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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Any idea what translation of the Bible this wording comes from? I looked it up but can’t seem to find the words “rescuer” and “nurturer” in the places I looked. Love the way this is written. Thanks!
Both are contextually derived.
Thank you. 😊
Occasionally I may oversleep but not for 24 hours …(yet) 🙂
Thanks for your comment.
Happy New Year. Less than a year ago, I posted about my dear missing FL friend and asked for prayers. Many of you were so kind with your responses, but I never gave an update.
It is time. For those of you who prayed with me, I thank you, and will not forget your kindness and concern. I hope you will understand why it has taken me this long to talk about what happened.
It is now apparent that my beloved friend died on New Year’s Day, 2023. His body was not found until much later.
I have missed him so much, as he was probably the most astute person I’ve known with regard to international politics and history. We talked often, and for hours. Though he came here as a Polish child, the USA was his passion.
You could not have asked for a more patriotic, educated, or true MAGA citizen. I learned something new every time we talked. I have missed him terribly over this past year, and am just now able to say…thank you…for those prayed with me.
Sorry for your loss; prayers that your friend is resting in peace.
Thank you, I hope he is. His last year was rough. He was a Treeper, btw.
🙏💕
Peoria, somehow I missed your post about your friend, and I am sorry. My prayers would have been added.
But reading your beautiful thank you note today to those who did pray for him, you have eloquently expressed how desperately sorrowful you are. I believe there is not one of us here who doesn’t know that feeling.
One of the loveliest quotes I have ever read came from Bob Marley of all people who said…
“Don’t live for your presence to be noticed, but for your absence to be felt.”
I think your beloved friend lived his life exactly so that this without doubt can be applied to him. You testify to the truth of it.
Almighty God has him now, all pain gone and all tears dried. That you will have a joyous reunion with him is without question. In the meantime, I will grieve with you. And ask that that peace which passes all understanding will come to you sooner than you may expect.
God bless his soul…and yours 🙏🏻💕
So nice, Betsy. I never would’ve thought that a Bob Marley quote should be so prescient.
He didn’t answer or call back when I called him on New Year’s Day 2023 – unlike him, and we’d just spoken days before. It was a struggle to get police involved from so far away, and then not get answers, and then finally find out he had been gone and nobody had looked for him. So awful. His life was worth so much more than the way his death was treated.
You’d have liked him – he was a special, sweet, kind, honorable soul. And funny!
He was fortunate, girl, in having you as his devoted friend. The worry I know you went through…
And if you are anything like me, you probably made up your own stories.
And Peoria? I’m weeping with you…I read of people who have passed away as he did, alone. And it breaks my heart every time. I feel as if I did know him through you and your beautiful tribute. So yes, I have not a shred of doubt we would have gotten along like a house on fire. He sounds like my kind of people. I wish we had more like him in this old world of ours. I think it would be a much kinder place…🕊 Thank you for taking the time to reply, my friend. You are richer for having known him as you did.
I think I can confidently say the same held true for him by having you in his life💕
“I wish we had more like him in this old world of ours.” Wow. I like the way you put that. Indeed, it would be a better world – or at least our country.
No, I didn’t make up my own stories, as I tend to be pragmatic. There were only a certain number of scenarios which fit. I hammered away, until there was an answer.
As it turns out, his sister (only living relative) was also looking. We eventually talked, and it was cathartic. Maybe I should call her, as she’ll have had the same feelings on New Year’s Day.
Thank you for your kind words and thoughts. Not just on behalf of me, but for my dear friend who loved the USA and made it better with everything he knew, and everyone to whom he spoke.
You are welcome 💕 😘 We never know how far down the road we will travel with like souls. Too many have journeys that are shorter than ours…and vice versa. I guess we take the time allotted and are grateful it was given to is. Be well, Peoria.
Thank you, duchess. New Year’s Day was hard. But each new day is a day to be grateful and have faith in the promise of Our Lord and Savior. All will be well in the end, no matter our current pain. It is trivial compared to Jesus’s suffering. We will all meet, whole and healthy. All will end well for us.
AMEN GOES RIGHT THERE, PEORIA !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Good morning, Garrison😘 Following your example, I, too, am late. Way later than I like to be. So anticipating you would post another lovely selection, I made my coffee first and am ready to listen…here I go!! 😊☕
Afternoon, Bet. 🙂 My dear friend took me out drinkin’ last night. (My night-vision isn’t good so she came by to pick me up.)
Naturally enough, I slept late. Little ‘Tink was puzzled about this and came in to check on me a couple of times, she then sat with me while I had my cup of Bustelo. . . (I’m definitely “her” person now.)
Actually, just got back from a delicious taco breakfast at my favorite family owned taqueria. So glad I live in Texas. . .
It’s such a cold, wintery day, I think I’m gonna’ go take a nap. Have a great and very blessed day, dear friend.
Oh….sweet little Tink!!😌💕 So glad you were out and about in the company of others. It’s cold here as well and raining. We’re just out the door to have dinner with our daughter and her nearly grown children. Chicken and dumplings with, she assures us, lots of dumplings!! The twin lads work, so it is a job to catch them on a night when all are home. Soon they will be off to university, leaving their sisters and mom to make do without their company. It will be an adjustment as they are all so close. We will miss them so much. So we take our opportunities when we can knowing life never stands still…or has a pause button. Be well, dear Garrison. Lovenyou…and Tink, bless her wee heart😘🤗
Israel Update: Day 87 of the War.
-Five Israeli Brigades are leaving Gaza. This is a part of changing phase in the war.
An official said that the fights will still be intensive but with different methods and part of the forces will be prepared for the Northern border. The next phase is expected to take some six months of raids rather than a large army operation. The official said that the collapse of Hamas is still the goal. The Brigades that will leave are three Reserve Brigades some with tanks and Two Training Schools Brigades who were deployed to fight.
The Official also called the next six months “critical” with regard to Hezbollah.
The IDF still have enough forces in Gaza to keep going including to keep the powerful fights in key areas that are not complete yet. It looks like this move indicates the success in North Gaza and the gradual shift to another phase. The Speaker of the IDF also mentioned the need to bring reserves back home to keep the economy going. There is still one neighborhood in North Gaza that is not conquered and is under a strong attack now. That neighborhood is called Drage Tophach and the Commander of Israel’s South area visited there today and told to the commanders: “What you’re doing here is excellent and you have significant and important achievements. We are continuing with power and the fight will be continuing with a variety of methods, in a variety of powers and with changing ways so that the enemy will have a hard time spotting and understanding it. We will continue to strike the enemy here and all across Gaza. Note: from an interview with a very special ex-general
I learned that applying Special Forces raids against guerrilla warfare is actually a great idea.
You move in small groups and raid them which is kind of using guerrilla against them. But with the ability to use air attacks and tanks if needed you are at a huge advantage.
So if the shift is done after you control the lands then it is very good. But the conquest is done with greater forces not just raids. Realize we have many thousands of terrorists underground and conquest is not the end of it.
-South Africa is submitting a claim to the International Court in Huge against Israel accusing it of a “Genocide”. The claim is trying to suspend all of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Israel decided to fight this in court. Israel is calling it a “blood libel”. Typically after a month to a month and a half a “suspension order can be issued”. Then the case can go on for four to six years. Israel will also use diplomacy to pressure South Africa to delay the claim.
South Africa and their President in particular have chosen the Palestinian side for some years and is using very hard terms against Israel. South Africa pulled their Embasador out of Israel already in 2018 and recently also pulled out its diplomats. Israeli Embasador also returned to Israel for consultations.
-Israel turned down an offer to exchange hostages which included a complete withdraw of the IDF and an end of war.
-Heavy air attacks on Central Gaza and Kahan Yunis in the South.
-Israeli Supreme Court (very liberal) canceled a Basic Law that the parliament legislated just before the war. This is unprecedented and gives the Courts the ability to cancel legislation.
It is basically a “Judicial Dictatorship”. Israel was in turmoil before the war in relation to its Judicial overreach and always Liberal nature. It is a huge subject that I can’t explain in a few lines. But what they did in a time of war is very treasonous and it divides the nation and brings in stress points of society. We will have to deal with it but it’s not the time.
The significance of what they canceled is not so important. What is important is that they dared messing with a Basic Law and cancels the votes of Parliament. Israel doesn’t have a Constitution but it has Basic Laws which protect basic liberties. Unfortunately a Basic Law doesn’t need a huge majority to pass so it’s not so solid as the Constitution and we don’t have proper checks and balances. Israel needs a Constitution we will need to one day deal with it but not now.
-Six attacks from Hezbollah on Israel. Some three lightly wounded. Israel responds with massive attacks at South Lebanon. Three more Hezbollah people reported dead and they are now up to 138 dead since the war began. Note: They are preventing Israelis from going back home. Some 80,000 -100,000 people. This can’t continue.
-I see more videos of massive demolitions of major tunnel systems in Gaza. It’s incredible. Thousand of tunnel shafts. A lot of work. A lot is done. I see that now Israel is using drones too to see inside tunnels. Also small robots and dogs. I will post some videos.
-Something very noticeable that was not there before. I see many high commanders using biblical prayers with their soldiers. This was in the past opposed by liberals but now it’s everywhere with no back offs. I will post some videos.
Shalom and have a great week.
Psalm 27 – A Psalm of David.
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said, Seek My face; my heart said unto You, Your face, LORD, will I seek. Hide not Your face far from me; put not Your servant away in anger: You have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies. Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
Amen!
What hypocrisy from South Africa. We met with a family over New Year’s from South Africa. The wife’s father owns a large farm there. Just a short while ago he left for town for a few mins.
Two hate filled men entered his farm and systematically murdered 7 people that worked there including a disabled woman who helped cook.
They will be out of jail in a few months. South Africa is right now seeing rolling blackouts daily for 8 hours. A country completely in shambles. Clean up your own backyard before poking condescending fingers at others. Infuriating.
DD
Dan, I answered David before I saw yours.
I could cry. I have read accounts of the atrocities in SA. Barbarism!! That this evil country hasn’t been kicked out of BRICS astounds me.
Once prosperous, it is a textbook example in the same way as Rhodesia/Zimbabwe was/is when those who keep a country civilized are replaced by those who are ignorant and without skills…those who have been riled up by evil to commit evil themselves.
I’d call SA a failed state which hasn’t far to go until all its people are starving.
Horrible!
Isn’t it interesting that the countries with most hate crimes and human rights crimes blame Israel the most?
Unfortunately, but also fortunately, many South Africans like many in countries around the world are sick of the corruption, rot and blatant pillaging of their countries. Pay closer attention, and we’ll see all the corrup/ters gathered together at Davos, or Cope , G10, 17, or 20, whatever – BRICS and BRATS – but nothing is being done that hasn’t been green-lighted by “them”. Maybe its a free for all for anybody who can come up with the trillion necessary for a “seat”. Perhaps if we could look ahead and see their “end” game, it would all make “sense”.
David: Thank you for taking the time and care to translate from Hebrew into English for us.
What your Supreme Court did yesterday smells of what many of our judges have been doing here. It reminds me of OBiden influence/interference.
I’ve also been pleasantly surprised at seeing so many Biblical prayers spoken in several tik tok videos.
(By the way, Huge is Hague in English).
And, thank you for actually taking the time to show us how to write The Last Refuge in HEBREW in your beautiful HNY graphic yesterday.😃
(Please correct this if I got it wrong.)
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המפלט האחרון
Thank you. Correct about The Last Refuge. המפלט האחרון.
Thankyou for your expose’ on South Africa. Read Ephesians Chapter 5, verses 11-13
Thank you.
David, South Africa has some cheek!! They have elections this year, and their surging candidate is calling loudly for the democide/genocide of that country’s 4.51 million whites!
What other words do I have for the raging hypocrisy of this benighted wicked hypocrisy…
I have none.
A typical reflection based criticism.
And they get away with it…
😊David … you were the first to point out on the CTH Open thread about the 3 USA university ANTISEMITIC professors and then a week or so later I recall your frustration at them still being employed.
Well look at this 😃
HARVARD PRESIDENT CLAUDINE GAY RESIGNS,
SHORTEST TENURE in UNIVERSITY HISTORY
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https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/1/3/claudine-gay-resign-harvard/
(Of course, it may be that she’s been offered some other Affirmative Action job that we won’t like.)
Here’s Sundance’s blog about it
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/01/02/harvard-president-and-serial-plagiarist-claudine-gay-resigns/
And another Sundance blog about it👇
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/01/02/cnn-report-on-claudine-gay-resignation-this-spin-you-have-to-watch-to-believe/
Thank you. A step in the right direction. She represents a much longer list of universities.
I actually have a list of scoring universities according tho their antisemitism.
Columbia, MIT, Berkeley, NY, PA, etc…. There are also names who are good. You can probably google it and see the list.
I saw it in an Israeli Paper. And foreign them is just a step. They need to change. But again, it’s a good step and gives hope.
Hold your breath & Kid’s got some moves
BTW: I don’t know if the “Hold your breath” test is valid, but give it a shot and if you bust a lung or something, don’t sue me!
