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, April 3, 2023
Amen!
24 hours
48 half hour pops
96 fifteen minute clicks
Maranatha!
Morning Frank!
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thank you Dan
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We had a cat who liked to eat the jalapenos off of pizza! Strange cat.
Oh…, That’s our
spicy 🌶️; aka: cat
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Good morning Patience! ❤️
I’ve been wondering about our spicy Cat, too. And Mungrel, and Leenie…
Cheeseburger macaroni hamburger helper for dinner tonight here. Yesterday it was fish sandwiches and tater tots.
Been a very busy day today. Got a lot accomplished though and the temps here with the sun shinning was a high of 75 F. Perfect!
Gotta feeling I’m going to have leg cramps tonight. That will happen until I build myself back up to the physical load I pushed on today.
Too many green peppers, man!
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ Jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Good morning, jay.
Like to add a bench here.
I often think of this message, not just during Holy Week!
Howdy I’ll say an Amen to that 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Good morning Della! #Metoo 😀✝️
Good morning, Grandpa!
May Holy Week be blessed for you and yours!
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Back at ya! 😁
Good morning Grandpa
Snuck that in just in time for a good morning ☘️
Good to see you friend
Afternoon molonlabe! 🙂
This is so lovely, Della, I and spot on!
I seem to be late to the party now, but I’m grateful to take a break and say “Ahhh” on our 🌳 limbs.
Blessings to everyone here.
Good afternoon JWoo! You are just on time! 😁
Good blessed evening to you, GrandpaM
Hey JWoo
You’re never too late!
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Grace is a miracle.
No words to describe,
only thank to give!
Love when Foundation Plantings are not the ‘end all’.
No lawn, no worries. Vertical lawn growing.
And that trough, oh my, would love to know its history.
What’s the story behind the stones on the window sills?
If it was mine the stones would be a nice puzzle for everyone to ponder 🤔
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its a nice picture isnt it poyeema
some english ivy in there
Howdy jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
JESUS CHRIST IS TAKEN BEFORE THE PRIESTS AND ELDERS
Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. But Peter followed him from a distance to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.
Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”
The high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?” But Jesus stayed silent. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
Jesus said to him, “You have said so. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. What do you think?”
They answered, “He is worthy of death!” Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him, saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”
Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”
But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”
After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”
Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!”
Immediately the rooster crowed. Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went out and wept bitterly.
— Matthew 25:57-75
The slow tempo of this hymn seems to suit the subject matter. I like this as a devotiional prayer, reading it silently along with the music.
JESUS, I WILL PONDER NOW
1. Jesus, I will ponder now on Your holy passion;
With Your Spirit me endow for such meditation.
Grant that I in love and faith may the image cherish
Of You suffering pain and death that I may not perish.
2. Make me see Your great distress, anguish, and afflictiion,
Bonds and stripes and wretchedness and Your crucifixion.
Make me see how scourge and rod, spear and nails did wound You,
How for them You died, O God, who with thorns had crowned You.
3. Yet, O Lord, not thus alone make me see Your passion,
But its cause to me make known and its termination.
Ah! I also and my sin wrought Your deep affliction;
This indeed the cause has been of Your crucifixion.
4. Grant that I Your passion view with repentant grieving.
Let me not bring shame to You by unholy living.
How could I refuse to shun every sinful pleasure
Since for me God’s only Son suffered without measure.
5. If my sins give me alarm and my conscience grieve me,
Let Your cross my fear disarm; Peace of conscience give me.
Help me see forgiveness won by Your holy passion.
If for me He slays His Son, God must have compassion!
6. Graciously my faith renew; help me bear my crosses,
Learning humbleness from You, peace mid pain and losses.
May I give You love for love! Hear me O my Savior,
That I may in heaven above sing Your praise forever.
sound Familiar? Government and religion as long as God is absent.
This reminds me of Trump who dare question the authority of the apparatus we call government. IT IS NOT government or they would govern as religion would SPREAD the gospel not appease any social issues. The gospel is truth, and it would be a plus to be a righteous person that spreads it but the righteous act is spreading the gospel.
Government was created to govern, they are not governed and cannot attempt it without our consent just as religion cannot be entertained unless we allow it.
