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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Is that little delight intelligent enough to manipulate me? Me?
Yes!
The Sting …. Paul Newman + Robert Redford , one of the all time great movies.
The Entertainer.
Also , RIP Dusty Hill of ZZ Top — Jesus just left Chicago , and he’s bound for New Orleans
RIP Dusty. Pulling into the parking lot, sunroof open, windows down, and ZZ Top playing at full blast is the absolute best way to begin your work day.
Happy Cursday, Treepers. I love finding stories about dog heroes. This little dog definitely needed her hero. Happily, she found him.
RIP Dusty. You will be remembered . . .
His driving bass made for the best music to head out on the highway with…. nothing better for a drive down the road!! Thank you Dusty..
Agreed! 🙂
I have gotten several citations for excessive speed listening to these guys. Perfect driving music..
If you’ve never seen Billy with Daryl Hall, check this out. Its worth a watch….
Huh . . . You must not be livin’ right. Everybody knows that when driving fast, having ZZ playing acts like a sure-fire talisman against speed-traps. I’ve rolled right through ’em at dramatically illegal velocities and they never even noticed me coming or going. It was like ZZ’s playing made me invisible. ZZ is better than any radar-detector.
Thanks garrison, was hoping you’d post some zz today.
🙂 We can thank SparrowHawk for the reminder . . .
Larry Elder for Governor of California
California has a huge Governor recall election coming up in mid September. Wether you are a democrat or a republican, everyone must be convinced to vote for Larry Elder.
Larry Elder will manage the Covid crisis in California much better than the current governor as he won’t be needlessly closing down businesses and crushing the middle class.
He will also follow the real science and not the political science when it comes to masks, vaccine passports, and other mandates.
We have all seen what a difference a Governor can make with regards to vaccine passports in Florida. These vaccine passports can be blocked by a Governor and we need that here done here in California.
Save yourself, save the California, and ask everyone you know who lives in California to please vote for Larry Elder.
I know many of you have written off California but there are many of us here that need to be saved. Help us to get this message out.
Cue the sad trombone . . .
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1420498758488440832
Aw, so sad. 😥
Dear Heavenly Father we ask in the holy name of Jesus that you continue to strengthen us Your Body here on earth for this battle that is surly intensifying. Instill in us to the very core of our being the Faith courage and determination to see this epic battle through to the victory. Your victory.
AMEN
What a powerful prayer! I needed this today…thank you.
Clay , that is a beautiful prayer ,
I will share it with some of my group…
Thank you
and may
God bless you with more prayers .
So many powerful concepts in such a compact prayer. Beautiful.
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN YOUR CLOUDS?
“Behold, He cometh with clouds.” Rev. i. 7
In the Bible clouds are always connected with God. Clouds are those sorrows or sufferings or providences, within or without our personal lives, which seem to dispute the rule of God. It is by those very clouds that the Spirit of God is teaching us how to walk by faith. If there were no clouds, we should have no faith. “The clouds are but the dust of our Father’s feet.” The clouds are a sign that He is there. What a revelation it is to know that sorrow and bereavement and suffering are the clouds that come along with God! God cannot come near without clouds, He does not come in clear shining.
It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials: through every cloud He brings, He wants us to UNLEARN something. His purpose in the cloud is to simplify our belief until our relationship to Him is exactly that of a child – God and my own soul, other people are shadows. Until other people become shadows, clouds and darkness will be mine every now and again. Is the relationship between myself and God getting simpler than ever it has been?
There is a connection between the strange providences of God and what we know of Him, and we have to learn to interpret the mysteries of life in the light of our knowledge of God. Unless we can look the darkest, blackest fact full in the face without damaging God’s character, we do not yet know Him.
“They feared as they entered the cloud…” Is there anyone “save Jesus only” in your cloud? If so, it will get darker; you must get to the place where there is “no one any more save Jesus only.”
Oswald Chambers
July 29th Devotional
NATIONAL CHILI DOG DAY
On the last Thursday in July, hot dog lovers across the United States start topping their hot dogs with delicious chili to celebrate National Chili Dog Day.
NATIONAL CHICKEN WING DAY
On July 29th, National Chicken Wing Day encourages a frenzy of dipping and sauce tasting. With so many choices, be sure to pace yourself!
The day celebrates the little appetizer that could. Also known as buffalo wings, hot wings or just wings, each of us eats about 290 per year.
how about combining the two. chili dip for your chicken wings. now which flavor wing would go best with chilli?
Verse of the Day for Thursday, July 29, 2021
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“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
1 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
who would want to do away with such joy?
yeah, I know some important point is being made. but why do the curmudgeons have to do away with such precious experiences? I would rather be smiling like that than be full of ‘bah humbug’.
NATIONAL LASAGNA DAY
Initially, the word lasagna referred to the pot in which the dish was cooked rather than the food.
Even cartoon characters enjoy the dish. Garfield, the cat, declares his love for lasagna in the cartoon strip with his name.
YES!!!
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.
R.I.P. DUSTY HILL
Untreatable, deadly fungus.
Suspicious cat wonders if masks have anything to do with it… ?
how does a fungus only show up in hospitals? Traveling Doctors? then it would be in their cars and homes too. or is it already everywhere, but harmless unless you wipe out whatever is naturally keeping it in check?
THAT is an excellent question.
Dallas/Fort Worth area where the illegals are barreling across the southern border infected with who knows what.
And I do not trust the CDC to “explain” anything to us any more.
Are they buying their masks from China? The Chinese Communists brought us influenza, why not the fungus?
Sad, sad day here in Texas. RIP Dusty Hill.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
Haven’t many of us walked these same paths? Or at least we did before Covid came along and stirred the beast. O well, maybe it gave lots of us time to reflect, go crazy, find out for ourselves, get totally confused, get mad, sad, laugh and cry all in the space of a minute. Luckily for more and more of us the big DUH finally came through. Now it’s like every day I hear a tune from the “bad” old days, that reminds me of just how lucky I am to have made it to today. Took most of my life, but hey, the best nuts always have the hardest shells – lol. Anyway a trip down memory lane, and a reminder of the blind folly.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
“When praying, a man must lay aside every worldly care and only care for the salvation of his soul.”
Saint John of Kronstadt (+ 1908)
From page 500 of his “My Life in Christ” book.
Mornin’ infidels!
Morning WW.
Excellent photograph.
The likeness resembles most Democrat congressmen.
Evening WeeWeed. So funny, but that’s Exactly what they are saying, trying to blame the illness of the Vaxers on the Un-Spiked
During the 70s I had a poster on my wall. It read something like I am not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I. I have been thinking about the mask controversy and I’ve come to this conclusion. Wear a mask if you want or don’t. Its up to you. No one should shame you either way. With children its a different matter. So far I’ve seen nothing to back up them having to wear a mask. In fact I’ve seen quite the opposite. So if you’re a child and want to, do so. If not then don’t. If you’re a teacher either wear one or get jabbed. If you don’t want to teach unless kids have on masks, then I’m sure McDonald’s will hire you for part time work. By the way, my generation was very liberal about letting people be. That’s the problem with society today. We want people to live up to our ideas. Be yourself and let others be the same. ok?
Communists are not interested in our ideas, or our freedoms, or the truth. They are not interested is what is right and fair. It is their way, or the highway.
Your sentiment is noble and just, however, it is obvious what we want, or what should happen, or any sort of fairness is not something the left gives any sort of care about.
They are evil, and do the devils work. They do not even try to hide it anymore. It is in your face, and hardcore.
I know. That’s the problem with society today. Its a me world and be like me or you’re not welcome.
Question for MAGA legal eagles:
Regarding forced vaccinations, does Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act give individuals a waiver or an exemption based on medical or religious grounds?
I’ve heard discussion of such a possibility in my friend circle. But none of us are civil rights attorneys.
Thank you in advance.
I read that a lot of company’s are making allowances for those issues. There have been a few story’s and comments about some people getting an exemption based on those parameters. Cant quite recall when and where I read it, but it was just a few days ago.
When my daughter had an adverse reaction to MMR vaccine, no doctor would acknowledge it was from vaccine. A doctor would not sign a medical exemption!! I had to do Religious exemption for her not to be pulled from school over the recommended 2nd dose of chickenpox!! Unreal !
The government covers the vaccine market!
The Americans With Disabilities Act was written expressly to deal with these kinds of questions. If you have a disability, have been regarded as having a disability, or have a history of a disability, and encounter a formal or informal procedure—such as mandatory mask-wearing—that militates against your disability and makes it difficult or impossible to have “equality of access” that non-disabled people enjoy you are being discriminated against because of your disability.
The ADA has a specific procedure called “a reasonable accommodation” to resolve matters. If, for instance, wearing a mask makes you feel light-headed or anxious and you are a heart-patient or have a history of respiratory difficulties you can claim a reasonable accommodation to be excused from mask protocols.
Thursday of the 6th Week after Pentecost
July 16th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
(July 29th on the civil or commercial calendar)
First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians 3: 18 – 23
Holy Gospel according to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 13: 36 – 43
Among the many Saints and Holy Martyrs who are remembered today are these:
Holy Hieromartyr Athenogenes of Heracleopolis and his 10 disciples (+ 311)
Virgin-Martyr Julia of Carthage, at Corsica (+ 440)
Holy Martyr Helier of Jersey (+ 6th century)
Saint Plechelm, Bishop of Odilienberg(+ 8th century)
Milley and recent creep Army Major Gen. Patrick Donahoe who spends his DoD days not preparing to fight the CCP and Iran, but whoring on twatter in front of an image of Ft. Benning. This is how you define obscene. RTWT. LINKS AND COMMENTS TOO: https://www.captainsjournal.com/2021/07/28/the-perfumed-princes-of-the-military/trackback/.
Sorry folks. Just saw the the jenerale has now restricted access to his public facing twats… and this old boy is not a subscriber. rt has it in summation and there are snapshots of it with a simple search of the errornet. https://www.rt.com/usa/530281-us-army-general-mocked/
Plotters gonna plot….. GG https://www.wired.com/2009/04/ff-guidestones/
Mike Flynn sits down with Darren Beattie: https://rumble.com/vkczt1-revolver-news-exclusive-the-michael-flynn-interview.html. “General Flynn sits down with Revolver News to discuss the Deep State’s vendetta against him, Big Tech censorship, critical race theory in the military, geopolitical costs of Russiagate, and the best advise for young patriots.”
THREE-PART SERIES – The Marshall Report
BABYLON’S RESET IS FALLEN – PART I
https://diannemarshallreport.com/babylon-reset-is-fallen/
GOD’S RESET IS COMING – PART II
https://diannemarshallreport.com/gods-reset-is-coming/
GOD’S RESET IS COMING – PART III
https://diannemarshallreport.com/gods-reset-is-coming-2/
Wise lady – and here is the kicker, not only is it written (thousands of years ago), but “IT” is happening with the precision of the finest 5 billion trillion moving piece hand carved timepiece ever created. Not impressive enough??, even the fact that I am replying to this post was predetermined at the instant of creation – and so will the reaction to it be. Really, really begins to blow the mind. They cannot stop what is promised, what has ALWAYS been declared – because WE will make it so – how can we possibly fail – think about it – they should – it’s checkmate – from day 1.
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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I am hoping this could be examined in depth as to how many actual American businesses/individuals made decisions to do business in the “Greater Bay Area” after reading this full-page ad in the “Los Angeles Times” on September 20, 2019 . . .
and ask The Heritage Foundation for their opinion on the PRC using their quote about Hong Kong’s free economy in September 2019 when massive protests had been underway in Hong Kong since June – 30 years since Tiananmen Square (June 4, 1989-June 4, 2019)
the CCP was already cracking down on the protestors in Hong Kong – not quite so free!
The points in the “Los Angeles Times” and how do they comport with reality – today – eg, numbers of Americans visiting the area, how many member companies of the American Chamber of Commerce have offices there now?
For a relaxing diversion, here is a link to the live webcams at Katmai national forest and all the bears catching their fill of salmon:
https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls