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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He is there before we arrive 🙏🏻🕊
Amen Betsy!!!
I have to repeat this over
and over daily. I know it in my 💕. Still, I have to remind myself! These are the scariest of times. The two sides of good versus evil have never been so transparent in my lifetime.
“I Love You, Lord”
We need always to remember, God is the way, the truth and the light
God bless you Dan. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Very nice, thanks for posting that, Garrison
Yep. Gotta’ love Tarrega, benzy. Especially so when Ana Vidovic is playing. 🙂
Good morning, Garrison, and of course bless-ed little Tink💕 Almighty God knew what He was doing when He led you into the life of our dear friend.
Thank you for another splendid performance. Gorgeous…😘
A Saturday Selfie…well, it could be🤗
☕💕
😘 🤗 ….I’m sharing, sis,.so -> ☕☕☕
Bustelo coffee!
How fortunate!! I just picked some up for you! 🤗😊💕
Afternoon, Bet. 🙂 Just got back from lunch. As soon as she heard my truck Little ‘Tink came running up to meet me. Her welcoming enthusiasm, even if I’ve only been gone for a couple of hours, is so touching. Now that she’s learned more about being a cat she’s almost constantly by my side. Good kitty.
Awwwww…..bless her wee heart 😍 Sounds as if she’s picked up a tad bit of doggie as well 😌 The best of both worlds 💕
Very very Good Kitty…
Definitely, her presence makes living alone a lot easier to manage. What I find I miss the most is casual companionship. She helps fill the void.
What I find more than little amazing is how quickly ‘Tink has changed. The closest I can come to an analogy is that feral is similar to autism. After being a feral kitty for 4 years . . . suddenly she started to acquire “cat skills”. Even when she’s sleeping, if I whisper “good kitty” to her she’ll respond with a quiet purr.
St Francis has been on duty 🙏🏻💕 The almost unimaginable instinct animals have for connecting with those not of their kind is increasingly amazing me, Garrison. I’ve seen it too many times not to think it isn’t there. I think you are blessed in this regard. I choose to believe you are, dear, sweet friend😘
Bible in One Year:
Genesis 20-23
Kitty
Pups
Kitty and dog ear flap
Pup
I’ll see your cute puppy and raise you a Happy Caturday wish, Feisty
Yea wait until he goes for home. All hell will break loose.
Morning, nim 😘
CATURDAY it is!!! Woohoo!!!
And FINALLY!!
(…or maybe not…)
((…well, probably not 😎)
I love me some kitties!
🦁🐯😻
Morning, Lorrie😘
Another…see? I hedged my bets on that “finally” 😉
Again,
Cats,
High places,
The urge …
So, how many fallen angels were pushed off the edge of the clouds by cats?
Knowing that would answer a whole lot of questions, wouldn’t it😉
Jim, your comment compelled me to go trawling through my phone “saves to find this. A poem by Richard Lockridge written at the time of the Gettysburg Address. It is called “For Emma, the Warrior Dog”.
I have taken the impertinent liberty to make a substitution. Easily done for all the moggies we have ever loved.
Since she is mortal, as am I,
My cat, too, must someday die.
But being flame while I am clod,
It will be she who goes to God.
Go bounding up the golden flight,
Slit-eyes undazzled by the Light,
And pause before the golden chair,
To lick the stardust from her hair.
Await afraid (yet without fear),
As goddess once, before God appear;
A gentle tough from hand Divine,
She will be God’s cat, as she was mine.”
*sigh*
All cats and all dogs go to heaven . . .
So say I, Garrison💕
( In spite of being very careful, I see an error…
Touch, not tough…
Sloppy editing. Though as my wont, I assign partial blame to that scourge Autocorrect 😎)
Thanks.
And the Grapefruit below made me laugh.
Every time for me…😂
Exactly. Shake the bowl!
My solution, rah.
Works every time 😁👍🏻
Cats, high places, the urge to shove everything off and watch it fall …
06 January 2022 Calvin Simon, American funk and gospel vocalist (Parliament/Funkadelic – “Livin’ the Life”), dies at 79
Calvin Simon – Needing Someone (It’s Not Too Late)
06 January 2021 Bobby Few, American jazz pianist and vocalist, dies at 85
Bobby Few – Few Coming Thru (1977, Album)
06 January 2009 Ron Asheton, American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter (The Stooges), dies of an apparent heart attack at 60 [exact date estimated]
I Wanna Be Your Dog
06 January 2007 Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American country-rock musician (Flying Burrito Brothers), dies at 72
Sneaky Pete Kleinow Blackbird Suite Steel 1970
06 January 1980 Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (the Marvelettes), dies at 35 from lupus and sickle cell anemia
The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman (1961)
Sickle cell and lupus…that is a nasty combination. RIP.
So young. Sad 😞
Sneaky Pete was a singular voice
He played pedal-steel guitar but in a different tuning than all the other top country guys and he phrased entirely differently for the most part
Listen to his accompaniment on this Joe Cocker song, he grabs a few country-steel-ish phrases in the accompaniment but kicks on a fuzztone in the first chorus (the walk-ups) and into the solo.
His phrasing in the solo is so unusual that most people wouldn’t be able to guess what instrument it is, it certainly doesn’t sound like a guitarist, more like a horn of some sort
If you didn’t know it was him on the record, you’d never guess who it was
I think he also had a lifelong career as a stop-motion animator, the Gumby series most notably, if I’m not mistaken
… and this was next up on that Suite Steel album after Sneaky Pete’s Blackbird
Nashville ace Buddy Emmons doing Wichita Lineman, we had a conversation about it a week or 2 ago
… Wichita and Jimmy Webb, not Buddy
06 January
Louis Braille
(1809-1852)
French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, dies of tuberculosis at 43
06 January
Gregor Mendel
(1822-1884)
Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), dies at 61
Biography: Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian friar and scientist who served as abbot of St. Thomas’ Abbey in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel is often called the father of modern genetics for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants. His work laid the foundation for the modern understanding of genetics and heredity.
Mendel was born in a German-speaking family in Silesia, then part of the Austrian Empire. He entered an Augustinian monastery in Brno in 1843 and was later sent to the University of Vienna to study under the sponsorship of the monastery. There, he gained a solid foundation in scientific methods and research.
Between 1856 and 1863, Mendel cultivated and tested some 29,000 pea plants. He focused on seven characteristics of the pea plants, such as seed shape and flower color, observing that they were inherited independently of each other according to certain ratios. From these experiments, Mendel formulated the laws of inheritance: the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment.
Despite presenting his findings in 1865 and publishing them in 1866 in the Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Brünn, Mendel’s work went largely unnoticed by the scientific community until its rediscovery in 1900. Scientists then recognized its significance: that Mendel had discovered the key principles of heredity.
Mendel’s conclusions were drawn from mathematical patterns of inheritance and laid the groundwork for the field of genetics. What are today known as the principles of Mendelian genetics describe the way in which genetic material is passed from parents to offspring, an insight which forms the basis of modern genetics.
06 January
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858-1919)
26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906), dies in NY at 60
Biography: Consistently ranked as one of the best American presidents, Roosevelt served in office from 1901 to 1909, having assumed the presidency after the assassination of William McKinley. To date he is the only President of the United States to be awarded America’s highest military award (the Medal of Honor) and the only person in history to receive both his nation’s award military courage and the world’s foremost prize for peace.
Roosevelt was previously the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, but resigned to lead the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War. After this he served as Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. He accepted a proposal to become McKinley’s running mate, and the ticket won the 1900 election in a landslide.
A lifelong naturalist, Roosevelt made conservation a top priority for his administration, and established many new national parks, monuments and forests. He championed the Square Deal set of domestic policies which promised citizens fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs.
In foreign policy he started construction on the Panama Canal and generally focused on Central America. In 1906 he won the Nobel Peace Prize for successfully brokering an end to the Russo-Japanese War. He was re-elected in 1904 to a full term and continued to champion progressive causes. In 1908 his hand-picked successor William Howard Taft was elected president, though the two fell out during Taft’s time in office.
Roosevelt is one of four presidents – along with Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson – to be carved into Mount Rushmore. He is also known for refusing to shoot a bear, inspiring the creation of ‘teddy bear’ children’s toys. Roosevelt’s popular image of masculinity and vast range of interests made him an enduring presidential personality.
For posterity:
https://pcmc.uflib.ufl.edu/roosevelt-medal-holders/
https://www.czbrats.com/Builders/roosemedals.htm
JFK was a recipient of the CMOH. When was that Bio written?
Obviously plagiarized from really old material then. /s
I have submitted a half dozen corrections or so on conflicting dates of death
<Correction submission here>
I really haven’t followed up to see if all were corrected tho, I do know 1 of them has.
I’m sure they sent me an e-mail to my aol addy but it gets about 30,000 spams a year, next time I get a 2nd Tuesday in a week to do it, I will look thru those emails.
credit to Wimpy
<Teddy’s page>
Anyway I think Teddy!belongs on Mt. Rushmore
Just a brief note of gratitude and some great news.
for weeks, months, my church and friends have been praying for a particular concern. it is a private matter so I cannot divulge the personal information. So I will anonymize the information:
you see there is this young man who has struggled his entire life. Very Bright, well educated, but has some problems emotionally. He goes from hot to cold in a flash and it can be very hard to work with. But he is our family. He is one of our own. He is loved and he has great support and we all find a way to make his life, our life and pleasant and enjoyable. He regularly goes to church, worships but he has some bad habits. (we can all say to some extent when we were young, we didn’t always make the right choices). But no matter what, he knows where home is and that no one is going to reject him. Hold him accountable, but never leave him. So anyway. “bill” applied for a really nice job out of state. It’s a dream job. It will really make a huge difference in his life to have a new challenge and to establish himself in his own way. But of course, we are very concerned. He will be away from home. We will also miss him.
He leaves on Sunday. He will not be back for many months until the next long holiday weekend. He has a good place to live, a new church away from home, dependable wheels, and he is super excited in this new line of work.
So this is just a remark to remind everyone that prayers matter. Praying together draws people together. It is really that simple. You get together, you bow your head and you pray specifically. And then you just get about doing. It is so much easier and fulfilling AND EFFECTIVE to prayer for the care of someone that you care about and then go and do for them what you yourself have experienced. In this way, we teach the most ancient reliable habits known to humanity. That we trust in the power of God to give us the renewal of our best graces and to love each other as HE loves us. In this way, we obey God and that is pleasing.
do something for someone else today. Just choose to do it. You probably know someone. Find others and just start. And don’t worry about being perfect. It will never be perfect. But it will make a positive difference in someone’s life. And that is just good enough.
God Bless America
THIS attitude of prayer encapsulates the very love of God! Criticism can never reach a soul the way love does. And knowing there is a safe place to return is a great rock to stand on. “Bill” – your family loves you. Cherish that while away.
Thank you, regitiger, for this encouraging testimony.
You’ve expressed what Christianity is all about.
And, what it means to live for Christ.
Yes, prayer is the lifeline to God, through Jesus.
We ask, He hears, and He works.
Blessings on you and yours!
Wishing him success!🙏
Good morning all!
Looks like the NW US will be the first to get the Arctic Blast.
https://realclimatescience.com/2024/01/noaas-winter-forecast/#gsc.tab=0
Russia and Sweden getting a spell
‘Global Warming’: Russia and Scandinavia Experiencing Record Cold – Northern Sweden Registered -46ºF, the Lowest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Region
Poor Greta she must be very distressed. Still no tropical climate over Sweden. 🙂
In my corridor of I-80, we have about two inches of snow right now, and 30 degrees…can’t wait for the rest./s
We have an inch on the ground an it’s still snowing. They got my garage doors on just in time!
Still snowing. It’s beautiful. Sherry and I are getting cleaned up to beat the crowd and get a few things. I’ll take the backroads with the FJ and maybe have a little fun.
SE MI here. Not one flake. Just N of toledo.
Ours came out of the SW.
I have to wonder if this has anything to do with those also historic sunspot activity that bombarded the earth with additional activity that made for some marvelous aurora borealis & australis at the poles.
It affected communications around here for my police forces.
How important is the accuracy of the Sacred Text? Three times in the Bible; in the front, the middle and the back, God put severe warning against tampering with His words. What kind of warnings? All the plagues that are written in this Book, and the name blotted out of the Book of Life, and utter destruction. Yet somehow, man in his pride, and his horrifying stupidity and no fear of God, imagines that because sentence is not excuted speedily against wickedness, then the day is not coming at all; and so they are embolden to commit crimes without restraint. Probably the single most contemptible crime in the Christian room, is when men, for whatever reason, start mingling with the Text. And many have been duped into believing what they attest to; that modern-day Christian acedemics have better resources and more reliable information, than those in older times. But if that were so, wouldn’t it also follow, that Christianity would also be holier and more powerful in the Holy Spirit, and the love and humility and grace of the believers, would be so terribly convicting the unsaved, that the world would either be trembling for fear of the Presence of the Lord in the Christian, or persecutions would be on a scale beyond the Holocaust and the Pogroms and all the accumulated savagery and merciless slaughter and cruelty of Islam? But we see rather is the most self-centered and worldly spirit, the most lukewarm and letting go ofALL that Jesus has originally entrusted to His church; and the whole mention of Jesus’ holy Name, and Christianity, has become an explative for the worst cursing, and His “Christains” a powerless laughing stock. And now they expect us to believe, that “They” are so much superior to the Christain Scholars of the past? Reality does not bear out to support such claims; regardless of how much they congratulate each other and receive honor one from the other for their Publishings.
Many years ago, when I was a brand new baby Christian; I was given something like a brochure, entitled, Eye Opener – 200 ommissions in the New Testament, by a brother named, Jasper J. Ray. As brother Jasper was at that time already advanced in years, (I wrote to him, and he responded with a hand written note of encouragement, to not let anything or any one mislead me about the importance of the sanctity of the Original Text;) I don’t know if these are eventually the same people which have carried on the work. But I do strongly advise serious attention to the subject matter; and to do the research into the Scriptures, to see if these things are so. This is only a partial list, only the four Gospels. The website where you can read Just the 200 omissions from the New Testament, is at,
https://www.biblebelievers.com/New_Eye_Opener.html
THE NEW EYE-OPENER
200 changes examined
Why all the controversy about the King James Bible? Because modern Christian scholarship has CHANGED the Greek Textus Receptus, from which the King James Bible was translated, in 6,000 PLACES!
This is why we have so many omissions in the “modern” versions of the Bible. Words omitted, in brackets, parentheses, or italics, are counted as NOT AUTHENTIC according to BRAINWASHED modern scholarship, represented in part by Griesbach, Lachmann, Tischendorf, Tregelles, Alford, Wordworth, Westcott and Hort.
Here’s a list of JUST in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, of these changes. Why don’t you go through this list and see how many have been changed in YOUR Bible? It might shock you!
MATTHEW
1:25–(FIRSTBORN) is out. Speaking of the Lord Jesus.
5:44–(BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU) is out.
6:13–(KINGDOM, POWER, GLORY) is out.
6:27–(STATURE) is changed to span of life.
6:33–(OF GOD) is out. Referring to the kingdom–
8:29–(JESUS) is out. As Son of God.
9:13–(TO REPENTANCE) is out. Calling sinners–
12:35–(OF THE HEART) is out. Good treasure–
12:47–(VERSE IS OUT) About Christ’s mother.
13:51–(JESUS SAID UNTO THEM and LORD) is out.
15:8 –(DRAWETH UNTO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH) is out.
16:3 –(O YE HYPOCRITES) is out.
16:20–(JESUS) is out.
17:21–(VERSE IS OUT). About prayer and fasting.
18:11–(VERSE IS OUT). Tells Jesus came to save.
19:9 –(LAST 11 WORDS ARE OUT). About adultery.
19:17–(GOD) is out. None good but (God).
20:7 –(WHATSOEVER IS RIGHT RECEIVE) is out.
20:16–(MANY BE CALLED BUT FEW CHOSEN) is out.
20:22–(BAPTIZED WITH CHRIST’S BAPTISM) is out.
21:44–(VERSE IS OUT) About Christ the stone.
23:14–(VERSE IS OUT) Woe scribes and hypocrites.
25:13–(WHEREIN THE SON OF MAN COMETH) is out.
27:35–(FULFILLED SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET) is out.
27:54–(THE SON OF GOD) is A SON of God.
28:2 –(FROM THE DOOR) is out.
28:9 –(THEY WENT TO TELL HIS DISCIPLES) is out.
MARK
1:1 –(SON OF GOD) is out in Williams, Godspeed, Panin, Nestle, New
World, Westcott & Hort.
1:14–(OF THE KINGDOM) is out. Jesus gospel–
1:31–(IMMEDIATELY) is out. The fever left–
2:17–(TO REPENTANCE) is out. Call sinners–
6:11–(MORE TOLERABLE FOR SODOM & GOMORRHA) is out.
6:16–(FROM THE DEAD) is out. John is risen–
6:33–(HIM) is changed to them.
7:8 –(WASHING OF POTS AND CUPS) is out.
7:16–(VERSE IS OUT) About having an ear to hear.
9:24–(LORD) is out. A believer called Him Lord.
9:42–(IN ME) is out. Little ones that believe–
9:44–(VERSE IS OUT) About fire not quenched.
9:46–(VERSE IS OUT) Where worm dieth not.
9:49–(EVERY SACRIFICE SHALL BE SALTED) is out.
10:21–(TAKE UP THE CROSS) is out. Jesus said–
10:24–(FOR THEM THAT TRUST IN RICHES) is out.
11:10–(IN THE NAME OF THE LORD) is out.
11:26–(VERSE IS OUT) If ye do not forgive, etc.
13:14–(SPOKEN BY DANIEL THE PROPHET) is out.
13:33–(AND PRAY) is out, or in italics.
14:68–(AND THE COCK CREW) is out.
15:28–(VERSE IS OUT) Scripture was fulfilled, etc.
15:39–(THE SON OF GOD) is A SON of God.
16:9-20–(12 VERSES ARE OUT) in some Bibles.
LUKE
1:28–(BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN) is out.
2:33–(JOSEPH) is changed to father.
2:43–(JOSEPH AND HIS MOTHER) is changed to parents.
4:4 –(BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD) is out.
4:8 –(GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN) is out.
4:41–(THE CHRIST) is out. The Son of God.
6:48–(FOUNDED UPON A ROCK) is well built.
7:31–(AND THE LORD SAID) is out.
9:54–(EVEN AS ELIJAH DID) is out.
9:55–(YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT) is out.
9:56–(SON OF MAN IS COME TO SAVE LIVES) is out.
11:2-4–(MUCH IS OMITTED FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER)
11:29–(THE PROPHET) is out. About Jonah.
17:36–(VERSE IS OUT) One taken, another left.
21:4 –(CAST IN UNTO THE OFFERINGS OF GOD) is out.
22:20–(VERSE IS OUT) Out in NEB, and RSV.
22:31–(AND THE LORD SAID) is out.
22:64–(THEY STRUCK HIM ON THE FACE) is out.
23:17–(WHOLE VERSE IS OUT) in many Bibles.
23:38–(LETTERS OF GREEK, LATIN, HEBREW) is out.
23:42–(LORD) is out. Remember me, etc.
23:45–(SUN WAS ECLIPSED) in Moffatt and NEB.
24:3 –(OF THE LORD JESUS) is out.
24:6 –(HE IS NOT HERE, BUT IS RISEN) is out.
24:12–(VERSE IS OUT) Peter’s testimony.
24:40–(VERSE IS OUT) Christ showed them hands, feet.
24:49–(OF JERUSALEM) is out.
24:51)CARRIED UP INTO HEAVEN) is out.
JOHN
1:14–(BEGOTTEN) is out in 1:18, 3:16, 3:18.
1:27–(PREFERRED BEFORE ME) is out. Jesus is)
3:13–(WHICH IS IN HEAVEN) is out.
3:15–(SHOULD NOT PERISH) is out.
4:42–(THE CHRIST) is out.
5:3 –(WAITING FOR MOVING OF THE WATER) is out.
5:4 –(VERSE IS OUT) Pool of Bethesda.
6:47–(ON ME) is out. He that believes–
6:69–(THAT CHRIST THE SON) is out.
7:53–(TO 8:11) is out, in brackets or italics.
8:36–(FATHER) is out. Changed to He.
9:35–(SON OF GOD) is out. Is Son of Man.
11:41–(WHERE THE DEAD WAS LAID) is out.
16:16–(BECAUSE I GO TO THE FATHER) is out.
17:12–(IN THE WORLD) is out.
20:29–(THOMAS) is out.
ACTS
2:30–(ACCORDING TO FLESH RAISE UP CHRIST) is out.
7:30–(OF THE LORD) is out. Angel–
7:37–(HIM SHALL YE HEAR) is out. Christ–
8:37–(VERSE IS OUT) or in brackets, or italics.
9:5-6–(MUCH IS OMITTED) Concerning God’s call.
10:6 –(WHAT THOU OUGHTEST TO DO) More is out.
15:18–(KNOWN UNTO GOD HIS WORKS) More is out.
16:31–(CHRIST) is out.
17:26–(BLOOD) is out.
20:25–(OF GOD) is out. The kingdom–
20:32–(BRETHREN) is out.
23:9 –(LET US NOT FIGHT AGAINST GOD) is out.
24:6-8–(MUCH IS OMITTED) or in brackets or italics.
24:15–(OF THE DEAD) is out. Resurrection–
28:16–(HALF OF VERSE IS OUT) in italics or brackets.
28:29–(VERSE IS OUT) in italics or brackets.
ROMANS
1:16–(OF CHRIST) is out or in italics, brackets.
1:29–(FORNICATION) is out.
5:2 –(BY FAITH) out in Moffatt, RSV, and NEB.
8:1 –(LAST 10 WORDS ARE OUT) or in italics.
9:28–(IN RIGHTEOUSNESS) is out.
10:15–(OF PEACE) is out. Gospel–
10:17–(OF GOD) is out. Christ is substituted.
11:6 –(LAST 18 WORDS ARE OMITTED)
13:9 –(SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS) is out.
14:6 –(15 WORDS ARE OUT) Regarding the day.
14:21–(OFFENDED, MADE WEAK) is out.
15:29–(OF THE GOSPEL) is out.
16:24–(WHOLE VERSE IS OUT) in italics or brackets.
I CORINTHIANS
1:14–(I THANK GOD) is out in many Bibles.
5:7 –(FOR US) is out. Christ sacrificed–
6:20–(LAST 7 WORDS ARE OUT) Your spirit, etc.
7:5 –(FASTING) is out. Joined with prayer.
7:39–(BY THE LAW) is out. The wife is bound–
10:28–(THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S) is out, and more.
11:24–(TAKE EAT) is out. This is my body–
11:29–(LORD’S) is out, referring to the body.
15:47–(THE LORD) is out. Lord from heaven.
16:22–(JESUS CHRIST) is out.
16:23–(CHRIST) is out.
II CORINTHIANS
4:6 –(JESUS) is out.
5:10–(THE LORD) is out.
5:18–(JESUS) is out, or in italics.
11:31–(CHRIST) is out, or in italics.
GALATIANS
1:15–(GOD) is out.
3:1 –(THAT YE SHOULD NOT OBEY TRUTH) is out.
3:17–(IN CHRIST) is out.
4:7 –(THROUGH CHRIST) is out.
6:15–(IN CHRIST JESUS) is out.
6:17–(LORD) is out.
EPHESIANS
3:9 –(BY JESUS CHRIST) is out. God created–
3:14–(OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST) is out.
5:30–(OF HIS FLESH AND OF HIS BONES) is out.
6:1 –(IN THE LORD) is out. Obey parents–
6:10–(MY BRETHREN) is out.
PHILIPPIANS
3:16–(LET US MIND THE SAME THING) is out.
COLOSSIANS
1:2 –(THE LORD JESUS CHRIST) is out.
1:14–(THROUGH HIS BLOOD) is out, or in italics.
1:28–(JESUS) is out.
2:11–(OF THE SINS OF) is out.
3:6 –(SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE) is out.
I THESSALONIANS
1:1 –(FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND LORD JESUS) is out.
2:19–(CHRIST) is out.
3:11–(CHRIST) is out, or in italics.
3:13–(CHRIST) is out, or in italics.
II THESSALONIANS
1:8 –(CHRIST) is out, or in italics.
I TIMOTHY
1:17–(WISE) is out. The only wise God.
2:7 –(IN CHRIST) is out, or in italics.
3:16–(GOD) is out. Manifest in the flesh.
4:12–(IN SPIRIT) is out.
6:5 –(FROM SUCH WITHDRAW THYSELF) is out.
II TIMOTHY
1:11–(OF THE GENTILES) is out.
4:1 –(LORD) is out.
4:22–(JESUS CHRIST) is out, or in italics.
TITUS
1:4 –(THE LORD) is out, or in italics.
PHILEMON
1:6 –(JESUS) is out.
1:12–(RECEIVE HIM) is out.
HEBREWS
1:3 –(BY HIMSELF) is out. Purged our sins–
2:7 –(SET HIM OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS) is out.
3:1 –(CHRIST) is out.
7:21–(AFTER ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK) is out.
10:30–(SAITH THE LORD) is out.
10:34–(IN HEAVEN) is out.
11:11–(WAS DELIVERED OF A CHILD) is out. Sarah–
JAMES
5:16–(FAULTS) is changed to SINS. (Wrong Greek text.)
I PETER
1:22–(THROUGH THE SPIRIT) is out.
4:1 –(FOR US) is out. Christ suffered–
4:14–(LAST 15 WORDS ARE OUT) or in italics.
5:10–(JESUS) is out, or in italics.
5:11–(GLORY AND DOMINION) is out of some Bibles.
II PETER
2:17–(FOREVER) is out, or in italics.
3:9 –(US IS CHANGED TO YOU) Destroys meaning.
I JOHN
1:7 –(CHRIST) is out.
2:7 –(FROM THE BEGINNING) is out.
4:3 –(CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH) is out.
4:9 –(BEGOTTEN) is out in some versions.
4:19–(HIM) is out, or in italics. We love–
5:7-8–(MANY WORDS ARE OUT OR CHANGED)
5:13–(LAST 13 WORDS ARE OUT)
JUDE
1:25–(WISE) is out. Referring to God.
REVELATION
1:8 –(THE BEGINNING AND THE END) is out.
1:11–(TEN WORDS ARE OUT) Alpha and Omega, etc.
2:13–(THY WORKS) is out.
5:14–(HIM THAT LIVETH FOREVER AND EVER) is out.
6:1 –(AND SEE) is out in 3, 5, 7 also.
8:13–(ANGEL IS EAGLE) Greek text says “angel.”
11:17–(AND ART TO COME) is out.
12:12–(INHABITERS OF) is out. The earth.
12:17–(CHRIST) is out.
14:5 –(BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD) is out.
16:17–(OF HEAVEN) is out.
20:9 –(GOD OUT OF) is out. Fire came from–
20:21–(GOD IS CHANGED TO THRONE)
21:24–(OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED) is out. Nations–
BAD NEWS FOR MODERN MAN:
Today’s English Version By the American Bible Society
THE BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS IS OMITTED 15 TIMES:
See Matthew 27:4,24,25; Acts 5:28, 20:28; Romans 3:25, 5:9; Ephesians 1:7, 2:13; Colossians 1:14,20; Hebrews 10:19; I Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:5, 5:9.
24 BIBLE VERSIONS EXAMINED
Compare with the 200 References at the beginning of this file. Words omitted, in brackets, parentheses, or italics, are counted as not authentic according to BRAINWASHED modern scholarship.
New English New Testament (Omissions)……197 out of 200
New International Version………………195 out of 200
Revised Standard New Testament………….189 out of 200
Berkeley Version New Testament………….185 out of 200
Weymouth’s in Modern Speech N.T…………184 out of 200
New American Standard New Testament……..183 out of 200
Good News for Modern Man N.T……………182 out of 200
Williams’ New Testament………………..180 out of 200
Ivan Panin’s Numeric New Testament………180 out of 200
Goodspeed’s American Translation N.T…….179 out of 200
Moffatt’s New Translation N.T…………..175 out of 200
Wuest’s Expanded Translation N.T………..169 out of 200
Amplified New Testament………………..165 out of 200
Twentieth Century New Testament…………161 out of 200
Phillip’s New Testament………………..142 out of 200
Darby’s Translation New Testament……….138 out of 200
Living New Testament Paraphrased………..130 out of 200
New Confraternity New Testament…………119 out of 200
Norlie’s New Translation N.T…………… 62 out of 200
Lamsa’s Eastern Text New Testament……… 49 out of 200
John Wesley’s Translation N.T………….. 43 out of 200
Martin Luther’s German New Testament……. 0 out of 200
King James Version New Testament……….. 0 out of 200
Textus Receptus (King James Greek) N.T….. 0 out of 200
The Apostasy of the Early Church
Prepares the Way for Corrupting Copies of the Original Manuscripts Corruption of the original Bible manuscripts and its influence can be traced from the days of Origen, 200 A.D. down through the committees responsible for the English Revised Version of 1881; American Standard Version of 1901; and all modern Bibles which depart from the Greek Textus Receptus. The following references are given to prove that this is true:
Revision Revised, p. 413 (Dean Burgon)
Inquiry, p. 413 (Dr. Fredrick Nolan: See Encyclopedias on Tatian
Diatesaron of Tatian, p. 9 (J.H. Hill)
Article on Origen by McClintic & Strong
Church History, Vol. 2., p. 791 (Dr. Schaff)
Apologia pro vita sua, Chap. 7, p. 282 (Dr. Newman)
History of Our English Bible, p. 70 (Dr. Ira M. Price)
Introduction to Textual Criticism of N.T., p. 80 (A.T. Robertson)
The Canon and Text of the N.T., p. 345 (Dr. Gregory)
Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 86
Eccles. History, book 5, Chap. 28 (Eusebius)
(Scribners) Vol. 1, pp. 434-435 (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
History of Dogma, Vol. 1, p. 128 (Harnack)
Three Religious Leaders of Oxford, pp. 481-482 (S. Parkes Cadman)
Princeton Review, Jan., 1854, pp. 152-153
History of Christianity, Vol. 2, p. 107
History of Christian Doctrine, p. 19 (G.P. Fisher)
Texts and Margins of the Revised N.T., p. 45 (Dr. G. Vance Smith)
A History of the Revised Version, pp. 36-37 (Samuel Hemphill)
The Traditional Text, p. 163 (Burgon & Miller)
Introduction to Greek O.T., p. 86 (Swete)
Cath. and Prot. Bibles, p. 4,6 (Jacobus)
Jerome Against Helvidius
Defense of Translations of the Bible (1583), p. 62 (Faulke)
Memoir of Life of Cartwright, p. 276 (Brook’s)
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Article on Douay Bible
Revised Version, p. 51 (Cook)
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (Christian Lit. Ed.), Vol. 6, p. 338
The Influence of the Bible, p. 136 (Von Dobschutz)
New Commentary, Part 3, p. 719 (Gore)
Church History, Vol. 2, p. 446 (Hagenbach)
History of the Reformation, Vol. 2, p. 391 (Kurtz)
Many more references can be added, but these thirty-three ought to be sufficient.
HERE’S THE ACID TEST
Any version of the Bible, that does not agree with the GREEK TEXTUS RECEPTUS, from which the King James Bible was translated in 1611, is certainly to befounded upon corrupted manuscripts. Origen, being a textual critic, is supposed to have corrected numerous portions of the sacred manuscripts. Evidence to the contrary shows he changed them to agree with his own human philosophy of mystical and allegorical ideas. Thus, through deceptive scholarship of this kind, certain manuscripts became corrupt. Evidently from this source our modern revised version Bibles and paraphrases have come. Read pages 900-902, Vol. 16, 1936 edition Encyclopedia Britannica, and you will see that Origen taught the Lord Jesus Christ is a created being who did not have eternal existence AS God.
WATCH–AND REMEMBER–ALWAYS TO KEEP BOTH EYES OPEN
“After my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore WATCH, AND REMEMBER, that by the space of three years I ceased not to WARN EVERYONE NIGHT AND DAY WITH TEARS.”–Acts 20:29-31.
I see an ill-wind has blown wide Open.
Friends, don’t be suckered into the cult of King James Onlyism by this.
It starts with a false premise, and goes on and on using bad academics, circular reasoning and dishone… (I’ll be kind) flawed conclusions.
Rather than reinvent the wheel please Search:
kjv onlyism is a false teaching
For the definitive refutation:
“The King James Only Controversy” by James White
Yes! I depend on the interpretation of the Holy Spirit. He has never failed to show me what God is saying, even if it is coming out of the mouth of a donkey (Numbers 22)!
Thank You, God, for Your Holy Spirit in us!
Amen!
Amen, amen, Val.
God, the Holy Spirit, is our Helper and Wonderful Counselor.
He will guide and teach us His Way – IF we ask, trust, and obey …
Have always loved the account of Balaam and his talking donkey.
Gives me a chuckle every time I hear it!
Yes, the Lord has a sense of humor – using an a$$ to get our attention.
Thanks for bringing this up.
Translation is a difficult thing.
So much gets lost in translation. Poems, idioms, etc.
Grammars are different, not just words.
And even the root thought patterns are different.
And the Textus Receptus is a highly flawed version not put together until one and a half millennia after Christ. They also didn’t have many of the manuscripts to base it off of that we have today.
https://www.solagroup.org/what-is-the-textus-receptus/
On the other hand, it underlies most early translations into common languages that began with Luther. It underlay the English translations too. Tyndale, the Geneva, the KJV.
Did you know that the Pilgrims used the Geneva?
The KJV is not so fixed on the original language. Even Apostle’s names were changed to flatter KJ. I share his name, but I don’t share an apostle’s name or Jesus’ brother’s name. And he hated the Geneva because it was used against royalty.
KJ was in a tight spot. The country was still being torn by religious strife. And it would only get worse. In his attempts to quell the strife, a new translation was born.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/origin-king-james-bible/
But it had a rough start, with errors in the printing. Even a “wicked” version that dropped the ‘not’ from the commandment concerning adultery. Those printers were fined.
But eventually it dominated both sides of the pond. It’s beautiful language is deeply written into all English. More so than Shakespeare.
But like Shakespeare the language is old, out of date, and sometimes hard to understand.
What you should understand though is even the KJV translators said they and their work was not perfect. None of them claimed divine revelation or even divine guidance.
And all those words that you claim were falsely removed, are most likely words that had been falsely added. The most common understanding is that one person writes notes in the margins and that a following translator sees the notes as insertions, putting them into the text.
So the practice is to rely on earlier copies to be more accurate.
This practice removes half of the last chapter of Mark. It is not in the earliest intact versions we have. But that still raises the question, was it added later, or removed earlier. (Kind of flipping your complaints. I earlier linked an argument that before those manuscripts we still have were made, that early church fathers quoted those missing words, so they must have been part of the earliest versions that we don’t have. But that is just an argument.)
This field is complex. We have more evidence of the bible than of other ancient books, but the evidence is still woefully lacking.
And to make matters worse malignancy is often impugned in these arguments. Both ways.
And betting salvation on error prone but well meaning efforts of our fellow humans, who didn’t have the information to know better, is a surefire way to lose that salvation.
But the pattern which is clear here, is that of, first of all comparing the Bible to human works, like Shakespeare and poetry and idioms peculiar to cultures and languages: for God has said, that He would preserve His word for ever, against all Satanic and heathen efforts to corrupt it or take it away altogether.
Secondly, doesn’t it seem worth noting, that its only EVER the holy and true and right, that is persecuted and slandered and worked against? It wasn’t the Pharisees who were dragged to Pilate’s judgment seat; and it wasn’t Jesus who was released instead of Barabbas. But again, the proof is in the fruit, what kind of tree it is. In all the great Conferences and Assemblies, of the most important and reputed “authorities and experts” and church “leadership,” where is the confirmation of signs following, that Jesus said would be?
How about even sound teaching and victory over sin? How about teaching for doctrines the commandments and traditions of men, while making the Commandments of God of none effect? I believe a very good measure, for whether someone is speaking from the mouth of the LORD, by what they are really doing for their religion. Matthew 23 lays this out quite well, just for starters.
It is also said, that whoever does the will of the Father, he will know the doctrine; which answers why there is such a vast number of those who don’t know, and those who have taken up for themselves to be experts and judges, to cover for NOT doing the will of God; and then making it their “ministry” to lead away disciples after themselves.
The King James Bible has never been an issue with Christians up until certain seducers and deceivers infiltrated the leadership, and began slandering the KING JAMES. And what really is the complaint against it? The King’s English from the seventeenth century? Difficulties obtaining or learning how to use a dictionary? Don’t know where to buy a Greek/English Interlinear New Testament? Or a Strong’s Concordance? A lot of people piping up about being led and guided by the Holy Spirit; yet it is the true inspiration of the Spirit, that they are standing against with clenched fists, and calling their “brother” names!
It doesn’t make much sense, nor are we allowed to by God, as His servants, to fall to striving about words and arguments with men of fallen away minds. The very fact that someone is open to spending so much time and energy and devoted study, into berating and finding fault and slandering the word of God, should be enough evidence what kind that person really is…
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof; ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth; lovers of self, lovers of money, lovers of pleasure more than God, creeping into houses to seduce silly women into fornication, and still keeping their positions as “church leaders.” But I guess we’ll just have to wait and see; those who were in the King James Bible, and those who were in all the other modern translations; what will be the results of their walk with God, and keep His commandments, and how really they love one another. Jesus said it plainly, that He will not know the lawless and workers of iniquity, no matter how much they argue with Him, how much they are Christians. If we do what Jesus says, then we won’t sin, and we won’t be scandalized by what’s coming on the earth. But if we don’t do what Jesus says, then we will never get victory over sin, or our rotten selfish unclean nature, and we will fall away in time of tribulation and affliction for the word’s sake. For this reason, I think it is a huge mistake, and really an error of spirit, to get sidetracked into so-called academic controversies over what is wrong with the Scriptures. If we are of God, we will love and know God’s words, and make it our life’s purpose and duty to keep His words: not slander them!
Verse of the Day for Saturday, January 6, 2024
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“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 (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.
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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
HIS PERFECT LOVE
Who is this man, Jesus – God’s Only Son?
Why did He die – what victory was won?
For whom did He suffer – approved above?
For His Beloved – was His Perfect Love!
God so loved the world – He sent His Son;
His Only Begotten Son – the only One;
To ensure our salvation – lost through sin;
To restore His creation – and begin!
The New Covenant – God made with man;
Would enhance the Old that God began;
Through Our Lord – Jesus Christ – we are assured;
Our salvation – by His death – He restored!
Be content with weakness and with distress;
With mistreatment, persecution, and duress;
All for the sake of Jesus Christ, Our Lord;
And His Perfect Love will be your reward!
In marriage, He unites woman and man;
Sanctified by His Perfect Love, they can;
Together as one – fulfill His pure plan;
Expressed in His – New Covenant with man!
For what is a marriage of woman and man?
Without God’s blessing – before it began?
It is worthless and meritless – you see?
Without His Perfect Love – it cannot be!
Single gents and gals – are not lost in the heap;
For what you sow – in the single – you will reap;
The widows and orphans are special, too;
His Perfect Love – is provided for you!
What has a man, woman, and/or a child?
Without His Perfect Love – they are beguiled;
Without repentance – they will never be free;
Separated from God – damned eternally!
Open your heart and accept Jesus today;
Know in your heart – He is the only way;
Repent of your sins – and name them outright;
And His Perfect Love will be yours tonight!
D01: 08/02/2013
WORSHIP
“And he pitched his tent having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar.” Genesis xii. 8
Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have. Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship. If you hoard a thing for yourself, it will turn into spiritual dry rot, as the manna did when it was hoarded. God will never let you hold a spiritual thing for yourself, it has to be given back to Him that He may make it a blessing to others.
Bethel is the symbol of communion with God; Ai is the symbol of the world. Abraham pitched his tent between the two. The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him. Rush is wrong every time, there is always plenty of time to worship God. Quiet days with God may be a snare. We have to pitch our tents where we shall always have quiet times with God, however noisy our times with the world may be. There are not three stages in spiritual life – worship, waiting and work. Some of us go in jumps like spiritual frogs, we jump from worship to waiting, and from waiting to work. God’s idea is that the three should go together. They were always together in the life of Our Lord. He was unhasting and unresting. It is a discipline, we cannot get into it all at once.
Oswald Chambers
January 6th Devotional
I absolutely needed to hear this! My devotion time so little, my work time so great. This morning for the first time in a long time I sat down with my Bible and coffee and mediated on His word and prayed. I need to continue this practice.
DD
Mornin’ all!
January 6
MORNING
Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands. Psa. 90:17
Thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. Ezek. 16:14
We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. II Cor. 3:18
The Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. I Pet. 4:14
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Psa. 128:1, 2
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. Prov. 16:3
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phil. 2:12, 13
Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. II Thes 2:16, 17
EVENING
The apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things they had done. Mark 6:30
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. 18:24
The LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. Ex. 33:11
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. John 15:14, 15
When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants. Luke 17:10
Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Rom 8:15
In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Phil. 4:6
The prayer of the upright is his delight. Prov. 15:8
Bagster
https://www.dailylightdevotional.org/01/0106.html
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. – Colossians 2:3
Most of the people of ancient Colossae were Gnostics, people searching for knowledge and immersed in Greco-Roman philosophies. They tended toward humanism, holding some disdain for any idea of a Supreme God. Others embraced mysticism, while some worshipped angels and spirits. When Epaphras and later the apostle Paul came to them preaching Jesus Christ, they challenged all their other beliefs. However, in Colossians 2:2-3, Paul told them that they could come to a place of “understanding and knowledge of God’s mystery which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
He knew what would appeal to their minds, and how it would ultimately influence their hearts.
Adults, over the course of time, develop their own ideas of theology—of who God is and what claim He has on their lives. Many, including some believers, have questions about the totality of God’s sovereignty, His plans for the future, and even the certainty of eternal life. Questions make some people uncomfortable, but they don’t have to. When it comes to knowing God, He has given you the wisdom and understanding that you will need in His Word.
When you dwell in the Scriptures, the Lord will reveal to you the answers and the truth He has already provided. As you continue in the Bible, in prayer, and in fellowship with the Lord Jesus, your roots grow deeper, and your faith is strengthened.
Pray today for the people of America who are questioning. Intercede for the ones who do not know the Lord to begin seeking Him, for godly people to come alongside them and help direct them into a relationship with Christ, and to find the answers in God’s Holy Word. Pray for the nation’s leaders to have the courage to seek after the Lord, and to discover and know Him.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing#devotional
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LIVE: PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DELIVER REMARKS AT IOWA CAUCUS RALLIES IN NEWTON AND CLINTON – 1/6/24
President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks to a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus Rally at the DMACC Conference Center in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Following his speech in Newton, President Trump will travel to Clinton, Iowa, to hold a Commit to Caucus rally at Clinton Middle School on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
As usual, RSBN will provide their excellent coverage.
Stay tuned for RSBN’s live time.
The Chili Bowl Nationals. Ok race fans. They already ran the shootout for the lower classes.
The 8th they have practice for the full midgets. Will be running races until the 14th.
Something like 350 cars entered. So one heck of a lot of heat races.
BTW. It is called the Chili bowl because one of the original sponsors was a family restaurant famous for its chili. That family business now supplies the chili to all the Sonic drive up restaurants.
Massive Sex Ring in D.C. & Boston Was ‘Honeypot’ Scheme by Foreign Nations to Blackmail U.S. Officials
Epstein 2.0? Russia, China, Israel, and South Korea are all believed to be involved in the clandestine sex ring blackmail operation.
USS (United States Ship) AMERICA calling GOD:
We pray that you take immediate action to decertify biden and certify President Trump as the winner of the 2020 Presidential election…..Fraud invalidates everything.
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Oh how precious, WP!!! My youngest and her family had a sweet little hedgehog named Heidi.
In our rural Welsh garden, we were graced by the presence of many. They loved wet cat food. And as our house was a magnet for every farm cat which populated our small village, these little sweethearts were assured of a good meal. Miss them…miss the whole realm of God’s creations there 💕
Thanks for weighing in, Betsy. I didn’t know what that thing was😄
The United Nations is a Criminal Organization.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-women-says-its-handling-code-of-conduct-violations-by-staffer-for-anti-israel-posts-internally/
Release the hostages. It is mindblowing that this far along and the world does not demand the release of the hostages. God wants the hostages released.
Skip ‘Die Hard’ this Christmas and watch these 5 films to better understand the climate crisis
https://theconversation.com/skip-die-hard-this-christmas-and-watch-these-5-films-to-better-understand-the-climate-crisis-218314
This article is painful to read. I cannot image anyone following this author’s advice. Here is an example of tone-deafness found in today’s academia.
What would the over/under be for viewers of these movies?
17?
More than a hundred?
And yes, this hammerhead teaches at the University of Saskatchewan.
Yes duchess01 that was epic.
It is very very very good, beyond good really it is fantastic.
This is click bait. Is that Kirk’s main skill? Hype something without actually saying anything informative, forcing the reader to click if they want to know what it is.
Click bait. It is sheer manipulation. Inure yourself against it. If you need practice, browse the headlines at townhall. Sure there must be other examples out there.
Has anyone else noticed weird ‘un-formatting’ on Brave browser when reading The Treehouse? I also noticed same for Gates of Vienna and my own website. Maybe it is just me and something with my browser?
Happy “cartoons and cereal day” everyone.
for levi, and all other silent tree-branchers in our thoughts and prayers.
peace to all who gather here; and thank you Jesus, for our joy in being together.
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lol! Phone weather app said we’d get an inch. We got over two! I broke trail in the FJ taking the back roads this morning. Still beautiful. Snow sticking to trees!
The fact that the snow stuck on the roads, even in town says that the ground temp is now cold enough to hold snow when comes and so winter is here at last.
Hi again treepers and happy new year.
I thought many of you would want to hear this. It is excellent.
Just complete and print the card and mail to GTY in an envelope.
Best regards,
sr
Hey brother, I appreciate what you did in my absence last year. Have a blessed 2024.
January 02, 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=3H5G3YeBf-E
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
Good morning, sis😘 I was trying to debride the overflowing pictures in my phone. I came across this. Amen, right?
I think so…🙏🏻💕
“Happy are those who take life day by day, complain very littoe, and are thankful for the little things in life.”
God has plan for you. Inspirational, motivational video about the meaning of life.
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XukitTp_Tto
I’m thinking that when they plant Biden if I’m still able I’ll make a special trip to piss on his grave.
That, my friend, is a great idea.
🤣🤣🤣
I like this. I hope it’s the start of something much bigger, like shutting down the entire UN
GEM solution suggests -66F in Montana mid-month
With great contortions in the stratosphere, cold is invading the northwest and north central and spreading east,
See the low temperatures – extreme of -66.5F mid-month.
Many spots -50Fs, -60Fs
On January 20, 1954, a temperature of -70° Fahrenheit was recorded at Rogers Pass on the Continental Divide, the all-time coldest for the lower 48 states.
You
God has placed Mohammed on Waivers.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/01/06/nigerian-bishop-fulani-jihadists-are-sons-satan/
Satan picked Mohammed off waivers. Mohammed is playing for a different team.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/isis-spokesman-calls-for-global-attacks-on-jews-kill-them-wherever-you-find-them
A Low IQ writer speaks to a Low IQ audience:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/02/israel-allies-peace-talks-include-hamas-palestinians
…Dror Eydar, former Israeli Ambassador to Italy, made disturbing remarks on Channel 14 regarding the future of the war on Gaza. Eydar stated the land should be taken away from the Palestinians, given that the Palestinian culture considers a man without his land to be nothing. He emphasises that this is the appropriate ‘punishment’ and urges for the continuation in this direction despite opposing voices. Eydar called upon the Western world saying: ‘I expect the Western world, as they did by welcoming a million Syrian refugees, to open their doors and welcome the people of Gaza.’…
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240106-former-israeli-ambassador-calls-on-the-western-world-to-take-the-gazan-population/
This is TOO funny. Major Harvard/MIT/Democrat donor helped get the president of Harvard fired for plagiarism (wink wink). So what does the woke mob do? They go after his wife and charge HER with plagiarism. In response, Major Donor goes on a scorched earth tear to conduct plagiarism reviews of “all current MIT faculty, board and committee members, and its president, Sally Kornbluth.”
Love this line: “New York Times reported that the billionaire’s campaign against Harvard came because he resented the fact that years’ worth of donations to the university did not yield him more influence there.” You can almost hear “do you know who I am?”
No need to wait for the new season of your favorite TV programs to start. This is great entertainment right now. Don’t you love it when the Left consumes itself?
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/jan/06/neri-oxman-bill-ackman-plagiarism-accusations
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/bill_ackman_goes_conan_the_barbarian_on_mit_and_business_insider.html
Oh, here you go
Short video. Tony Heller has written a program that compares the raw temperature data from any station in the world to the adjusted data that NASA publishes to get their “global temperature”.
Like I said it is a short video , but probably the most important one concerning the climate change scam that I’ve ever posted here.
https://realclimatescience.com/2024/01/what-did-they-do-wrong/#gsc.tab=0
EVENING REFLECTIONS
If you have a strong stomach:
an evil lying speech via a demented psychopath.
https://nationalfile.com/biden-gives-weird-demoralizing-speech-at-valley-forge-brags-i-understand-power/
Amen
Amen!
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken
Too, too, true.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.