Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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✝️ Daily Devotional, March 11, 2024
1 Timothy 2:5 🍃
“For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind,
the man Christ Jesus” 🕊
Amen
Blessed morning, Dan 🙏🏻
“The whole world lies in the evil one” (First John 5:19).
The more we dig around and try to figure out the world
will only bring us closer to Satan.
“The whole world lies in the evil one.”
God Himself has provided the One Way out. The only way of escape.
John 1:12
John 3:36
John 14:6
“If you will confess the word in your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).
Why not do it right now?
Amen, thankyou Jesus
And with a stroke of his pen, Dickens turned memories “Stone of Help” from God into Scrooge, desperately needing help from God.
Amen! And now we have our Rock …
“… and the Rock is Christ.”
1st Corinthians 10:4
”… For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” 1st Corinthians 3:11
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay . . . 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Howdy jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Thanks for the cheaters
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Howdy Patience got them strategically placed everywhere 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸🤗🥰
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Ditto
Good morning Jay! 🌞💛🌻
Intriguing picture! It can conjure up all kinds of imaginations but I’d like to think of it as a visual of the Holy Spirit shining down from Heaven enveloping a soul needing comfort. ✝
I ran across this video a couple of days ago about gateways…different…
Hey stevie like that thought.
May all who seek find comfort 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸🥰
Morning, sis 💕 As with Mr Jay’s bench above, I am left speechless with those gates. We really are small, aren’t we…
fascinating and beautiful JustStevie there is so little we know
as human beings. Peace
https://www.christianwebsite.com/what-does-the-bible-say-about-portals/
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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Speaking of Gateways … how long before multiple indigenous groups DEMAND the removal of The St. Louis Arch? Why? Because it celebrates and commemorates colonialism and the Westward expansion of smallpox blankets across the vast Western territory
Yeah, I know … I shouldn’t give these leftist ghouls any ideas
No words, Mr jay, for your bench this morning…and believe me, I’ve dug deep to find them…
Maidin Mhaith Betsy deep contemplating this am 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸 🥰
Yes…much…🕊
It came to me just this moment that perhaps this ethereal music would suit while sitting on that bench, and for whatever would happen while doing so…
I can’t think of any which be more serene.
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Good morning Bet! Busy Monday for me. After working out will head to downtown Austin. Ugh! The consolation prize is that if I get done on time I’ll stop by a particular place and get an accessory for my thermal scope that I have been eyeing for a while. ❤️😘
Good idea, G. Very prudent. On the other side of Austin is my son who, while not doing exactly what you are, is (shall we say) taking increased “precautions”.
Shame you have to go to a city that was once semi sane…come home safely, dear friend 💕
Simply stunning – Stairway to Heaven!
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Like so many of the smart music choices Tarantino makes … he chose the truly awful, shrill, warbling version of Circle Game by FAKE Indian, Buffy Ste. Marie for his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood …
This truly AWFUL version of JM’s beautiful, meaningful, song resonated like fingernails on a chalkboard foretelling the Circle Game of DEATH awaiting Sharon Tate.
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🤷🏼♂️ I thought my comment made sense … oh well
Oh, my, loved seeing the old vehicles but that sound!
I’ve been watching some of the old Robson, Corman and Meyer stuff from that era lately, including Valley of the Dolls, and they are a good reminder of the gritty side of that era.
Give me Janis Joplin’s raspy voice any day of the week 🙂
Tarantino demanded accurate recreation of LA in 1969 … he created an incredible scene of all the classic old LA restraints, bars, and shops neon signs lighting up at dusk. Mostly long gone restaurants … and then he ends the scene with a Der Weinerschnitzel restaurant … hahaha ha ha ha … Really incredible … same with the automobiles and other LA details in the film.
BTW … my (now departed) best friend owned a nearly identical 1968 Porsche 911. Man did we have some GOOD times in that automobile!
OK, full disclosure . . . If I had to name my favorite South American composure fror classical guitar, it woud undoubtedly be Agustin’ Barrios. I’ve been listening to his music for decades now.
What I’ve found is that his level or true virtuosity is a definite cut above most other composers (who I will not name). In my opinion he simply has a remarkable lyricism that is instantly listenable. You always know when you are listening to a Barrios performance.
I know we all tend to prefer seeing an actual performance rather than hearing a recording. I’ve never heard Celil Refik Kaya before. But on hearing his splendid playing on this recording, I thought being able to just hear his exquisite playing on this recording would be worth a listen. Hope you all enjoy this as much as I did auditing it. Enjoy, Treeper friends. . . . 🙂
Nice.. I quite enjoyed listening to this one
Good morning and a blessed Monday to you, benzy😊
Me, too 🙂
Morning Garrison!
Good Monday morning, dear bro 🤗😘
Morning again! Left you a little note up thread. 😁
Returned the favour 😘👍🏻
Mornin’ Gramps! 🙂
Afternoon, Gramps 🙂
Morning, Garrison 💕 I listened for a few moments to get the flavour. Coffee first with this hour ☕
On a side note, I am one of those oddities who would prefer to not have the visual distractions of an actual performance. I want to form my own images. I “see” and hear…and feel the music…better without them. Looking forward to this one 👍🏻😘
Mornin’ Bet. Iike you, I spent a major portion of my life *listening* to recordings of great music. I still have a very high-end turntable and tone-arm. along with a now very collectable stack of vintage LP’s.
When I hear music from our era when there were no videos, I made my own mental ones. Those are the ones I prefer. A prized ingredient in those mental cocktails of times past that I’m always on about…
Irreplaceable treasures your LPs, Garrison. And your turntable 👍🏻💕
Oh yes! Same reason I enjoy reading a book so much more than watching a movie. I enjoy my “mind’s eye” version so much more!
Good morning, sis 💕 True. Same. As an example, my absolute favourite go toos when I need to withdraw for a while are any of the books which were written by Sir PG Wodehouse. So funny are they I make sure that I have a box of tissues beside me so I can wipe my eyes from the tears of unalloyed laughter they deliver…anti depressants in book form. Especially any of the Jeeves and Woosters.
British television produced a series of those. I will not watch. The books are perfection, and I do not want anything to interfere with the visions he paints. He was the Master of the Metaphor. Highly, HIGHLY recommended for instant mood lifting 😘😂
Ha ha ha, sis. This will sound conceited, but I’ll slog on through. “My” version of The Godfather was better!
And Gone With the Wind…
Didn’t like the movie because I’d read the book.
Frankly, Betsy, I do give a damn!
LOL!!
beautiful, at times it seemed as if a gentle breeze touched the strings rather than fingers
thank you for sharing. Peace
Chillin’ Kitten
Why worry about bills when you command others to take care of your every whim?
11 March 2022 Timmy Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (“Why Can’t We Live Together”), dies of cancer at 77
Timmy Thomas Why can’t we live together (Edição HB 2016)
11 March 2020 Charles Wuorinen, American contemporary classical pianist, conductor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Time’s Encomium; Marimba Variations; Brokeback Mountain), dies at 81
Time’s Encomium (Pulitzer Prize 1970)
Charles Wuorinen: Time’s Encomium (1969)
11 March 2019 Hal Blaine [Harold Belsky], American pop and rock session drummer (The Wrecking Crew), dies at 90
Documentary on the Wrecking Crew this time.
11 March 2018 Ken Dodd, British singer and comedian described as “the last great music hall entertainer,” dies of complications from a chest infection at 90
Ken Dodd – Tears
11 March 2015 Jimmy Greenspoon, American session and touring rock organist (Three Dog Night – “Joy to the World”), dies of metastatic melanoma at 67
Shambala
Mama Told Me No To Come
11 March 2011 Loleatta Holloway, American disco singer (“Love Sensation”), dies of heart failure at 64
Hit And Run
11 March 2007 Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg], American actress, dancer, singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth), dies of colon cancer a 86
Anything You Can Do
11 March 1996 Vince Edwards, American actor, director, and singer (Ben Casey, The Devil’s Brigade, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 67
With Sammy Davis Jr
Hollywood Palace 3-19 Vincent Edwards (host), Liza Minnelli, Bette Davis, Joan Rivers
A Fellow Needs a Girl & medley
I so wanted a “Ben Casey” shirt in Jr High. It also doubled as a Dr Kildare shirt – didn’t get it, and survived!
Wand: Love that 70s disco sound.
Thanks Wand !! I can listen to Three Dog all day and Night !!!
Hal Blaine – the only drummer the Beach Boys would record with. He was first-call percussionist on endless sessions.
did not know about Hal Blaine for as much as i love drums thanks Magic
for bringing the magic. Peace
I 🩷 Hal Blaine …
Hal Blaine … everywhere … into everything …
Why can’t we be … uh oh, I think I misunderstood the assignment …
11 March
Alexander Fleming
(1881-1955)
Scottish bacteriologist (invented penicillin; Nobel Prize 1945), dies of a heart attack at 73
Biography: Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for the discovery of penicillin, which was the first antibiotic substance to be broadly effective against a range of diseases.
Fleming discovered the substance in 1928, which was derived from the mould Penicillium rubens. For this he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, in 1945 “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.”
Of this discovery, Fleming later said: “One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did.”
11 March
Richard E. Byrd
(1888-1957)
American aviator and polar explorer (1st to reach both the North Pole and South Pole by air – disputed), dies at 68
Biography: A pioneering American aviator and polar explorer, Richard E. Byrd claimed that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air.
The 1996 discovery of Byrd’s diary suggests they may have turned back 150 miles short of the pole due to an oil leak, bringing the achievement into dispute.
In 1929, Byrd established an American base in Antarctica and accompanied by aviator Bernt Balchen, he made the undisputed first aircraft flight over the South Pole later in the same year.
Byrd is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States.
One of those petri dishes with an original colony of penicillin is on display at the Oxford Museum of Science (at least it was in 1989 when we took a wonder 2-week vacation in England). It’s all dried out.
Messianic Jews spreading the word to other Jews in Israel
The Lord bless those brothers. You never know what the Lord might do, if we simply open our mouth and start talking to someone about Jesus and salvation. Very motivating!
Thank you Hammersmith!
Thank you
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/03/10/sunday-march-10th-open-thread-2/#comment-10643445
@Interested Patriot
There is always going to be a man in the middle, someone has to host a site, now Sundance could do it in his closet like Hilldog but still even if Sundance shells out big dollars for a T1 … some big company is still going to be middle man.
That’s where a VPN service comes in as well as Brave browser. In Brave you can delete all temporary files and cookies every time you close it out so they cannot save a cookie between sessions or any temp file designed to track a user.
As it is currently … the VPN provider is still a middle man and despite their assurances of no log policies, they have still provided info on people …. other than assurances they don’t “sell” your data, I’m guessing at government behest they still collect it to run down someone that may have committed an atrocity that has a VPN trail.
Someone had posted a video the other day on this subject and about setting up your own personal VPN that can make it more difficult but not impossible to track you down should the need arise.
<How to Make Your Own VPN (And Why You Would Want to)>
As it is my current provider must be running STUPID AI on me and is blocking IP’s that I go to on a frequent basis, so I will be calling another ISP tomorrow to change services as just this weekend my ISP started blocking my VPN service locations save for Las Vegas and CA as well as the rest of the world which has high pings so not so useful.
They even blocked the government website where I pay my Sales tax monthly, as well as where I order food from, I can only do those sites WITH VPN service, my natural gas supplier blocks VPN so I have to use a different computer to pay that, WTF!. Do I really have to go back to sending a check to places cause I can, my gas supplier even charges me 2 bucks to use a debit card, so they only get paid 6x a year instead of 12.
I hope that is not going to be the standard new plan that Sundance (& others) has eluded to in changes in the internet for the D&H&S or CE&”AI” for the coming election and going forward.
Before going to all that trouble check into this one…
https://mullvad.net/en
Thanks, I’ll bookmark that for the future, ran their leak tests, I’m only giving away the VPN addys not anything from mine, despite their dire warnings that I’m leaking everything (which I find deceitful as most people are clueless about these things).
Mullvad uses Quadranet (among others) same as my current VPN, on the bright side they use several different server owners.
Only thing I see is they only own servers in Europe, all else is rented which begs the question from whom and what info do the landlords of rented server collect.
As for my ISP (10 years now), they are over the barreling me anyway, increased rates when they bought out old service provider, uped to 66 bucks/m now with “franchise fees”, reduced my bandwidth from 5 mg to 3mg on September 9 2023, guess they thought I wouldn’t notice. LOL been looking since I noticed, If I have to buy equipment Star link is competitive and can be used anywhere (I think with notice due to user limit on your satellite overhead) or for more money get the RV/camper plan that can go anywhere anytime.
A customer of mine works @ another ISP in town 20MB service for ~20 bucks less I could get 1gb too for same price but, customer tells me they throttle it down for me as another big customer is close with MANY 1 gb (~200 or so) connections so they throttle everyone else on the line down to 20.
All (ISP”s) mask with big numbers now a days … 200 without telling you is mega BITS so you have to lopp off the last zero for real service speed in terms we all know.
Quick reply
Para 1. the dire warning applies to leak testing via ISP, not using a VPN.
Para 2. Why use the rented ones at all?
Para 3. Ditto. Look into the double-hop feature.
I enjoy your posts. Thanks for going to the effort which must be considerable!
Thanks, at least I am getting to a point where I started adding the extra stuff (pics for decedent & tune description not to mention interesting person so my volume is going down a bit.
That just leaves new additions for the year which assumes I or someone here points out a new addition to the list, that I usually cover belatedly …. unless Sundance has a thread for it already for those really big names.
As for the leak testing, they know if I am already on a VPN or should and not give dire warnings I’m guessing to everyone, I get filtered from boatloads of sites because of it.
Here on CTH, most Imgur photo posts never load nor truth social due to VPN.
GRC.com has some good tools to test your systems internet protections as well as explanations, I started learning there 25 or so years ago.
Off to bed …. sigh DST … I’m still lost for sleep times.
I just heard about this phone that is coming out:
https://www.unplugged.com/
It doesn’t store data or track your location. Erik Prince is involved with it. It is about $1000.
I’d appreciate your evaluation of it in the future. Can it restore our 4th amendment rights?
Another product I will buy when I have enough nickels and dimes saved (approx. $300 in all) is something like a Roku box but doesn’t scoop up your data:
https://qux.tv/
It sure is spooky to mention something in the presence of TV or phone and then get constant ads for that very thing.
<Tracfone>, buy for cash @ wally world or pretty much anywhere same for air time cards.
Been using them for years for business purposes, unlimited talk & text for 30 days, where they get you is on data 30 bucks a month or 40 for 5 more gigs of data which is a deal if you use alot of data.
You can buy data cards @ 10 bucks a gig.
For myself personal and business, for the most part I only by Air Time as I have more than a decade of minutes and texts.
I’m not much of a talker I do use alot of texts now days which is 5 bucks for 1000 cards.
They dropped a plan where I pay just 50 bucks a year for 365 days of service, so I bought alot of cards for about 2 years & they just reinstated it last year, but you have to buy at their website.
You can always use a prepaid visa/MC gift card to be totally anon if you wish, can also set up a re-occuring charge on those prepaids to save 5 bucks.
They used to allow “sending” a phone number a time card which I sent mom a few time …. now she is a talker!
Lots of phone choices, still have to choose a apple or android tho …. apps only if you want to allow ap/goog to still track you but …. your anon if you wish to be.
Got to go, spring break & phones ringing …. BBL
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The demonstration seems a bit contrived. Otherwise how would he know the K9 wouldn’t go for his unprotected legs…
It was a training video. Notice the arm protection on the ‘perp’
This breed is known for their protective capacity….my impression is that the K9 was waiting for his release command.
That’s what I mean. Everything about it really is contrived: the K9 simply obeys verbal or visual cues. Attacks the part he was trained to attack, when he is told to attack.
But what would it be in a realworld situation with no commands? Like if the perp tossed the doggy some bacon 😀
Back in the ’60s my uncle had a large beautiful male German Shepherd named Fritz who was never formally trained to protect but did so out of instinct.
Their youngest of 4 boys who was age 2+ at the time was toddling in the backyard one early summer day while my aunt was watching though the kitchen window. Their big suburban yard was bordered on one side by a narrow, low speed side street without curbs or runoff ditches. The little boy wandered over the grass towards the bordering side street and had stepped onto the blacktop when a well-meaning neighbor woman who’d spotted him came over to take him by the hand and lead him back to his back door. My aunt was already coming off the back porch having seen the boy heading away from the play area.
But Fritz had been observing the child from a shady spot under a nearby tree, and had spotted the neighbor approaching the boy. Fritz bolted over and grabbed the neighbor’s arm with the hand that was holding the child’s hand. The dog growled and did not break her skin, but according to the neighbor he was tight on her. She knew Fritz’s otherwise gentle nature and she let go slowly whereupon Fritz let go of her arm. The dog then was actually herding the boy back towards his yard by the time my aunt got there. My aunt could not get over Fritz’s protective instinct yet his care to not harm the neighbor lady since he knew her. We were there for the 4th of July and heard the whole story a few times by my relieved but proud aunt.
That’s impressive on several levels.
Yes, it was a training exercise.
❤️ 💯 ❣️
Eric July is a very smart, brave, and articulate man.
VISION
“I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.” Acts xxvi. 19
If we lose the vision, we alone are responsible, and the way we lose the vision is by spiritual leakage. If we do not run our belief about God into practical issues, it is all up with the vision God has given. The only way to be obedient to the heavenly vision is to give our utmost for God’s highest, and this can only be done by continually and resolutely recalling the vision. The test is the sixty seconds of every minute, and the sixty minutes of every hour, not our times of prayer and devotional meetings.
“Though it tarry, wait for it.” We cannot attain to a vision, we must live in the inspiration of it until it accomplishes itself. We get so practical that we forget the vision. At the beginning we saw it but did not wait for it; we rushed off into practical work, and when the vision was fulfilled, we did not see it. Waiting for the vision that tarries is the test of our loyalty to God. It is at the peril of our soul’s welfare that we get caught up in practical work and miss the fulfilment of the vision.
Watch God’s cyclones. The only way God sows His saints is by His whirlwind. Are you going to prove an empty pod? It will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of what you have seen. Let God fling you out, and do not go until He does. If you select your spot, you will prove an empty pod. If God sow you, you will bring forth fruit.
It is essential to practice the walk of the feet in the light of the vision.
Oswald Chambers
March 11th Devotional
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“We cannot attain to a vision, we must live in the inspiration of it until it accomplishes itself.”
One very comforting and assuring word, which I guess, many, many Christians have gotten from the Lord; is that he Himself will bring it about, and we will know it is all from Him.
“As I waited for My Father, up to the hour in which I was to be made manifest to the children of Israel; so do all My sent ones wait for Me, for each one’s appointed hour and service. Be anxious for nothing: but as I teach you and lead you each day, walk before Me and be perfect. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but not one word that I shall speak shall fail. Be strong, fear not, follow Me.” – A word of comfort from the Lord
lovely Stevie. Peace
Hey Wolverines,
Be careful out there today. Not only is this the fourth anniversary of the Great American Pause, but it is also the start of Ramadan.
Should be safe enough after sunrise?
A quick googleedeegoo: During Ramadan, from sunup to sundown, Muslims fast. No food, no water. And in addition to fasting, there are other acts of discipline — nightly prayers, no sexual activity from sunup to sundown, no slandering others, no disparaging remarks made or reputations injured.
I seem to remember lots of jihad has been conducted during Ramadan.
If they’re not attacking us on our Holy Days, they are attacking us on their Holy Days.
Double the pleasure, Double the fun./
The religion of peace….
Mornin’ all!
The truth first thing in the morning is an awakening.
Thanks.
I admire how someone can put so much message into one frame of a simple ‘comic.’
I remember some years ago; (I forget what had just happened . . . something big that was in all the news); and the first thing I thought of, was I pictured a single frame comic, (like this one), and it was a scene from inside the Alamo. The Mexicans were just on a ridge a little ways away, and they had just shot a canon, which blew a part of the wall down; and a soldier was holding a handful of ‘civilians’ at gun point; as if they were the ones who were the enemy.
Funny thing about when I tried to share that with some people, they seemed to ignore me, and had a weird look on their face, like the idea disgusted them. That was in Paso Robles, CA. There were a number of similar things that happened in those days; which gave me the sense, that those people were not to be trusted, for sharing Christian and conservative opinions with them.
Its kinda hard to explain, but this comic reminded me of that.
“…which gave me the sense, that those people were not to be trusted, for sharing Christian and conservative opinions with them.”
maybe that was a clear message being sent…true colors and all…
NY & Chi town starting
March 11
MORNING
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. Num. 6:24
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Prov. 10:22
Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Psa. 5:12
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psa. 121:3, 5, 7, 8
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Isa. 27:3
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept. John 17:11, 12
The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. II Tim. 4:18
EVENING
Jesus wept. John 11:35
A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Isa. 53:3
We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Heb. 4:15
It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Heb. 2:10
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. Heb. 5:8
I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Isa. 50:5, 6
Behold how he loved. John 11:36
He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. In all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb. 2:16, 17
Bagster
https://www.dailylightdevotional.org/03/0311.html
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. – Proverbs 4:23
Many translations of today’s verse say, “Guard your heart,” or “Watch over your heart.” The Bible Dictionary renders the word that begins today’s verse as “to secure against injury, loss or attack; to protect; to defend; to keep in safety.” When you think of types of guards, you might include military guards, border guards, national guards, presidential guards, and the guards who maintain the entries of gated communities.
All have the same purpose: to protect against harm.
The word of God describes many things that contribute to having a healthy, protected heart, related to integrity, honesty, attitudes, and responsibility. Scripture also warns to guard against certain things, such as sexual immorality, idolatry, envy, drunkenness, dissension, and divisions… essentially those things done “according to the flesh” (Romans 8:5, 13). In Psalm 141:3-4, David prayed, “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth, keep watch over the door of my lips! Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy itself with wicked deeds.”
A guarded heart is essential as evil disguises itself in the current culture and temptations are many. In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he states that it is the Holy Spirit who provides your heart’s guard, as you surrender to His leadership. Keep yourself under the watchful, guiding hand of God’s Spirit.
Pray for those in government who need to find the true Guard for their hearts, their lives, and their eternal destiny.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing#devotional
To God Be The Glory
A link to a fine poem…
https://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cslui/desiderata.html
It really is a good poem, very popular in the 60’s. Someone even put it to music.
Just for grins, here is National Lampoon’s reply:
“Deteriorata” – National LampoonYou are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here.
Deteriorata. Deteriorata.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
Rotate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself,
And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss, and when.
Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do.
Wherever possible, put people on hold.
Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment,
and despite the changing fortunes of time,
There is always a big future in computer maintenance.
Remember The Pueblo.
Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate.
Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.
Exercise caution in your daily affairs,
Especially with those persons closest to you –
That lemon on your left, for instance.
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
Would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love therefore. It will stick to your face.
Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan.
And let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Hire people with hooks.
For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken.
Take heart in the bedeepening gloom
That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.
And reflect that whatever fortune may be your lot,
It could only be worse in Milwaukee.
You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.
Therefore, make peace with your god,
Whatever you perceive him to be – hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
The world continues to deteriorate.
Give up!
Crepe Myrtle very similar to the one I have. Cut mine back during the winter and potted it. Now just waiting for it to bud out again.
Crepe Myrtle seems very hardy. Extreme pruning and it still comes back; good candidate for bonsai?
yes, very good. I butchered mine this winter and after re-potting into a real bonsai pot, I see some shoots coming back. It’s been in “training” in a regular pot for the last 15 or so years. Decided to go for the butcher job (top and roots) and take the chance after all that time that it would make it.
Thank you We
This miniaturized Crepe Myrtle is YOUR bonsai!?
No, but mine was almost exactly like that one last year before I put it in a real bonsai pot. About two months ago, I ravaged the poor thing. It got an extreme pruning, at both top and roots and is now in a bonsai pot. All it has to do now is live. Thank goodness some shoots are starting to appear, so I think it’s going to survive.
Any tree (or bush) with a “woody” stem is a candidate for bonsai.
lovely
She’s Pretty in Pink. Wait! Stop! Did I just misgender this tree as a Barbie Tree … in a Barbie world … where EVERYTHING is neon Pink? And there is sort of a Pink Triangle in the branch structure 😜. You’ll have to excuse me as I live in the SF Bay Area where a giant mountainside has a HOT PINK triangle staked to it every Gay Month …
Well, you are excused and get a medal for having the patience to live there. And for the Catholics, they might see the color as rose, not pink this time of Lent. But I agree with you. Pink, it is.
However … that is a very typical color pink of many roses 🙂
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Verse of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
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“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 (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
RENEW OUR MINDS, LORD
Let us not concentrate on the evil of the day
Let machinations of the enemy hold no sway
Free us from manic mind manipulation
Let Your Holy Word be our contemplation
Fashion our minds with Your Holy Grace
Fix our eyes on the splendor of our space
Breathe on us Your hallowed breath of life
Release us from daily sorrow and strife
Let us reflect on the beauty of Your creation
With awe and wonder without hesitation
So much more to appreciate aptly akin
That brings warmth to the heart herein
Cleanse us, Lord, from wayward thoughts
From worldly concerns and jackpots
From fleshly fetishes that only distract
Keep our minds wholly on You intact
Prepare our perspective to reach higher
Patient perseverance blessings acquire
While we all do fall short of Your Glory
Tis not the end of our earthly story
Infuse our minds with rich refreshment
Help us acquire accrued assessment
Give us the key to heavenly access
Secured by You will be our successes
Help us grow closer to You each day
To the Life, the Truth, and the only Way
Purify our hearts minds and bodies ado
From anything that separates us from You
Refined in the fire we all shall be
As we strive to be more holy like Thee
Renew Our Minds, Lord, we humbly implore
Guide us to eternity evermore
D01: 02/13/2023
thank you Duchess for the beauty and wisdom which is so needed. Peace
January 30, 2024
Psalm 91.The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18c1Vk0Svvg
Just saw one of these gorgeous Rufous-sided Towhee. Surprisingly they are in the Sparrow family.
Reminds me of our beloved Rufous-sided Bernese Mtn. Dog, Jozie … 😂. However … it is interesting how Nature (God) has applied certain colors …
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UXhI6bPgGQ4/UpFrgHjhriI/AAAAAAAAWS8/Do-VZZwv7HM/s1600/bernese+mountain+dog+.jpg
look at those eyes. I am in luv. (with the paws, too.)
Perhaps the absolute SWEETEST breed of dog. So loving, social, and loyal … and are happy to lounge around the house like a big cat … with their signature splayed front paws outstretched in front of them. Such big sweeties.
However … I recommend an industrial sized vacuum … to keep up with the constant shedding of that thick, long, black coat
Stunning dog!
Worth Is The Lamb
https://youtube.com/shorts/b-oxx4eUR-M?si=FUntveQjdLualySh
Monday, March 11, 2024: DOCUMENTS ARE COMING THAT WILL CRUSH THE ENEMIES AGAINST YOU
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
https://rumble.com/v4ihuk3-monday-march-11-2024-documents-are-coming-that-will-crush-the-enemies-again.html
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Today’s Scriptures:
1 John 4:4
2 Corinthians 5:7
Ephesians 6:17
Luke 8:17
Genesis 50:20
Luke 12:2
Psalm 68:21
Deuteronomy 28:7
Psalm 37:9-10, 12-13
Romans 12:2
2 Timothy 1:7
Exodus 1
Ephesians 6:12
John 10:10
John 10:27-28
James 4:7
Isaiah 54:17
Nehemiah 8:10
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DECLARATIONS, DECREES, AND DEFINITIONS:
God has designed us to be victorious. An unstoppable force. We are unstoppable because of Who is in us- God!
The power of God destroys the power of the enemy. God completely destroys our enemies.
Don’t go by your 5 physical senses. You are designed to live and walk by faith and not by sight.
His Word is the sword of the spirit and is so powerful. It is the most powerful weapon.
God sees the entire puzzle – every single piece.
It doesn’t matter any secrets that the enemy has tried to keep hidden. Everything will be exposed. God is exposing all the architects and blueprints.
Prepare in God’s word and in fellowship and prayer with Him.
God wants your mind transformed by getting into His Word and you’ll have the mind of Christ.
God is the great uniter.
Cut off: remove something using a sharp implement.
Cut off (biblical definition): excommunication or banishment.
Unstoppable force: Something that will move something else regardless of the second object’s size.
Prepare: make (something) ready for use or consideration; make (someone) ready or able to do or deal with something.
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PROPHETIC WORD:
DOCUMENTS ARE COMING THAT WILL CRUSH THE ENEMIES AGAINST YOU
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PRAYER FOR ALL !!!
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Hey, Besty!
Ma woke up singing this:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=try+to+remember+youtube&t=iphone&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDhQFX3TIsM0
Mingo sings! 👍👍
Trust (2018) | Full Movie | Suzan Marie | Danny Elacci | Chelsea Bennett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tborKHw0bs
A man’s life is turned upside down after a series of unfortunate events that reflect the life of the Biblical character ‘Job’.
Written and Directed by Angus Benfield
Starring Suzan Marie, Danny Elacci, Chelsea Bennett
In His Steps (2013) | Full Movie | Laura Seabrook | Rebekah Cook | Ken Lawrence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C6kmMpSCMg
When a homeless man interrupts the comfortable routine of First Church of Raymond, life will never be the same for the apathetic congregation. Convicted by the vagrant’s words, Pastor Henry Maxwell, Rachel Winslow, Virginia Page, Alex Powers, and Jasper Chase are thrust into a journey of discovering what life is like beyond “Christianity as usual.” But as they find themselves opposed by family strife, church politics, and scorned lovers, will they be able to keep their commitment, or will they be dragged back into fruitless lives?
Directed and Written by Zack Lawrence
Starring Laura Seabrook, Rebekah Cook, Ken Lawrence
The Prophet’s Son (2012) | Full Movie | Josiah David Warren | Alexandra Harris | Paul Anthony McLean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmrOm9RObMw
Abel Benjamin is a talented, internationally known concert musician, and one of the sons of a respected pastor and prophet. Juliet Oscar is a published author who has loved Abel from a distance and is quietly waiting on God to reveal his plan in their lives. She lives with her widowed mother and twin, younger brothers who are trying to establish their separate identities and deal with the loss of their father. The lives of these two families intertwine as they reach inside a high school where one of the twins becomes involved in a gang and loses his life trying to prevent a school shooting. It tells the story of his brother’s anger and subsequent disappearance into the streets and the heartache of the families uniting to search for him. It begins in the year of a hotly contested presidential election and ends during the nation’s process of recovery when the new president’s inexperience opens the door to a nuclear attack. Throughout the film, there is the consistent message of love, self-sacrifice, hope and unity.
Directed by Paul Anthony McLean (as Paul McLean), Maurice Sparks
Written by Sun Hui East
Starring Josiah David Warren, Alexandra Harris, Paul Anthony McLean
MEMORIES
ODE TO MO MOLON
Oh, Mo Molon – Curious to know
Just how does your great garden grow
With bonny bluebells and cockle shells
Wisteria and hysteria spells
And some other stuff we don’t know
The gardens they are glorious
A gardener who is victorious
So many flowers
It would take hours
To name them all would be laborious
Daily we are so blessed to view
The beauty we see and review
Not to mention the colour
From this sure flower scholar
Magnificence out of the blue
Oh, Mo Molon – we thank you profusely
Oh, my how you attract us abstrusely
When out of nowhere
We scroll by and stare
Bass ackwards upside down and obtusely
Now that you are totally confused
Perhaps even a little amused
We hope you can see
We appreciate thee
Please pardon the pun misused
D01: 05/07/2023
COME DANCE WITH ME
Sitting and waiting a long while for you
What is a wallflower supposed to do
Ladies in waiting for possibilities
Scrutinizing probabilities
They strut their stuff just to simply impress
As if that is all one needs to address
Is there motion and movement maneuver
Do his eyes express he will approve her
Does he glide and guide her to ecstasy
For all to observe so powerfully
Is there a flow to their core connection
Without a doubt in their glow reflection
The look in the eye conveys but a clue
Of whether the bond is actually true
The caress of a partner oh so fine
Is hard to determine or deft define
Come Dance with Me to definitely see
If there is an attachment tween you and me
The dance will decide what is meant to be
An apt audition unexpectedly
Can you see the majesty of the dance
Tis not just two bodies about to prance
The eloquent flow and abandonment
With each subsequent step and increment
Come Dance With Me until the morning light
Let’s see what develops throughout the night
Whatever will be will be once again
As our spirits unite where love will reign
D01: 06/08/2023
PAPA DEAR
We are excited for our day with you
Wonder what unexpected we will do
Unlike what we normally would see
Amazing activities planned by thee
We are spoiled by tech and silly specs
But God’s creation has its effects
Only you know what we need to see
Better for us you just happened to be
We had no idea our time here with you
Would enrich us with memories anew
We cannot imagine our life without
The marvel of God’s creation no doubt
Ah but you Papa are surely determined
We’d eventually be God’s confirmand
Oblivious we’re to what God had planned
An outing with you and this merry band
As we stroll about we will most likely miss
Creatures God blessed with His heavenly kiss
The little ones we take but for granted
His creation to support what’s planted
Maybe someday we will come forth to see
What God had foreseen wanted us to be
Right now we are watching wondering what
We are experiencing that will jut
We might not know that being here now
Is God’s way of reaching us somehow
Through Him and with Him we will always be
Closer to Him and closer to thee – PAPA
D01: 07/28/2023
Don’t you wonder sometimes how He puts up with us!
All the time, Lady !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Dear Duchess, I might like this one best of all! Thank you. One great poem deserves another:
Lord of the Dance
Song by The Dubliners
I danced in the morning
When the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon
And the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven
And I danced on the earth,
At Bethlehem
I had my birth.
Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he
I danced for the scribe
And the pharisee,
But they would not dance
And they wouldn’t follow me.
I danced for the fishermen,
For James and John
They came with me
And the Dance went on.
Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he
I danced on the Sabbath
And I cured the lame;
The holy people
Said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped
And they hung me on high,
And they left me there
On a Cross to die.
Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he
I danced on a Friday
When the sky turned black
It’s hard to dance
With the devil on your back.
They buried my body
And they thought I’d gone,
But I am the Dance,
And I still go on.
Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he
They cut me down
And I leapt up high;
I am the life
That’ll never, never die;
I’ll live in you
If you’ll live in me –
I am the Lord
Of the Dance, said he.
Tanks, Dave !!! Fabulous Fanfare !!! ❤️
Happy Ramadan, Britain …
https://www.gbnews.com/news/asylum-seeker-rape-bbc-documentary-refugees-13-year-old-girl-abuse
President Trump’s shortlist for VP pick is a list of rejects WTAH?
Spoofing?
EVENING PRAYERS
99.5% of the DC Swamp (D & R) is Democrat’s! There are 5 or 6 Republicans that should be spared. The 99.5% should be charged with Treason against ‘We The People’ and be put in front of a military tribunal court for judgment/sentencing. Those found guilty should be executed in public for the world to see! FJB and the 99.5% Uni-Party Traitors! The Elites can go to h3ll where they belong!
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzany9kt2DA
Brother (or sister) can you spare a dime?
https://babylonbee.com/news/laid-off-la-times-reporter-stands-on-street-corner-with-sign-that-reads-will-call-you-racist-for-food
I haven’t seen David post any updates on Israel battle with Hamas. I hope all is good with him
Jeff: Here’s David’s posting from around 6pm ET yesterday.
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/03/10/sunday-march-10th-open-thread-2/#comment-10643938