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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Morning Ya’ll 🙂
It’s about time. . .
One more . . . .
“Flip your lid” from Little Deuce Coupe. Haven’t heard that phrase for many moons.
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🇺🇸😎
Good morning, Mr jay🤗
Howdy Betsy 🇺🇸🤠
Yo, Jay! 🙂
Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠
Morning, Garrison. Good group, good sounds, good memories.🤗
Mornin’ Bet. What always impressed me about “Duce Coupe” is that all the mechanical references are completely period correct. I think the song was written by Brian. He knew what he was talking about. “Ported and relived” was a descriptive 40’s-50’s hot-rod term related to cylinder head modifications.
Now that bit of information has increased my appreciation for the song. Only a car guy would have picked up on that. Interesting…very.
Good morning Bet and Garrison! Got a nice shower this morning just after I watered the garden. LOL!
Praise the Lord! Hopefully more to come. 🙂
Wonderful!!! That’s the way it always works. Same with washing a car. Whatever it takes, right, G?? We are hoping for some over the next few days. What a gift it would be🙏
Third round of rain right now. Got about a quarter of an inch the previous two. Glory to God!
My SIL got her lung biopsy this morning. Waiting on them to come back. Since I spent the day yesterday in San Antonio, my bride got our oldest son to drive them today. Which I appreciated since the had to get up at 4. The hospital wanted her there at 6 because they wanted to do another CT scan first.
My prayers most definitely headed on her direction, my friend. I hope I it won’t be long before an answer is given. And I pray it will be a good one, G. This year has been a fraught one for your whole family. I am so glad you and they are people of great and abiding faith. Please let us know…..🙏💕
And as my prayers are still ongoing for Frank’s mother in law whose first surgical foray had to stop for a more involved one, I pray that her road to recovery is still proceeding,and smoothly as it can be.🙏
I can relate to getting pushed out of shape before I fixed the problem and getting rubber in all 4 gears
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30 August 1995 Sterling Morrison, American musician (Velvet Underground), dies at 53
Ancient Artifacts, Dinosaur Tracks, Nazi Ships Appear Around The World As Drought Causes Low Water Levels
https://greatgameindia.com/ancient-artifacts-appear-drought/
Muse Uprising
Kim Carnes singing She’s got Bette Davis eyes
From a Distance
Such a beautiful voice……………out of such an ugly personality.
One more from Muse
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
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)
Afterfeast of the Dormition
Holy Hieromartyr Myron of Cyzicus (+ 250)
Holy Hieromartyr Jeroen, Hieromonk, at Noordwijk, Netherlands (+ 857)
Saint Alypios / Alypy the Iconographer of the Kiev Caves (+ 1114)
August 17th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
August 30th – civil or commercial calendar
August 30 Oswald Chambers
Usefulness or Relationship?
Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. —Luke 10:20
Jesus Christ is saying here, “Don’t rejoice in your successful service for Me, but rejoice because of your right relationship with Me.” The trap you may fall into in Christian work is to rejoice in successful service— rejoicing in the fact that God has used you. Yet you will never be able to measure fully what God will do through you if you do not have a right-standing relationship with Jesus Christ. If you keep your relationship right with Him, then regardless of your circumstances or whoever you encounter each day, He will continue to pour “rivers of living water” through you (John 7:38). And it is actually by His mercy that He does not let you know it. Once you have the right relationship with God through salvation and sanctification, remember that whatever your circumstances may be, you have been placed in them by God. And God uses the reaction of your life to your circumstances to fulfill His purpose, as long as you continue to “walk in the light as He is in the light” (1 John 1:7).
Our tendency today is to put the emphasis on service. Beware of the people who make their request for help on the basis of someone’s usefulness. If you make usefulness the test, then Jesus Christ was the greatest failure who ever lived. For the saint, direction and guidance come from God Himself, not some measure of that saint’s usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that counts, not what we do for Him. All that our Lord gives His attention to in a person’s life is that person’s relationship with God— something of great value to His Father. Jesus is “bringing many sons to glory…” (Hebrews 2:10).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Seeing is never believing: we interpret what we see in the light of what we believe. Faith is confidence in God before you see God emerging; therefore the nature of faith is that it must be tried.
https://utmost.org/usefulness-or-relationship/
Good morning, Cat. I like this one,and have taken a screenshot of and sent to my youngest, the one with the 3+1, who will most definitely appreciate it.🤗
Goodaye Cat! \U0001f49c
LOL! That was supposed to be a heart emoji.
Hahahahhaaaaaaa!!
Well, it worked!! 😂
Hi grandpa…waving
We been passing each other. Hope this hi catches up with you. And thanks, you reminded me to get oil changed. 😛 💜
August 30
MORNING
The king held out … the golden sceptre. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. Esth. 5:2
It shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. Exo. 22:27
We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. I John 4:16-19
Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb. 10:22
For through him we … have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Eph. 2:18
We have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Eph. 3:12
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Heb. 4:16
EVENING
They said, … It is manna: for they wist not what it was. Exo. 16:15
Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh. I Tim. 3:16
The bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. John 6:33
Your fathers did eat marina in the wilderness, and are dead. John 6:49
If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. John 6:51
My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. John 6:55
The children of Israel … gathered, some more, some less. He that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack. They gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating. Exo. 16:17, 18, 21
Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat: or, What shall we drink? Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matt. 6:31-33
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/08/0830.html
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
“May God be…
Above you to bless you;
Below you to support you;
Before you to guide you;
Behind you to protect you;
Beside you to comfort you;
And
Inside you to give you strength and joy.”
Amen
A prayer I offer for each bless-ed resident in these leafy, God surrounded branches.💕
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 Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
1 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Mornin’ comrade banana republic infidels.
My current teaching in Isaiah is from Chapters 63 and 64. This is the last verse of Chapter 63:
19 We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
like those who are not called by your name.
This lament has troubled me. The people of Israel were to be the image of God for the world but they have become indistinguishable for the those that do not know God and were never called by God. This could also be the lament of the modern church. We are called to be the ambassadors of Christ and live Christlike lives yet many people claiming to be Christians are indistinguishable from the world that needs God’s grace.
The context concludes with two rhetorical questions that at first seem questions that doubt that God will ever save His people.
12 Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
God always rescues His people. The answer
to the questions must be a resounding “No!” the only question remaining
is “When?”
A Hymn
O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry.
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us.
But take away our pride.
From all that terror teaches,
From lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches
That comfort cruel men,
For sale and profanation
Of honour and the sword,
From sleep and from damnation,
Deliver us, Good Lord.
Tie in a living tether
The prince and priest and thrall,
Bind all our lives together,
Smite us and save us all;
In ire and exultation
Aflame with faith, and free,
Lift up a living nation,
A single sword to thee.
~~GK Chesterton ~~
This seemed appropriate, Vibeman. I hope you agree. Blessings.
Jeremiah 2:13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.”
VibeMan, most of the modern church has become like ancient Israel and have traded the One True God for foreign and false gods.
When I complete my teaching through Isaiah, we will start through Jeremiah. I am looking forward to it.
So true, G. Shamefully and inexplicably true. The transformation is incomprehensible to me.
“Jesus fed 5,000 but only 500 followed Him after lunch.
He had 12 disciples but only 3 prayed with Him in the garden before His arrest.
Then, only 1 stood with Him at the cross.
The closer you get to the cross, the smaller the crowd becomes.”
True, and yet, there is much hope for us in that even after Peter denied Him 3 times God used him mightily.
Morning all.
Sat in the door at my first stop in Seymour, IN yesterday for 4 1/2 hours. Despite calls and Emails from my dispatch and Toyota telling them to unlock the dock lock and let me leave for my next stop they kept my truck locked in until they finally got me loaded!
The third and last stop was closed when I finally arrived 2 1/2 hours after the appointed time.
This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about last week that a driver has to learn to keep their cool to get through. It does no good for anyone to go off the deep end in that kind of situation. It is not the place of the driver to deal with the shipper in that situation.
I simply told the dock manager that my company dispatch said let me go and when they didn’t I just kept my company informed and let them deal with it.
But that situation is an example of why I like this salary position . If I was getting paid by the mile I would have lost money despite the detention pay.
How infuriating, but driving in a state when you are would be dangerous. Appreciate your ability to keep the lid on.
Is it still “a state of emergency” in your neck of the woods?
No. But at this facility drivers are not even allowed on in the building where I get loaded.
Men are manspreading.
Women are keeping their legs together.
it keeps stuff from falling out
Sundance, will you state your opinion of Sen. John Kennedy, R-LA? I have missed any prior comment, if you have expressed an opinion of Sen. Kennedy. When I see Sen. Kennedy, the late Sen. Howell Heflin, D-AL comes to mind for some reason.
Amen.
Amen…
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen
Amen.