Too Cute.
Perfect
Lamb Chop
Joyful, endearing critters– two legged and four legged. 👶🐶💕
Reserves Captain Rotem Levi fell for his country at the age of 24, on the 18th Dec 2023. He was a part of the famed YAHLOM Special Force that is the Combat Engineers Elite force. He spoke with his wife an hour before he fell. The following is a video which I translated because it shows the quality of the warriors. They are the main people who deal with the tunnels. A very hard task. His team are demolishing a major tunnel network in his memory. May his soul be blessed and his family and friends be healed and be able to move forward.
I am so sad every time a soldier dies. May his memory be a blessing
BDE Lior Sivan, 32, a hero from Australia was killed while fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
May his memory be a blessing.
He died defending the Jewish people and protecting the free world. ABC An Australian man has been killed while fighting with an Israeli armoured brigade in southern Gaza. An Australian man has been killed while fighting with an Israeli armoured brigade in southern Gaza.
Reserves Captain Lior Sivan, 32, was serving as a tank commander when he was killed on December 19. He had been called up by the Israeli Defense Forces hours after the October 7 Hamas ground attack on southern Israel and had only left the Gaza Strip briefly a few times since then. Captain Sivan was awaiting his leave to be with his wife, Liav, who is due to give birth to their daughter next week. The couple also has a two-year-old son. His father Dan Sivan said his son was not a fighter by nature but had wanted to protect Israel.
“Even though my son loved life, creation, nature and peace, he saw it as a very important task to defend the country and the people and was called to a reservist on the 7th of October, because he realised, like all of us, that we can only defend ourselves, no one can do it for us,” Mr Sivan said. Captain Sivan has become the first Australian to be killed while fighting for Israel against Hamas inside Gaza.
https://nitter.net/AustralianJA/status/1741935375449518463#m
Sad! We also lost 20 “lone soldiers”. Those are jews who immigrated to the IDF. We call them “Lone” because they don’t have a home in Israel to see their families on leave. Israelis respect them and thousands attend their funerals. Thousands who never knew them before.
😌 So touching.
I recently thought about the lone soldiers (though I did not yet know the term) while watching all the reunion tik tok videos.
It’s a very important release of stress they don’t have.
God Bless all of you!
Thank you.
David, Does Israel construct memorials with the fallen’s names? I never hear about them in Israel, but my wife and I plan on going there when the war is over. We would rather spend our tourist dollars there than any other county now. (We had planned to go in February, but canceled.)
Where can I find a list where the memorials are erected?
Again, Thank you for you updates. I pray for God to keep y0u, your country safe, and for this horrible war to end.
Jeff
Jeff: If David has other info or more to tell you, I’m sure he will add it here.
3 suggestions:
*put this string into DuckDuckGo search engine
Israel memorials to the fallen soldiers
and the National Memorial will come up, as well as lots of info about how Israel honors their beloved fallen soldiers.
You’ll also see there the Day they set aside: Yom HaZikaron … Day of Remembrance.
*Another idea – see Israel with a Tour Guide. Maybe hire one for just you and your wife if that’s feasible.
*One Tour Guide whose perspective I’ve been enjoying since Oct 7 is TravelingIsrael on YouTube. (I’m not signed up on YT; I just go to YT and type in his name in the YT search.)
Thank you I hear you now.
❤️
Makes me cry to hear of the Lone Soldier’s death. I cannot dry the tears from my eyes.
❤️
And, as we read of their loss, thousands of people they never knew are also weeping for them.
By the way I lost my update of today. I am using an IPad and I touched something that made it disappear. Then I did something else and a “step back” wouldn’t recover it. So I will skip today. There was not much new anyways aside for the IDF pulling out 5 Brigades. Three are reservists. Two are Command schools who were deployed. Overall it’s a good sign that the North is almost fully under control so we don’t need them. There are still massive forces there. It’s not over at all. Some of those soldiers will be made available for the North Border. The IDF is shortly going to change the style for raids which will be less costly in terms of death toll but can be even more effective. Guerrilla war against guerrilla war but with the advantage of available heavy fire from the air and tanks when needed.
My update just appeared. I guess I posted it and it didn’t appear so I thought it was deleted.
So terrible sad. What heros they are.
🇮🇱❤️🙏David: Amen. Yes, a great and honorable man gone far too soon.
Very touching video.
Thank you for sharing this despite your grief.
Israel is losing some of her very best men.
