some rest .
Don’t do anything .
Make today about you. It’s ok to do that once in awhile.
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I’m trying real hard. 😁
Good morning Garrison! Answered you last night about my daughter. She is doing fine, thank you, but that nasty stuff is hitting me this morning. I pray that Nipper avoids getting it since he spent the night here. My bride will drive him to school this morning. I’ll just hunker down.
Zpack and a little extra zinc. Be well, friend. Oh, and thanks for the good news re: your daughter. I know you were worried. 🙂
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Gonna watch it all later.
-It’s soooo good.
Have a wonderful day, my man Garrison❣️
🙂 I think Tamara’s documentary may be on Amazon or DVD. Gonna’ go check. Another good documentary about Guy and Townes is “Heartworn Highways“. It was made around ’75 or so. I have it on DVD.
3/5/2023 – The Second Passover
Numbers 9:1-14 “And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at His appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, you shall keep it in His appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall you keep it. And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover. And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the Passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: and those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: for this reason are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in His appointed season among the children of Israel? And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover unto the LORD. The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it. But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbears (refrains, renounces) to keep the Passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in His appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the Passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the Passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.”
By this time, they had all the Tabernacle and its furnishings and instruments of service made and ready. The priesthood and all the laws and ordinances were completely written into the Books of the Law, and everything ready to be put to use. This represents that all things pertaining to our redemption, and reconciliation and atonement, and all that pertains to our being restored to God in Christ; were made and ready in heaven before they were to be done on earth and fulfilled.
Secondly, for those of Israel who are at this time unclean because of the dead body of Christ, or are away from home among the heathen, must yet keep the Passover of Christ the “second month” at His appointed time. Just as Joseph made himself known to his brothers “the second time,” so will Jesus be made known to the whole house of Israel, at the present away from home and unclean, when He comes the second time, to recover them. Allowance and mercy have been afforded because of unbelief; but that same mercy can only be justified in their “keeping the Passover” at the time commanded them. Everyone else, who is clean; and yet renounces, abstains from, withholds to keep the Passover, shall be cut off from His people, and shall bear their sin. The Passover in Christ is the center and faoundation entirely of our salvation; and no one will be passed over by the destroyer who is not under the blood of Christ.
Additional Reference Scriptures: Reading slowly and carefully, praying; the Lord will show you the context and connection. For it will be at that time, that the Lord Jesus Christ will make (cut) a New Covenant with the children of Israel, and breathe the Spirit into them, as He has said; I will make a New Covenant with you at that time, and will write My law in your hearts, and in your minds, and I will put My Spirit within you; and you shall be My people, and I will be your God, saith the LORD, who has done wonderously with you.
Zechariah 12:1-3,9-10 “The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him: Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it . . . And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”
Zephaniah 3:20 “At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.”
Joshua 5:2-10 “At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD swore that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD swore unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey. And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.”
Ezekiel 16:59-63 “For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish unto you an everlasting covenant. Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder and your younger: and I will give them unto you for daughters, but not by your covenant (the Saved from among the Gentiles, who are grafted into the olive tree, and made fellow citizens and of the Commonwealth of Israel, through faith in Jesus). And I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall know that I am the LORD (Yehovah): that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you hast done, saith the Lord GOD.”
So, should Christians keep the Passover as God commanded the Jews – since Christ was crucified on Passover as God’s chosen lamb?
The Jerusalem council in Acts answered that question. You can but you don’t have to.
No, it is not a requirement under the New Covenant. Jesus is our Passover. There are some who still try to hold on to the Feasts of the Old Testament, and impose the Jewish precedence into the grace of the New Testament; but I think its an error, and something too easily to pull us off the way that God has prescribed.
If we do all that Jesus says for us to do, then He will count us wise, and bless us. We should be careful to avoid being brought under subjection to men’s ideologies and guessings about religious worship; and stick with what we know is true in the Scriptures. The last word on the subject of whether or not the Gentiles should Judaize (to conform or bring into conformity with Judaism); is in Acts 15.
Acts 15:29 “That you abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”
If you want to keep the Passover according as Moses wrote, there’s nothing forbidding you; but it does not make you a better Christian for it.
06 March 2020 McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist (John Coltrane Quartet), dies at 81
06 March 2013 Stompin’ Tom Connors, Canadian country artist, dies from natural causes at 77
06 March 2013 Alvin Lee, English rocker, dies from complications from surgery at 68
06 March 2012 Robert Sherman, American songwriter, dies at 86
06 March 2012 Gene “Joe” Byrd, American jazz bassist (Charlie Byrd Trio), dies in a car crash at 78
06 March 2009 David Williams, American R&B, pop and rock session and touring guitarist (Michael Jackson; Madonna; Rod Stewart; Bryan Ferry), dies of cardiac arrest following a stroke at 58
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Papa Don’t Preach
06 March 2006 King Floyd, American soul singer-songwriter (“Groove Me”), dies of complications of a stroke and diabetes at 61
06 March 1987 Eddie Durham, American pioneering jazz electric guitarist, trombonist (Count Basie; Jimmie Luceford), composer (“Topsy”; “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire”), and bandleader (All-Star Girl Orchestra), dies at 80
Oh My Magic Wand! The tribute to Robert Sherman was lovely. I just love the song ‘Feed the Birds’ from Mary Poppins. Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Boy: “I got an F in arithmetic.”
Father: “Why?”
Boy: “The teacher asked ‘How much is 2×3?’ and I said ‘6’”
Father: “But that’s right!”
Boy: “Then she asked me ‘How much is 3×2?'”
Father: “What’s the f#cking difference?”
Boy: “That’s exactly what I said!”
I have had students remark that they shouldn’t have to answer the question I asked. The logic is that I,being the teacher, already know the answer — so why ask them!
That was creative but I bet it didn’t help them avoiding to answer. 😀
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO THE LORD
I enjoy learning about how others worship. For those of you who feel the same, I’ll do a few posts on the musical parts of the Sunday service at the church I go to. I’ve seen a lot of your personal devotions here over the years. If you’d care to share anything about your group worship, I’d enjoy learning about it, also.
We mostly follow the historic Western liturgy, using forms similar to those used by the Catholics, Anglicans, and (I’ve been told) some Methodists. Much of it comes directly from the bible.
Even though it shares the words with them, you can tell that our service is not a Mozart or Haydn mass. But it works nicely for congregational singing. I’ve been singing or playing this same thing every Sunday for almost twenty years and still look forward to it. So do some ninety-year-olds in the congregation who have sung it all their lives
Of course, music is in some ways the least significant thing about worship. It is the words we confess and the things we believe that are important. But music and religion are a natural combination, aren’t they? They have God’s command and blessing:
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
Sing praises to the Lord with the harp,
with the harp and the voice of melody.
With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn,
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
— Psalm 98:4-6
We sing most of the material in this video every Sunday. It goes along with public confession and forgiveness, prayers, creed, bible readings, sermon, and holy communion. We also sing about five hymns that vary from Sunday to Sunday. The service takes about an hour and a half, with the whole congregation singing for a good part of it.
This video is meant as instruction to organists, so it includes only the musical parts of the service that don’t change from week to week. The congregation here sings pretty clearly, so I won’t post the words.
From the beginning through about 4:30, we sing these things. They come after public confession and forgiveness, which are non-musical.
Introit – Chanted Psalm
Gloria Patri — Glory be to the Father
Kyrie – Lord have mercy
Gloria in Excelsis – Glory be to God on high
You can listen as far as you’d like, of course. But I’ll leave the comments at 4:30 and pick up there next time.
God bless your week in the Word.
Thank you 1530, that sounded very lovely. 🙂
Hi Michael.
Hi 1530.
Good morning 1530!
Hi Grand;paM
News that is not on the news.
While the snow extent (how far south from the North Pole and how far north from the south pole snow cover extends) is not exceptionally high, the amount of snow globally is breaking records according both the Canadians and Fins.
The End Of Snow | Real Climate Science
The fact is global snow amounts and extent have been steadily increasing.
It’ll never get reported by mainstream media.
They could be blocked by snow from exiting their buildings at news studios, and would never admit it.
Truth goes against their narrative and they cannot be having that.
More news not in the news.
Globally, the vast majority of COVID mortality occurred after the “vaccines” were being given.
(2) Tony Heller on Twitter: “The vast majority of US COVID-19 deaths occurred after the pretend election of 2020 and after the “vaccines” were introduced. https://t.co/I2eHaESdz4 https://t.co/E6lY8S6o5V” / Twitter
AMID A CROWD OF PALTRY THINGS
“…in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses.” 2 Cor. vi. 4
It takes Almighty grace to take the next step when there is no vision and no spectator – the next step in devotion, the next step in your study, in your reading, in your kitchen; the next step in your duty, when there is no vision from God, no enthusiasm and no spectator. It takes far more of the grace of God, far more conscious drawing upon God to take that step, than it does to preach the Gospel.
Every Christian has to partake of what was the essence of the Incarnation, he must bring the thing down into flesh and blood actualities and work it out through the finger tips. We flag when there is no vision, no uplift, but just the common round, the trivial task. The thing that tells in the long run for God and for men is the steady persevering work in the unseen, and the only way to keep the life uncrushed is to live looking to God. Ask God to keep the eyes of your spirit open to the Risen Christ, and it will be impossible for drudgery to damp you. Continually get away from pettiness and paltriness of mind and thought out into the thirteenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel.
Oswald Chambers
March 6th Devotional
The Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Botticini (1475–76) at the National Gallery London
Angelic Hierarchy
Angelic Hierarchy according to St. Thomas Aquinas:
Seraphim
Cherubim
Thrones
Dominions
Virtues
Powers
Principalities
Archangels
Angels
[I]t was shown above (Summa Theologiae I-I q55, a3), in treating of the angelic knowledge, that the superior angels have a more universal knowledge of the truth than the inferior angels. This universal knowledge has three grades among the angels. For the types of things, concerning which the angels are enlightened, can be considered in a threefold manner. First as preceding from God as the first universal principle, which mode of knowledge belongs to the first hierarchy, connected immediately with God, and, “as it were, placed in the vestibule of God,” as Dionysius [the Areopagite] says (Coel. Hier. vii). Secondly, forasmuch as these types depend on the universal created causes which in some way are already multiplied; which mode belongs to the second hierarchy. Thirdly, forasmuch as these types are applied to particular things as depending on their causes; which mode belongs to the lowest hierarchy. [ST I-I q108, a1]
Thus does St. Thomas speak of the three-fold division of the angelic hierarchy into three hierarchies, each with three choirs of angels. In the highest hierarchy (Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones) the Divine Ideas take on their most universal character. Oriented immediately to God these choirs of pure spirits understand in the broadest, most general, way the knowledge committed to them by God. As the Eternal Word is the uncreated undivided Image of the Father, these angels possess the most simple, and therefore most profound, understanding of that Word, in whose image all created realities were made (Col. 1:15-17).
In the second hierarchy (Dominions, Virtues and Powers) the Divine ideas begin to be multiplied, so as to have effect in the created universe. For St. Thomas God, the First Cause, brings about His plan for creation, except for those matters which require the divine power – such as creating out of nothing, through the secondary causation of the angels. Thus, we can say that the Divine Idea of creation and its laws, which in God is one and simple in the Eternal Word, becomes more specific and suited to material reality as it proceeds down through the angelic hierarchy.
Finally, the lowest hierarchy (Principalities, Archangels and Angels) understands the knowledge communicated from the higher choirs as it relates to particular realities and serves to effect in creation the will of God, such as the laws of nature, and the guardianship of societies and individuals.
Archangels
St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael (and Companions)
Sacred Scripture provides us with the names of three of the Archangels.
Then war broke out in heaven; Michaeland his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back (Rev. 12:7) [cf. Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 1:9]
Michael is Hebrew for Who is Like God
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. (Luke 1:26-27) [cf. Daniel 8:16, 9:21; Luke 1:19]
Gabriel is Hebrew for Man of God, often rendered Strength of God
I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who enter and serve before the Glory of the Lord.” (Tobit 12:15; cf. Tobit all]
Raphael is Hebrew for God heals
From Tobit 12:15 the Church has deduced that there are seven archangels in all. Although various ecclesiastical traditions ascribe names to the remaining four, at places such as Polermo in Sicily and St. Michael’s Shrine in Tlaxcala, Mexico, these names vary from place to place and are not accepted by the Church for purposes of veneration by Catholics. Veneration of the Seven Archangels is permitted, however, and in Rome’s Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels and the Jesuit church Gesu there are chapels dedicated to the 7 archangels.
The Archangels, according to Dionysius (Coel. Hier. ix), are between the Principalities and the Angels. A medium compared to one extreme seems like the other, as participating in the nature of both extremes; thus tepid seems cold compared to hot, and hot compared to cold. So the Archangels are called the “angel princes”; forasmuch as they are princes as regards the Angels, and angels as regards the Principalities. But according to Gregory (Hom. xxiv in Ev.) they are called Archangels, because they preside over the one order of the Angels; as it were, announcing greater things: and the Principalities are so called as presiding over all the heavenly “virtues” [spiritual powers, in a general sense] who fulfill the Divine commands. [ST q105, a5]
St. Thomas tells us that the Archangels bear the greatest messages of God to man. They are the chief messengers (arch-aggelos); ruling, as well, over the lesser messengers, or angels, as their chiefs. It is from this latter choir that St. Thomas asserts that the Guardian Angels of individuals are taken.
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my apologies to the length of this post. just felt it necessary one time’
…thanks to EWTN…
Good morning molonlabe!
This post…is astounding! thank you and have a Blessed Monday! 🙏✝🤗
Good morning to you stevie.
Was just reading 1530’s post ( and I read his posts on other threads a lot)
He shared some nice thoughts on his faith.
So I just thought I would post a part o mine .
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I post the St Michael prayer everyday with the thought, if just one person says it because they saw the post , that’s a good thing.
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I love reading yours everyday 🙂
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Gracious morning, sweet friend.The heavens and the earth are filled with angels.
Can you imagine hearing the sound of all their wings? Overwhelming for the heart and the soul.🙏🏻💕
Thank you so much Molonlabe. Our Lord’s gifts are endless.
Good morning oldschool
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Must tell you , I have a bit of the “ old school “ in me.
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Peace friend
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Lol, welcome!!!! Peace of the Lord be with you also.
Beautiful post, beautiful indeed. When the ‘angels ministered to Jesus’ after the temptation in the desert…do we know of what level they were or was it all of them?
https://www.gotquestions.org/entertain-angels.html
In the New Living Translation, Hebrews 13:2 says, “Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!”
https://www.padrepiodapietrelcina.com/en/the-story-of-padre-pio-and-his-guardian-angel/
And angels walk among us. As Padre Pio is is also known to have said…”from cradle to grave…
https://devoutlycatholic.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/daily-reflections-of-saint-padre-pio-on-guardian-angels-and-souls-in-purgatory/
And….
Good morning Aggie and thank you for that post .
I will be sitting down later and taking a deeper dive into it.
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What a magnificent post!
The hierarchy of His angels.I am so glad you were moved to put this here, dear molon. It fills me with wonder and deep awe.
Drew Mariani (Relevant Radio), has a show on today, about angels. People are calling in with their unique encounters….
No coincidence here.
St. 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 about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Dismounted Patrolling.
In the US Army Ranger Handbook one will find this:
Standing Orders, Rodgers’ Rangers
Major Robert Rodgers 1759
It is a shortened version of Roberts’s Rules of Ranging. Robert’s Rangers was a unit of Colonial American volunteers fighting for the British that did deep penetration missions into the heart of French and Indian territory during what most Americans know as the French & Indian war. Actually that war in America was just an extension of a Global war known as The Seven Years War, which pitted the British and their allies on one side and France and Spain and their allies on the other.
A fictionalized part of the Story of Rodgers’ Rangers was told in the 1940 movie Northwest Passage Northwest Passage (1940) – IMDb
But Rodgers’ Rangers were real and a very effective unit that performed more missions than the movie might lead you to believe.
And Rodgers’ Standing Orders apply to dismounted patrolling today.
Rogers Standing Orders:
All Rangers are subject to the rules of war.In a small group, march in single file with enough space between so that one shot can’t pass through one man and kill a second.Marching over soft ground should be done abreast, making tracking difficult. At night, keep half your force awake while half sleeps.Before reaching your destination, send one or two men forward to scout the area and avoid traps.If prisoners are taken, keep them separate and question them individually.Marching in groups of three or four hundred should be done in three separate columns, within support distance, with a point and rear guard.When attacked, fall or squat down to receive fire and rise to deliver. Keep your flanks as strong as the enemy’s flanking force, and if retreat is necessary, maintain the retreat fire drill.When chasing an enemy, keep your flanks strong, and prevent them from gaining high ground where they could turn and fight.When retreating, the rank facing the enemy must fire and retreat through the second rank, thus causing the enemy to advance into constant fire.If the enemy is far superior, the whole squad must disperse and meet again at a designated location. This scatters the pursuit and allows for organized resistance.If attacked from the rear, the ranks reverse order, so the rear rank now becomes the front. If attacked from the flank, the opposite flank now serves as the rear rank.If a rally is used after a retreat, make it on the high ground to slow the enemy advance.When lying in ambuscade, wait for the enemy to get close enough that your fire will be doubly frightening, and after firing, the enemy can be rushed with hatchets.At a campsite, the sentries should be posted at a distance to protect the camp without revealing its location. Each sentry will consist of 6 men with two constantly awake at a time.The entire detachment should be awake before dawn each morning as this is the usual time of enemy attack.Upon discovering a superior enemy in the morning, you should wait until dark to attack, thus hiding your lack of numbers and using the night to aid your retreat.Before leaving a camp, send out small parties to see if you have been observed during the night.When stopping for water, place proper guards around the spot making sure the pathway you used is covered to avoid surprise from a following party.Avoid using regular river fords as these are often watched by the enemy.
Army doctrine is, or at least was, that the recon units of an Infantry Division were responsible for patrolling up 8 miles behind enemy lines.
Rangers worked up to 25 miles behind enemy lines.
Everything beyond 25 miles was the territory where US Army Special Forces and various other Special Operations forces such as SEALs and various Air Force teams such as CCW (Combat Weather Teams) operated.
The basic missions of patrols are:
Reconnaissance. Both near to gather specific detailed information about an objective or far to gain general information about the layout and activities or function of an enemy facility. And there are area recons just checking out a specified area to get the lay of the land and positions of the enemy, usually to determine the best route for a larger unit to follow in an advance or for accomplishment of another mission.
Ambushes. Both near and far. A near ambush is carried out generally when specific information or intelligence is desired by either capturing a prisoner or obtaining documents of intelligence value. But they can also serve other purposes. Such as diverting the enemies attention from the main objective and for other reasons. Hastey ambushes against enemy detected close in are also carried out when contact with the enemy is unavoidable or advantageous for various reasons. One type of very effective far ambush is the demolitions ambush which uses strictly booby traps or command detonated explosive or incendiary devices. The variations and combinations p0ssable are many.
Raids. Raids on enemy installations or outposts are conducted for all the same reasons as ambushes.
In Ambushes and Raids beyond the organization and planning the most important factors that lead to success are surprise and violence of action. Obviously in recon the goal is not to be detected at all.
I’m not going to get into the specifics of organization and planning. That would take a book. But we learned how to move, shoot, and communicate and how to pass danger areas, set up rally points, immediate action drills, and organize, plan, and carry out all of the various missions.
Our two weeks of Dismounted Patrolling training was spent outside of the compound, and in fact we received far more training outside the compound than inside.
We worked in the squads we had originally been broken down in but there were adjustments made because some squads had lost more trainees than others.
We had two SF cadre with us that gave us our missions and graded us upon them. Each trainee led a mission.
The missions were the same as for all patrolling that would be done behind enemy lines. Each trainee took a turn as patrol leader and assistant patrol leader. I was selected to be the first to lead a patrol of my squad. My mission was an area recon.
Each trainee was required to lead a mission. I was the first one in my patrol and it was an area recon.
We spent two weeks carrying out recons, ambushes, and raids. It was a time of little sleep, limited food, and elevated physical and mental stress.
We carried C-rations to eat to make our loads as heavy as they would be if we were actually carrying a combat load. But for two weeks without re-supply there was obviously a limit to how many of those relatively heavy rations we could carry.
It was cold during this final portion of the phase 1 training as it was winter and one had to take care not to get hypothermic. I had bought a set of non-issue long underwear of the same quilted material that a poncho liner is made of and was really happy I had. They really helped when the only warm clothing one had was an issue wool sweater and a field jacket.
The Dismounted Patrolling segment was the end of Phase I training. I graduated on the Commandants list. That is the equivalent of the Deans list, meaning my grading was in the top 10% of graduates.
I think it was 201 or 202 of us wannabes that started. At the end there were 99 left as I recall. That was just the beginning of the attrition that was to come the extended even into the first years probationary status on a team.
Next came Phase II where the individual specialties, Weapons, Engineer, Communications, and Medics received their SF training.
cant wait to read this rah
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i have to go feed the four leggers now
have a good day friend
Good morning molonlabe.
Good morning Joe ☘️
Give them all an extra hug or head pat from us, molon.🤗
Hugs done ☘️
Jillian, Bruce and Alvin . Jilly and her brother are just pups . Need to fatten em up a bit
Lean lovelies! What can I say but 😍😍😍😍😍😍
effective and efficient
Good read, ty.
Good thing you brought the thermal underwear. Extreme cold can definitely cause hypothermia and possible frostbite.
I’m curious as to the average trainees’ rank or paygrade who were in the SF program. It’s my understanding that both officers and enlisted go through the same training at the same time; they are treated equally.
The SF officer and enlisted training was separate. The ranks in my class varied from SSG E-6 to pvt E-2 which was what I was at the time.
Frostbite under your under
Would not be a good thing
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Well we’re talking N. Carolina. Definitely frosty and potential hypothermia weather, but not really frostbite weather. What sleep we got was in an intermediate cold Army sleeping bag and it would be covered in frost pretty quickly.
The danger was not when you were moving but when you were sitting still and had to remain prone for a period of time. Like when waiting at an Objective Rally point to deploy for a raid. Or waiting for the target to show up for an ambush.
Remember the movie .. Spencer Tracy.. etc.. growing up ..very exciting..👍
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Atlanta Botanical Gardens
I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
C. S. Lewis
Good morning, my friend💕
“God’s Garden”
The Lord God planted a garden
In the first white days of the world,
And He set there an angel warden
In a garment of light enfurled.
So near to the peace of Heaven,
That the hawk might nest with the wren
For there in the cool of the even
God walked with the first of men.
And I dream that these garden-closes
With their shade and their sun-flecked sod
And their lilies and bowers of roses,
Were laid by the hand of God.
The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,-
One is closest to God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.
For He broke it for us in a garden
Under the olive-trees
Where the angel of strength was the warden
And the soul of the earth found ease.
~Dorothy Frances Gurney~
The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God’s Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth.
g’day Bett
my favorite quote , eva
For me it is on a mountain peek. Watching the mists in the valleys below rise and dissipate.
One morning in Germany I awoke on a grassy ridge line with a herd of red deer grazing near me. The nearest not 25 yards away until I had to rise up out of the bivisack
Whenever I was out in our huge Welsh garden puttering, those lines always came to me. I could feel just how true they were.
And that last verse, the Garden of Gethsemane. I think she knew that the name means press -wine or an olive press, where He prayed and sweated blood before getting pressed and crushed for the redemption of the humanity and the whole creation.
”And the soul of the earth found ease.”
I’m sure she did, my brother. It truly is one of the most spiritual poems in so many ways. Oh yes…she knew…🙏🏻💕
US readers may be interested to watch Dr John Campbell (UK) explain the results of clinical trials about the why masks do not work.
Masks, the jury returns – YouTube
and this is the link to the trials he talks about:
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses – Jefferson, T – 2023 | Cochrane Library
Dr Campbell featured in a previous Conservative Treehouse article when in discussion with the UK commentator Neil Oliver whose monologues on the Covid19 saga and government abuse have become compulsive viewing.
Good morning Treepers. Happy Monday to one and all.
Morning, dear Joe. This is the way to start a new (Mon)day!!😎
Me on Monday…pre coffee!!
plumb tuckered his little self out just gettin’ half-way over
Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. – Matthew 6:33
Little is known about the man with a common name playing a small but critical role in the crucifixion story of Jesus Christ. Scripture reveals Joseph of Arimathea as a rich man, part of the 71-member Jewish Sanhedrin governing the people in the law. The very group falsely charged Jesus and turned Him over to be killed. Joseph, however, was a dissenter on that particular decision.
He went on to take the bold step of claiming Jesus’ body after death, giving Him the tomb he had prepared for himself. He afforded Jesus the burial of an honored Jewish leader. Joseph is remembered in history as a man putting feet to his faith, “and was also himself looking for the kingdom of God” (Mark 15:43).
As a disciple of Christ, like Joseph, you likely long for the Kingdom of God to come on Earth, the day when God’s rule reigns! Certainly, God has full authority over the universe. Yet His enemy, Satan, has been given power to rule for this short time, creating hardship and suffering for many. Joseph encourages you to remember that Jesus did not stay in that beautiful tomb. He rose from the grave, and in resurrection power took his seat next to God’s throne to await the day, “when the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as water covers the sea.” (Habakkuk 2:14).
Keep your eyes on the coming day when Christ returns to rule over the earth and continue to go God’s way. Pray for those serving in America’s courts of justice to be wise like Joseph, considering Christ in the decisions they make.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
Good morning Poyeema ☘️
March 6
MORNING
He preserveth the way of his saints. Prov. 2:8
The LORD your God … went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. Deut. 1:32, 33
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him. Deut. 32:11, 12
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. Psa. 37:23, 24
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. Psa. 34:19
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psa. 1:6
We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28
With us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. II Chron. 32:8
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy. Zeph. 3:17
EVENING
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Matt. 27:46
He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; … the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all…. For the transgression of my people was he stricken…. It pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief. Isa. 53:5, 6, 8, 10
Jesus our Lord … was delivered for our offences. Rom. 4:24, 25
Christ hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. I Pet. 3:18
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. I Pet. 2:24
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. II Cor. 5:21
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. 3:13
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/03/0306.html
Has anyone here seen these up close? They’re called the Chessmen. Goblin Valley State Park in Southern Utah.
Fascinating!!
Good morning, Bet.
I walked up to those formations and stared at them in amazement.
When driving towards the park, I saw other rock formations that were elevated above the desert sands. They reminded me of ships’ sails in an open sea. March through May is the best time to visit this area; summer heat is extreme June through September.
They are very Stonehenge-y, aren’t they?
They are. Here are some more weird looking formations. These look like a scene from “Lord of the Rings”.
They seem to have faces…amazing!
Joe
Those are so cool.
My thoughts on how they came about ,
I think maybe there was a mountain in that spot and the great flood washed away all the dirt and left them standing.
Just a thought.
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Here’s another place that’s worth visiting. Capitol Reef. In the same region of southern Utah. Sensory overload…
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Beautiful pictures, Joe. Reminds me of our last vacation in October 2020 to Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon. Great time and then the floodgates opened. Haven’t stopped since.
https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.56daa0d42b8c6c00b815a3b8bc3b0d90?rik=wKwifPrYfQyfMw&pid=ImgRaw&r=0
Images of Bryce Canyon won’t paste. Supposedly a rancher claimed that “it was a helluva place to lose a cow”.
I believe it. 🙂
Don’t know why my reply got lost. I said, I believe it. 🙂
Verse of the Day for Monday, March 6, 2023
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“Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.”
2 Chronicles 15:7 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, amen!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
I am so grateful that you have kept what I posted yesterday, sweet and loving soul. He has everyone of our precious littles in His hands.🙏🏻💕
Thank You, Bet for providing this precious pic so I could add it to my daily reminder to pray for the little ones!!!
God Bless You Real Good!!! ❤️🧚🏻♀️
😘 Thank you! I was overwhelmed by seeing it and found it so powerful. Blessings always🙏🏻
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
FORGIVE ME, LORD
Your commands are simple – but hard to keep;
For falling short of your precepts – I weep;
For the consequence of sin is surely death;
Separation from You – gasping for breath!
What have I done – what is missing from me?
How could it have happened – how could it be?
Where have I failed – fallen short in my faith;
With Your Grace removed – I wallow in wraith!
Send forth Your Spirit – to help me discern;
Give me Your Wisdom – please help me to learn;
You know my heart, Lord – as no person can;
Help me uncover – what’s for me in your plan!
There are no excuses for falling short;
Nor are their reasons to which we resort;
No justification could we conjure up now;
For thwarting our relation to God anyhow!
I pray You will lead be me back to Your path;
Let me not stumble – or suffer Your wrath;
Hide Your face not from me – be near, Oh Lord;
Teach me and reach me – through Your Holy Word!
As I pray in the Word – let Your scriptures speak;
Help me be humble – help me be meek;
Let Your Spirit instruct – let Him convict;
Open my eyes, Lord – let my heart be pricked!
Reveal in my heart – Your message today;
Remove the distraction – let nothing defray;
From the outside in – and the inside outward;
Forgive Me, Lord – help me move fast forward!
Whether or not you believe it could be;
The righteous man sins seven times – daily;
Therefore it’s important – prudent for he;
To repent, reconcile and – be holy!
The Bible tells us –do pray unceasingly;
Keep God in your heart – ever increasingly;
Be mindful and watchful of what you do;
Say – defray – don’t delay – He wants you!
Do you think for a moment salvation is free?
Do you think God offers it unconditionally?
Our Lord, Jesus Christ, paid the ransom for sin;
Your sins are forgiven – to let you back in!
When you entertain demons – devils defy;
Your soul is in jeopardy – can you see why?
The Spirit lives not in a temple defiled;
With no inspiration – you are beguiled!
A devil comes in all shapes and sizes;
Temptation is simple – he so devises;
There are deadly sins – yes – seven in all;
That sneak up on you – like a plague befall!
Just when you think all is going quite well;
That pesky devil lures you to hell;
Watch your back – your tongue – be ever prayerful;
Repent seven times – and please be careful!
Be slow to anger and quick to forgive;
Put on your armor – continue to live;
With faith and through grace under protection;
Pass all your tests and then pass inspection!
Forgive Me, Lord – for I have failed again;
Alas, I’m not perfect – like You – Amen;
Please heal me – reveal me – refresh me anew;
Remain by Your side – ever faithful to You!
D01: 8/17/2013
Amen, dear duchess. Create in me a clean heart every day, Dear Lord. Let me taste my words before I spit them out, and forever be mindful of the needs of others.
May your new week be blessed, dear friend 💕
Thanks, Bet – and may God Bless your week as well!!!
So sweet of you to acknowledge not only my posts, but those of all others here!!!
God sees what you are doing here – 😀
Sometimes it takes me a while to get with it, as today. Missing a few family members for a while…Della, JWoo for example, understanding of course that navigating life sometimes draws familiar faces away for a while. Prayers for all, including those simply passing through🙏🏻💕
Amen goes right there, Bet!!! ❤️🧚🏻♀️
😘!!!
good morning duchess
A closeup of Modern interpretation of the seven deadly sins. Villa Cimbrone in Ravello
Understanding the 7 Deadly Sins
FATHER JAMES SHAFER
2 MIN READ
The Catechism of the Catholic Church also refers to these sins as “capital sins” and explains why they are the most dangerous. “Vices can be classified according to the virtues they oppose, or also be linked to capital sins which Christian experience has distinguished, following St. John Cassian and St. Gregory the Great. They are called “capital” because they engender other sins, other vices. They are pride, avarice [greed], envy, wrath, lust, gluttony and sloth” (No. 1866).
1. Pride: an excessive love of self or the desire to be better or more important than others. “Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that ‘everyone should look upon his neighbor (without exception) as “another self,” above all bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity’” (No. 1931).
2. Lust: an intense desire, usually for sexual pleasure, but also for money, power or fame. “The God of promises always warned man against seduction by what from the beginning has seemed ‘good for food … a delight to the eyes … to be desired to make one wise’” (No. 2541).
3. Gluttony: overconsumption, usually of food or drink. “The virtue of temperance disposes us to avoid every kind of excess: the abuse of food, alcohol, tobacco or medicine” (No. 2290).
4. Greed: the desire for and love of possessions. “Sin … is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods” (No. 1849).
5. Sloth (or Acedia): physical laziness, also disinterest in spiritual matters or neglecting spiritual growth. “Acedia or spiritual sloth goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness” (No. 2094).
6. Anger or wrath: uncontrolled feelings of hatred or rage. “Anger is a desire for revenge … The Lord says, ‘Everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment’” (No. 2302).
7. Envy: sadness or desire for the possessions, happiness, talents or abilities of another “Envy can lead to the worst crimes. ‘Through the devil’s envy death entered the world’” (No. 2553).
Perfect, Molon!!! Thanks so much for posting!!!
❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️
Good Bless You Real Good!!! ❤️
They look just like the 23 Antifa thugs nabbed in Atlanta.
I’ll say!!!
Mornin’ all!
Good morning wee weed
☘️
. . . 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)
Monday of the Second Week of Great Lent, or the Fast
(fruits, grains, legumes, vegetables)
Saint Timothy of Symbola on Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (+ 795)
Saint Evsthathios, Archbishop of Antioch (+ 337)
Saint Zacharias, Patriarch of Jerusalem (+ 633)
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are honored today.
February 21st – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
March 6th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim the Syrian
(with prostrations and bows)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . .”
Saw a discussion on maple syrup here a few days ago. Like so much in “the news” today any claims of shortage due to “climate change” are BS!
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/03/06/media-taps-maple-syrup-climate-crisis-as-production-sets-records/
Gary Rossington, the Last Original Member of Lynyrd Skynyrd has just passed away at age 71. He’s the one who provided the slide guitar lead of Free Bird.
Enjoy this highly worthy Gayageum version.
This looks like an excerpt from one of Post 10’s you tube videos from a couple of years ago. Here’s an example of his videos, about 18 minutes:
Reading today,
The 6 days of creation are the regeneration of man from dirt to a resting spirit in heaven. The seventh day is rest.
6th day is a transition from a spiritual to heavenly, and consequently rest. That is why we celebrate “a day of rest” on the seventh day. The rest is when heavenly spirits come close to our spirit and conflict of the evil spirits is driven far from you. ( and you thought all those thoughts and desires were your on making, nope. You allow them and accept them or not. Some may investigate this, and I hope they do instead of discounting it. Many issues are solved by knowledge of this exchange. If you do not believe this, regeneration would be impossible, we are not able to save ourselves or even understand the concepts without the Holy Spirit.)
Under that premise, or truth, we are heavenly, when that happens. The inner struggle leaves. Much else happens that cannot be described now but, it is great joy and bliss to have only heavenly spirits to guide you.
In the Bible heaven comes to earth. We are earth or earth represents us and heaven, is heaven, it represents heaven. Of course heaven is indescribable so for me to issue those words would be pointless trying to describe it.
Also, when civilization accepts all God has to offer what do you think happens???? Heaven comes to earth. We are in direct connection with heaven. Great joy, bliss and all the wisdom and understanding, are now here with us all. It is never forced on us, it is not Gods way. Gods way is our invitation then he elevates us.
Good afternoon Treepers.
Dont know what these are but there’s a ton of em in my yard . I haven’t started gardening much yet but these guys couldn’t wait
Havin a good time makes ya thirsty. Peace friends.
I’m thirsty ☘️
Funny thing about these two, I can’t go anywhere without them . They follow me like a shadow. If I go into the bathroom , they follow me in. When I go to sleep Jilly thinks she’s my pillow. Every move I make I gotta be careful I don’t step on one of em. Keeps me on my toes. Only place they don’t go is in my kitchen. I made it off limits , so they sit on the edge of the kitchen with their head on their paws staring at me. I like a clean kitchen. I wipe their paws off each time we come in. It helps and it takes time but its a routine they are used to . They line up , one by one and they actually like that I do it. Keeps my place clean.
Have a good day friends.
☘️
Just kabitzen.
Is that a word ? Kabitzen
☘️🌸☘️
Just sayin
The reason I keep ‘em out of the kitchen is I would be standing at the sink and they just surround me . Plus I almost hurt myself a couple times tryin not to hurt them as I move , so I just had to make it my space , and I’m always in it. Love love love to cook ☘️
Plus you could turn around from the sink and trip over them.
Be glad they aren’t cats!!😁
We have a site where if we put a picture up of something we do not know the name of it will tell us instantly.
So according to this remarkable site those are “AZURE BLUET”
And it says also, “You have discovered a new species”
I was going g to say they were periwinkles…
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69752-Houstonia-caerulea/browse_photos
Just looked them up.
Thats them
Thank you dear friend Bett
Just book marked that inaturalist website.
Have i told you lately how much I love this tree.
I love this tree
Thank you
🙂
There cannot be too many times to say it…ever!!!💕
Lauren Witzke
@LaurenWitzkeDE
An SPLC staff attorney was arrested and charged with domestic terrorism at last night’s #Antifa ‘Stop Cop City’ riot in Atlanta.
Now It’s time to shut down the ENTIRE SPLC terrorist operation.
Some people refer to it as $PLC.
I think they’re right. I asked on Sundance thread about the donors. Pretty certain we can guess who some of them are.
Should have been done a long time ago.
But for the moment, conservative voices are the only ones qualified.
yes Bett
They should have been shut down years ago.
total phoneys
money laundering pit of lost souls
demons , everyone of em
look at the faces
-btw friends , we are talkin bout sundances story on the front page about the splc
Also -btw – Sundance is amazing
no one out there like him
he is a master at what he does
just sayin
Yep!
I noticed one thing all those twenty three thugs had in common.
Their all ugly.
just sayin
Dead, empty eyes…the windows to their souls (which they seem not to have).
I always look at the eyes first…
Bett
I meant to ask.
Do you have an app on your phone that id’s a plant .
That’s real nice , the way they can do that.
I want to get one ,
But I already got one
It’s you
But seriously, did you take a pic of my pic and then upload it to a plant I’d app ?
I have a lot of weeds in my yard a would love to I’d.
because to me the weeds in my yard are very special.
Specially the clover 🍀
I’m looking for a good app to I’d thems my point
My husband is the one who found it. And yes, we did take a phone pic and sent it via the app.
It’s called “Seek”. Look it up on the App Store
A green square with a white leaf.
It really is an amazing thing.
Bett
The white one , she is a green Queen, they lay green and blue eggs .the lil yellow ones are salmon favorellas
Oh my!!! They’re gorgeous!!
It looks as if you’ve set up a local comfortable home for them, molon. Will you name them?
My sister in laws has always kept chickens, all with names. Wish I could tell you what kind they are.
My youngest is looking for 6 Buff Orpingtons. They’ve got the space so it will be interesting to see if she’ll be able to find any.
You must post a picture of Tue eggs when they arrive, please.💕
Please tell about your hens?
I don’t have any.
Only in my daydreams.
But some neighbors have chickens and I love the sound of them.
Amen.
Amen🙏🏻
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen