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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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.””
✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, December 6, 2021
Yay!
Thank you, Dan.
Another Jack Bell story. The first airmail pilots who flew the new route between Reno and San Francisco, going over a hundred miles of mountain peaks without emergency landing spots.
Settin’ ‘her Down on the Hump
http://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/jackbell/settin-er-down-01.htm
Wow. That’s a lot of reading. I’ll tackle it this afternoon. Looks good
For some reason, as I age, my eyes seem to need to rest more on art between words. I call it my Little Golden Book syndrome, but I wonder if my eyes really can’t take the strain of too much reading. I listen more to audio books, but many illustrations seems to work, too. I had the cataract surgery and am on daily eye drops to relieve pressure, so I might be over compensating.
The two categories that excite me the most are the nature/prospecting stories and the airmail stories. I was fascinated, as a kid, by the World War I pilot stories that were on TV at 4pm after school ended. Jack’s stories are put just a few years after the war ended, but the pilots seemed to go into this to maintain that old adrenaline rush. Jack makes me picture things – like the pilot who couldn’t get out of his cockpit because the blizzard had snowed him into it. And he teaches me things I never thought about, like the pilot diagnosing the condition of his plane by the sounds of the wire harmonics. Sadly, when you look up these dare-devil friends, they almost all end up “going west,” as they put it.
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Sweet.
Almost as good as a dog pile!
Vaccine Mobius Strip:
Hi all, thank you again for all the positive comments from my post on the December 4th Open Thread.
Solomon St. Lightstone, I am certainly up for a bidding war for Leon Brozyna’s majestic Caturday cat – that is one of the most beautiful animals I’ve ever seen. Leon, I don’t know how you do it, but you always manage to find the best cat photos on the web.
If any you have a moment, it would mean a lot to me if you would read this:
https://tritorch.com/family/
I wish all of you good fortune and happy trails on this 6th of December 2021.
You know. I’m going to let you win the bid for that beautiful cat!
And I did take the time to read your link.
You have been a blessing on here, and I and others here greatly appreciate your words and input. I know Betsy, Frank Field, just-stevie, mungrel and others would agree.
Just hang onto your branch here with the rest of us.
God will help all of us get through the worst of times and lift us up to His Face and strengthen us even if He has to join us in a fiery furnace to preserve and protect us.
Bless you!
Agreed
Oh yes! I do agree! Our tree’s branches can accommodate all, each who brings his or her own contributions which enrich our common humanity.
Miraculously there is a branch for everyone, this beautiful glorious tree whose Divine roots sustain us. What a blessing!
And some branches may be condo that several like birds might want to on together.
I see it all the time in trees around here especially catalpa trees.
So true! Good neighbourhoods are like that. Just dropping by for a cuppa and conversation. Nothing better😊
Oh, I know what a “cuppa” is, especially in England.
That little extra “ingredient” makes a cuppa tea a little more enjoyable. 😉
But not too much!
There is long running debate on whether to put the milk in the cup before tea is poured out, or whether it should be added after. I have not yet seen anyone with a definitive answer. I HAVE seen the debate get very heated though.
Yes. Overload is not good.
But a bit of cognac is quite pleasant with Earl Gray tea.
hmmmmm…filing that recipe for future use.
Now, with no liquor, the chicory coffee at Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter in New Orleans is quite delightful with their beigenets…powdered sugar…
Now I want some!!
Good Day Solomon,
I didn’t see any posts from you yesterday. Hopefully all is going well with your healing. I am just checking in on your progress. Have a Very Blessed Day!
The thing about a mobius strip is that it is all so one sided.
I’ll read your link this pm
Follow up:
I’ll give that beautiful cat and I’ll take that pile of less beautiful pile of monastery cats
griever, you deserve that cat.
Guys, writing and posting that link here among my friends was gut wrenching. I wasn’t trying to con you. What am I to make of these replies? This is not a joke, there is no con here. i’ve spent every second of my free time researching and creating this content since april.
Solomon St. Lightstone: that cat is yours
“Accept what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.”
Betsy, superb advise!!!! Would that I could! 😂
It isn’t an easy task, I’ll admit, Leenie.
Each of them…
☺ Amen!! And sometimes all at once.
I have found, through experience, that if one is not adept at following that advise, one tends to lose a lot of sleep! 🙂
That’s why I have to reread it now and again. Watching the hours tick by in the dark is no way to live.
YES!!!!!
“No past but the Cross, No future but the Coming”. Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus.
And glorious grace it is!
No room for boasting!
No merit of my own…at all.
Bone crushing joy.
Yes, that it be of God and not of us.
God tries to teach us and help us not glory in our own strength and abilities.
It’s a hard lesson to learn, but if we humble ourselves to the worship of God first and only, we can learn.
catholicworldreport.com
Doctors blow the whistle on vaccine injury and death
From Nov 1st
After he left the Bruebeck Quartet, Paul Desmond made several albums with guitarist Jim Hall. The partnership produced some truly great performances. that if you listened to the right stations (KHOU) out of Houston, you could hear on late-nite radio. What I especially like about these recording is how seamlessly Jim’s guitar phrasing so perfectly matches Desmond’s playing. Sometimes you hear them actually playing counterpoint with each other. What we’re hear is two historically great virtuosos making remarkably enjoyable music.
Very nice!
See a great fingerstyle selection I posted just for you.
Another finger style on a harp guitar besides the other one I posted for you of Comfortably Numb.
This is a drop dead gorgeous version of Now We Are Free played by Luca.
🙂
More unpublicized “pandemic” worldwide data.
Surprised they would even publish this.
How damning.
We need many to speak as he does.
Priest of St. Mary’s – Ottowa
” I will not bow to this idol ” – the new world order
Covid-1984 @NeverSleever
Even you don’t understand the Celtic words, this is a gorgeous piece of music.
In drastic contrast, Garrison this finger style of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb is just for you. Fingerstyle can be awesome.
Mungrel inherited nickname ( not put on record)
Caelan.
Not as nice as the one you gave me…LBT😉 Blessings always.
I should have known somebody would! 👍
He probably has a few he hasn’t mentioned yet…right, Mungrel?😉
I bet he does.
You have to know Enya is one of my favs!
Still love Caribbean Blue.
But her song,
Still blows me away because I understand it.
🙂
Non-guitar folks have no idea how much the strings vibrate until they see it up close like in this video.
Man, those strings get wild!
Magical! Thanks for posting. 🙂
Agreed!
Absolutely beautiful!
TY for posting! 🤗
Oh my goodness, Sarah! You’ve just transported me back to my Welsh town of Llangollen, where every year the International Eisteddfod is held. Hundreds of countries from around the world descend to compete with their vocal abilities…choirs and soloists, adults and children.
And all of them wear their national costumes as these ladies do in this splendid performance. One full week of a feast for the eyes and ears as various choirs stop on the streets, dressed in those costumes, and sing. Then they all compete in the pavilion for glory.
Pavarotti’ choir from a small Italian town won the Choir of the Year in 1956, if I remember correctly.
Thank you for posting this and for the wonderful memories it brought back.
. . . 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)
6 December 1957
Mercury Records releases The Diamonds‘ version of “The Stroll”. The song will help spark a dance craze where two lines of dancers, men on one side and women on the other, face each other, moving in place to the music.
6 December 1969
A group called Steam was given credit for this chart topping tune, “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”. The song was actually recorded by vocalist Gary De Carlo along with producers Paul Leka and Dale Frashuer, who laid down the entire tune with only keyboards and a pre-recorded drum track, using no guitars or bass. The trio of friends intended it to be the “B” side of De Carlo’s first single, “Sweet Laura Lee”, but when record company executives heard the songs, they wanted to release both of them separately as an “A” side and hire a band to tour as Steam. De Carlo was even offered the chance to record an entire album, but the group, whose picture would appear on the LP, would take full credit for the effort even though they wouldn’t sing or play a single note on it. De Carlo wanted nothing to do with the scheme and walked away from a record that went on to sell over six and half million copies.
6 December 1975
Paul Simon reached #1 on the US album chart with “Still Crazy After All These Years”, which produced four US Top 40 hits, “Gone at Last” (#23), “My Little Town” (#9), “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” (#1) and the title track (#40).
A friend bought the STEAM album…all the songs sounded like their “HIT”; guess they could create a #1 but not much else
The simplicity of the guitar mixed the travesty of war, Waltzing Matilda from the Irish side.
https://youtu.be/KBUCKfgoTG9o
Ah heck. Video unavailable.
“Whitney Houston, we have a problem.”
With the world stuck in its present rotting knot, we cannot make political progress, with the last of the fabled, mis-labeled “Young Guns,” Rhinocons, poised to become Speaker of the House in 22.
The chance of removing him, through primary, is slim — as the great voters of Virginia 7, did to Eric Cantor, before he could lead us astray — so, MAGA voters in CA 23, may need to strategically stay home and sacrifice McCarthy’s congressional seat, to eliminate the possibility, of another Deep State prop being installed in our name.
Kevin McCarthy did nothing to stop the “great replacement” plan & societal destruction in California and he’ll accomplish the same nothing for the country.
Remember what he did to Rep. Steve King, for making factually correct statements?
Kevin McCarthy, like McConnell, is a “Multicultural Supremacist,” who is joyfully on board with the eradication and genocide of Heritage America.
Months ago, Tucker mortally wounded McCarthy, by revealing Kevin’s cozy D.C. bunk-bed hijinx, with swamp slob-weirdo, Frank Luntz. We must now strategize, to remove the McCarthy problem, with tactical voting, if an obvious red wave is cresting in 22.
Interesting plan.
How do we limit it to just one RINO CON? (I.e. still win the House.)
But if we do limit it to just him, how do we prevent some other RINO CON from taking his place?
Wouldn’t be necessary if Tucker had really mortally wounded McCarthy’s reelection chances. He would retire. But they would still push another CON RINO to take his place.
Thinking about it, if we can get enough people to stay home on election day to put a Dem in his place, surely we could get them to throw him out in the primary. That is if the CONs even allow a challenger.
Doe
Min
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The RINO Republicans have spent decades making themselves impervious to change. The only way to remove ’em is from the bottom-up using the Trump strategy based on brute political force. The actual Republican constituency is MAGA, is loyal to Trump, and willing to turn out in the thousands to show their support. No other American politician or political movement can do that. Outside DC is where the RINOs are vulnerable.
THE BOW IN THE CLOUD
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.” Genesis ix. 13
It is the will of God that human beings should get into moral relationship with Him, and His covenants are for this purpose. Why does not God save me? He has saved me, but I have not entered into relationship with Him. Why does not God do this and that? He has done it, the point is – Will I step into covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into relationship with Him on the basis of His covenant.
Waiting for God is incarnate unbelief, it means that I have no faith in Him; I wait for Him to do something in me that I may trust in that. God will not do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man has to go out of himself in his covenant with God as God goes out of Himself in His covenant with man. It is a question of faith in God – the rarest thing; we have faith only in our feelings. I do not believe God unless He will give me something in my hand whereby I may know I have it, then I say – “Now I believe.” There is no faith there. “LOOK UNTO ME, and be ye saved.”
When I have really transacted business with God on His covenant and have let go entirely, there is no sense of merit, no human ingredient in it at all, but a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and the whole thing is transfigured with peace and joy.
Oswald Chambers
December 6th Devotional
A strange thing, we want everything for free. No work, just handouts but, when offered by God for free we cannot except. Why?
And we are offered everything, all things.
Our Ego says no, “we” cannot and that is right.
It is only God, Lest a man say “ it is me.”
David did say “wait upon the Lord” but that is inherently different than “wait for the Lord.”
Jesus is the fulness of our Covenant with Him.
He said, It is finished. So we enter but sometimes we still have to wait UPON Him to accomplish certain things in our lives. eg healing.
Panis angelicus
Fit panis hominum
Dat panis coelicus
Figuris terminum
O res mirabilis
Manducat dominum
Pauper, pauper
Servus et humilis
May the Bread of Angels
Become bread for mankind;
The Bread of Heaven puts
All foreshadowings to an end;
Oh, thing miraculous!
The body of the Lord will nourish
the poor, the poor,
the servile, and the humble.
Thank you.
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I used to sing that hymn in parochial school. I love it!
Beautiful! 🤗
Mornin’ infidels!
For a second I thought that the sign applied to the SF looters.
That’s criminal. They make such good stocking stuffers. We should assume that a black market for accordions will develop. My half-brother used to play the accordion for old ladies, You Are My Sunshine, that sort of thing. The experience scarred him for life
ah, reminds me of taking accordion lessons as a kid from an old Austrian fellow in Richmond Hill, NY. I started with guitar but he taught in the classical style which I could not deal with (pity). So, my mother suggested (forced) the accordion on me. I think she was secretly in love with Myron Floren from the Lawrence Welk show and so thought this was the way to go.
Our old mutt would howl when I practiced and on summer days, with all the windows open, we serenaded the neighborhood. My friends got a real kick out of it – I hated it, or so I thought. One summer, after returning from 2 weeks away at Boy Scout camp my parents told me they returned the accordion and cancelled my lessons. I was surprisingly upset and they referred to my many complaints about practicing and the type of music I was playing (waltzes, polkas…). I think the more compelling reason was that they just couldn’t afford the instrument rental and lessons any longer. (again, pity)
Thanks for the laugh and the memory WW. BTW, I think that’s my old accordion on the lower shelf, second from the left….
I had a cousin that played accordion. She would come down for a visit and would wow the aunts and uncles. At the same time I was learning piano and no one ever asked me to bring the piano to a family banquet. It was at the same time that the really smart guys learned that they could get unlimited party invitations and interested girls by learning to play guitar. To this day, no one has ever invited me to a party and asked if I could bring my piano. As for the girls, something about piano is just not impressive. However, as the beer began to get low in the cooler, there would be a never ending line of guys that would want me to play the house piano while they tried to sing. Almost every house had a house piano. They were almost universally terrible, out of tune and broken in various ways. When you are the band for drunk singers, none of that matters. Billy Joel and Piano Man are the upscale side of this phenomena.
I had a music professor that made a living in piano bars. He told us the key (pun intended) was to be able to play whatever the drunk guy wanted to hear. It is what filled the tip jar. In those days, it would have taken a truck to carry around the printed music that was necessary to cover every request, so he memorized it out of necessity. Now, they cheat using sheet music apps.
When he decided to leave the tip jar and cruise ships (another story) behind, he went to the local university and said he wanted to teach music. They said it required a doctor’s degree in music and experience and skill did not count. He went back to school and got that degree. He taught theory and jazz improvisation as his passion and Appreciation 101 because he had to. My 101 class was a series of lessons about jazz musicians and how they had drawn from the classics.
I took his first year music theory class. It was an 8 am class and was full of mostly dance majors and kids from the drum corps that had Music Theory as a required credit. I took it for fun. I can still sort of sight sing that I learned in that class. The real musicians had gotten passes or covered this in the individual lesson part of their degree program. We met four days a week plus every other Friday which the the professor would make a special day for us. He would go around the room and take requests. If he could not play the request, the student would get an A posted as a test score. Rules were simple: It must be a published or recorded work. It was long before the days of self recording on the internet. In the entire semester, he missed three times.
Was my stepmom’s favorite.
There’s some real pretty ones there.
Afternoon WeeWeed!
As a kid I once owned and played a full-sized vintage (really old!) Italian-made Scandalli accordion that I got from a neighbor who didn’t want it. What a blast.
That’s telling them!
Yep, spot on Dora, this is exactly what we have been doing that you mob have been censored from, we here call the above “bunging it” ! Meaning in real terms ” you can’t push shit uphill ” hilarious stuff here and straight to the point, afterall no revolution can survive without the people’s laughter and fun without mockery of the enemy.
Cheers.
Stay in the fray. ❗️💪❗️
That’s an easy tune for me!
I won’t soon forget it.
HILARIOUS ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
The good old days.
Dec. 6 2014 Jessica Chambers was muredered. RIP
Amen.
I live in the Berkshires, home to countless springs. Many folks here drink spring water as the town water is so heavily infused with chlorine that it can be used as paint remover. Last summer they supposedly detected E coli or something in one sample from one well. Nobody got sick, it was nothing. But they again ramped up the chlorine (and God knows what else) and now if you take a shower your skin peels. There are several springs that have very good flow and have been in use probably since the 1750’s. The water has been “tested” by the thousands of people who have been drinking it since then. But now The State in it’s infinite benevolence and wisdom has closed every one. The last one was in a hilltown a couple of miles from here (straight up) but now they are claiming pollution from..beavers. It’s a pipe coming out of a rock. Beavers don’t do pipes, they prefer ponds. Although there could be a “novel’ beaver “variant”. We’ll have to wait for the results from the latest “new study”. There are other springs. I know a good one on the AT but it’s miles into the woods up rough terrain. Good for filling canteens only. That leaves Vermont, a few miles away, where the state government doesn’t close springs, they just put up “drink at your own risk” signs. I’m fine with that. But now it occurs to me that, like Kyle Rittenhouse, I’ll have to Cross State Lines. This I suppose will automatically get me listed as a Domestic Terrorist. Then again anyone not so listed is not a good patriot
Have you tried installing a whole house chlorine filter on your water supply line? They can be purchased for $300 on amazon and the plumbing required to install them on your input line is not difficult. Plus you can use a free-standing Berky filter to create very pure drinking water by removing almost everything from the water except the good stuff (H2 and O).
I’ve heard good things about Berkey’s. That’s probably the way to go and affordable for me. There is something about spring water though, maybe the micronutrients. I grew up on it, my home town was Poland Spring Maine. But the state closing the springs here for no reason was disturbing. A petty and arbitrary exercise of power. It’s what communists do
My sister has used a Big Berkey filter since the 1990s because of the local tap water quality AND her concern for health. I have often tasted the water from her Berkey and it’s quite good. She keeps a 2 gal rectangular plastic dispenser in her fridge for cold Berkey water on demand…
However if you want to keep the micronutrients and minerals then go the whole house carbon filer route. That pulls out the chlorine and chloramines and other nasty by products of chlorine and almost always “sweetens” the water,
Verse of the Day for Monday, December 6, 2021
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“In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust…”
Psalms 56:4 (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.
The masking seems to obliterate whatever goal of uplifting that would be intended
I hoped one day to see the sky
I felt the passion in their sighs
I heard the laughter in the room
I yearned to live outside my womb
I could tell when they were near
I dreamt to do the things I’d hear
I wanted love and craved achievement
But Mamma found me inconvenient
My dreams were ended yesterday
I didn’t have a say
Mamma made a choice
No one ever heard my voice
sob
How sad. But an awesome poem of expression!
I have wept many tears over abortion for 40 years.
I did not write this poem. I found it on another great website where people were talking about the Supreme Court chaser. There was no author listed or situation given, but it touched my heart and I wanted to share.
181.FM internet radio playing Christmas Classics non-stop
not my beloved Robert Shaw Chorale, nor the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
but Eartha Kitt, Boston Pops, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby
and all the singers / musicians you have loved over the years
Enjoy
Ella Fitzgeral – O Holy Night – tingles
do you love Jo Stafford
My Mom had a Robert Shaw Christmas album. It was my favorite Christmas music.
Patty – you might like Carol of the Birds by Robert Shaw Chorale
hope this link works: Carol of the Birds – YouTube
While I have many of the Robert Shaw albums and love all their Christmas music – this one haunts me
Thanks for posting this beautiful song. I have never heard this one before!
I found 2 versions (lyrics) – could never be sure which one my poor ears hear
When rose the eastern star The birds came from afar In that full might of a glory. With one melodious voice They sweetly did rejoice And sang the wondrous story. Sang, praising God on high Enthroned above the sky And his fair mother Mary. The eagle left his lair Came winging through the air His message loud arising. And to his joyous cry The sparrow made reply His answer sweetly voicing. Overcome are death and strife This night is born new life The robin sang rejoicing. When rose the eastern star The birds came from afar. – See more at: http://christmas-songs.org/songs/carol_of _the_birds.html#sthash.R2lH5GBa.dpuf
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When in the eastern skies The wondrous star did rise And fill the night with splendor Came birds in joyful throng To sound their dainty song In a carol sweet and tender Hosanna to the child And to his mother mild Full revently to render The kingly eagle came To praise his holy name In mighty proclamation The sparrow then replied Tonight is Christmas tide A night of jubilation Then robin red breast sang Now death has lost its pang In Christ is our salvation The nightingale sang sweet The holy babe to greet In Mary’s arms a-lying The cuckoo and the quail Flew over over hill and dale In admiration vying The barn owl’s eyes were dim Such radiance blinded him And homeward he went flying
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Read the signs of the times.Events are starting to spiral out of control.The world is being locked down with an unending series of lies by demons with the sole desire of inflicting as much misery on the human race as possible. Inflation is raging as the rush to destroy the global economy is right on schedule with the aim of impoverishing everyone not connected intimately to the beast system. Ethnic groups are at each other’s throats as the racist oligarchs stoke the flames of hatred and devision. Every institution that mankind has trusted for centuries to meet out justice has collapsed into a heap of rubble. Trust in our fellow man has been replaced by suspicion and brainwashed children hate their parents and blame them for the ills of the world. Children and their body parts are now a commodity to some and sexual playthings to others. People have lost the sense of who the are. Earthquakes increase in frequency and intensity. Murder and mayhem fill the headlines. Justice no longer exists. A satanic mob of insane criminals has unleashed the first of many plagues that seem to have no end. Fear rules the minds of the faithless as a worldwide tracking/control system is being put in place forcefully.
A ruthless war has been unleashed on mankind but many still believe that voting and the petitioning of grievances will stop the advance of the beast system. They still have faith in a system that for the most part no longer exists . Some still believe that an honorable politician will rise and defeat the beast and that life will return to some semblance of normalcy. Ain’t gonna happen. The die has been cast.
To be sure some who frequent this site will comment on my dire words and blast me for the presumed negativity. I understand that but after 50 plus years of prayerfully studying Bible prophecy I can state without reservation that the Day of The Lord is near at hand.The beast will not relent until Christ himself chains him and casts him into the lake of fire.
My sole purpose in writing these words is only to awaken those among us who still think man can unwind this evil and bring life back into balance. I will still vote and petition the government and speak out against this great evil as that is what is required of all believers. I hope I am wrong but the Bible clearly states that the generation (1948) that sees the establishment of the state of Israel will not pass away until all things prophesied by The Christ in Matthew 24 Mark 13 and Luke 21 are fulfilled.
This gives me hope. I will not despair or become fearful or complacent. There is still much work to be done to help bring the lost to repentance and to an understanding of The Creators love for them.
I agree with you, Clay. The last act has begun.
I think what you describe may still be a year off or two at the most. For now the center still holds but barely. Because of the strong delusion of The Pandemic and the subsequent poisonous innoculations there will be a massive die off with great suffering. In two years time it will be impossible to ignore or deflect. I don’t believe it can be reversed; as you say the die is cast. I have been expecting this for many years but the speed and precision with which it has been implemented is still breathtaking and terrifying. God alone can rectify this and He still does perform miracles but only for those who are worthy. We as a nation are not and we are witnessing His judgement on our complicity with and apathy toward wickedness. Our national mind has turned to depraved mush and our national heart has turned to stone. No, despair is not an option. After all we are all born but to die. I intend to die saved and die human. But not today, unless it is His will. In our remaining time our purpose is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and enlarge God’s human family. Nothing else matters
I’m sure a lot of regulars to this site has noticed that although there is a place to donate here that Sundance never openly shills for donations like other websites do. That speaks volumes to me on how real Sundance is as far as how much integrity he has as a human being. A rare trait nowadays. I think he would keep spreading the message of truth as long as he could even if no one donated to his cause. He is a rare individual in our present time.
Anyone who has thought about donating to this site who is still sitting on the fence about it should ask themselves, what other website do you go to (and there are many other websites out there that provide excellent content but are asking for donations on a regular basis) where you feel no pressure to just hang out and read germane info about what is REALLY going on in the world today from like minded citizens who care about the future of our Republic?
I think it is a no brainer.
We have very few sources out there we can trust and I think that Sundance is one of them. We all have different circumstances in our lives , but if you can give anything to the cause of freedom right now, The Conservative Treehouse should be a priority. This man gets it. JMHO. God bless.
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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No, no, no. Cue up the blinking jokes.https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/visit-12062021161648.html
December 7, 2021, a date which will live in infamy https://112.international/politics/biden-to-talk-with-zelensky-before-conversation-with-putin-the-independent-67498.html
I cannot take this anymore – the events happening are just too much to bear.
I don’t want to stop reading but somebody please end it.
Why is Fauci still making decisions? Why is he not in prison for life for crimes against humanity?
Why is Joe Biden still President while we all know the criminal activities he and his family have perpetrated?
Why are Mitch McConnel/Schummer/Pelosi/HRC still in our face?
Why were the police bludgeoning Jan 6 peaceful demonstrators?
Why are the perpetrators of the biggest hoax, Russiagate, still allowed to walk the streets?
Why is the medical profession still saying vaccines work when we all know they don’t?
Why can’t simple medical interventions like Hydroxy.. and Iverm.. be used without a court order?
Why is everything crumbling?
I cannot stand it anymore.