To govern oneself creates a knowledge and wisdom to govern others, as a righteous person sees the need and desires to spread the gospel and has the wisdom to teach the gospel, spread it in its fullness.
What we have now in both fields of greed, religion and government, are people bent, bent towards their own selfish greed and desires. God is not needed or wanted in either place of worship, he is rejected. God pronounced in both places is “me” what do I get, how can I benefit.
God is pronounced as TRUTH, LOVE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, do we see that in either place? That truth is rejected, God is his attributes therefore God is rejected.
Christianity, is not easy, to walk as a righteous man is not easy. To stand before men and be held accountable by them and God in every instance is difficult. It should be exactly that way for a government officials. The standard of justice should be higher than the congregation for both.
Dark days are here when leaders cannot see the path yet are followed into destruction. At any point this would change with the implementation of God and his principles to either house.
Palerider
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It is a pleasure to be here in the tree.
With a group of people that are smart and kind and thoughtful . It’s so refreshing .
Mean it.
Lot of sites are filled with mindless jibber jabber.
Not this tree.
Thanks for the discourse.
It’s real good
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Molonlabe and Palerider, Thank you for your kind comments. It is a special privilege to be able to read your offerings and those of all the Treehouse folks. Faith, humor, music, politics, art, all from different perspectives and respectfully shared to us. As we commemorate this special week, it is a blessing to be able to pray for each other and give thanks for each other.
Your comment is very touching, 1530.
Appreciate all your posts, too.
Blessings on you and yours.
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Thank you, Miss.Della. And on you and yours.
Linda Ronstadt paid a lot of attention to Rosemary’s arrangement . . .
God surely blesses those of us who are a bit melancholy. Great memories produce this. You sir, are the epitome of this. Carry on good sir….
Thanks for the kind words . . . 🙂
Good morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps! Be well, friend. 🙂
Hi there, Pa ❣️❣️❣️
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Evenin’ Patience. Been away for awhile . . . 🙂
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Rose
What a gal she was
Good day Garrison
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The bridge at 2:10 cracks me up.
I remember crossing stuff like that back in the day all the time. Not sure I’d it now tho.
In fact, I’m pretty sure I would NOT! Not willingly, anyway. LOL.
Sunrise, Mount Everest
beautiful Joe
Good morning molon.
Incredible story.
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Yours are the best 🤣🤣👍
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can you picture the swan , opening up its wing to show its wares under the wing
morning nim n jim
Yes…🤣🤣👍.. a good day back at ya 👍
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Good day to you, Mr. Jim!
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And to you Miss Della…hope your day goes well … 😀👍
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Good afternoon and howdy everyone!
This picture made me chuckle and reminded me of one of the funniest children’s books I have ever read. It is called “Click, Clack, Moo… Cows That Type”. If you have a little that you love and enjoy reading stories together, this is one of those that is created for children, but written for adults.
We were lucky to have fun ones like that or the “Skippyjohn Jones” series and “If You Give A Pig A Pancake”… which the latter has felt like my life lately. Whoa. No slowing down over here.
I’m all giggly over here. I think I need some coffee. My tank is a little low and the oxygen to my brain is short!
Evening JWoo. Be well, love. 🙂
Good evening, Garrison, Sir. Give Tinks love from us! Hope you are doing well.
At the end this man declares that they fought not for slavery, but for states’ rights. I was born in 1962, and that is what I was taught in school in SE Texas. These men had no TV, no radio to link them to the outside world. Most of them had never gone far from their own small communities. They were loyal to their neighbors and their state, and when those were threatened they signed up to fight. I don’t know when they stopped teaching this in schools, but my own kids were not taught this.
James Webb talks about this in his excellent history of Scots-Irish culture in the US. “Born Fighting” is an excellent read, especially if you share Scots-Irish and Appalachian culture. Scots-Irish culture was both tribal and local. For them, the political issues were not nearly as important as the need to protect home and family. In my family relatives fought on both sides of “The War” as it was often called in the south. Highly recommended.
Born late 50’s. Also taught it was over Slavery.
Yeah, it would be interesting to know when they changed it.
That’s the kind of question I wish I’d asked some of the previous generation.
In fact, next time I talk w/ someone in their 80’s or 90’s, I’m gonna ask!
My age would fit in your parameters…88.. attended both Catholic and Public schools..I can’t remember specifics..but slavery was mentioned more than states right.. I wouldn’t have understood the states rights.. because education then was not as advanced as later in 6o’s etc.. topics were kept “elementary “ ..and as time went on issue became political… politicians made it wedge issue..Dem owned Black population for votes..etc..
I do remember it was taught economics played big roll… freed slaves went north to factories for better pay etc..I wish an “honest” Historian would really write true history …🤔
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whoah. Thanks for the answer, Jim!
Born early 50s. We were taught it was over state’s rights and who should have a greater say in the federal government: the industrial north or the agrarian south. We were taught the war was not going particularly well for the north: ordinary citizens had no real passion for the war. The north needed a focal point that would capture people’s interest and persuade them to become invested in the war and its outcome. Slavery became the rallying point that created that focal point. West Texas in late 50s and early 60s.
They were still teaching this in the schools in Richmond, Virginia in 1971; must have been after that when the history was being changed to say it was always about slavery.
Then again, we were being taught not only with a southern perspective, but from the capital city of the Confederacy. So, it’s understandable to be given a different perspective than what the Yankees were being taught 😊
Bwahahaha.
Kitty had better run before they see that. The workers who poured and finished that slab might not think it’s so funny….
Hey, nimrod. What’s happenin’?
thunderstorm moving in, Joe … still far away
In position to possibly drop a deposit at the edge?
If this is a lion, his lioness is living at my house.
drop one on the edge .!!!
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i would say , they are both having a good time
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Banned in the USA!
Carry the message!
Good morning Treepers
Leviticus 26:40-45 “If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against Me, and that also they have walked contrary unto Me; and that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lies desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised My judgments, and because their soul abhorred My statutes. And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break My covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.”
The Russian Sledgehammer is Falling in Ukraine
How did we get to this point morally and spiritually? Some of it has been our own doings, our own ways; much more of it has accumulated over many generations, of continual digression and unattended to sins committed. It is a false notion that time heals anything. God is the only Healer. All that has happened must be accounted for with God, either now, in time; or in the day of eternity.
What God looks for, is truth on the inward parts, in the good and honest heart that receives His word with the intent to obey. And the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge; fear that searches and finds all the lawlessness and walking contrary to God, that it has done; as well as judging our fathers’ transgressions and walking contrary to God. For whatever we got from our parents, and they got from their parents, all has to be acknowledged and confessed and judged.
“And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: then will I remember My covenant . . . ” Confessing, acknowledging the truth, not only that we have sinned with our fathers, and have walked contrary to God; but that He has walked contrary to us, and has brought us into our enemy’s land; AND accept that the punishment is from God, and is righteous, and we do not anymore resist Him; THEN WILL HE REMEMBER HIS COVENANT.
Christians who do not understand or submit to Being Subject, and Being Subordinate, to the Authority of God over them; will not see or enter the kingdom of heaven. If we come to Jesus to begin with, by bowing in submission, and acknowledgment of the truth; at what point after having been born again, are we then released to turn back to a defiant and presumptuous spirit? Jesus, who was perfectly innocent, did not lift up His heart at all to defy and resist the evil that was being done to Him. And He has commanded us to do the same as He did for us, as an example.
The world will know by our love for one another, and by His Spirit by which we live, that Jesus has come into the world. The patience and faith of the saints, and they that keep God’s commandments, are manifested in the evils we endure wrongly for His Name’s sake, and not resist. Our Father in heaven has our righteousness; and He will bring it forth at the right time, to judge the world.
God has His purposes for us being lambs in the midst of wolves just now. It is nothing for us to be ashamed of, to be persecuted for Christ’s sake, and for the word of God. It is our glory, and the seal of God upon us, that will keep the destroyer from coming near to us, when he goes through the whole earth, without pity, to take away all the wicked and all causes of sin.
“Blessed is he who is not ashamed of Me.”
03 April 2016 Donald “Don” Francks, Canadian actor, singer and musician (Terminal Choice; Finian’s Rainbow), dies at 84
Drop A Bag of Water on your Friends
03 April 2015 Bob Burns, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a car crash at 64
Freebird
03 April 2011 Calvin Russell [Kosler], American blues, roots, and rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dream Of The Dog), dies of liver cancer at 62
03 April 2003 Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter (“Be What You Are”), dies at 61
03 April 2002 Fad Gadget [Francis Tovey], English singer and musician, dies of a heart attack at 45
03 April 2001 Lester “Big Daddy” Kinsey, American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, dies at 74
03 April 1996 (Roosevelt) “Booba” Barnes, American blues guitarist, dies at 59
03 April
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
German composer and conductor (Hungarian Dances; A German Requiem), dies at 63
Rude of YouTube to toss in a commercial break right in the middle of the guitar solo on Freebird!
i know , dont you hate them , i think they are in some things that are over five or six minutes
I use PIAVPN & brave browser, rare for anyone to pay to advertise to a known VPN address, much more likely to just be 404 as they do not wish me to view “their” content. Imgur is one, all I see is a refused to load on some of the picture posts here, truth socials as well.
Good Monday morning everyone! 🌞
The temperature swings are here…87 today and back down to the 40-50’s after this next storm comes through! Whew! Praying for safety for all treehouse family 🙏🙏🙏 Have a Blessed day!
Good morning sweet stevie
So good to see you this am.
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Though I must say,
Something’s gone away.
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I love what your post
But it’s not what I loved most
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I loved what you posted everyday.
You know what that was .
It was you.
You come here
my warrior Sister
and help
carry us over that whole every day.
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Let me put it this way…
We are the three in the meme,
But In the tree
We walk over the hole , together.
And one at a time one of us is lifted by the others in the tree, over the holes .
One two three , you me and thee.
You are that middle one in the meme ,being carried along over the whole.
Look at the two Treepers on each end,
When they are being carried over the whole , they hang on tight with both hands.
But then you, the one in the middle,
When you were carried over the hole , you let go with one hand and dropped part of you in the hole.
That part you dropped was
the stuff you brought to the tree for us everyday.
The talks from that great man you posted everyday.
I don’t care what his name was or if he was pals with some denomination.
It ain’t about that.
It’s about what he had to say , and it always lifted me up.
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Maybe if we cross that hole again “
Together,
.we can reach down deep and pull it back up .
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I would like that
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I thinkin others might like that too!
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Treepers
Together
Lifting each other up
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🤗 thank you for your kind words. If only one person wants OC devotionals posted, then I will do it…and if for no one else but you, then my gift to you! 🎁 Peace and Blessings for your day…🙏✝
IF THOU HADST KNOWN!
“If thou hadst known…in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.” Luke xix. 42
Jesus had entered into Jerusalem in triumph, the city was stirred to its foundations; but a strange god was there, the pride of Pharisaism; it was religious and upright, but a “whited sepulchre.”
What is it that blinds me in this “MY day”? Have I a strange god – not a disgusting monster, but a disposition that rules me? More than once God has brought me face to face with the strange god and I thought I should have to yield, but I did not do it. I got through the crisis by the skin of my teeth and I find myself in the possession of the strange god still; I am blind to the things which belong to my peace. It is an appalling thing that we can be in the place where the Spirit of God should be getting at us unhinderedly, and yet increase our condemnation in God’s sight.
“If thou hadst known” – God goes direct to the heart, with the tears of Jesus behind. These words imply culpable responsibility; God holds us responsible for what we do not see. “Now they are hid from thine eyes” – because the disposition has never been yielded. The unfathomable sadness of the “might have been!” God never opens doors that have been closed. He opens other doors, but He reminds us that there are doors which we have shut, doors which need never have been shut, imaginations which need never have been sullied. Never be afraid when God brings back the past. Let memory have its way. It is a minister of God with its rebuke and chastisement and sorrow. God will turn the “might have been” into a wonderful culture for the future.
Oswald Chambers
April 3rd Devotional
Good morning, Stevie!
Years ago Oswald Chambers’ quote below comforted me during tough times.
I thank him, and I thank God for using him – and for using you, too!
May Holy Week be extra special for you.
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My Utmost for His Highest: The Legacy of Oswald and Biddy Chambers
Thank you, kind Molon.
Asking the Lord for special blessings on you today!
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hi Miss Della
how are your eyes today
i suggested you take some nice long baths the other day. put a hot towel on them and relax.
peace friend
Peace In Christ
Eyes still blurry, still waiting. Nothing happens in a hurry, right!
RELAX!! Hahaha!
Got three little grands here for few days while their parents move to different location!
(LOVE them being here – but NO relaxing.)
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ps. They love to hear the stories about Jesus and the Holy Week.
Bring em up in the ways of The Lord
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Hang tuff Dell. You inspire. ✝️
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What a treasure! I’ve never seen this, but it witnesses to me of why I have found so much joy and lessons from this man! I do not believe that I will ever be able to post his daily teachings again without remembering this video! Oh that we could accomplish in our hearts as he did…total abandonment unto Christ our Lord!
Thank you dear friend for posting this!!! 💝✝🙏
Oh Miss Della! (a little weepy now) God Is so Good, Merciful, and Just. His Ways and not our own, for sure. Love you, girl.
Love you back, JWoo!
You words reminded me of His:
“He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.”
Deuteronomy 32:4
Miss.Della, I wasn’t born into a Christian household. Up to my 30s I was too busy doing my own thing to hear God calling me. On Easter Sunday, 1981, he literally brought me to my knees with a life threatening medical event. While I lay in the hospital for weeks I finally heard Him asking, Can you hear me now?
I thank Him daily. Even though I never regained my health I wouldn’t change it for anything. Knowing God’s love far surpasses good health.
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God is perfectly beautiful.
You inspire! As does Joni Eareckson Tada ✝️
A beautiful testimony! Thank you for sharing…🙏✝💝
Patty, what a beautiful testimony! This touches me deeply…
I didn’t come up in Christian home, either. My parents were broken people and I lived in their mess.
But, God was gracious to give me two God-fearing grandmothers. He knew I needed two as one wasn’t enough! They became my mentors, my rocks.
God always send His help – sometimes in unlikely ways – but He will NOT be thwarted.
Patty, I pray you enjoy a blessed Holy Week, and may this Easter be extra special for you.
You are right – nothing compares to knowing God…
It’s like a thirst that cannot be quenched.
Shalom,
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“My parents were broken people and I lived in their mess.”
What an incredibly descriptive sentence. You said volumes in just a few words.
The fewer words, the better, patty. I’ve learned hurting people hurt people.
They don’t mean to. While family members still love each other, issues get in the way.
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Blessings to you Miss Della! Many things I have learned over the years from OC! A treasure for sure!
Yes, an unearthed treasure.
Let those who have ears, hear. And those who have eyes, see. Saith the Lord.
Blessings to you, dear one.
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Would be amazing to be present while OC speaking. Knowing his body movements, facial expressions, intonations…..etc…..
Then, speaking with his wife, Biddy, about her thoughts putting his words to paper. Her thoughts about each of his ‘sermons’.
Stevie I would guess that many folks read your O.C. devotionals without commenting or clicking the ‘Like’ icon. I read and enjoy them every day but rarely comment since they are self-explanatory. I do, however; try to remember to click the ‘Like” icon every time.
Thank you for posting these.
Thank you and you are welcome! After watching the video that molonlabe posted above on Oswald Chambers…wild horses cannot stop me ever again from posting his God given insight! Oh that we could learn to abandon ourselves totally to God! 🙏
I love your faithful posts, too, Stevie. Molon is just way more eloquent than I. What a gentleman and a scholar he is! Blessings to you my dear sister.
Totally agree sis! 🤗
Good morning juststevie! How is your brother? Haven’t heard from him in a couple of weeks.
He’s hanging in there Grandpa! Definitely needs the Father’s touch! Thank you for asking! 🙏✝
We’re the reverse of you. 54 today and 35 tonight. Next Monday 85 and upper 40s at night.
Given the week we are currently in… this song seemed appropriate to help remind us all of the sacrifice that was made in our name
In my reading today, this jumped out at me.
He makes nations great and destroys them; he enlarges nations, then leads them away. He removes understanding from a country’s leaders and makes them wander in trackless deserts. They grope in unlit darkness; he makes them stagger like drunks.
Iyov (Job) 12:23-25 CJB
May God have mercy on us!
St Michael prayer
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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.
two or three …together .. lift each other …Jesus , be with us
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Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
oh yes
now thats a very nice one .
thanks stevie
hope your day is a good one
TRNAVA, SLOVAKIA. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel. Saint Nicholas church.
Isaiah 42:1-7
Here is my servant whom I uphold,
my chosen one with whom I am pleased,
Upon whom I have put my Spirit;
he shall bring forth justice to the nations,
Not crying out, not shouting,
not making his voice heard in the street.
A bruised reed he shall not break,
and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
Until he establishes justice on the earth;
the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
cut that a little short. here is all of 1-7 . cant miss the best part ,,”a light” “a light for all nations ,,.to open the eyes of the blind ” .. that part was cut short ,, sorry , some things need to be said all the way. be part of the light
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Isaiah 42:1-7
Here is my servant whom I uphold,
my chosen one with whom I am pleased,
Upon whom I have put my Spirit;
he shall bring forth justice to the nations,
Not crying out, not shouting,
not making his voice heard in the street.
A bruised reed he shall not break,
and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
Until he establishes justice on the earth;
the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spreads out the earth with its crops,
Who gives breath to its people
and spirit to those who walk on it:
I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of justice,
I have grasped you by the hand;
I formed you, and set you
as a covenant of the people,
a light for the nations,
To open the eyes of the blind,
to bring out prisoners from confinement,
and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Great Lenten Payer of Saint Ephraim the Syrian
(with prostrations and bows)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . . .”
Monday of the Sixth Week of Great Lent, or the Fast
Holy Hierarch James the Confessor (+ 8th century
(he lived through the Iconiclastic period)
Saint Cyril, Bishop of Catania (+ 1st-2nd century)
Saint Lupicinus, desert-dweller, Jura Mountains, Gaul (+ 480)
Saint Enda, monk, of Aran (Ireland) (+ 530)
New Martyr Michael of Agrapha, at Thessalonica (+ 1544)
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are honored today.
March 21st – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
April 3rd – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of Gud pray for us!
morninf Sepp
That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us. – 1 John 1:3
There is a story of a man walking down the street of a foreign city at twilight. There are few people around, but another man is coming toward him from the opposite direction. As he nears, the first man recognizes the hymn that the man is whistling, and as that man passes, the first man begins whistling the same tune. Stopping in his tracks, the man from the foreign city turns, looks at the foreigner, and without a word the two men hug. Then each goes his own way.
The fellowship of believers is not a secret organization. Its members have an objective reality as the basis for their faith. It is faith based on historic events – the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. To know this Christ the Son of God is to have the assurance of eternal life (1 John 5:13). And this is a knowledge that binds hearts together.
John, the apostle, was most likely the writer of this short epistle. He emphasized from the beginning verses that he had seen, he had heard, he had touched the Christ who had revealed Himself openly to His disciples. “Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me” (John 14:11). To know the Son is to know the Father who sent Him.
While today’s culture has turned its back on the reality of Christ, be encouraged by other believers in the household of faith. Then pray for those who have not accepted salvation in Christ, especially leaders of this nation, that they may find the peace and unity that the reality of Christ affords. May they whistle the tune of faith.
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Verse of the Day for Monday, April 3, 2023
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For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Romans 5:19 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
love the bluebirds duchess
Me, too, Molon!!! 💙💙💙
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
thank you Sisterhave a blessed day my dear friend
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1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Amen goes right there, Bro!!! 💙
Good morning Everyone! Praying for all of us to have a few blessed moments of the Lord’s peace before the turmoil of the day hits! May God protect us from the evil in this world and help us to continue to find His beauty and peace! Amen
April 3
MORNING
Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. II Pet. 3:8, 9
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth…. so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isa. 55:8-11
God hath concluded them all in unbelief; that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Rom. 11:32, 33
EVENING
Ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning. Amos 4:11
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? Isa. 33:14
We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us. II Cor. 1:9, 10
The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 6:23
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Heb. 10:31
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. II Cor. 5:11
Be instant in season, out of season. II Tim. 4:2
Others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire. Jude 23
Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. Zech. 4:6
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. I Tim. 2:4
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/04/0403.html
good morning Poyeema
Amos 4:11
yup
plucked
Sideways enriching to Sunday School lesson yesterday….
charcoal drawing by Oswald Chambers, of Beethoven that is housed in the Chambers collection.
Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest
Talent!
I see his signature has an O with a little cross inside, and then the C forms another overall cross shape.
Oh
Nice catch
Thanks for pointing that out.
Fun stuff
☘️
Good morning Molonlabe! What a talent, indeed.
Yes
I am just learning about this very interesting man.
Like you he is gramps,
Interesting .
It’s helps to be interesting at our age hey bro.
As we carry on
☘️🙂☘️
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Photo amazingly beautiful- bluebirds my fav! Is that wisteria, too?
This quote:
“Beauty is both a gift and a map.
It is a gift to be enjoyed and a map to be followed back
to the Source of the beauty with praise and thanksgiving.”
~Steve DeWitt~
Afternoon Della
Those are lilacs
I like lilacs
Smell soooo good
☘️🌸☘️
Had em in my yard as a kid.
Was always bringing them into the house .
Mom would put them in a glass with water and put them on the kitchen table
Loved the smell
I like lilacs, too. they were all over the Eastern European city I grew up in.
Afternoon, beloved friends.
I am stopping by to ask for prayers for my husband who has been suddenly admitted to hospital for pancreatitis. In diagnosing his severe unremitting pain, they found he has an aortic aneurysm.
It doesn’t rain but it pours.
I know, if there is a silver lining in this somewhere, it is that that undiagnosed aneurysm would have not been discovered had we not taken him in for the other, and then too late.
Is that a blessing then? We are still digesting this unwelcome news, but for this find, I give that thanks to God Almighty.
Wishing you all every blessings the good Lord can bestow.😘🙏🏻
Prayers up, dear sister!
Oh no, Betsy … so sorry to hear this! Such a shock, too.
I will be praying for your husband and you.
Please keep us posted!
Prayers up for your husband and for you. Thank the Lord that the aneurysm was found now.
Awww, Bets! Just saw this. I so wish we could be there to help you, sit with you, sustain you, Sis.
May our Good Lord Be Merciful to you and your hubs.
As frightening as this is, you did not catch God unaware. Praying for your comfort and the medical professionals tending to your dear husband that they are empowered with Divine skill and wisdom. May they work swiftly and assuredly to manage his pain and set him on course to healing.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN.
Amen
Amen 🙌
Amen and Amen!!! ❤️
It’s hard to think of it that way but , It is a blessing Bett
And you are with him .
Things could have been different if they didn’t see this .
Be strong for him . We are here for you Bett.
Take care of him.
Prayer warriors are here.
We are behind you and with you .
Dear Betsy, I know you know you are not alone. All of us are with you. And He is with you. Be strong, and give us updates when you can.
Praying with high energy! Pancreatitis is known to be awfully painful. Please Lord diminish this pain and support his medical team in their efforts. Betsy you’ve got an entire tree of unknown proportion praying. We’ll see you through, God willing
Prayers Up, Bet!!! 🙏🙏🙏
He is in God’s Loving Arms – ❤️ – Angels Watching Over Both of You!!! 🧚🧚🧚
Praying. 🙏✝️🙏
I’ll circle back ⭕️ for updates!
Love you sis
You and your dear husband will be in my prayers all day, every day.
The God of all creation…knows! He Knows those that are His! Praying that His hand will cover BOTH of you as you travel this road…and that He expands His wisdom in the hows and whys to sustain you! Peace and Blessings dear sister! 🙏✝💝
Amen. Prayers up. I hope all goes well for him and you are not overly stressed.
Sorry to be late, catching up.
Saint John, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Wonderworker (+ 1966) please pray for Mr. Jones and Betsy.
Prayers for your husband,you and the family Bet.May the Lord shine His blessed light on you all. Casco
Betsy, I’m adding my prayers to all those here. May your wonderful husband recover quickly. Rest is the Lord, He’s got both your backs.
La Film Symphony Orchestra ‘Suite’ de La Teoría del Todo (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
Ludovico Einaudi & Daniel Hope – Passaggio | Yellow Lounge (live from Stockholm / 2013)
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op.8, RV 297, ” L’inverno “, Allegro Non Molto
Treeper friends
I put this music on before I saw the news of Betts husband . Out of respect for him and for Bett I tell you this. I’m done for the day.
Prayers only . Send them Betts way friends .
Prayer works.
If you don’t believe it, just believe that we do and do it for Mr Bett
Prayer warriors
Yes…the treehouse warriors are standing in battle garb…praying for a loved one! ⚔🛡🏹✝
Now both cells have been Enhanced for tomorrow. Looks more and more like a replay of Friday/Saturday last week. Only this time it will be Tuesday/ Wednesday.
Storm Prediction Center Apr 3, 2023 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook (noaa.gov)
Amen
Amen.
Amen 🙏🏻
Amen!
Amen.
Amen.
Amen…
Amen.
Prayer Warriors
In Jesus Name pray
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Lord Jesus, when you were on earth, they brought the sick to you and you
healed them all. Today I ask you to bless all those in sickness, in weakness
and in pain.
For those who are blind and who cannot see the light of the sun;
the beauty of the world, or the faces of their friends:
Bless your people, O Lord.
For those who are deaf and cannot hear the voices which speak to them:
Bless your people, O Lord.
For those who are helpless and who must lie in bed while others go out and in:
Bless your people, O Lord.
For those whose minds have lost their reason and those who are so nervous that
they cannot cope with life:
Bless your people, O Lord.
For those who must face life under some handicap; those whose weakness
means that they must always be careful:
Bless your people, O Lord.
For those suffering from debilitating or terminal illness and for their caregivers:
Bless your people, O Lord.
For those who are near the hour of death and in their final struggle:
Bless your people, O Lord.
Father, your only Son took upon himself the sufferings and weakness of the
whole human race; through his passion and cross he taught us how good can
be brought out of suffering. Look upon our brothers and sisters who are ill, whom
we now remember in a special way. In the midst of illness and pain, may they be
united with Christ, who heals both body and soul. We ask this through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Almighty God, as we ask your help for our brothers and sisters who are ill, we
ask you to help us to be healing people in our time and place. May your love
touch others through us, and may I help all people to live in peace. We ask this
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Amen
Amen 🙏🏻
Good night Sister
Amen
Oh amen and amen, dearest molon, my friend.🍀
To all my treasured friends, thank you, thank you for all your deeply felt prayers. They mean everything to us as we go forward.
A quick update…
Every test under the sun….bloodwork x a million, CAT and MRI, some results but not all. No room in the inn, so to speak. Every bed full in this ginormous hospital. He is still in the ER cubicle but has been promised a room by 8.
All but one of the nurses and doctors and PAs have been lovely. I was sneered at by one PA who looked exactly like that transvestite luggage stealer…his doppelganger. But I stared at him in Southern, added a genteel but pointed comment which I hope he learns from…you know me, dear Frank…Little Big Thunder .😉
So an aortic stent and a gall bladder removal, unsure in what order.
Our dear deacon friend with whom my husband worked and from whom I requested prayers texted and said he couldn’t remember hubby being sick one day all the years they worked together, adding SUPERMAN!
True, but it seems now all at once. Bette Davis said it best. Old(er) age is not for sissies!
So I’m going to call it a night to the worst Monday either of us can ever remember. With my thank yous once again to the very best dearest friends on this earth. To reprise…
I may not know your faces, but I know every heart, and I love you all. 😘
Oh and this…
Almighty God is truly great. His mercies are never ever ending. Thanks be to Him.🙏🏻
Continued prayers for your hubby’s healing and you. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
We love you, too, sweet one. Try to rest.
Amen.
Amen
‘To change your official gender in Poland you have to sue your parents, causing trauma for trans people’
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