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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“Tennnnnnnn – hut!”
I have a cat that looks just like that one.
I see him on advertisements everywhere. He really is smart.
I did not know he was a “type” of cat.
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Speaking of our military…
God bless all who served and came home.
God rest and keep eternally the souls who did not.
Amen to that my friend
Did I say hello yet Bett
If I dint
Shame on me
Hello Bett and good afternoon on this fine day
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Good afternoon, dear friend. Late start this morning. I think it will take the rest of the day to catch up. Oh well….onward!!😘😎
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love that one, Leon
Awesome,Leon!!
Saw this and thought I’d pass it on here where kitty cats are appreciated. 😊
Hold on, Kitty…Friday Eve cometh!!
I’ll definitely be ready this week. Lol
Then quickly may it come😎
Happy be your day, WP🙏🏻
Good morning Bet! Happy Day to you, too!
Had a very long one yesterday. Took 10.5 hours before we got back home but the procedure went well, now we wait to hear the results and find out where do we go from here. My sister in law is one tough cookie. She got a little frustrated while waiting in the hospital bed but we are used to explaining things more than once. A lot more than once 😁.
Tonight is our church vote on disaffiliating from the denomination and staying true to God’s Word. Have very packed rest of the week so I’ll be here when I can. ❤️😘
Good morning, dear brother😘 I’m glad that’s done, and prayers continuing for best results. Heck, I’d be frustrated too. I am not a good “waiter” either. Too much time to think. Bless your SIL’s heart. She is enduring more than her share, isn’t she.
and God bless your beloved for her devotion and help…and you as the designated driver, which I know you both do with love.💕
May the good Lord be with everyone in your church for guidance on disaffiliation.
Perhaps the most revelatory thing to come out of this whole engineered past three years and all the evil against the Bible and Christians with the mental illness we are seeing is how many churches of many denominations have shown themselves to be antithetical to God’s Word. And how many supposed pastoral shepherds from their pulpits in His houses have decided to obey the government and the sick ideologies promoted by the same rather than Almighty God. Best to know, I suppose. But shocking all the same.
See you anon. Be well, dearest friend.😘
You should see the language that what I call the Politburo of the denomination decided to put on the ballot. Basically, it says that the vote is about differing opinions on human sexuality, while it is about whether you believe in the supremacy of God’s Word vs. human constructs.
I’ll have more tomorrow. ❤️
Hooboy…even where you are. Looking forward to your report.
That all this mental illness has extended its tentacles into churches really does confound me.
Mornin’ Gramps. Good news about your S-I-L. Sending a prayer your way. Be well, friend.
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“And he spoke to the assembled multitudes …”
Have to say you guys with these pics start my day off with a big smile… thanks🤣👍
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Me too. And then I steal and redistribute the pics.
Lol. Me too😉
Spread the joy and the smiles, Rach!💕 The world needs more of both.
You put the afore in adorable with these delightful gems! Bless you!
Good morning, nimrodman. Firing on cylinders today.😁
ready , aim , bullseye
Morning, friend😘 One right after another.
good afternoon, Betsy
after a good night’s sleep I’m off to the dermatologist to get little bits and pieces froze off with liquid nitrogen
a lifetime in too much sun as a surfer
Hope the doc leaves enough of you left to carry on here😎 Outstanding contributions for this Wednesday.🤗
Garrison, this popped up on my feed last night after your post yesterday of Tuba Skinny. Nice little documentary about them winning the Arhoolie Award.
that girl , she is the rock of that group. she is the toe tapper . keeps them on beat . she is goooood
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She’s tapping even when they’re not playing.😃
uh huh
thats the java be in her
Thank you Rusted. Tuba Skinny is great. We love them. This documentary was interesting. They deserve the award,
Yw. 😊 I enjoyed it. I was impressed by the fact that their music is improv, if that’s the right term. I admire anyone with talent, having none myself.
Excellent documentary. For awhile there I didn’t think they’d survive Covid in NO. Shay Conn is really somethin’. Thanks for posting this. 🙂
Welcome, Garrison. Thanks for introducing me to a new group I really like!!
Good morning, Garrison. Bach for the soul. It is overwhelming for me to consider how prodigious this man’s works are. Oratorios, cantatas, multiple compositions for every instrument, on and on. I adore the Bach Netherlands Society. Thank you for starting our Wednesday off with these splendid performances.💕
The NL Bach Society is a pretty cool organization. I especially like their videos that focus on pedal passages. I like Bach, Weiss, and Buxtehude.
My favourite for the performance of Bach, no question.
Thank you Garrison . Outstanding my friend. What a way to start the day .
The Neues Bach Denkmal meaning new Bach monument stands since 1908 in front of the St Thomas Kirche church where Johann Sebastian Bach is buried in Leipzig Germany
LEIPZIG, GERMANY – JUNE 12, 2014: Organist playing in the Thomaskirche St Thomas Church where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as a Kapellmeister and the current location of his remains
Magnificent!!!!!
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Morning Garrison!
Mega-G-Force Turn …. fully committed
That is an athlete! So cool! Thanks Man! 🙂
March 29 2020 Joe Diffie, American country singer and guitarist (Home), dies of COVID-19 complications at 61
29 March 2020 Alan Merrill [Allan Sachs], American vocalist and songwriter (The Arrows -“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”), dies from COVID-19 complications at 69
240+ Works currently held by ASCAP/BMI
I Love Rock And Roll
29 March 2014 Billy Mundi [also Tony Schnasse, born Antonio Salas], American session musician and drummer (The Mothers of Invention; Rhinoceros), dies of complications from diabetes at 71
29 March 2009 Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)
Lady Marmalade
29 March 2001 John Lewis, American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1952-97), dies of prostate cancer at 80
Django
29 March 1995 Jimmy McShane, Irish singer (Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy”), dies of AIDS at 37
Tarzan Boy
29 March 1985 Jeanine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, and Dominican nun known as ‘The Singing Nun’ (“Dominique”), cities financial difficulties, and commits suicide with barbiturate overdose at 51
29 March 1982 Floyd “Guitar” Smith, American jazz and blues guitarist and record producer, dies at 65
Not many be-boppers would go for a showy guitar like that, they’re a pretty conservative bunch of Gibson and D’Angelico hollow-body players. Looks like a National Map guitar
Why does everyone have to die?
So we can go to heaven.(Though not all of us).
So we pray for the sinner. TPTB try to make us hate…the sinners are too, God’s children and in need of prayer and salvation. Hate the sin, love the sinner….
So much easier said than done!!!!
It wasn’t originally the way it was supposed to be. God made us to live forever in innocence, in His image and likeness. But the devil and sin came in, and ruined it. So that’s why we die. Its our fair part. Our first parents sinned, and brought death to not only our species, but everything that God had put under our dominion. And we all have also sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God; in whose image we were made.
The only reason we were “let go with our lives,” is because Christ would come, and give His life as our substitute, and for our ransom and redemption. So this time is as it were, a Probation in exile; and death of our bodies, the completion of our probation; if we believe in Jesus we are not condemned, but will pass from death to life eternal.
The Bible says, that when all this “temporary” business with this present evil world is done, God will make a new heaven and a new earth; and no one will ever do evil anymore, and we will live forever.
Michael……if man had not fallen, no evil, would God still have had to make a new heaven and a new earth? What’s your take? Anything in Bible?
This beautiful earth, and we harm it towards its own death? And God still makes us another, a new earth a new heaven? Humbling doesn’t begin to touch this.
Blessedly I grew up in the era of outside in the morning, inside at dinner. Close to the house was marsh, creek, bay, lake. Before I had words or maturity to know, the unspoken let me know, the marsh was my mother and sky my father. Earth and sky continue their gifts and have my love.
I am not a theologian but there is this:
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
And this, the serpent:
https://www.bible.com/bible/110/GEN.3.1-24.NIRV
Is it possible earth will be restored as a Paradise and mankind, in our earthly bodies will be able to live forever on it? No sickness, no death, no old age. Otherwise, without an earth and people, who would those in heaven be ruling over?
Revelation tells us that those already dead will be brought forth for Judgement at the end of times. Restored to life. Evidently they are dead and not in heaven. Why restore their bodies?
We were created to live forever.
The sacrifice of Jesus,t called the “second Adam” or the “Last Adam”,(Cor. 15::45-49) the perfect man, was so great a sacrifice because Jesus would never have died in his earthly body.
Jesus was without sin, as Adam was before the fall. He gave that up for us and literally was dead for three days.
Adam likewise, would have lived forever in his earthly paradise. Our faith and belief in the sacrifice of Jesus is our salvation, our pathway back to what God intended for us all.
lindak, thank you makes sense to this sinner. As far as brain and discernment can take it at present.
I know what you mean.
Very good explanation!
So, when the Lord returns, He will bring all His holy angels with Him, and He will at that time call all His saints from all ages out of their graves, resurrected and glorified; and we who are living and remain shall immediately after them be changed in a moment, and caught up into the clouds, for the meeting of the Lord. He will also, immediately with the gathering together of His holy elect, send His angels to empty the earth of all the wicked, and every cause of sin, and bind them into bundles to be burned. Then will He set up His kingdom over all the earth, and the government and dominion of the nations shall be given to the saints; and the world will be ruled by the Law of God, and Jesus Christ our Lord, King of kings. For a thousand years, the world will be free from the devil, and we will be directing the rebuilding of all the ruined cities and teaching the nations the word of God.
After the thousand years, the devil will be loosed onto the earth for a short time, to try all those who were born during the thousand years, and gather them to battle against the holy city and the saints. Then will God destroy them with fire from heaven, and there will be the great day of Judgment, when all the rest of the dead shall be raised, and all the books will be opened, and the book of life. All who are THEN found written in the book of life, shall be the nations of the saved, for the New Heavens and the New Earth that God will then make. The New Jerusalem shall be where we will live, and from whence we will rule for the Lord over the New Earth. And all the nations will come into the city and to the throne to worship the Lord. And all the animals will then no longer hurt anymore.
That’s how I understand it from the Bible.
Well. The wages of sin are death. Those who have died have paid the price. Will an all merciful God give these people another chance? Do the dead sleep in death to reawaken when God calls them? Job asked to sleep in death and reawaken later. Solomon , Ecclesiastes 9:5 tells us
“The living know that they shall die:but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them, for the memory of them is lost..
I believe in heaven for those who are selected and a life on earth, an eternal life, to live in our amazing bodies as was intended, without sickness, old age and death.. It makes sense.
Hell is death and darkness. The end of our breath, our life our soul.
An all merciful God would not torture those who have fallen short, but simply end their existence, without chance for further salvation.
Heaven is for the Apostles and Saints. The rank and file remain here to live on earth in a new world as care takers.
It was why we were created as human. What God intends will come to be.
Hi Aggie Girl, You should be a Theologian; its really what you were made for, and how you will be the happiest and most fulfilled!
Knowing the Lord, having His Spirit abiding in us, and His law written in our hearts and minds; being given an understanding from God, so that we DO know all things (according to the Scriptures!); and having the promise of eternal life!
Yes, being a man or woman after God’s own heart, is nothing to be ashamed of or just automatically shy away from, because everyone else wants to hide on the broad way of the world.
I hope the best for you, that God help you find your way, in good health and peace.
Well I think not, because it says, that when He had finished making everything, it was Very Good! So that was the New and Perfect. However, as we learn in the prophets, and by what the Lord said about Satan falling like lightning from heaven; and looking straightly at all the people who have ever been, and are in the world, who are by choice, determined enemies of God; then its really a useless question: only in that, if Adam and Eve didn’t sin, Cain was their first son, and all the wicked of the earth still would be born and choose their own ways.
“This Beautiful Earth” is really to cry about, when even with the world, (I mean man), is in its present alienated condition with regards to God; all the good that God has provided, and continues to sustain every day, His laws and judgments, His words that He has continually and carefully sent throughout all the generations and centuries; This Beautiful Earth could be managed and cared for, so that everyone would have their own place, an inheritance of land for their families, cities, towns, small villages; all could do well and prosper: even while we wait for the coming day.
Yeah, childhood, and childish understanding, was a protection I think. Even with innocence robbed of younger and younger children, there was still some kind of subconscious knowing that there is a God. I remember often wondering what He looks like, and if heaven was really a bunch of people walking on clouds, and living in cloud cities. 🙂
Here’s some Scriptures that may help in understanding how that works. I think many believe, that God set the world like an alarm clock, and that everything happens because its supposed to happen. Of course the main problem and real error in that idea, is that it eliminates man’s moral responsibility. The same thing behind asking, Why does God let evil happen? He doesn’t “allow” evil, when its men who are doing it! He does however bring evil upon people who do evil, and He does not forgive all the innocent blood shed in this country. It was not God’s will for Cain to murder his brother. It was not God’s will for all those who knew the word of God, and fell away in the world of the beginning, which caused the whole world to corrupt and be filled with violence, so that God had nothing to do, but with great grief of heart destroy it all.
Luke 19:42 “Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”
Ecclesiastes 9:12 “For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”
Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”
Ecclesiastes 3:15 “That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past (driven away).”
Thanks Poyeema for the very good questions and comments. I hope you’re having a good day. The Lord bless you.
Thank you Michael. Although I do believe in Heaven, I also believe that what God intends wil always come to pass. In respect to the earth, I see he intended man to live forever on it and caretake the land and animals and so on, but under His authority.
Since man is now imperfect, I believe God is waiting to bring the era of man’s rule (and Satan,the father of lies) to an end
Absolutely right! For even the wicked are all His servants. Man has a will, and makes his own choices, and is answerable for his own actions. But God is God, and He makes all things according to His own will and purposes.
There is a reward for the righteous, and the wicked; both in the short term, to show His eternal power and divinity; and in the long term of eternity.
I think about that, a lot actually, how it would be, to really have the understanding and the skill to manage and replenish the earth, and every living thing. I think we have really been ripped off by sin and the devil; and don’t even know how bad we have been ripped off.
Thank God forever, for loving us, and being willing, without a second thought, to come in the flesh, in His Son Jesus, to deliver us from this horrible sad disaster. God WILL always do His will; and all creation will praise Him forever for His goodness and righteousness and truth.
So we can have obituarys …..
If you’re focusing on obituarys …..
….and my dad would say he was looking in the obituaries in the newspaper to see if he died.
did he ever find out.
i can imagine how many times he had been asked ” what are looking at them for?”
Aha!
Grew up Mission Control & Cape Canaveral, born into it ca. 1960, over 90% of the dads were NASA in neighborhood.
As these particular NASA men began to die, their obits were in local paper. Of course some of those obits were international, you & globe know who they are. They are not the hunt. It’s the men who got them there, and back, that stun.
All of them military, all of them pilots, all of them lions. Battle scarred, scruffy, smart. When NASA, hired in that era, even their CPA’s had military and pilot experience. Many saw battle in WWII/Korea.
They came from across USA, and were the best/brightest. At my age they were just, The Dads. Scoot your feet quickly from their eyes as we all played outside in that era. There were 13 valedictorians in my high school graduating class. Any guess where their dads worked? Not a valedictorian, skipped my senior year of high school. Baby I was gone, dad too much Saturn V flame for me.
“…..focusing on obituarys….”, would love a book of all the obits from original NASA team.
Dad’s obituary, he was still full time NASA, age 78, had things in it I never knew about his NASA career, a coworker helped mom write it.
One of the neighbor’s, not NASA, did make the NYTimes with his obituary. There had been long time ridiculous gossip about his role in a high profile murder in Texas. He saw no jail time, too much money for that !!
Then, there was the neighbor who owned the local men’s clothing store, near NASA gate, from the 1960’s, for decades. When he died of old age, his obit was a local DOOZY. Entire neighborhood talking. His obit included the detail, he worked for CIA. Perhaps he should have his own book !
Have asked some authors, who’ve written about NASA, to consider the obit book about those early NASA men/era.
Not ignoring women NASA, they did not exist in those years, as a very young child. It’s a joy to read their obits, and NASA accomplishments now.
monticello, your word obituarys….. ! Yes, a focus….
Mark Steyn has written a book entitled “Passing Parade”, a compilation of obituaries written by him of the names of those who contributed to life in this country in the 20th century. He does them all justice.
T’would be interesting to read the obituaries of men and women whose efforts together contributed to those glory years of space travel.
I’m reading your story like watching a really good movie. You were truly blessed, and had quite an interesting and enviable childhood. That is so cool!
Where I grew up, on the other side of the country; we had all the early (and present day) Military industrial complex, and aerospace; and of course the Hollywood and music pop culture. Dad tried to always keep us just out of reach of the ever encroaching bad neighborhoods, so we moved a lot.
We had it pretty good as kids in the late 60’s and early to mid 70’s; but as you are probably well aware, for most families who didn’t have Jesus, there was a very high likelihood of the sin culture of drugs and rock music etc eventually ruining the kids, and parents who couldn’t stay faithful or get along, breaking up families.
I got saved when I was eighteen, and it cost me all my friends, and my family; who hated what had happened to me; and were relentless in their hostility and insults. There was absolutely a severing of all relations. Even to this day, I have an entire side of the family, cousins, who hate me and cannot stand me to even be around them, because of Jesus. (I’m hoping that there will be some of them, ALL of them, who are brought to hot tears of repentance when they see THEIR MESSIAH JESUS coming in power and great glory, to save THEM!
Wow! So you knew the folks “with the right stuff.”!
So they can be born again.
It is given to man to die but once
“The Singing Nun”….be still my heart…memories…I have that album somewhere!
….Sweet tears of memories of my Grandma…She liked that movie. And the music.
Hi MyMagicWand – I had to send a copy of Dominique to my sister – she was determined to sing it in its’ entirety when we were kids. Thanks for the deep dive into my memories.
good morning parichute from RI
me and my friends would say RI , like a thisa
Row Die Lin
just sayin
You got it right – RowDieLin it is tho when I was a wee lass, we called it little Rhody.
cute
Well. ” It doesn’t matter anymore.”Linda Ronstadt cover of Paul Anka/Buddy Holly.
A music icon. She has a interesting biography—definitely worth reading. A good friend has a near relative who once worked for Linda. Her experience was that Linda was a mean, and demanding boss. Wealth and Celebrity will do that to a person . . . 🙂
And sometimes, it isn’t the wealth or celebrity which causes it, but rather a strong desire for excellence in whatever it is that person does… and that striving for excellence (and thus demanding it of those with whom they work) appears to be meanness.
Garrison . Lindas story is a sad one. She developed a very rare syndrome that prevented her from singing at all. none, cant sing no mo. she appears to have had a stroke, but it wasn’t a stroke, it was some crazy disease. still kept her personhood but lost all ability to sing. poor thing
My ABSOLUTE favorite tune from Linda!
Jeremy Renner Walks in Anti-Gravity Treadmill After Snowplow Accident
3/26/2023
30 sec video—
https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/26/jeremy-renner-walks-anti-gravity-treadmill-snowplow-accident-recovery/?adid=social-tw
3/28/2023 – You love Me, Feed my lambs . . . Shepherd My sheep . . . Feed My sheep
John 21:15-17 “When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, you love (agape) Me more than these? He says to him, Yes, Lord; You know that I have affection (philo) for You. He says to him, Feed My lambs. He says to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonah, you love (agape) Me? He says to him, Yes, Lord; You know that I have affection (philo) for You. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep. He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, have you affection (philo) for Me? Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, Have you affection (philo) for Me? And he said unto Him, Lord, You know all things; You know that I have affection (philo) for You. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.”
There’s something very familiar and touching about this little add-on to John’s Gospel; about a small group of disciples going fishing, and the Lord waiting on the shore in the morning with breakfast on the coals. The feeling I get from the atmosphere described, makes me think of how the world is for the Believers and Jesus, since His resurrection. Apart from the crowds that used to always follow Him, and when they hardly had any leisure; now its just the Lord and His friends relaxing and having time together. And of course, Jesus there, is bound to have some miracles happening; like filling up their nets, and the nets not breaking, and Peter seeming to have the strength of Samson, to haul the whole thing to land by himself!
So now they’ve finished eating; and the Lord has to say something to Peter, to gently clear up some unfinished business publicly; and bring closure and healing for what Peter did on that disastrous night. The Lord is very kind with Peter, in letting him take care of this in the company of brothers who loved him, and not in front of those kinds he had failed in front of before. So the Lord asks him, Simon, son of Jonah, you love me more than these? He used the word in Greek, agape, which is the kind of love that God has, of benevolence and out of moral conscience a decided love. Peter responds with a different word, meaning to have affection or fondness, as a brother.
Jesus was getting Peter to publicly renounce what he had said on the night when Jesus was arrested, and he denied the Lord three times. At the dinner that night, Peter had been the lead voice among the disciples, to say how they would never deny the Lord or abandon Him. That’s why the Lord started with, You love Me more than these? Because Peter said, Although all should forsake You, yet will I never! Though I should die with You, I will never deny You! So the Lord had to recall the words back to clear them up against what he had actually done. In this is demonstrated explicitly how that everything we say and do is written in heaven; and the purpose of our having to be corrected, rebuked, things brought up that need to be taken care of; is because if we judge ourselves now, and repent; then we will be all clear when we stand before the Lord for judgment. If we however do not set everything in order, and make a clean breast of EVERYTHING with the Lord now; we will have to give account then!
What is also astonishingly remarkable about how the Lord does this with Peter; is how He does not go any further into condemning His friends failures, once he has made it right. Peter has made amends to Jesus, all is forgiven and forgotten, and the case is closed. So the first thing Jesus gives to His restored apostle, Feed My lambs! Take care of and nourish up My little ones; without having to say out loud, As I do with you. The original calling as the first apostle named of the twelve, was with his brother apostles, to bring the new ones into the kingdom.
Jesus repeats this the second time with Peter; which now makes it confirmed, that which He was doing with him; to draw out Peter’s public affirmation, to make up for denying the Lord three times. Jesus asks the same thing, Simon, son of Jonah, you love (agape) Me? And again Peter responds the same, Yes, Lord; You know that I have affection (philo) for You. But now the Lord says, Shepherd My sheep. The King James doesn’t pick up that difference in the words; either for love, nor for feed and shepherd. But it definitely makes a more defined picture, using the accurate words. So there’s a difference between feeding and shepherding: feeding lambs, or sheep, talks about feeding! Giving food and water, nourishment, out of the word of God. Shepherding talks about the overall caring, of watching over, guarding, guiding, doctoring when needed, whatever all the chores and responsibilities for taking care of livestock, or ranching.
Now the third time, Jesus changes the tempo, and instead of simply repeating the third time the same words; he uses Peter’s own response, and asks him; Simon, son of Jonah, have you affection (philo) for Me? Well something about what the Lord said, and how He said it, really got to Peter that third time; similar to when he had the third time denied Jesus, it says, that the Lord turned and looked upon Peter.
Luke 22:59-62 “And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with Him: for he is a Galilean. And Peter said, Man, I know not what you say. And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crew; and the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, Before the cock crow, you shall deny me three times. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.”
I think most people really don’t think about how much Jesus loved His friend Peter; and He knew that Peter was His friend: so when he did that, and the rooster crowed; Jesus was hit in His heart, and hurt by what He new had just happened. This picture makes us think, that Peter was in the hall where they were “having their trial”, and that the Lord quite likely was hearing the background talk Peter was entangled in. Jesus asking Peter the third time, Do you have affection for Me? was in essence saying to him; Did not My heart go with you, as you sat down to warm yourself at the fire? And when the maiden recognized you, as John was bringing you into the building to watch; wasn’t I grieved when you hid like a coward, afraid to be known as My friend?
We have to remember everything, every detail, and make it right with the Lord. Time doesn’t heal anything; neither does forgetting it, make it right. When we have fallen terribly, and over a longer time accumulated so much sin against the Lord; it all has to be brought to light, and made right with Jesus. It will, I can guarantee it, make you grieved, as there seems to be no end of all those scenes coming up; but that is the Lord, calling to remembrance everything he saw, and all the hurt we caused Him; so we can get right with Him for it. we do NOT want to come before Jesus afterwards, and He has to with great sadness have to bring them all up to us. Now is the time to take account with the Lord, and search our hearts, and bring everything to light, for confession and repentance and being restored whole.
And of course, once all has been dealt with, and Peter and Jesus are good again; Peter’s calling can continue as planned.
Good morning, Joe💕 Disguise you say??
I had to look twice 😂. Good one, Betsy. Good morning and blessings to you today.
Ha! I did as well, Rusted😘 And a very bless-ed day to you as well, my friend.
i looked three times ladies
once
twice
😍😍😍…sweet, my friend. Thank you.🤗
Awww…. 😊
Bet, this one looks just like my Comet but a lot trimmer. 😂 Maybe if I taught him to stand up like that…
😂😂😂!!! May take some doing. You can but try…suspect you’ll be on a hiding for nothing😎
Good afternoon, Bet. Woke up again a few minutes ago. Had to look for kitty in the group photo. That’s hilarious.
Spent a good part of the night with my spouse; she slept most of the time. I kept an eye on her while watching “Papillon” on the TCM channel. The original one with Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen. Way better flick than the newer one that came out a few years ago.
I propped her up on one side with a pillow as it looked like she was leaning towards the edge of the bed; just wanted to make sure she didn’t roll off the side of the bed. She woke up a couple of times, then went back to sleep. Fall pad on the floor. The aides checked on her when doing rounds. When I left her room, it was about 1:30am. Almost no traffic when I drive back to the house.
I usually average 3-4 hours of sleep when I conk out.
Hope you’re getting the nice spring like weather in your area; 61 degrees F, partly sunny here. Hoping no real severe weather comes our way Friday. Looks like high winds, T-storms, but low risk of tornados. We’ll find out soon enough.
Sorry about the long post; it’s good to be here and able to communicate with other Treepers.
Have a blessed day; I’m getting more coffee to get the motor going.
Afternoon, dear Joe💕 Love, love long posts from friends! Please never apologize for them.
And bless you for your devotion to your beloved. And her for her endurance of what I know is a trying situation.
I’ve saved the following for just the right person and just at the right moment. When I first saw it, I thought of you instantly. You’ll see why. 😘
Yikes, cant watch 🙁
Oh dear…I’m sorry Slowcobra. To me it was love as it should be. In sickness and in health.
Texas sunrise. Good morning Treepers
How magical. I can hear the stillness and the sea gently lapping the shore.
And if I were there, I’d be thinking that I know, truly know, that I was looking at Almighty God’s handiwork.
In fact, I don’t need to be there to have that thought. Serene.
magical it is. I’ve been there many times. could be Florida , could be Cape Cod, always a sign that says ” don’t play on the rocks, what sign, didn’t see it.
😂…Reminds me of the time I came to be on Mexican beach near Akumal long ago, by myself, not a soul in sight. A storm was rolling in.
I’ve never felt so small in my life. To the point of insignificance. That experience put everything into perspective. Humbling and just a bit terrifying.
Good morning all.
For those of you that would like to keep track of all the severe weather, and fire condition forecasts and warnings in the US, here you are.
NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
You can also follow the NWS on twitter and if you use facebook, they have a page also.
Good morning, Rob. And thank you.
Your welcome!
Good afternoon, rah. Thanx for the weather updates. All eyes on this next event coming this Friday.
Mornin’ Joe. Segovia had a very distinctive style. For many years his favorite guitar was a Jose Ramirez concert guitar. These were big instruments, larger than most other contemporary Spanish instruments. They were so influential that the Madrid luthiers turned to producing “Madrid School” guitar that were very like Ramirez A1 guitars. If there was a secret to Segovias distinctive sound it was the size of his hands. He was a lot bigger than his photos might imply. I don’t have small hands, yet when I shook hand with him his hand covered more of my hand than most people’s did. He was a very powerful player his whole life. A truly great man.
Good afternoon, Garrison. I read somewhere that Segovia had very large hands; I’ve always enjoyed listening to his recordings on video.
As far as I know, Spanish style acoustic guitars are wider than other guitars; they’re beautiful instruments as well as having that unique quality to their sound.
Yes, I agree. Segovia was a great guitarist. El Maestro.
OUR LORD’S SURPRISE VISITS
“Be ye therefore ready also.” Luke xii. 40
The great need for the Christian worker is to be ready to face Jesus Christ at any and every turn. This is not easy, no matter what our experience is. The battle is not against sin or difficulties or circumstances, but against being so absorbed in work that we are not ready to face Jesus Christ at every turn. That is the one great need, not the facing our belief, or our creed, the question whether we are of any use, but to face HIM.
Jesus rarely comes where we expect Him; He appears where we least expect Him, and always in the most illogical connections. The only way a worker can keep true to God is by being ready for the Lord’s surprise visits. It is not service that matters, but intense spiritual reality, expecting Jesus Christ at every turn. This will give our life the attitude of child-wonder which He wants it to have. If we are going to be ready for Jesus Christ, we have to stop being religious (that is, using religion as a higher kind of culture) and be spiritually real.
If you are “looking off unto Jesus,” avoiding the call of the religious age you live in, and setting your heart on what He wants, on thinking on His line – you will be called unpractical and dreamy; but when He appears in the burden and the heat of the day, you will be the only one who is ready. Trust no one, not even the finest saint who ever walked this earth, ignore him, if he hinders your sight of Jesus Christ.
Oswald Chambers
March 29th Devotional
Good morning
Good morning Monti! Hope your day is Blessed! 😊
Gracious good morning to you, monticello.😊
I’m sorry Stevie, I really am trying to be quiet and just read what this brother wrote with kindness. But some of the things he says, I just have a real hard time with. Some things, the way he puts it, just don’t sit right with me.
Like the part about Jesus ALWAYS appearing unexpected and most illogical: How unexpected? and HOW illogical? And HOW especially can someone who loves the Lord and reverences Him above all, let that kind of stuff come out of his mouth?
I just wonder who his audience was that he thought he had to talk like that. I can’t imagine things like that going out of my mouth, and not feeling horrible and sorry! I wonder if that’s how all the so-called Christian movie makers and story writers got it in their minds that it was okay to verbalize those things. Truly, except for the blasphemies that pour out of the antichrist entertainment world, you never hear such ugliness against Jesus as you do in so-called Christian movies. Maybe they think that they’re “ministering” to those kind of wicked people; but Jesus and the apostles and prophets NEVER talked that way.
I don’t imagine you’ll answer; you never do. But I really wish you would sometime; and realize, I am not attacking you, Sister. I just want to talk about what this fellow is saying.
Anyway, I do hope you think about some of the things I say to you.
Have a good day.
Have read Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest for years. Thrift store, good condition, hardcover, bag of books $1. His book was perfect timing in my life. Along the way, Chambers fell away, not a conscious decision, merely hungered for the Bible, straight/neat.
Enter, another book from the same thrift store, Daily Light by J. Bagster. Straight Bible passages. Aaaah, much better. Always combined with a study bible, and a straight KJB.
Though sometimes, I go to Chambers for its index, see what he thinks on a topic/word too.
Thankful of the role Chambers played in my growth in the Word.
Amen
I too was at one time “very thankful” for all the really popular and respected writers. But regardless of what anyone thinks of my straight out talking; I found out that none of their writings can in any way come close to the one on one teaching of the Holy Spirit; once you put all those books down, and just read the Bible for yourself, and start taking notes what He shows you.
