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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Joining you in a silent prayer for America …
Reminds me of 2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV.
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“God gives an answer to Job’s pathetic question in Job 9:2, ‘How can a mortal man be righteous before God?’, and the answer is the Epistle to the Romans. That tells us how it is possible for any person who meets God’s conditions which are unfolded in Romans to be totally righteous before God.” Derek Prince from the absolutely the greatest teaching on Romans. Please take time to listen and study with your mind and your spirit with much prayer.
As a group of frogs was traveling through the woods, two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs crowded around the pit and saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them.
However, the two frogs decided to ignore what the others were saying and they proceeded to try and jump out of the pit.
Despite their efforts, the group of frogs at the top of the pit were still saying that they should just give up. That they would never make it out.
Eventually, one of the frogs took heed to what the others were saying and he gave up, falling down to his death. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die.
He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?”
The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.
POTUS 45 said something along the lines of ‘the more your are told it can’t be done, the more you must keep trying’.
The word impossible means challenge, never give up without a fight.
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That kitten has the most content and fulfilled face I have seen in many a year
Kittens rule! ?
Going to turn in Treepers. It’s been a tough day at the hospital dealing with “old” realities. I love her so deeply it hurts my heart to think about one of us not being around. If we’re lucky and with a little medical intervention we may get to move on . . . But even then the mysterious alchemy of age is incessant—it always wins in the end. That said, we can do ourselves a great favor by trying to make the inevitable decline as gentle as possible.
Be well, Treepers. And always know that our Lord loves us and will always be with us, nomatter what. Toots may no longer be with us, but he left us with a musical legacy that we can always enjoy.
God’s love, healing and comfort be with you and yours.
Thanks for the kind words, Treeper friends. We got some good news this morning. The worst that I was fearing evaporated with some good doctoring. We’ll do some rehab and then come home. And every time I say or write that last word I feel a wash of relief.
That is wonderful news. Continued prayers, healing and blessings.
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“I called on the Lord in my distress, and He answers me.”
Such glorious news. I know that feeling so well. It comes from only one place. I am so relieved and overjoyed for both of you.
Deo Gratias!
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Dear Garrison…may our God be with both of you as you travel this road. May His Comfort and Peace encourage you to keep traveling along…???
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Praying for you, Garrison.
Me too, and a lot of people here.
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We are all just walking each other Home, Garrison.
I will keep you both at the top of my extensive prayer list. God be with you.
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Praying for you and your family, Garrison. For the Lord’s comfort and mercy to reign in your lives. Bless you all.
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Great reference. ?
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You and your soul mate are in our thoughts, Garrison.
ABIDE WITH ME, FAST FALLS THE EVENTIDE
According to an edition of the British Weekly, in the late summer of 1847, after preaching his final sermon, knowing his time on earth was drawing to a close, Henry Francis Lyte “walked in the valley garden in front of the home, then down to the rocks, where he sat and composed. It was a lovely sunny day and the sun was setting over distant Dartmoor in a blaze of glory. On the left lay Brixham harbor like a pool of molten gold, with its picturesque trawling vessels lying peacefully at anchor. After the sun had set, Lyte returned to his study. His family thought he was resting, but he was putting the finishing touches to his immortal hymn” (Bailey, The Gospel in Hymns, 171). Later that fall, Lyte passed away, but his hymn has indeed endured through the years as a beloved hymn of peace and prayer in the face of change. Theodore L. Cuyler once relayed a story in which a dying woman recited this hymn as she lay in bed during her last hours. He writes, “As I came away from that room, which had been as the vestibule of heaven, I understood how the ‘light of eventide’ could be only a flashing forth of the overwhelming glory that plays for ever around the throne of God” (Sankey, My Life and Sacred Songs, 57). What a beautiful image when we see the light of day ebbing – this light is only a shadow of the light of life that shines forth from Christ.
Citation: https://hymnary.org/text/abide_with_me_fast_falls_the_eventide
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The five verses, most hymnals have only four.
1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away.
Change and decay in all around I see.
O thou who changest not, abide with me.
3 I need thy presence every passing hour.
What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like thyself my guide and strength can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.
4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless,
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.
5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes.
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heaven’s morning breaks and earth’s vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Thanks, VibMan. My congregation’s hymnal has these five. When I was a kid, the church i went to had only four, I think.
The tune is EVENTIDE, by William Henry Monk. He is credited with over 100 tunes but this one is by far the most common.
It is a sweet tune that flows with predictable transitions and rhythm as is true of most great hymns. It is easily improvised into complex harmonies without losing the tune in the complexity. It never moves fast and is encourages the contemplative nature of the lyrics.
9th of November 1989
Fall
of the
Berlin
Wall
A multimedia history of the Wall.
http://www.the-berlin-wall.com
Remembering…a magnificent victory for humanity. I pray that momentous event will be repeated. The “wall” that we are all climbing now must come down in equally spectacular fashion. God please be with us.
Seemed big at the time and it was, but Germany appears to like communism now and is returning to a form of totalitarian control with unelected UN Representatives. Do what we say! Get the vax, get the digital passport, behave, we have a social credit score on that app now. Really behave or we will delete the digital currency we just made you install.
The “Future” is looking controlled and dark. We will be happy and have nothing.
Stand and fight at all passport rallies and post when and where they are happening so we and our friends that we call can attend.
Stand now patriots, I just showed you your future if you don’t.
Agreed. Thanks much
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
…and the earnest desire and your strength to fulfill what You command.
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.
The Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm (Septuagint)
LUCY AND HER BABIES Part 1
Nearly fifty years ago I had landed my first job after army and grad school, and we bought our first house. We needed a cat. We went to the local vet, who was rumored to have a big litter of kittens to give away.
At the vet’s we found a large cage with more tiny baby cats than I ever thought could be in a single litter — but they were. Immediately, one of the kittens climbed over the others, up the side of the cage, and squeaked loudly, “Take ME! Take ME!” So of course we did. We named her Lucy, after the Peanuts character, because she walked over her siblings to get what she wanted. And we adopted the runt of the litter, a yellow tabby, who we called Pokey.
Pokey lived up to his name. He was a sweet boy — as smart as he needed to be, but just barely. Lucy, on the other hand, was much better than her namesake. Lucy the Cat was very smart and alert, but not at all mean or naughty. She was good to her people and to her brother.
To be continued…
I’m going to like this one I believe. Our dearest Penny, a Jack Russell and runt of the litter, chose us in the same way. Look forward to more.
Thinking of “today”, thinking of “now”:
2 Cor. 6:2 (cf. Isaiah 49:8)
“For He says: “In the acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Isaiah 55:6-7
“Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and He will have mercy on them, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
Hebrews 3:15a (cf. Psalms 95:7-8)
“As it has been said: “If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts…”
Revelation 22:17 (cf. Isaiah 55:1)
“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.”
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Thinking of why:
Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 5:24
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.”
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Thinking of how:
Luke 18:13
“And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’”
James 4:8a
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”
John 6:28-29
“Therefore they said to Him, “What must we do, that we may be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you should believe in Him whom He has sent.””
Mark 9:24b
“‘Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.'”
Acts 16:30-31
“Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.””
SACRAMENTAL SERVICE
“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ…” Col. i. 24
The Christian worker has to be a sacramental “go-between,” to be so identified with his Lord and the reality of His Redemption that He can continually bring His creating life through him. It is not the strength of one man’s personality being superimposed on another, but the real presence of Christ coming through the elements of the worker’s life. When we preach the historic facts of the life and death of Our Lord as they are conveyed in the New Testament, our words are made sacramental, God uses them on the ground of His Redemption to create in those who listen that which is not created otherwise. If we preach the effects of Redemption in human life instead of the revelation regarding Jesus, the result in those who listen is not new birth, but refined spiritual culture, and the Spirit of God cannot witness to it because such preaching is in another domain. We have to see that we are in such living sympathy with God that as we proclaim His truth He can create in souls the things which He alone can do.
What a wonderful personality! What a fascinating man! Such marvelous insight! What chance has the Gospel of God through all that? It cannot get through, because the line of attraction is always the line of appeal. If a man attracts by his personality, his appeal is along that line; if he is identified with his Lord’s personality, then the appeal is along the line of what Jesus Christ can do. The danger is to glory in men; Jesus says we are to lift HIM up.
Oswald Chambers
November 9th Devotional
Mornin’ infidels!
Just turn it off and leave it off.
PS- Good evening, WeeWeed!
Two co-workers who took the jab have been sick for two days straight. They really shouldn’t have in the first place, but hoping they’re alright.
Yep. I got the vaccine early based on the info at the time. The second jab kicked my butt for two days. So far, no long term damage, but it has only been eight months. I will not get boosted. Maybe I dodged the bullet.
I made my decision and I support everyone else whatever they decide. It should be their choice. Would I do it again given what we know now? No, I would not. It is impossible to untake the vaccine so I will live with my decision, or not. Many of us make bad decisions through life that could have killed us but by God’s grace we survive.
Praying that God removes any and all poisonous effects xx
Your last sentence double extra definitely encapsulates my life.
Use therapeutics if you get Covid?
“Many of us make bad decisions through life that could have killed us but by God’s grace we survive.”
Quadruple Amen!
Several of our co-workers in New York City have taken the Jab and have been very excited about getting it but then were flattened by the side effects. This is what the latest victim said right after getting it.
I am starting to feel the effects of this shot. I’m going to take a sick day and try to sleep this off.
Then today, he said:
Good morning all. I feel even worse today with my entire body aching. If I had to guess this is what rigor mortis feels like if dead bodies feel… Anyway I’ll be taking another sick day today.
Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom is reported to be suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome after his moderna booster and is now paralyzed. This is according to Robert F Kennedy’s children’s defense fund who got it from an inside source.
Newsom has not been seen since two days after he got the shot. If he really is paralyzed, even the Lying Media won’t be able to hide it.
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Liberty Counsel in Florida
has a large and well-organized list of research and resources on covid-19 issues on its site.
http://www.lc.org/vaccine
An excellent organization.
The National News is so disturbing I can longer follow the music…
It is total chaos everyday, as if a bully is intentionally picking a fight…and we as a diminishing majority, keep backing up until we are cornered and forced to defend our selves…
There is no reasoning with this band of ideological lunatics. They have infiltrated the very fabric of our nation.
How quickly we have been conditioned to simply move on and turn the page:
Stolen Elections
Mass illegal immigration
Devestating Economics
Afganistan
Covid Virus Attacks
Just turn the page and hope you are not next.
Do not despair dear friend. ?
https://theintercept.com/2021/11/04/treasury-surveillance-location-data-babel-street/
Looks like we know how the Biden admin will continue what Obama was doing with the IRS targeting.
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.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Prayers up for Mike Lindell.
And for his team preparing the case they will file Nov. 23rd. For their protection and that all their efforts are in God’s will.
If you watch War Room, or FrankSpeech, you know what I’m talking about.
Prayers for The Almighty to send His Holy Spirit to D.C. (and other places) to defeat evil and establish righteousness.
Amen
I think I will pray to God tonight. He has never really spoken to me, but I won’t hold that against Him. He probably has bigger things to be working on than giving me answers. But I will present Him with the facts that involve Him about all of us. I am pretty pissed off. We have all made some huge personal investments of our own towards the future of this world, and I hope I won’t be the only one seeking answers about the current conditions. What will be done with this apparent mess we mortals are making? Maybe some of us petitioners will get some clues. I hope we can all show enough respect to Him while we are at it. We have more than we can handle on our plates and we need His help.
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