May God bring all of Israel the strength, focus, and resources to finish this important job.
This article describes how much Israelis are doing daily to support their soldiers who are fighting to protect their homes.
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🥲🙏🇮🇱💪❤️Frontpage Magazine’s Man of the Year: The IDF soldier
In a year of defeatism and surrender, he is fighting back.
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https://www.jns.org/frontpage-magazines-man-of-the-year-the-idf-soldier/
Thank you for sharing !!!
The full list of casualties this evening in Beirut according to a Hamas-identified media outlet:
Saleh al-Arouri
Samir Fandi
Azzam al-Akra
Mahmoud Shahin
Muhammad a-Reis
Muhammad Beshesha
Ahmed Hammoud
Bible in One Year:
Genesis 4-7
Consumers Are Rejecting The Great Reset
“A friend got a rental of a Tesla over the holidays.
“It’s undoubtedly the industry standard for EVs and a complete blast to drive. The problem: It’s not a practical car at all. He was driving in the cold, and the car was nearly drained after two hours. Searching for a charge was no easy task. The first one didn’t work. The second one stated that it would be charged in 10 hours, which he didn’t have. The third one charged in one hour but that was a full hour wasted.
“His conclusion: This is indeed a glorified golf cart designed to keep you at home and under the thumb of the manufacturer.
“And this is just a test. The repairs are worse. Keep in mind that this is the best the industry has to offer. The other manufacturers of these things make products not nearly as high-rated, which is why so many of them are sitting on lots unsold and why orders for the machines are plummeting.
“It seems like the EV craze has peaked already. Growth in gas cars is now far higher than electrics, flipping a trend from 12 months ago. Finally, consumers are figuring it out. This is a good second car, provided you’re driving in your own town, you have a hook-up at home and can charge it overnight, and you don’t suddenly have to go out of town.
“It’s a toy, sometimes a fun one, but not a real car. For that, you need gas.
“The idea that this car is going to transition the United States to “clean energy” is absurd. If every car were electric, the grid would crash and rationing would be the norm. And maybe that’s the whole point. You drive only with permission. Nothing about your transportation is within your control. Authorities will decide everything for you. It’s a perfect strategy for creating a society of dependents.”
January 2
MORNING
Sing unto the Lord a new song. Isa. 42:10
Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Psa. 81:1, 2
He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Psa. 40:3
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Josh. 1:9
The joy of the Lord is your strength. Neh. 8:10
Paul … thanked God, and took courage. Acts 28:15
Knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Rom. 13:11-14
EVENING
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psa. 141:2
Thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: … and thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: . . . and when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. Ex. 30:1, 6-8
[Jesus] is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Heb. 7:25
The smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. Rev. 8:4
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. I Peter 2:5
Pray without ceasing. I Thess. 5:17
Bagster
https://www.dailylightdevotional.org/01/0102.html
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! – Romans 11:33
There is a borehole in Russia that has held the world’s record for its depth but is being challenged by China. Known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole, the 7.6-mile borehole into the earth’s surface is deeper than the Mariana Trench, the lowest point on the ocean floor, and deeper than the height of Mount Everest. While vast, it still only permeates roughly a third of the planet’s crust and is only 0.2 percent of the distance to the center of the Earth.
Digging so deep a hole has proven far more difficult than scientists had expected. The project began in 1970 with a goal of reaching 9.3 miles but was shut down and the hole was sealed in 2005.
You may be a consummate Bible scholar, having plumbed the depths of God’s Word as deeply as you can, but you are not a fraction of a percent close to understanding the wisdom, judgments, and riches of God. The awesome nature of the Almighty has no limit. And yet, the apostle James assures you that God, will give you wisdom if you but ask—and He will give it generously (1:5).
All of the wisdom of the world’s philosophers, physicists, scientists, and theologians do not even begin to find a place in the overwhelming wisdom of the Lord.
The next time you find your faith shaky or you wonder what God has for you, trust the incredible depth of His wisdom that is only outpaced by His inexhaustible love for you – and rest in Him.
Intercede for legislators in Congress as they return to address a challenging agenda.
Pray that those who know and trust the Savior confidently seek His wisdom.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing#devotional
WILL YOU GO OUT WITHOUT KNOWING?
“He went out, not knowing whither he went.” Hebrews xi. 8
Have you been “out” in this way? If so, there is no logical statement possible when anyone asks you what you are doing. One of the difficulties in Christian work is this question – “What do you expect to do?” You do not know what you are going to do; the only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing. Continually revise your attitude towards God and see if it is a going out of everything, trusting in God entirely. It is this attitude that keeps you in perpetual wonder – you do not know what God is going to do next. Each morning you wake it is to be a “going out,” building in confidence on God. “Take no thought for your life, …nor yet for your body” – take no thought for the things for which you did take thought before you “went out.”
Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is. Do you believe in a miracle-working God, and will you go out in surrender to Him until you are not surprised an atom at anything He does?
Suppose God is the God you know Him to be when you are nearest to Him – what an impertinence worry is! Let the attitude of the life be a continual “going out” in dependence upon God, and your life will have an ineffable charm about it which is a satisfaction to Jesus. You have to learn to go out of convictions, out of creeds, out of experiences, until so far as your faith is concerned, there is nothing between yourself and God.
Oswald Chambers
January 2nd Devotional
Good morning, sis. A most timely Chambers for our new year already where there is nothing before us but unknowns of monumental concern.
If there was ever a time when our need to say to God, “I know you have this, Lord. I know you are in complete control and will work Your will according to Your plan. Use me as You see fit. Give me please, Lord, the wisdom and strength to let go of my propensity to want to control what I can not.”
Blessings, dear stevie. As last week, I keep saying to myself that is TUESDAY, TUESDAY!! 😂 I have to do this, or I will be a day behind for the rest of the year! 😘
Hi Betsy! I agree that complete trust in our Heavenly Father is what will bring us through this coming year! I thank God for that as many do not know or perceive His Grace and Mercy that is available to them.
I’m back into the grind haha! I have enjoyed the extra time I’ve had to be apart of OT these last few weeks. But now I’ll be scarce again. I’ll do my best to keep the devotionals going.
Peace and Blessings dear sister! ✝🙏💝
Mornin’ all!
Good morning Weeweed.
“Women”? More like girls
He should change the word “women” to “children/teens.”
A huge difference … considering such evil filth.
02 January 2019 Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille – “Love Will Keep Us Together”), dies of kidney failure at 76
CAPTAIN & TENNILLE – love will keep us together (official video)
02 January 2015 “Little” Jimmy Dickens, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 94
Jimmy Dickens ‘May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose’ (Live)
02 January 2014 Jay Traynor, American singer (Jay and the Americans), dies of liver cancer at 70
Jay and the Americans – Come A Little Bit Closer (Shindig – Oct 21, 1964)
02 January 2013 Rod Hicks, American bassist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 71
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Walking Blues – Live 1978 )
02 January 2012 Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly), dies at 63
Iron Butterfly – Butterfly Bleu /Live 1971
02 January 2002 Zac Foley, English rock bassist (EMF “Unbelievable”), dies at 31
EMF – Unbelievable (Official Music Video) HD
02 January 2000 Nat Adderley, American jazz musician (Work Song), dies from diabetes complications at 68
Nat Adderley – Work Song ( Full Album )
02 January 1997 Randy California, American rock guitarist, dies at 45
Taurus- Spirit
02 September 1986 Bennie Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), dies at 78
Fats Waller & Benny Payne – After You’ve Gone (1930) AUDIO ONLY
02 January 1981 David Lynch, American singer (Platters – “Twilight Time”; “Only You”; “The Great Pretender”), dies of cancer at 51
The Platters in 1955. From left to right: Taylor, Williams, Lynch, Robi, Reed.
The Platters – Twilight Time Remastered
02 January
Erroll Garner
(1923-1977)
American jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
Erroll Garner plays Misty
02 January 1974 (Woodward) “Tex” Ritter, American country singer (5 Star Jubilee, “Wayward Wind”), dies of a heart attack at 67
Tex Ritter–The Deck Of Cards
Incredible voice. Hitting those high tenor notes into his sixties! 💕
God has benched Mohammed.
https://modernity.news/2024/01/01/bedlam-in-berlin-as-police-and-firefighters-attacked-with-projectiles/
J.B. Shurk (American Thinker) offers a dialog to challenge the liberals’ view of the world:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/12/2024_do_we_hit_the_iceberg_or_finally_change_course.html
Beautiful bird.
How big bald eagles really are
Wow
“[I]n my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here.” President Ronald Reagan
In 1630, while still aboard a ship bound for Massachusetts Bay, Winthrop delivered his sermon “A Model of Christian Charity.”
He said, “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.”
Of course, the origin of the phrase is found in Matthew 5: 14-16
14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
American exceptionalism based on morality and the first principle that we the people tell the government what to do. President Reagan compares the other constitutions of the world tell the people what they can do…….ours tells the government what it can do.
We have to recover that first principle; a dangerous immoral and very anti-American minority is running the country right now.
Trust not other world governments for they are not responsible to the people. A benevolent dictator or oligarchy can be replaced in an instant by a Joseph Stalin and the people will suffer greatly.
We can once again be that shing city on a hill, that example to the world of what individual liberty tempered by a moral people can accomplish. No other country has come close to America’s accomplishments. Unless another country forms on the same foundational values as we hold no other country ever will.
Good morning all and have a blessed day.
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, January 2, 2024
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“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
Nahum 1:7 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
CHILD NOT CHOICE
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
TIME AFTER TIME
When all seems lost notice what happens next
God suddenly halts it at its apex
God said for us He will make an escape
Just as He promised in His Word takes shape
He will never abandon or leave us alone
To face problems without solution shown
When we put our trust completely in Him
The problem will no longer seem so grim
We might find answers thru advice of friends
Or maybe thru our thinking God will cleanse
Clarify and correct less the emotion
To help us strive and stop the commotion
Some days are plagued with sorrow and pain
We simply must manage stay safe and sane
One mishap after another to knock us down
Somehow we remain afloat and not drown
It is easy to see when we have faith
Just as in His Word He simply saith
For without faith we sure cannot please God
Cause faith is the substance of hope unflawed
When you lean not on your own understanding
You’ll see His power exert expanding
Acknowledging Him brings Him close at hand
His knowledge and wisdom at our command
Time after time God has proven His love
Definitively infinitely from above
Remember He resides inside of you
To assist abet with all that you do
D01: 07/31/2023
Good morning, girl😘 I am so late today! I think one foot in front of the other is the best way, if not the only way, to take this year ahead.
I read Peoria’s note above on the loss of her very dear friend. And I felt every word of it. I know you did as well…she said so beautifully what so many of us feel with our loss here. Not just Mo, but all our other friends who have suddenly left their branches empty. Tis life…
Blessed be your week dear friend🙏🏻💕
Amen goes right there, Bet !!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
God knows the beginning and the end for all of us !!!
We pray daily for one another – Sometimes, our interaction lasts but a moment, Bet !!!
Why the ‘Divine Appointment’ God gave you here is so very important !!! 🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️
The poem entitled ‘The Heavenly Choir’ was written for a dear friend who was not only
a ‘Terrific Tenor’ – BUT – like you – he took care of everyone in our earthly choir !!!
I wrote him (2) poems before he died – you would have thought I gave him (2) ounces of
Gold !!! These poems were my gift to him for all he did for me – AND – the day before his
surgery – I saw Jesus behind him – as if to say – I have him – he is coming home with Me
tomorrow – do you think anyone would have believed me if I told them – actually, I was
relieved because I did not want him to go thru chemotherapy – and Jesus knew !!! ❤️
So you see – it is not what we are going to do tomorrow that is important – it is what we
do when the opportunity arrises – SO – if you need a GALLON of COFFEE to get you going –
you had better HOP TO IT !!! YOU ARE NEEDED HERE !!! MKAY ???
LOVE YOU – HUGS !!! 💙🧚🏻♀️💙🧚🏻♀️💙🧚🏻♀️💙
January 01, 2024
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. Pray it seven times. God’s protection, healing.
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeSG5FS4w30
Prayer for Israeli Hostages.
Christian Prayer for the Liberation of Hostages in the Israeli-Hamas War
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QYsMsOZBIs
Prayer for Ukraine. A Call for Peace: Christian Prayer for Ukraine.
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99kaOkk84l8
December 23, 2023
Thank You Lord! Gratitude in Everyday Life: How to Cultivate Thankfulness. Prayer.
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woxYf2RTRM
Israel Kills Hamas Commander Who Led Terrorists on Oct. 7
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/israel-kills-hamas-commander-who-led-terrorists-on-oct-7/
…”Everybody knows that 75% of the people in the Gaza Strip are refugees,” he said. “It is the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them and, according to the Geneva Convention, it is the responsibility of the occupation [Israel] to provide them with all the services as long as they are living under occupation.”
“The paradox of Hamas leaders living lavish lives, while their people starve, is nothing new for Palestinians and the broader Arab world,” Khaled Hassan, a political risk and intelligence analyst with over 13 years of experience working in the Middle East, told Fox News Digital…
https://news.yahoo.com/hamas-leaders-lived-wealthy-celebrities-163002832.html
LIVE WITH JULIE – 01/02/2023
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
https://rumble.com/v44oc6q-live-with-julie.html
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TODAY’S SCRIPTURES:
1. Hebrews 12:2 (Author and finisher of faith)
2. Amos 3:7 (first reveals things to the prophets)
3. Isaiah 46:9 (earnestly remember)
4. Isaiah 46:10
5. Revelation 22:13 (Alpha, Omega, Beginning & End)
6. Psalm 33:8-10
7. Isaiah 8:10, 41:11-12; Psalm 37:12-15 (Bringing the plans of the enemy to nothing)
8. Exodus 13:3 (earnestly remember)
9. Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8 (same yesterday, today, and forever)
10. Deuteronomy 7:9
11. Isaiah 40:31
12. Isaiah 60:1-2
13. Isaiah 54:17 (no weapon formed against you)
14. John 17:13-17 (in this world but not of it)
15. Hosea 4:6 (lack of knowledge)
16. John 8:32 (The truth sets you free)
17. Hebrews 10:30 (vengeance is the Lord’s)
18. 1 John 4:4 (Greater one on the inside of you)
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DEFINITIONS:
Earnestly – with sincere and intense conviction; taking things seriously; with deep and sincere feeling; seriously
Prepared – made ready for use; ready to do or deal with something
Buckle up – interjection or exclamation to infer that an event is about to be exciting, unexpected, dangerous, or even troubling
Vengeance: punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong
FEAR – False Evidence Appearing Real
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God is the solution to every problem in the earth today.
All you need is God.
Make God’s Word a priority in your life.
Start your day with Him.
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PROPHETIC WORD: THE FINAL BATTLE FOR THIS NATION IS UNDERWAY
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REVIEW OF PROPHETIC WORD
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PRAYER FOR ALL !!!
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Palestinian Confirms They are not Arabs.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/02/palestinian-political-columnist-west-stole-christianity-from-us-jesus-was-first-palestinian/
We all know the genetic makeup of palestinians is a hodge-podge of different nationalities who passed through the area in ancient times.
The palestinians also confirm (by way of the bible) that Jesus was Jewish and Jerusalem and the temple mount were built by jews.
It looks like God put Muhammad on waivers. He is not part of the team.
I wonder who would pick him up?
When you strip away all the distractions, basically it’s an inheritance squabble going back to Abraham. Just look at most any family picking over the “inheritance”. Things can get ugly. The really sad part, is that in the big picture, any land and all the earth is the Creators “holy land” when it’s people act and run their lives and nations according to the Creators will and instruction. Sad, because we could all be living in the “holy land” – right under your feet – enough for everybody – “wherever you may travel, wherever you may go …”
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/01/02/report-israeli-drone-takes-out-hamas-2-leader-in-beirut-hideout/
Finally the IDF reconciliation with Hamas. LOL
❤️😅.💪.😂🇮🇱
Absolutely epic!
DD
“And there’s not enough love to go around … “
Deep Purple – Kentucky Woman OMG!! How awesome.
Drop in at 2:15 and hear the organ solo that would make Rod Argent jealous !! Let alone Neil Diamond
Deep State house organ files suit against DeSantis.
‘Battle over Gov. DeSantis’ travel records ratchets up’
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/battle-over-gov-desantis-travel-records-ratchets-up/JYUGN3V4SRCBFMM2DGESWG3RRE/
How can you just not LOVE an impossibly young Tony Hick’s jangly guitar riff that elevates this otherwise unremarkable bubblegum song to superstardom?
Making great music isn’t easy. It takes talent.
Tony can’t Find a Way to Monetize the Gaza War
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tony-blair-says-he-wont-help-resettle-gazans-elsewhere-dismisses-report-as-a-lie/
…Together we can build a better future…
EVENING REFLECTIONS
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1CzsblSIB5/?igsh=eW9jMWRoYmVqczd1
This guy is so spot-on about how I feel.
an online news aggregator for space news, Meson Stars: Online News About Space Exploration:
https://www.mesonstars.com/
Blue Skies – Doris Day
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzany9kt2DA
Amen
AMEN
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
https://www.bannedthought.net/Britain/BritishImperialism/TheChamberlain-HitlerCollusion-Finkel-Leibovitz-1997-OCR.pdf
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
STYX
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.