Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, August 15, 2022
Thank you, Dan. The best thing about Monday morning is reading Dr Spurgeon. Blessings to you, sir.🙏
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“Oh , Miss Betsy?,
you hoo???
I’m ready for my morning belly-scratch”
Haha!!! I have actually just come back in from delivering a good brushing to our resident feral tabby.
If I knew where the moggy above was, I’d be more than happy to brush him as well.😊💖
😁😁😁
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Pouring now…one for me, one for you, one for Ma 😘😘
Why thank you❣️
Sip , sip, sip
Ahhh ….
Delicious!
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Morning Ya’ll 🙂
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Morning, Mr jay💖 Nice to see the same pieces with the interpretations of different artists. I hadn’t thought of Julie London in so many years. One classy lady.
She had a great voice and Peggy was with Benny Goodman for a while. 🙂
Peggy’s was smooth and sultry I always thought. One could see her in one of those smoke filled clubs that were the homes of singers like her, and musicians like Goodman.
Talk about making me wretch 🤮
1/2 white privilege
Stroke!
Stroke!!
Stroke!!!
Easy now.
Stroke!
Stroke!!
Stroke!!!
Go to the left.
Stroke…
Ugh….too early for this one…if ever…
It’s about time guys . . . 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂 🙂
Jay 🙂
Good morning, Garrison. Now that is something different…and just beautiful. There is something about the harp that is joyous, light, and lovely. I did enjoy the Concertstuck.
It reminded me of Gliere’s Harp Concerto, which is perhaps one of the happiest concertos ever written. Very much worth searching out.
(I’m a tad bit unsettled by your cryptic note… I pray I’m reading too much into it🙏)
Mornin’ Bet, love. I’d had a long day, admin was a little late in posting today’s thread so I was about to give up and go to bed. Just being a cantankerous old fart . . . 🙂
You are certainly entitled to be that. You earned the privilege. 😉🤗
-does anybody really know
What it is
Really, Patience??? 🙂 🙂 🙂
Uh huh, really.
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😊
Love it! No slack, huh? 🙂
Feeding time 🙂
David Tennant as Dr. Who, the (not really) Last of the Time Lords, a non-human race that just happens to look human and speak English with an accent from north of England. The titular character of a very popular BBC reboot of its famous sci-fi series.
Funny though that as Dr. Who travels through time, he often comes upon ‘the last humans’.
15 August 1990 Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers – “Flowers on the Wall”), dies of Crohn’s disease complications at 52.
Good day magic! 👍
Good morning magic. Thank you for this Statler song. We went to see them many years ago. Loved their music. Still have many of their records!
August 15 Oswald Chambers
Signs Of The New Birth
Ye must be born again. — John 3:7
The answer to the question “How can a man be born when he is old?” is — When he is old enough to die — to die right out to his “rag rights,” to his virtues, to his religion, to everything, and to receive into himself the life which never was there before. The new life manifests itself in conscious repentance and unconscious holiness.
“As many as received Him” (John 1:12). Is my knowledge of Jesus born of internal spiritual perception, or is it only what I have learned by listening to others? Have I something in my life that connects me with the Lord Jesus as my personal Saviour? All spiritual history must have a personal knowledge for its bedrock. To be born again means that I see Jesus.
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Do I seek for signs of the Kingdom, or do I perceive God’s rule? The new birth gives a new power of vision whereby I begin to discern God’s rule. His rule was there all the time, but true to His nature; now that I have received His nature I can see His rule.
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin” (1 John 3:9). Do I seek to stop sinning or have I stopped sinning? To be born of God means that I have the supernatural power of God to stop sinning. In the Bible it is never — Should a Christian sin? The Bible puts it emphatically — A Christian must not sin. The effective working of the new birth life in us is that we do not commit sin, not merely that we have the power not to sin, but that we have stopped sinning. First John 3:9 does not mean that we cannot sin; it means that if we obey the life of God in us, we need not sin.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The Bible is the only Book that gives us any indication of the true nature of sin, and where it came from.
https://utmost.org/classic/signs-of-the-new-birth-classic/
Good morning, Cat💖 Reporting for duty!
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
~~Romans 6:23~~
A gift without compare…🙏
Good morning Betsy ❤️
Absolutely!! 🙏
August 15
MORNING
The God of peace make you perfect in every good work to do his will. Heb. 13:20, 21
Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. II Cor. 13:11
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. 2:8, 9
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning. James 1:17
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phil. 2:12, 13
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Rom. 12:2
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Phil. 1:11
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. II Cor. 3:5
EVENING
I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. Hos. 2:14
Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. II Cor. 6:17, 18
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. II Cor. 7:1
Jesus…. that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. Heb. 13:12, 13
[Jesus] said…. Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. Mark 6:31
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psa. 23:1-3
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/08/0815.html
Brandon’s administration recently announced there’s 3.5% unemployment and zero inflation so why did they need to pass an Inflation Reduction Act?
The 0% announcement was to prove their power to influence events just by the strength of their intentions.
If they are reducing inflation from 0% then we’re going into a period of deflation.
Someone should ask Brandon’s spokes moppet if that’s the plan of their legislation.
You can ckeckout any time you want, but you can never leave.
Good point surrender?nuts!
Amen
Mornin’ comrade banana republic infidels.
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
~~Kurt Vonnegut ~~
Ain’t it the truth…
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
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.
Verse of the Day for Monday, August 15, 2022
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“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. All go to one place: All come from dust, and all return to dust. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth? (Ecclesiastes 3:20-21)
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
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.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Tenth Week after Pentecost
Translation of the Precious Relics of the Holy Apostle and Protomartyr Stephen the Archdeacon of the Seventy (428)
Hieromartyr Stephen, Bishop of Rome and companions (+ 257)
Saint Basil of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ (+ 1552)
New Hieromartyr Platon (+ 1937)
August 2nd
Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
August 15th
civil or commercial calendar
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If anyone is interested this gentleman is starting sermon today @ 12 Eastern on whether or not our FBI is now public enemy #1
https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/has-fbi-federal-bureau-of-investigation-become-public-enemy-number-one/
Interesting article by Eric Metaxas.
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Is Archaeology Proving the Bible?
Excerpt:
“But just two weeks ago, the details of perhaps the most astonishing of all such finds appeared in a lengthy, peer-reviewed paper in Nature Scientific Reports. It described the cataclysmic destruction of a Middle Bronze Age city north of the Dead Sea and represented years of research and technical analysis by 21 scientists, who likely never expected to author a paper in one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals that mentioned the destruction of the Biblical city of Sodom. But in the end, the parallels proved impossible to ignore.”
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-proving-bible-opinion-1634339?fbclid=IwAR1qGYEOQgQG1loAcd4UWXLW4e1-UR9yXwYIunKTiltPI97r08m3BqXltdo
This was very interesting. Thank you for posting it.
Archbishop Viganò Was Right About Donald Trump
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2022/archbishop-vigano-was-right-about-donald-trump?fbclid=IwAR3VRofnNJXTlc0C5h0zJAhtxcCfSNMtfsbz3tr8Yx9YRm-TD3MF7AyQdIM
Thank you, Troublemaker!
If you have never read the most wonderful letters His Excellency wrote to Mr Trump, I believe they are still available. Messages from God, I like to think. Remarkable missives. It was those personal, uplifting, spiritually stirring letters which introduced me to Archbishop Vigano.
Just finished reading. Wonderful! Thank you once more. May our Almighty Father surround these two men with His protection so that no evil will dare touch them🙏
Excellent!
Donald Trump Is the MLK of the Working Class and Christians. No Wonder the FBI Is Persecuting Him, Too
https://stream.org/donald-trump-is-the-mlk-of-the-working-class-and-christians-no-wonder-the-fbi-is-persecuting-him-too/?fbclid=IwAR1xSqIKIOYNEOERGuPxGRoNDkRlvN_N62g7Ut7yLUJgY0mw3pujHlHH8F4
They’ve got his passports…
For my Catholic peeps BB reports on an Atlantic article:
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2022/08/15/the-atlantic-compares-catholic-rosary-to-assault-weapon/
For once I whole heartedly agree with these lefties.
“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.” -St. Padre Pio
As we humbly recall her Assumption. I remember a quote, where it was said that no one gets to heaven except through the Son. That is followed by ‘no one gets to the Son except thru the Mother’.
https://catholicgentleman.com/2014/10/powerful-weapon-15-quotes-holy-rosary/
Lovely Lady dressed in blue, teach me how to pray!
Sweet😊 and 😂
The Smithsonian’s Latino exhibit is a disgrace
Excerpt:
A new Latino exhibit at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) offers an unabashedly Marxist portrayal of history, religion and economics. It is, quite frankly, disgraceful.
It elevates only leftist ideologues, celebrates transexual activists, denigrates Christianity, denounces capitalism, condemns the West, portrays the United States as iniquitous and oppressive and badly distorts history. It advances the classic oppressor-oppressed agenda of textbook Marxism.
Among the tendentious or downright false assertions in the Latino exhibit at NMAH are that:
· The United States stole one-third of Mexico in 1848.
· Cubans came here seeking economic opportunity, not escaping communist barbarism.
· The Texas Revolution was a defense of slavery against an abolitionist Mexico.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3596470-the-smithsonians-latino-exhibit-is-a-disgrace/amp/
wow. Just. Beautiful. !!!!!
Stunning! Their antlers fascinate me. Like hands with fingers spread wide. He’s gorgeous!!
“No one may follow…that path is for your steps alone”.A very nice nightcap FC. Casco 🙂 🙂 🙂
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.
And prayers up for all political prisoners. Prayers up for Julian Assange and for all the protesters of January 6 who were or are entrapped in DC. And, thank you, Lord, for restoring Pastor Pawlowski.
Thank you Father, for Your love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Amen.
Thank you. <3
Amen 🙏
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Jesus Christ is Lord.