You have the Teacher inside you, and the unction from the Holy One; and He says! that YOU KNOW ALL THINGS! and do not need man to teach you! Pastors, teachers, preachers, evangelists; all should point you in the same direction; DIRECTLY TO JESUS, and nothing to have to rely on them! But having become accustomed to sitting quietly and obediently in the church pews, and going to the services merely as someone in the audience, has stifled the Holy Spirit’s job that He was sent to do for each and every one of us. We are not going to become what Jesus wants us to be, by someone else’s walk with God. We have to walk with Him ourselves, and answer for ourselves alone.
Michael:
I switched — over time — from Oswald Chambers to Martin Luther about 35 years ago.
OC seemed to me to be missing the mark on so many occasions. Martin Luther, meanwhile, was to my spirit so much more reliable, deep, and expansive, that is, he covered so much more ground, as it were, in his sermons — that are available today in Luther’s Works, Concordia Publishing House. Volume 1, Genesis 1-5, is among my favorites.
Martin Luther sure had a different row to hoe though, didn’t he! I think that real love for Jesus, and suffering have to go together; and Martin Luther sure suffered for his love for Jesus. So it came out in the intimate knowledge of the Lord that he was given; as someone does with His proven friends.
Oswald Chambers does seem to have some insights, I do not dispute; but I can’t stand this ever pervasive ease with saying really bad things! And people who are looking up to older Christians for guidance, are soaking it up like a sponge; and don’t know enough from their own REAL walk and experience with the Lord, to feel how it hurts to hear such kind of talk.
Over and over again, he always slips into his reasoning, some kind of ugly insinuation about the Lord’s character, that goes against our “better sensibilities.” It just sounds like the heathen mind trying always to reconcile the Spirit of God to his own natural heathen view; as if that’s what every christian has to contend with in themselves. Has he never learned about the new creation, the new birth, the baptism into Christ? What grace has been really wrought in a heart so easy with making God’s thoughts alien to ours?
Whatever Martin Luther knew of Jesus, he knew out of real experience of Jesus’ love and power to save, by the Holy Spirit. Mr. Chambers seems to have another kind of experience, that does not have the Holy Spirit, but a man trying to understand it with his own natural thinking. Otherwise, he could never speak that way about the Savior he loves more than anything or anyone.
Good morning sister prayer warrior. This pic is by Frank Frazetta . He is one of my favorite artists. This particular pic reminded me of the treehouse warriors, ready to do battle. I thought of you when looking at the horses’ beautiful tail. Picturing you in my head, reaching back and putting your hair up in a pony whilst getting ready to do battle.
Thank you for the Oswald as usual he puts it so simple and nicely. I can imagine sitting down having a cup a tea with this fine gentleman, always thoughtful and kind and simple in the way he puts down his thoughts to paper. Takes a great warrior to that. He was.
You are.
Thanks sister warrior.
painting by Frank Frazetta
Good morning to you dear friend! And ah yes, pony tails save the day! Ha!
That pic is pure power! I wonder sometimes how God sees us here on earth…maybe I’ll find out one day! 😉
Thinking of quitting the OC devotionals. Seems it isn’t being accepted like it used to be and upsets some readers. I’m not an apologist by a long shot. I guess times change, but thank God He DOES NOT CHANGE!
Blessings for you day molonlabe! 🏹🛡🗡⚔🙏✝
Blessed stevie
don’t ever change what you do. add, maybe, if you got the time, we got the place.
things aren’t always as they “seem.”
please don’t stop, it’s a big part of my day and I’m not kidding or spreading the butter. I look forward to it daily.
Happy Warrior Wednesday Sister Warrior
Thank you for that my friend! 🥹
When I lived in Florida, for 3-4 years we attended church at First Baptist on Boca Grande. Frank Frazetta’s daughter, Holly, and her family were church members. Holly also had a gift store on the island.
Boca did not fare well in hurricane Ian . I know the church you speak of and the shops that lined the small downtown. If you go all the way to the end of Boca there is a wonderful spot with a small lighthouse . Have seen many wonderful things three feet deep in them waters.
Also , there is a very small Catholic Church on Boca with a very nice alter . It’s real tiny with a big heart.
The rich locals had it built and spent big bucks on fine artistry and things like that . Wonderful place Boca was . The trees there .
The most beautiful trees you’ll find anywhere.
There is a street called Banyon St.
Awsome
Banyon St . been right there many times
Pictures and powerful art are not what God wants from us; but to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
God is not worshiped by art or man’s device. Even back in the ancient times, they were not to build Him an altar out of hewn stones, or bricks; nothing that man puts his tool unto.
Exodus 20:4-6 “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”
Good morning, dear sister. I love the word “child-like”. We are His children after all. Always watching with great expectation. Blessed be your day, dear friend.🙏🏻😘
Good morning Betsy! 🌼🌹🌻🌺🌸
Thank you and hope your day is Blessed as well! Sitting home nursing a sick computer and waiting for the PC doctor LOL! All things work together for those that Love God! 😁✝🙏
Eeeek!!! Hope it isn’t like my IBM typewriter a lonnnnnng time ago when I was working for a South African wine import company in Dallas. It simply stopped working. I checked to see if it was plugged in…it was.
It took all day for their man to show up, and my work was piling higher. About 4 he walked in the door. He could see the back of the typewriter and gave me a pitiful look. He walked over, reached down, and plugged the connection into the back of the machine from which it had fallen….the one thing I didn’t check. He turned and walked out without saying a word.
I bet he dined out on that story for years…
Hope he shows up soon (crossed fingers…all of them!😘)
The best people I’ve ever had the honor of working with and serving at my workplace, is the US Military of every branch, active and retired. The best job I ever had was when I worked for the Commissary. Now I’m learning things, that are telling a completely mind blowing fact about how all those truly great people have been used; not for defending OUR country, but for subduing the world to serve us! I am shocked and saddened, and becoming more afraid, as I see the world now taking real steps to put an end to the American Empire; and so many traitors and criminals inside our country throwing more gasoline on the fire every day.
At the height of WW2 (1945) The United States had more than 2000 Military bases world wide. As of 2015, the US has approximately 800 Bases. Russia has 25, UK and France have around 10, China has 1. Central America, Africa, and the Middle East, have a huge number of “Lily Pad” bases strewn all over the place, by purpose kept largely secret.
I was never taught these things in American History class. Is this supposed to be the “shining city on the hill” an example of a Chritstian country, that sends Missionaries to every corner of the globe (in close proximity always to a Military base) ???
And putting that alongside all the overfolwing suffocating corruption and bullying; while stealing the wealth of all the nations of the world, by paying in the toilet paper “US Dollar” !!!
“The United States of War:
A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts,
from Columbus to the Islamic State”
https://www.basenation.us/maps.html
You wanna write to your Congress (person) and ask politely for an explanation; and if they would be so good as to ever do something about it? Good luck!
Why is BREITBART giving this failed has been the time of day?
Liz Cheney: ‘Spend Less Time Banning Books,’ More to Stop Gun Violence (breitbart.com)
Very Bushy
These political family dynasties and their sycophants make me ill.
Also…….every elitist is for gun control or any other control of plebes
cuz its BB. ughh . i miss andrew
Good question.
I’ve given up on Breitbart programming. The guy that has the 5am-8am show weekdays has totally turned on President Trump. That leaves me with just the Treehouse, and I’m better off for it.
you and the treehouse
sounds like a plan
a good one
Good morning all.
I was about fifteen years old, and had a paper route. I had found a really cool looking shirt at the Surplus Store, it was a Marine Corps short sleeve Khaki with the Sergeant’s stripes on the sleeves. So I’m riding my ten speed through the neighborhood, throwing papers; and this man comes storming out of his front door towards me. He was not yelling, but he was extremely serious and intense, telling me I had no right and no business wearing that shirt; and asked me, Are you a Marine? (knowing obviously that I wasn’t); then I don’t ever want to see you wearing this; you have no right! You don’t even know what it means.
I told him I’m sorry, and he let me go. I didn’t take it off right then however, but it sure gave me something to think about; and I was careful not to wear it on my paper route anymore.
This picture reminded me of that; the look on that man’s face.
It was meant for a joke.
Telling the truth is considered mean and old guys like me are sometimes labeled mean for throwing down truth.
(but I don’t yell at kids…lol)
Military clothing is supposed to have the name of service tape removed and removing the rank is wise and goes along those lines. Of course then the shirt wouldn’t have been cool
Oh I know that! No worries. The picture just reminded me of that.
Yeah, you’re probably right with removing the stripes; but no one told me that! And it WAS A REALLY COOL SHIRT!
Have good one! 🙂
Ha during jump school we were standing in the morning accountability formation in front of the barracks. It was the only time we were allowed to get on the “Airborne grass” between the sidewalks between the barracks. As we were standing in formation the First Sgt. yelled at a soldier on crutches wearing a full leg cast that was not part of our formation but was just trying to make his way to the mess hall for breakfast. He had committed the unforgivable sin of cutting across on the grass.
He actually made that soldier get down and do pushups with leg cast and all, for getting on his “Airborne grass”.
Good Wednesday morning to my 🌳house family!
~~WARRIOR WEDNESDAY~~
The struggle is real! The complexities of our world today can overwhelm even the greatest of saints. As the world moves closer to the edge of eternity, the battle becomes even fiercer, the fires hotter, uncertainties lurk in every corner.
We have been called to be warriors for Him…for His light to shine through us! Let me not disappoint Him! Let me touch your Light oh God…enable me to stand firm in your Presence so that your Holiness goes before me in battle. Selah 🙏
Touch the Light (2:16 mins)
The Lord bless you Stevie!
By His grace, WE WILL OVERCOME! For greater is He who is in us, than he that is in the world.
The Lord and all His servants have been telling us of these times for many centuries. If Jesus said that He would be with us ALL THE DAYS, then we are going to be alright!
We will watch for each other, and stay close to the Shepherd.
🤗🙏🏻
Good morning, just Stevie. I loved your meme so much that I shared it. Hope you don’t mind.
Oh gosh no! Lol I like it too that’s why I use it ☺️
That is awonderful quote.Ask for truth and understanding.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind. – Romans 12:2
Transformer toys have interested children over the years. They begin in the shape of a robot and, with a few moves, they can look like a truck or car. Adults have also done that with vehicles – cars that will suddenly move from being horizontal to something vertical. It is the reason they are called transformers.
Caterpillars shed their crinkly skin and are transformed into beautiful, sometimes translucent, butterflies. This transformed life is more akin to what the apostle Paul is telling the Roman believers about what needs to happen in their lives: “Be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Romans 12:2).
By the mercies of God, the inward power of the Holy Spirit brings the truth of God to the mind of the believer and does a transforming work that cannot be matched.
The believer who is transformed will not be conformed to the world; he is in the world, but not of it (John 17:14-16). Followers of Christ engage in activities that will, by their nature, show commitment to the Lord, and will prove that they “discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2b).
Commentator D. Stuart Briscoe says that Paul “does not promise that the careless, the casual, and the uncommitted will somehow land on their feet and find out that they did God’s will by accident. Rather… those who genuinely do what is required, will… experience the reality of the sweet will of God.”
The Word of God is your guide to living a life that pleases God. Pray for those in authority in this nation that they might accept and embrace Scripture, and undergo God’s transformation in their lives.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
March 29
MORNING
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matt. 25:34
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12:32
Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? James 2:5
Heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Rom. 8:1
The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me. John 16:27
God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. Heb. 11:16
He that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Rev. 21:7
There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. II Tim. 4:8
He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Phil. 1:6
EVENING
Riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to every generation? Prov. 27:24
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Psa. 39:6
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. 3:2
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. 6:19-21
They do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I Cor. 9:25
We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. II Cor. 4:18
To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Prov. 11:18
There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. II Tim. 4:8
A crown of glory that fadeth not away. I Pet. 5:4
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/03/0329.html
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.”
Psalms 55:17 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
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.
good morning, Duchess. Got my armor on, ready to battle on this warrior Wednesday.
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painting by Frank Frazetta
Good Girl!!! Need it everyday – so many bad guys running around –
This is a. Spiritual War – so we must be prepared to fight the good fight!!!
Have a Blessed and Fun Day, Molon!!! ❤️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️
Molonlabe is a Bro 🙂
Sooweeeeeee!!!
duchess
you thought i was a girl ?
YUP!!! * Hangs head – Goes to Corner – Puts on Dunce Cap * ☺️
take that cap off and get some rest friend 🙂
I’ll be sleepin with a smile
and you put it there
WOKE WISDOM
Did you ever mis-gender another
Mistakenly take one for the other
How would you know succinctly sight unseen
With only a name either could have been
My clumsy clues are the digging in dirt
Two shepherd dogs with whom one could flirt
Stained glass windows and artistic flair
St. Michael appearing daily everywhere
When armored up could you tell which I be
If I were a she or maybe a he
Could you guess by my interests where I fall
When we were youngins we all played football
Tell you a tale might give you a giggle
Played tackle till part of me would wiggle
Did not matter as long as I could play
As well as the others back in the day
If I offended calling you a girl
When in reality you were no pearl
Forgive my foible and be amused
I stand corrected no longer confused
D01: 03/29/2023
oh my my
such a sweet reply
would have gone to bed with crazy thoughts in my head.
when you said soooweeeeeee. i didnt quite now what you meant.
I was thinking something other than what you meant maybe.
so, you see, things can be misinterpreted.
you know the best thing, and it is soo fun.
you made that poem so quick, so good..
it means a great deal to me.
I will never forget this, it’s too much fun my friend. I love living life and now going through it with such wonderful friends. all kidding aside. you are so good. thanks friend!
….must say that just saying its fun , does not really fit . it is way more than that, way more.
….and also , I’m not trying to make lil poems when I talk , it just comes out that way , maybe , sometimes .
you are the best poet I have ever known.
and now i have one of em , for me . soooweeeeeeet !!!
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🧚🧚🧚 😀😀😀
Good morning, dear duchess💕
Armour up, Friends in the Tree!!
The enemy has boldly shown himself. We must keep standing as the faithful with Christ Jesus. Onward, Christian soldiers!
Amen. goes right there, Bet!!! ❤️🧚
🤗!!
Always try to get armor on before out of bed in morning. Known to miss a turn, driving, on the days have put it on late !
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
Amen and Amen!!! 🙏🙏🙏.
Mornin’ all!
Joe and Jill’s Christmas card for the coming year.
St Michael -The original Prayer Warrior
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.
Amen, dearest friend. Amen.🙏🏻
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen. Amin🙏🏻
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim the Syrian
(with prostrations and bows)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . . .”
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent, or the Fast
Holy Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis, Egypt (+ 303)
Holy Hieromartyr Alexander, pope of Rome (+ 119)
Saint Abban of Kilabban (Ireland) (+ 650)
Saint Christodulos of Patmos the Wonderworker (+ 1093)
New Monk-Martyr Malachi of Rhodes, at Jerusalem (+ 1500)
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are honored today.
March 16th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
March 29th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete is prayed in its entirety this evening with the reading of the Life of Saint Mary of Egypt.
Saints Andrew and Mary pray for us!
The Great Canon is prayed in four parts on the first four nights of the First Week of Great Lent.
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“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis
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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis
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“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
― C.S. Lewis
Molonlabe,
I left a response to our conversation from yesterday on yesterday’s post. Thanks for your reply…. Happy Wednesday. pari
parichute
I see it.
ocean road, that’s it. and the whirlpools on Swift River, so much fun. there was one spot or two on the river you could just sit down and go for a ride, like a water slide, the rocks were so smooth. I have a picture of my near swift river standing about twenty feet from a bull moose. he didn’t even run away, just stood and stared. I would go moose hunting my way. i would search em out just to be near them. amazing creatures they are. I do have another pic of my riding the river. good times.
and its good talking to you, my friend. good times
Sundance and Treepers,
Here’s a link to some interesting posts about the fact that the Nashville shooter was wearing different sneakers going in the school vs. when she was killed (inside the school) by law enforcement. This is IMPORTANT! I just posted this on the thread about the shooter, too.
Sounds like a mission for Alex Jones! Surely he will tell us all what’s up with that.
Tell me more about this
Alex Jones you speak of
too much video, fast and freely furnished by the msm. why
. fools .
notice they didn’t show the guy going down, showed him down. fake pose
not making claims, just trying to figure it out since you mentioned it . the new world order boys are non-stop with their propaganda PSYOP’s
I dont get what ‘they’ are trying to do? Get us to think the 28yo did it but someone else really did?
Russia Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles In The Sea Of Japan
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that Moscow test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday. Russia’s navy has test-fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock target in the Sea of #Japan.
The liars are getting upset at Twitter.
“fossil fuel disinformation” | Real Climate Science
Zone of Convection where severe weather is possible on Friday has expanded:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsZMgVPWcAILUyl?format=png&name=medium
Storm Large . this is a band called Storm Large . i used to like this sort of thing , but im getting better . bare with me
Amado Mio – Pink Martini – Storm Large
Loved it!
That’s what I call a “painter’s sky”. I see something like this and I am reminded of the British landscape artist JMW Turner who would paint skies for hour and days trying to get them just right.
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-shining-star-of-english-landscape-painting-j-m-w-turner
great singer
unfortunate tattoo
dunno what possesses young women these days
just a butterfly . they dance till the end , love
Leonard Cohen & Natasha Rostova – Dance me to the end of love
Where did elegance and decorum go…
right here
in you
No words, dear brother.💕
This is the movie location used in Gone with the Wind, opening shot of the movie. The Old Mill was built for the filming and remains intact today in Little Rock, Arkansas
Remember this one ?
Rhett & Scarlett “Remember”
one more
AMLO getting Trudeau and Refried Obama’s attention?
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/amlo-proposes-mining-law-overhaul-to-reduce-concession-durations
This is a very well written article in line with CTH and the “fourth branch.” Perhaps it has already been posted, I just am checking in for the day.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation#russophobia
O’keefe just struck gold and the poop is flying off the fan blades and it is going to stick.
Well, well.
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/03/29/disney-made-last-minute-deal-with-former-reedy-creek-board-giving-company-wide-powers-new-board-says/
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/power-play-disney-handicapped-new-reedy-creek-board-before-handing-over-control/P5XHTWXIZZCCXFYXTOFKKQMLXY/
https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/reedy-creek-improvement-district/news/29mar2023-parts-of-disneys-last-minute-agreement-with-reedy-creek-that-may-render-the-new-desantis-board-powerless-are-valid-until-21-years-after-the-death-of-the-last-survivor-of-the-descendants-of-king-charles-iii-of-england.htm
Greetings Treepers!
Amazing days in our world, eh?
Sweet reminders waft into thinker and feeler that?
One life. Passing so fast. Only what’s done for Jesus will last.
Can’t wait to see the the blazing Face. The day all gets laid bare.
Home!
Until then?
Go serve your King! 🙏✝️🙏
Quai de la Petite-France in Strasbourg city, Alsace, Franc
La Petite Fille De La Mer
note …to my friend Bett
watching this song play out, I couldn’t help but think of your dearest daughter. imagination is a wonderful thing.
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Fishermen at Sea
https:Fisherman’s Friends – Mary Anne
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen