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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I long for that first millisecond when I finally get to see His Great Face.
Great devotional ✝️💪✝️
My uncle had one of those near death experiences when his heart stopped. He did not see the Lord’s face, but described a light so intense, so warm, so comforting that he said he was no longer afraid of death, he looked forward to it.
That’s interesting. I was there to comfort my Dad as he died. He labored to breathe and never woke up, but when he took his last breath, he looked up over his left shoulder and had such an aura of peace. I do believe he was looking into the Face of Our Savior.
I don’t doubt that Gar. I was with my dad at the end and he reached up and said “home”. Don’t know about you, but there is still a hole in my heart that only he can fill . . . . .someday.
Be well, be at peace.
Frank, you’ve probably both of the songs before, but in light of your comment showing where your heart really is. I post them here.
Bless you brother.
Solomon,
Been reading your posts over the last week+ and all I can say is Welcome to the Treehouse! I don’t often post but you brought me out. You will be lifted up to the Most High for your healing. So sorry to hear of your fall. By the way, Mercy Me happens to be one of my wifes favorite Christian Bands! The movie was truly inspirational! I will drop back in later to check up on you. Be well my friend.
Well, you with some others just blessed and encouraged me for the day.
Your wife has good tastes.
I will keep posting as long as I can.
Love it here!
Thank you for your welcome.
Kinda getting adicted to this site in the best kind of way.
God bless you!
We’re in this together!
You be well too!
I’m addicted too. 👌
Hey. Much thanks. It’s a great devotional and the songs hit the spot too. ✝️
“Abandon hopelessness all ye who enter here.”
GK Chesterton
Amen and AMEN!
“And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” John 1:5
But the Lord has caused us to see and discern it/comprehend it and Him as the Light of Life.
Btw Betsy, took a hard fall the other night and damage the body a bit. Was in ER most of the night.
It’s why I haven’t been posting for a bit. Going to have to rest and recover.
Prayers appreciated.
Feel better soon solomon….
Thank you.By God’s grace and help, I will.
Seeing as CTH has a prayer request link, I posted there too. So many needs posted there, so in return, I will be praying for them.
Oh NO, Solomon!! I am so sorry, so so sorry!
I spent one Christmas Eve in the ER with a broken arm, so I know what you’ve been through with that. That you are home is at least one blessing. Nevertheless, please do rest, and I’ll put you atop Mungrel’s name on my heartfelt prayer list for His healing and comfort.
Oddly enough, or not, I suddenly out of nowhere thought of you yesterday because I noticed no posts from you. My first thought was concern that you were all right, praying that you were. I tend to make up my own stories, and I’m grieved that the one I glommed onto was indeed accurate.
Please, when you feel able, let me know…us know… that you are feeling better. Stay safe and watch yourself. As Bette Davis said, “Old age is not for sissies.” I completely agree!💓
Thank for your kind and loving heart.
I will have to take it very easy for awhile. I can hardly walk right now.
But no worries. God is going to get me through this dilemma.
The ER people were very good but am upset that they gave me an immunization vaccine without my permission. It’s not the covid vaccine as that hospital doesn’t do that.
Btw, can’t help but love Mungrel…and you know why.
Frank Field and griever too. There’s some wonderful people here.
Go back to my reply to Frank Field’s comment about his first millie-second and listen to the 2 Mercy Me songs I posted in response to his great comment.
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PS: I did put my prayer request over on that thread. What a wonderful feature! A lot of loving people over there.
PS: Bette Davis was right. And loved “Bette Davis Eyes” in the day. I know. I know, it’s a worldly song, but I sure likeD the music of it back then.
Immunization vaccine?????? I’m reading they were not forthcoming about the type. Flu perhaps?
Stay on top of your turmeric. I’m praying they gave you something for pain? I’m also praying you have someone checking up on you? The mother in me is coming out. If I were close, you can bet I’d be over like a shot.
Yes, the prayer thread is on its own as a beautiful addition to an already one- of site. It’s the glowing, warming fireplace of friendship that so defines the Treehouse. A place of refuge for those who need it for anything that causes worry. I’m glad you’re there.
I did listen. Just beautiful. The second one puts me in mind of something I’ve posted here a few times which I find so comforting…we are all just walking each other home. Which is what the camaraderie here is essentially doing for us all. No better place.
A little personal remembrance with Bette Davis…In Wales , everyone calls her phonetically “Bet”, not Betty. So when I moved there, all my friends shortened my name (for some reason) to that. And I loved it. As if I had been transformed to a different person from my American self. To this day, the now grown women who were but children when I first knew them call me “Auntie Bet”, a familial affection which I will treasure always. But Bette Davis is a favoured film icon there. One of my favourite films of hers is ” The Corn is Green” which takes place in the Welsh mining villages. If you haven’t ever seen it, it is an absolutely marvelous film and one of her best.
My very musical father in law who could play the piano and organ like a professional, yet could not read a note of music, loved “Bette Davis Eyes”. Your writing that brought back loving memories of him, and I thank you for that.
In WWII he was an electrical engineer for Camelairds shipyards on Merseyside. He loved American music and had the remarkable talent of hearing one of the popular songs of the day one time, sitting down, and reproducing it exactly. His favourite was ” Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”.
I reminisced too much, but thought I’d give you some reading material while you’re recuperating, Solomon☺. And I pray that with each day you’ll feel exponentially better. I’ll catch you on another post to check in to make certain you are.
Wonderful reply!
It’s not covid, but I am going to call Mercy and try to find out what is in that vaccine.
I am on a potent ginger and tumeric combo, good for heart and joints as well as hyuralic acid for joints, hoping it will help a separated shoulder, hips, spine, fish oil.
Eating and hydrating well.
And yes, through life’s journey, short or long, we are walking each other Home.
But not time yet to reach that destination.
In God’s Time and Eternity!
🙂🙏ing!
No, your Destination is aways away. Take your time. A few diversionary side roads are in order. The road is not a straight one, as we of a certain age know only too well.
Cups of tea also recommended. Good for the body and the soul.
I’ll take this opportunity also to leap forward and suggest, if possible, that on Christmas Eve you look for CAROLS FROM KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE,broadcast live at 5 pm Brit time. We subscribe to Britbox which carries it, but we save it for 5 pm our time.
I would imagine you could find it on YouTube for other years. It is the same service year after year. My Christmas wouldn’t be the same without it. I was just remembering it , and thought I’d pass it on for you and certainly anybody else who might appreciate a truly serene Holy service.
True. Godly destination is always one foot in front of the other until God says stop, you’re at Heaven’s opening Door: Jesus Christ…I AM THE DOOR…
PASSOVER and enter in, O faithful servant.
I know all the King College singers and have most of their music.
Sir David Wilcox is good too.
Yes he is. Pure music at its absolute best. One can identify an English choir the moment the first few bars are sung. There is nothing like it.
I can also recommend the Australian group PRIMA LUCE..their GAUDETE is quite moving.
Nor I, Ad rem. A bit of home for me. Acorn for us as well. We are finding old favourites and the memories that come flooding back from having watched them long ago are quite comforting in this unhinged time. So glad you love them as well.
“…unhinged time…”
Riiiiiight!
Hi Betsy!
Good morning to you, good sir. I pray all is well with you and all whom you love.
Onward we march, right? Into battle, ably led by our Commander in Chief who will never fail us.
I hope you have a peaceful weekend☺.
The simplest sort of comedy because those were life itself. No affectations, no trying to be funny, no vulgarities.
Acted by people who look like those I met every day, not Hollywood pretty faces.
Real people. I loved those as well🤗
It is so edifying when new posters are SO enthusiastic!!! So happy to have them in the tree!!!
Please keep us posted on your jab!
I second that times a million.
you have to learn what we called ‘the Minnesota Shuffle’. Especially when ice may lurk – or you are not certain of your footing.
Feet about hip width apart – move slowly
People may laugh, but falls are minimized
of course, there are all those less brave souls who rely on canes and walkers
We aren’t there yet
PS – imagine the Lord holding your hand along your rough path
praying
Thank you.
I’ve been on ice and snow. Lived in Wyoming. But sometimes bad knees and legs that go mush, just don’t hold you up.
And I learned to walk on ice with legs bent a little, and of course wearing shoes with souls that can grip.
I had RF twice as a kid which turns into RA.
And yes. The Lord kept it from being even worse. My glasses could have been embedded directly into my eye instead of right underneath.
He was good.
Ah
The Golden Years
We have the Years
Someone else has the Gold
sigh
Sounds like you have mastered the ‘Minnesota Shuffle”
Expect the feet to go out from under you while under way
No worse feeling when it happens, as it did to me on Christmas Eve about 8 years back, in front of a well known grocery store.
Icy ramp. I should have just stepped up onto the curb. Black ice. Nothing to do with the age I was then. I knew I was going. A dreadful helpless feeling. Been there.
and you are not alone
yup
a dreadful helpless feeling
Driving on that black ice through mountains is a whole other scary story.
Especially on steep degrades.
tried it in a 30 foot motor home with dinghy in tow.
truckers know the experience even better than i do
at night makes it even more puckery
Praying every foot of the way that God is close and protecting
O yeah. The truckers know it better than anybody. Steep grade, sharp turns
But if they do, God will reach down and pick me up as He has many times, just as He has for many of you.
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Sounds you’re going to be sore for awhile.
Head wag
Ouch.
Prayers up!
The European Union recently voted to ban the word ‘Christmas’, so I thought now would be a good time to point out that the EU leadership’s anti-christian satanism is not something they even try to hide.
As one example, have a look at this Tower of Babel and pentagram symbolism in their architecture and advertising (many tongues one voice):
http://tritorch.com/degradation/EUAndTheTowerOfBabel.jpg
Their Gotthard base tunnel opening ceremony was literally a satanic ritual right out there in full view of the whole world (check out a longer version if you can stomach it):
And an official at CERN – which is located not far from the Gotthard tunnel and is built above where Apollo was thought to reside in the underworld – admitted they were trying to open the ‘dimensional doors’ with the LHC and that something may just come through them:
https://www.theregister.com/2009/11/06/lhc_dimensional_portals/
These are just a few examples of what we are up against, there are many more. What should concern all of us is that they do not hide what they do, and yet the world still cannot see them for who they are.
In the final days evil will be celebrated as good, and the good will be cursed as a evil. It would seem that ship is coming in to port.
The word ‘Christmas’ has been banned in Europe…
One other thing… Here is a shareable image of the latest Pfizer revelations. Turns out 42,086 serious vaccine injuries were reported to Pfizer with 1,223 deaths by the time February of 2021 rolled around which was only a handful of months after the FDA approved the poison:
The CDC, NIH, FDA, Pfizer, Fourth-Estate-Fifth-Column, and complicit doctors want this swept under the rug. The foxes are guarding the hen-houses.
Governments and big pharma trying to decide if the government should buy and force inject poison into every person on the planet, is like the farmer asking the fox whether they should have chicken for dinner.
These politicians are owned by the industries they are supposed to be policing, while the industries are owned by the those same politicians via stocks and bonds.
Check into Justin Trudeau’s connection with big pharma to see this legal realm version of the human centipede in all its depraved glory.
Fits with this:
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/23/in-case-with-global-implications-finland-puts-christians-on-trial-for-their-faith/
“Rasanen and Pohjola are being charged with “hate speech” for respectively writing and publishing a 24-page 2004 booklet that explains basic Christian theology about sex and marriage, which reserves sex exclusively for within marriage, which can only consist of one man and one woman, for life. The Finnish prosecutor claims centuries-old Christian teachings about sex “incite hatred” and violate legal preferences for government-privileged identity groups.
“Writer Rod Dreher pointed out the witch hunt nature of this prosecution: “Räsänen wrote that pamphlet seven years before LGBT was added to the national hate-speech law as a protected class. She was investigated once before for the pamphlet, and cleared — but now she’s going to undergo another interrogation.””
“In advance of the trial, Rasanen and Pohjola have been interrogated by police for hours about their theology. Pohjola told me in the interrogation police treated Christian beliefs as thought crimes. In a statement, Rasanen noted that the police publicly admitted their interpretation of Finland’s law would make publishing the Bible a hate crime.”
Britain as well, TM. The Cabinet Office has decided they mustn’t offend by using Christmas in any government releases.
Enoch Powell in his Rivers of Blood of speech in the 1960s gave fair warning. He was a prescient Classicist sitting in the House of Commons and was turned into a pariah overnight because he dared to tell the truth. He saw what was coming.
He was not wrong.
You know the Scripture and what Paul said about all who live godly.
II Timothy 3:22
Our redemption draws ever closer
Yep, the more Twisted, Demented and Sick the better. They are right out in the open, hoping to open the gateway to the underworld so that Satan’s Minions & Demons can pour through!
Do like me; move isolated rural w 0 neighbors and live at peace.
Keep spreading the above dear Treeper 🌲. And oh,
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄
Amen!
Acolytes of Satan every one.
All the more reason, if one were needed, to celebrate with renewed spirit and complete joy the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate, this Christmas.
The power of His Name must be awesome to have these foolish people think they can eliminate Him with their persecutions and denials.
How wicked and deluded they are.
I am trying to find religious Christmas stamps. Cannot find the traditional Mary with baby Jesus.
Local p.o. said they were available on USPS website, but they are not.
They are slowly and quietly removing Christianity.
I would be curious to hear back if any treepers come across any. If you cant even get them online though… sad.
The post office…why am I not surprised.
One of my very little personal contributions to protest is this.
I bought some Forever stamps of the American flag. When I pay my bills, I put the stamp on upside down. I doubt anyone I’ve sent them to has made anything of it, but it gives me a sense of doing right. We are a country in distress, terrible distress.
The post office may think they are aiding in the
erasure of Christmas, but the Season of our Lord has preceded them for millenia, and I assure them will outlast their picayune and fruitless gesture unto eternity.
Merry Christmas, Slowcobra.💓
I am going to keep calling my local p.o., and asking in person , just to keep that bug in their ear that some people are paying attention.
Merry Christmas to you, too, Betsy!
😊 Thank you!
for fun i looked up Christmas Seals – found pix on Amazon.
Found all kinds of images
NO
Nativity
Good idea – bad results.
I tried again
Amazon.com : nativity stickers
There is a nice variety to choose from
So, if you can’t use a Good ‘ole USA postage stamp at least you can put a sticker on the envelope flap
or somewhere on the front of the envelope
Where ever…..
I used to print a nativity scene as part of my return label – and there are companies who print return labels who will do it for you
just say’n
Search etsy, or worst case, Amazon, for forever U.S. postage Christmas stamps, or specifically Madonna and Child or Nativity forever stamps. Even though they’re from previous years, forever stamps can still be used for current rate postage. I’ve seen the Florentine Madonna and Child on etsy and there are probably others, likely some on Amazon too.
Unfortunately the post office discontinued their custom stamp service last year so you won’t be able to have some made. Several of my cake/catering/event clients are brides and they are MAD! They’d planned on using their engagement photo as custom postage for their wedding invitations.
Thank you lanna, hadnt thought of those methods.
Here’s the USPS link to the Madonna stamps. I just ordered a book.
https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/our-lady-of-gupulo-stamps-S_682904
Thank you alligator gar…. I ended up buying these, but, they are not the ones they I wanted (Mary and Jesus) . But I appreciate the thought! Went to a different p.o. today just in case but she told me USPS not doing this yr.
Preach it girl!
😁😘
Good comment.
And Isaiah said the same. 59:14…and 5:20-22
The EU Commissioner was forced to back down on implementing the proposed “diversity and inclusiveness guidelines” among which the word Christmas was to be banned, along with Christian names such as John and Mary..
https://theliberal.ie/merry-christmas-eu-forced-to-back-down-after-trying-to-ban-the-word-christmas-as-being-offensive-and-not-inclusive-enough/
Hallelujah!!! Take heed EU.
Someone is tapping you on the shoulder.
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.””
It seemed appropriate to put to Findanlana into this mix but I got tied out . . . Still, I think it is fitting to hear this piece in context with Smetanas’s other works.
Oh! You made my day! I love The Moldau. I first heard Smetana in a music appreciation class in college. Great class. This takes me back!
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Garrison,
Love the beauty and crescendo of Smetana’s The Moldau !
It holds a special place in my heart, because I play it whenever my Father visits.
Thank you,
Regards, DG
When I listen to Smetana, I always grieve for the deafness he endured. A particularly cruel affliction for someone who produced such beauty.
Czech composers wrote some of the most gorgeous and patriotic music ever. I am very partial towards to them.
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Beethoven too!
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One my fav favorites. You can feel yourself navigating through that whole course.
Has brought me to tears more than once.
Hadn’t listened, too many years. Most of the family/friends, heard it with, first times, now gone.
Whoa, didn’t really want the heaving tears this morning.
Thank you for them.
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This little dog gets to experience liberation. You can see his sense of joy at being more free than he was before. You can’t put a price on this. What we can say is that the humans who gave this dog this kind of freedom are wonderfully kind people. There’s not a lot of payoff to be realized from providing this kind of freedom to a crippled dog. But there is a payoff, after all. It’s found in the enormous satisfaction that comes just doing good. Doing good is what this is all about.
Doing good..That is the primary reason we as human beings were
sent to this beautiful dreadful paradise of a planet. We are here to
relieve the suffering of others in the hours of their greatest need.
By being a blessing to others we in turn are blessed. When the Bible
verses speak of “rewards” I can’t help but think that they have everything
to do with how we treat the “least among us” while sojourning in this
vale of tears.
Liberation! Thanks again Garrison..Very moving clip. It made me think of how Christians
struggle to make their way in the world with all the inherent impediments and obstacles
the enemy places in their paths. BUT..just when life’s challenges seem overwhelming
Providence steps in and supplies the “wheels” that allows them to experience life more
fully and most importantly it allows them to freely move about and spread the joy that
flows out of them from their relationship with their loving master.
Praise be to God! You have a powerful ministry and message that is a blessing to all.
Pray for these 4 little girls fighting for their lives in the Waukesha ICU
Psalm 40
1
I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,
and he turned to me and heard my cry.
2
He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.
3
He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see what he has done and be amazed.
They will put their trust in the Lord.
4
Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord,
who have no confidence in the proud
or in those who worship idols.
5
O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
Your plans for us are too numerous to list.
You have no equal.
If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,
I would never come to the end of them.
6
You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings.
Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand—
you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.
7
Then I said, “Look, I have come.
As is written about me in the Scriptures:
8
I take joy in doing your will, my God,
for your instructions are written on my heart.”
9
I have told all your people about your justice.
I have not been afraid to speak out,
as you, O Lord, well know.
10
I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart;
I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power.
I have told everyone in the great assembly
of your unfailing love and faithfulness.
11
Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me.
Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.
12
For troubles surround me—
too many to count!
My sins pile up so high
I can’t see my way out.
They outnumber the hairs on my head.
I have lost all courage.
13
Please, Lord, rescue me!
Come quickly, Lord, and help me.
14
May those who try to destroy me
be humiliated and put to shame.
May those who take delight in my trouble
be turned back in disgrace.
15
Let them be horrified by their shame,
for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
16
But may all who search for you
be filled with joy and gladness in you.
May those who love your salvation
repeatedly shout, “The Lord is great!”
17
As for me, since I am poor and needy,
let the Lord keep me in his thoughts.
You are my helper and my savior.
O my God, do not delay.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+40&version=NLT
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One of the most honest confessional Psalms of all.
We are all there if we’re honest before God about ourselves.
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Prior to the flood ALL manner of wickedness was widespread throughout the earth. There was nothing sacred. Everything and nearly everyone had been corrupted. Doing evil was basically a “religious” practice. When giants ruled the earth mankind was fair game. The enemy of God and mankind held sway and he was ruthless in his determination to destroy all that was holy. Nothing was off limits. Then came the cleansing flood. Satan suffered setbacks which angered him greatly.
Fast forward to the present time. The catastrophe of Abortion and child exploitation
on a worldwide scale has once again allowed Satan to rise and his fury is becoming manifest
for all to see.
When children are being tortured and exploited..when body parts of yet to be born human beings are sold on the open market and used in diabolically evil experiments by devils in the name of mankind’s benefit one can plainly see the human race has entered its last dark phase before the culmination of HIStory and the catching away of the bride of Christ.
There is so much more that can be said on this subject but just writing these few words has devastated me.
Devastating in the reading.
It is us. Our culture.
Godspeed, HIStory.
Clay, Jesus said it Himself, it will be as in the days of Noah and surely the current situation looks like it. The good news is that the Second Coming of our Savior is imminent. Maranatha!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen 🙏
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.
The Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Verse of the Day for Friday, December 3, 2021
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“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Luke 11:28 (KJV)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/verse-of-day.php
BE MY VOICE
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.
Beautiful. Thank you so much Dora. You never know when a post or a sharing touches someone who needs it. You did that for me today. (You and God.). You were used by God today.
Thank you for your wonderful comment.
Wonderful. Thanks much.
NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER
“And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.” 1 Cor. ii. 4
If in preaching the Gospel you substitute your clear knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the Gospel, you hinder people getting to Reality. You have to see that while you proclaim your knowledge of the way of salvation, you yourself are rooted and grounded in faith in God. Never rely on the clearness of your exposition, but as you give your exposition see that YOU are relying on the Holy Spirit. Rely on the certainty of God’s redemptive power, and He will create His own life in souls.
When once you are rooted in Reality, nothing can shake you. If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith; but nothing can ever upset God or the almighty Reality of Redemption; base your faith on that, and you are as eternally secure as God. When once you get into personal contact with Jesus Christ, you will never be moved again. That is the meaning of sanctification. God puts His disapproval on human experience when we begin to adhere to the conception that sanctification is merely an experience, and forget that sanctification itself has to be sanctified (John xvii. 19). I have deliberately to give my sanctified life to God for His service, so that He can use me as His hands and His feet.
Oswald Chambers
December 3rd Devotional
I always read your posts. Your recent ones have really strengthened my own thoughts. So much so, I’ve come out of the forest to post…thank you for all you post😘❤️🙏
I’m so glad to hear that! Oswald Chambers is one of the best devotional books around. If you don’t already have it you should add it to your library. 🙏
Mornin’ infidels!
Evening WeeWeed!
Although it is a truism that the worm will turn,
It is always hard to predict when a worm will turn….
There are some unconfirmed reports that experienced worm watchers are reporting some slight movements in the opposite direction.
Another truism is that once a worm turns, it doesn’t turn back.
“Let’s go Brandon.”
Hey Rah!
How could this trucker not be aware of the car stuck under the trailer?
Terrified female driver, 19, desperately signals for help as her car is dragged down Chicago highway by oblivious truck driver after it got trapped when she changed lanes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10270883/Truck-drags-car-sideways-Chicago-highway-desperate-driver-waves-frantically-help.html
Looks like this is another incident in which “the car” tried to change lanes. How can “the car” position itself perpendicularly under a semi, if “”the car” was driving in parallel with the truck while changing lanes?
Chevy Chase showed us how to do that way back in 1989…
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Haha, Right, but if you look at the dailymail video, the car is perpendicular under the semi. It’s very hard to believe “the car” was simply changing lanes to end up in that position.
She was changing lanes aggressively, in rapid succession, until she wasn’t.
Eat your heart out Hunter Biden. 10 year old is an art prodigy sensation.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/02/sofia-vergara-buys-art-by-10-year-old-painter-sensation-andres-valencia/
Sundance et al: a Floridian asked: https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/er/HTML
This: It’s line 1097 #4. Look on the left margin #.
🤷♀️ Sounds like what gov wolf and Levine did in pa.
Maybe an old time Wolverine could enlighten, confirm or dispel 😉
I found the neatest internet radio station – 181.FM
Non-stop Christmas music
Some instrumental, but mostly golden oldies
Bobby Vinton on now – Santa must be Polish – ha ha
Burl Ives
Elvis
Leontyne Price
Ella Fitzgerald
Another gorgeous piece of music…Gluck’s Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Flute at its best.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/day-of-shame-for-pakistan-says-imran-khan-as-sri-lankan-man-lynched-2636449
Islam is not a religion of God because they do not believe in “Forgiveness”. Judeo-Christian belief places a significant value on the act of forgiveness.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/forgiveness/art-20047692
Rabbi Spero: The Important Story Of Hanukkah Applies More Today Than Almost Ever.
https://rumble.com/vq6321-rabbi-spero-the-important-story-of-hanukkah-applies-more-today-than-almost-.html
Where are the very wealthy “conservative” and “principled” Americans that can afford to appoint top lawyers for those imprisoned without trial for 6 Jan? Where are the Republican politicians refusing to pass another budget until the course of justice can be clearly seen with regard to those incarcerated like they were the worst of criminals and not patriotic Americans?
Even in the worst apartheid years in South Africa this did not happen to ordinary members of the public. The demise of the Republican party is necessary because most of their politicians are not prepared to fight tooth and nail for the letter of the law to be upheld. If this happens the Democrat party will have free reign to implement unrestrained neo-communism and finally estrange most of their supporters and turn most Americans against them.
But this is looking at matters from a human perspective. Thankfully there is a sovereign God who reminds us that his judgement is coming soon:
“it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:27-28
One of my dissatisfactions is Trump not creating a third party.
Greatest president since Lincoln though!
Thanks for the post
Hey Brandon, the worm is turning……
Well, my annual battle with the leaves is over for this year and once again I have won. My neighbor was out before me. He installed a cover on the outlet of his 48″ X-mart mower and puts on blades made for breaking up leaves.
I did not get in the house until after 03:00 this morning so I was a little behind him getting out. I have not mowed my lawn for over a month now. Just waiting for all the leaves to fall and for what has been a pretty wet and cold fall to present the right opportunity. It came today with a high of 58 F.
My neighbor, after getting his done came over and hit the areas where the leaves were thickest as I was trimming my yard and using my mulching push mower to get under his bushes that border his property on my side and then blowing the leaves out from around my house.
Then I got on my zero turn and went to work on my yard. The leaves are virtually gone now and my grass mowed for the last time this year. Had not my neighbor helped out as he did I would probably just be finishing up now at dusk. But since he did, I got done over an hour ago. So I have had a chance to enjoy a pre-dinner egg nog.
Stuffed Green peppers in the oven and new potatoes being boiled on the stove to go with them. Garlic toast will round out the meal.
I wish you lived closer. I’d invite myself over.
Merry Christmas
Saint Nicholas points the way to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Saint Nicholas Center has a huge treasury of materials about and pertinent to Saint Nicholas.
http://www.stnicholascenter.org
A message of hope: the Survivor Cow
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https://www.bitchute.com/video/Ou9OCjZU7dtl/
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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Every child is a sacred gift from God
Psa 127:1
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[[A Song of degrees for Solomon.]] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psa 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Psa 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psa 127:4
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Psa 127:5
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Matthew Henry Comments
https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/mhc/Psa/Psa_127.cfm?a=605001
Psalm 127
This is a family-psalm, as divers before were state-poems and church-poems. It is entitled (as we read it) “for Solomon,” dedicated to him by his father. He having a house to build, a city to keep, and seed to raise up to his father, David directs him to look up to God, and to depend upon his providence, without which all his wisdom, care, and industry, would not serve. Some take it to have been penned by Solomon himself, and it may as well be read, “a song of Solomon,” who wrote a great many; and they compare it with the Ecclesiastes, the scope of both being the same, to show the vanity of worldly care and how necessary it is that we keep in favour with God. On him we must depend,
I. For wealth (v. 1, 2).
II. For heirs to leave it to (v. 3-5).
In singing this psalm we must have our eye up unto God for success in all our undertakings and a blessing upon all our comforts and enjoyments, because every creature is that to us which he makes it to be and no more.
II. In the increase of the family. He shows,
1. That children are God’s gift, v. 3. If children are withheld it is God that withholds them (Gen. 30:2); if they are given, it is God that gives them (Gen. 33:5); and they are to us what he makes them, comforts or crosses.
Note: link provides full commentary
Thanks for the post.
Grace to you and yours.
Beloved LeeCarolyn55,
The constitutional republic, as founded has fallen.
As His story unfolds this will become more clear…my guts ache over your post…
I recommend you keep crying out to the Lord for wisdom and strength.
I love your post and I’m praying for you and yours.
I promise