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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10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
We lost so much of our treasure that day.
Here is the song written on this day, 21 years ago. Don Henley was called on the morning of September 11 and asked if he had his television on.. he asked “what channel” and was told, “it doesn’t matter… ANY channel”. He watched for a brief while and then sat at his piano and wrote this song about that fateful day.
Every year a lot is written about 9/11 as needed reminders of what happened that day.
However, my thoughts eventually turn to what happened to us because of that day.
The first Sunday after 9/11, all of the churches were packed and many felt that the tragedy might be the beginnings of a revival. The crowds soon tapered off.
It was the first of times in which we decided to abandon the things we would do out of fear. My son’s soccer team in semi-rural Kentucky considered cancelling. The parents got together and said lets have the game. We can not cower in fear forever. By 2020, our government was insisting that we cower in fear and many went along.
We started foreign wars in retaliation that should have been limited to punishing those that attacked us. Instead, we lost incalculable blood and treasure in trying to do more. We only left one of those battlegrounds last year in a manner that embarrassed everyone except those that designed the withdrawal.
9/11 was used to create an intelligence community bureaucracy that morphed into the behemoth that has divided this nation politically and is being used to this day to punish political differences.
We shut down the entire airline industry. When it reopened it was to idiocy of warrantless searches of people waiting in line at the gates, increased searches to the point of looking under the clothes of passengers. We banned water through security. Much of the air travel lunacy remains. A secretive “no fly” list was created that is nearly impossible to learn why one is on it and to get off of it when unjustified.
The structure and processes of the excesses of our response to 9/11 were the test base for the excesses in response to Covid. We could lock down, restrict movement, shut down businesses, schools and churches. We could institute ridiculous procedures involving masks, or plexiglass or distancing all in the name of safety. We learned how to do this with our response to 9/11.
Our enemies perpetrated 9/11 to punish us. The damage they did was immediate and painful, but we quickly responded in the way we always do. The people of this country came together to fight a common external threat. At the same time, there were our internal enemies that saw this as an opportunity. They continue to this day.
Very well said. Thank you. 🙂
Given so much activity favored the deep state following 9/11 it begs the question of what really led to that horrible day. I am not a flat earther, but so much is fishy. I have seen a surveillance video at the pentagon, building 7 goes down. OBL killed and buried at sea, the team that “got” OBL all got killed (from operation zero footprint weapons?). All the petrowars, and color revolutions. The list is long.
Your suspicions are well-grounded. There is no reason to believe this event occurred as a surprise to our national security institutions. The event was used as the justification to put in place the most invasive and anti-constitutional snooping and “wiretapping” law ever made – “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001” commonly knowns as the Patriot Act.
Notice how quickly TPTB had that legislation ready-to-go….. only 6 weeks after 9/11/01.
• Passed the House on October 24, 2001 (Yeas: 357; Nays: 66)
• Passed the Senate on October 25, 2001 (Yeas: 98; Nays: 1)
• Signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001
Look how expedient they were in getting that passed……. it is almost like they knew the need was coming.
Yet the alleged “mastermind” behind the attacks still awaits trial…really?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/20-years-after-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-still-n1278592
“Islamic terrorism is not the only thing that matters. It’s not the only thing that
will determine our survival. But it is ONE of those things. And it’s the one that
we’ve forgotten”
Daniel Greenfield
“Islamic terrorism is not the only thing that matters. It’s not the only thing that
will determine our survival. But it is one of those things. And it’s the one that
we’ve forgotten”
Daniel Greenfield
How apt, VibeMan. Considering WP’s post above this morning. The Patriot Act enacted after 9/11 is the basis for holding the political prisoners in their wretched cells in the DC Gulag at this moment, where they’ve been for over a year and a half with no end to their torture in sight.
Our enemies now are more domestic than foreign.
I can’t. I get too angry!
Yes. My son graduated high school and enlisted ‘04 in the Marines. He told me he wanted to go kill Obama (oops) Osama. He saw the slimy Muslim evil. While attempting to win “hearts and minds” he killed a few Iraqi nice people. Returned’08 and killed himself 10-19-09. No help or hope from our local VA. Wife dead from a broken heart. House foreclosed, etc. Tried to drink myself to death. I love Islam the religion of peace.
I tried to help others with war sickness. Finally crashed said God I can’t do it no more. God was waiting for my surrender and has given me more than I could ever do for myself.
And those who were left to be killed…sacrificed by their government…in Benghazi ten years ago.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen
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Scared little pups!
PB&J got her breakfast early because I got out early before the rain to feed her. When I opened the back door to the deck to go feed her, Gabby the cat was right there having followed me and had a hissy fit when she saw PB who she see’s as an intruder on her territory which she never has roamed. Gabby is strictly an inside cat and PB an outside.
You can get seeds for this corn here.
I guess it’s used for cornflour and popcorn.
I wonder if it pops different colors?!
https://www.rareseeds.com/glass-gem-corn
Thank you sunnydaze. I am thinking of getting some of the seed and trying to grow it next year. It is surely beautiful!
Let us know the results if you do!
Imagine eating the “rainbow” colors from one plant ! A vegetable fruit juicer’s dream.
F.Y.I….the quote is from July 30th 1957.
Night OP to take out the yellow jackets that made a home under the aluminum siding of my garage completed. I gathered my weapons and planned the OP. Tactical movement to contact followed by a surprise assault. Liberal application of Black Flag in the crack they used for access followed by insecticide foam to block the crack and any others around that window the survivors may try to use.
I washed my hands and rewarded myself with a brownie. After a glass of water, time to head back to bed and RON.
Rain in the forecast here today. Today will be a day of rest as I depart at 04:00 Monday morning for a four stop milk run in northern Indiana and Southern Michigan. First stop Ligonier, IN. 2nd stop Niles, MI. Third stop Three Rivers, MI. Fourth stop Ligonier, IN again. Then back to the yard in Anderson, IN.
IL is catching up on the road work they did not do during the summer…I-80 thru Will County IL is a nightmare…so your Monday routes look better.
Road Construction pretty much everywhere I roam has been much more active than in previous years.
Same in San Antonio, road construction everywhere.
Good morning, G…the I35 has seemingly been under construction for an eternity, especially between Waco and Austin. I haven’t been that direction for a couple of years, but the last time, it looked like an abandoned project, mounds of dirt with grass growing here and there, equipment idle, a real mess…
Ha! It took them over 5 years to get that major project done in Texarkana. I dealt with that the whole time since at that time I was doing a lot of runs down to Laredo and back. There were times I just got off on 59 South and take the back way down to Laredo. It was nice to miss Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio.
It was/is really awful, rah. Every time we went that way, I kept thinking we were anywhere except in Texas.
Good morning Bet! Nowadays a lot of he side streets in SA are being worked on and the outer loop 1604 is undergoing another widening. They never do it right the first time. I guess that way they get to spend more money.
And they have plenty to spend. 26 Billion dollars in the kitty in Austin. BILLION!
As Ms Idaho said: two seasons winter and road construction
Merrie, I’ve left about ms Idaho down below.
Why design it right the first time when you can dig it up and redo it every few years here in IL; gotta keep the taxes to contractors to political donations carousel turning
I have an old 3/4 ton pickup that I use for hauling. It has dual tanks so a fill up lasts a long time for local delivery and hauling. I got it out a few weeks ago to move some things around and every where I stopped, there were red wasps. It was just a few at time, but they would be trying to get in the truck. They were quite aggressive but eventually they stopped. Last week, I finally needed to fill up with gas and when I opened the fuel door I found a fist size wasp nest, now empty. Mystery of the wasps was solved.
Check around your air filter’s air intake. Especially if you have an old truck sits for extended periods, wasps and dirt dobbers like to build nest in shielded openings.
Moth balls!
I should add. Just keep them away from the inlet for your AC/vent outside air. But really, they keep away a lot more than just moths, including spiders and mice.
God Bless America 🙂
Goodun’s Jay! Be blessed on this special day. 🙂
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Good morning, Garrison. All blessings to you on the Lord’s day.
Mornin’ Bet. Moving slow this morning. Just finished my first cup of coffee. Blessings to you too.
There are just days like that, my friend. For some reason we in this house seem to be experiencing them more frequently. Trying to take them as they come.😘
Jay, thanks. Happy Sunday!
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So lovely, Mr jay, especially as we are watching the Queen’s coffin being transported to Edinburgh from Aberdeenshire.
Blessings upon your house Betsy 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
🤗Thank you.
SING TO THE LORD OF HARVEST
You visit the earth, and water it.
You greatly enrich it.
The river of God is full of water.
You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
You drench its furrows.
You level its ridges.
You soften it with showers.
You bless it with a crop.
You crown the year with your bounty.
Your carts overflow with abundance.
The wilderness grasslands overflow.
The hills are clothed with gladness.
The pastures are covered with flocks.
The valleys also are clothed with grain.
They shout for joy!
They also sing.
— Psalm 65:9-13, KJV
Some churches disapprove of written prayers because they are not from the heart. I have to admit that written prayers usually help my heart pray its best. So if you have no objection, I’ll invite you to pray these. They are from the Lutheran Service Book, used by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
Almighty God, You have given us this good land as our heritage. Grant that we remember Your generosity and constantly do Your will. Bless our land with honest industry, truthful education, and an honorable way of life. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil course of action. Grant that we who came from many nations with many different languages, may become a united people. Support us in defending our liberties, and give those to whom we have entrusted the authority of government the spirit of wisdom, that there may be justice and peace in our land. When times are prosperous, may our hearts be thankful, and in troubled times do not let our trust in You fail; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Almighty God, You bless the earth to make it fruitful, bringing forth in abundance whatever is needed for the support of our lives. Prosper the work of farmers and all those who labor to bring food to our table. Grant them seasonable weather that they may gather in the fruits of the earth in abundance and proclaim Your goodness with thanksgiving; through Jesus Christ our Lord
Lord God, gracious and merciful Father, because You have promised that You will hear us when we bring You our cares, we implore You not to deal with us according to our sins but according to Your mercy. Send seasonable weather so that in due time the earth may yield her increase. Remind us ever to receive with thanks our daily bread, trusting You as our gracious God; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Lord Jesus Christ, as once You shared in our human toil and thus hallowed the work of our hands, bless and prosper those who maintain the industries and service sectors of this land. Give them a right regard for their labors, and grant them the just reward for their work, that they may find joy in serving You and in supplying our needs; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now, and forever.
Thank you for that.
You’re welcome, Dutchman.
Thank you, 1530. I am the same.
Although written prayers are outside my experience, I also know and understand that there are many different ways to worship, many different ways to seek out and experience Our Lord’s Grace. If the path leads to belief in Him, Our Lord is not nearly as critical as are some people.
Thank you for these beautifully worded prayers to our Everlasting God. 🙏🏻
“Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you” Psalm 143:8
Garrison, thanks. I listened to a snippet tonight (Saturday), will hear the whol thing Sunday afternoon. I’ve listened to practically no Sibelius ever, although in HS band we did play Finlandia. This makes me think of Bruckner or Mahler a little. Thanks again.
Bruckner’s Te Drum is being played at this moment on my Symphony Channel. Lovely for a Sunday
I came to Sibelius a bit late in my musical education—then I went out and bought all of his symphonies. I used to listen to them in rotation when I drove up to my mom’s house in Arkansas. Great music.
Thank y’all Garrison, we are praying for your family.
Thank you. Not much family I’m afraid. I’m putting one foot in front of the other, however . . . 🙂
💖!!!
Have a blessed Sunday, Treepers . . . 🙂
Howdy Garrison , Peace be upon you! 🙂
And you too, my friend. Looks like we’re in this together . . . 🙂
Yes…here is that unity the enemy all say falsely they want. Well, they’re getting it…just not in the way they want or expected. And our Commander is more powerful in a way they cannot possibly understand.🙏
🙂
Amen!
Weather.
I hope you folks in Texas enjoyed your respite with cooler and wetter weather because in a week or so your going to dry out and warm up again and expect that to last through October. It will get moderately warm for you for a week and then central Texas will start to fry once again. Oklahoma a Kansas will also fry while from the plains states east will also be warmer than usual for this time of year and it will continue for them right through October also. The exception being Florida and S. Georgia where they will be very wet and average to cooler than average.
Meanwhile the western and north western states will be cooler than average over the same period.
This is the endless summer that Weatherbell had forecasted. October and November will be warmer than average for the eastern 2/3rds of the country. Then it will be suddenly winter, with December forecasted to be colder than average followed by a deep colder than average winter.
In the tropics sea surface temperatures are running below average in both the Atlantic and Pacific while SSTs further north are wamer than average. This does not bode well for the hyperactive tropical storm season forecasted though we could see a spurt. That is not to say there will not be TS activity but just to say that conditions are not conducive for the formation of a lot of bad storms over a sustained season. The Madden Julian Oscillation will once again be cycling into the phases conducive to storm formation later this month and into early October.
Europe in for a big cool down and in fact it is looking like it will be down right cold, relative to averages, in South central and South East Europe in a couple weeks.
Lots of smoke and ash here in the NW today. 🙁
The sunlight has a reddish cast.
Phooey…
Real people, real lives, . . . .
Names on the Memorial
http://www.911memorial.org/visit/memorial/names-911-memorial
Heartbreaking🙏
. . . 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)
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
The Beheading of the Venerable and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
Fast day – wine and food with oil are permitted
Several other Saints and Holy Martyrs are commemorated today.
August 29th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
September 11th – civil or commercial calendar
Saint John the Baptist pray for us!
11 September 2020 Charles Patrick, American do-wop singer and songwriter (The Monotones – “The Book of Love”). dies on his 82nd birthday
https://youtu.be/qIfuNPbBaaA
Let us try a different one.
Much better.
Haven’t heard this song in many years. Always liked it, thank you for posting. Have a great day!
Someone to play with..
I sit here reading CTH last thing of the day. Having recently retired, I remember a few friends asking me what I was going to do now. I said “read more”. They asked “what are you reading” and I replied “the internet … and I’m almost finished”. But, the story never really ends, does it? Even though it always seems to be a version of the same story just packaged a little differently, different faces, doing different nasty things. The bad seems to always outweigh the good.
Today I happened upon this old song from 1987 “Ship of Fools” by World Party and the lyrics seemed appropriate given the circumstances forced upon us and the road we are being led down.
“We’re setting sail to the place on the map
From which no one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the women and the lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It’s the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby
You will pay tomorrow
You’re gonna pay tomorrow
You will pay tomorrow
Oh, oh, oh
Save me, save me from tomorrow
I don’t want to sail with this ship of fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don’t want to sail with this ship of fools, no, no
I want to run and hide right now
Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Or drowning in the oceans of history
Traveling the world, you’re in search of no good
But I’m sure you’ll build your Sodom like you knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As you’re little boat struggles through the warning waves, but you don’t pay
<refrain again>”
I think it speaks to the people running the show, the people putting us through this mess, causing all the misery for their own selfish stolen rewards, desires and amusement. They get it while they can, any way they can, off the backs of their fellow man. They are driven by it. Maybe it starts with just a little, and then what’s a little more gonna hurt anyway and eventually you end up with these monsters. Maybe they always were monsters waiting for a chance, IDK.
Just look at our congress people, they continue with it even into old age. They never seem to have any contrition, any regrets. Don’t they ever think they will be asked why? Wonder if they consider, even for a millisecond, meeting their maker? Thoughts of comeuppance, ever? These questions keep circling over my head when I read this site and others. Ship of Fools seems to capture the essence of these people that have such influence over us and that we can’t ever seem to escape.
I agree that it is appropriate, we are now on a ship of fools.
It is rather maddening tho that they remade this official music video in 2018 with…wait for it….
Orange
Man
BAD
This song was on the first CD I ever bought(compilation)… had a brand new car… and just got a Sony CD Walkman with car attachment.
Was about 3 years into working at a real job at a car dealership, wasn’t paying attention to politics back then…not sure what they were writing these lyrics for back then… things were working well for me.
And they reapplied it to 45……SMDH.
Sigh, I need a Palate cleanser after the new SoF version so, this was also on that first CD that I probably paid 25 bucks for 10 songs.
Technically I still have it, just digitized.
So many ships of fools, well be sparring for dibs to pull the plug?
Not sure how many Ship of Fools there may be and by whom, only one I have is World Party.
Can’t say I ever heard this before, never was much of a fan of the Dead tho.
I usually have great patience for most things, so I will not be quick to pull the plug and will allow the ID ten T’s to go off the deep end first.
Morning FC
Off to do dishes BBL
There’s a 1965 movie, same name… ship of fools….brilliant character study, imo
Brief synopsis
story was based on a journal she kept in 1931 during a sea voyage from Veracruz, Mexico, on her way to study in Bremerhaven, Germany, on a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the characters in the novel were based on real people she met during the trip.
Put on my list…..thx
Yikes …130 ship of fools songs, doors, erasure, grateful dead, film version?(1965 perhaps), no other covers of world party version.
https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/title/ship%20of%20fools?at=false&searchFilter=SVW&page=1
Wow what a coincidence …
I watched the movie Ship of Fools on YT last night. Free movie and I highly recommend it.
Nice.
“I won’t slave for beggar’s pay,likewise gold and jewels
But I would slave to learn the way,
To sink your ship of fools…
Though I could not caution all,
I still might warn a few,
Don’t lend your hand to raise no flag,
Atop no ship of fools.”
Thanks FC,and have a blessed Sunday. 🙂
Every one of your thoughts has been mine, and especially of late. No contrition, no regrets (as you say)…and seemingly no recognition that people are suffering as a result of their perfidy and complicity with evil.
September 11 Oswald Chambers
Missionary Weapons (2)
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. —John 13:14
Ministering in Everyday Opportunities. Ministering in everyday opportunities that surround us does not mean that we select our own surroundings— it means being God’s very special choice to be available for use in any of the seemingly random surroundings which He has engineered for us. The very character we exhibit in our present surroundings is an indication of what we will be like in other surroundings.
The things Jesus did were the most menial of everyday tasks, and this is an indication that it takes all of God’s power in me to accomplish even the most common tasks in His way. Can I use a towel as He did? Towels, dishes, sandals, and all the other ordinary things in our lives reveal what we are made of more quickly than anything else. It takes God Almighty Incarnate in us to do the most menial duty as it ought to be done.
Jesus said, “I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15). Notice the kind of people that God brings around you, and you will be humiliated once you realize that this is actually His way of revealing to you the kind of person you have been to Him. Now He says we should exhibit to those around us exactly what He has exhibited to us.
Do you find yourself responding by saying, “Oh, I will do all that once I’m out on the mission field”? Talking in this way is like trying to produce the weapons of war while in the trenches of the battlefield— you will be killed while trying to do it.
We have to go the “second mile” with God (see Matthew 5:41). Yet some of us become worn out in the first ten steps. Then we say, “Well, I’ll just wait until I get closer to the next big crisis in my life.” But if we do not steadily minister in everyday opportunities, we will do nothing when the crisis comes.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
There is no allowance whatever in the New Testament for the man who says he is saved by grace but who does not produce the graceful goods. Jesus Christ by His Redemption can make our actual life in keeping with our religious profession.
https://utmost.org/missionary-weapons-2/
Good afternoon Cat. 💜
September 11
MORNING
Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. 12:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil. Exo. 23:2
Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4:4
What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? II Cor. 6:14-16
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. The world passeth away, and the lust thereof. but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. I John 2:15, 17
In time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Eph. 2:2
Ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him…. as the truth is in Jesus. Eph. 4:20, 21
EVENING
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. Psa. 104:23
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground. Gen. 3:19
We commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. II Thess. 3:10
Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands. I Thess. 4:11
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Ecc. 9:10
The night cometh when no man can work. John 9:4
Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. 6:9
Always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your tabour is not in vain in the Lord. I Cor. 15:58
There remaineth . . . a rest to the people of God. Heb. 4:9
Unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. Matt. 20:12
This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. Isa. 28:12
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/09/0911.html
‘James Madison’s foundation, destroyed from within by radical activists on the foundation’s board.’
Why don’t a few wealthy Americans see this creeping malaise(s) and fight back against Soros’ actions?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/james-madisons-foundation-destroyed-from-within
‘Our stories will be lost: 9/11 survivors heartbroken by closing of NYC Tribute Museum.’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/september-11-museum-closed-911-new-york-city-tribute
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 Sunday, September 11, 2022
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“For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.”
Psalms 125:3 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
US life expectancy is in freefall — we can’t keep blaming COVID (msn.com)
It has been falling for the last decade. Hmmm, that would be about a year after the passage of Obama Care. Never mind some of the BS from The Hill about it. The fact is it has been falling and COVID is not the reason.
Healthcare has changed. When I was growing up your healthcare decisions were made between you and your family doctor. Now, government approves what you can do. If a drug needs approval, a nurse/doctor has to call. They can be on the phone a half hour waiting for approval. Multiply that by other patients that need drug approval. Doctors have to cooperate with hospitals or they can’t send their patients to that hospital. While at the hospital you’re usually treated via the hospital doctors ( hospitalist, intensivist). There’s usually no personal relationship between the hospital doctors. Most may not even know you. They certainly don’t know your medical history like a family doctor that has treated you for years. Another control is via the hospital and state social workers. Some social workers are good, but they have to comply with the government/hospital. Taking care of relatives and hearing from friends it looks like hospitals are punished if they spend too much healthcare dollars on the elderly. Of course, the elderly are treated like “useless eaters”. If they die, government has one less person on social security.
We as seniors are the target group. Corporate medicine, in conjunction with the genocidal vaxxxxes has effortlessly and purposely made inroads in ridding the world of us useless eaters.
It’s no longer “healthcare”, an oxymoron if I ever saw one. It is concierge service out the door of this world into the next. Wicked beyond measure.
On sort of a side note, I just found out this morning some sad news on my 100yo friend.
He was on a back to back (b2b) cruise with his son and a couple of son’s friends, and got back into port of miami this morning at the end of the first of the two voyages.
They are sailing back out this afternoon.
but… his son thought my friend (his dad) was too weak, and too short of breath, so this morning his son cabbed him to the VA, left him, and cabbed back to the ship. The son and his friends will not miss the second leg of their voyage.
I am speechless. I cannot FATHOM being such an idiot. Who would leave their 100yo dad alone and go sailing off to the caribbean? There are no other relatives. He will most likely die alone in VA.
Oh no! Slowcobra, it’s something I can’t comprehend either. As.much as I try to dispassionately understand the thinking of some people…both sides as it were…there are just some things I can not. And this is one. Cruel in the extreme and for me there is no understanding of it.
Are you near? Isn’t there anybody checking on him? This absolutely breaks my heart, as I’m sure it must his, and yours…..oh dear…..
🙏🙏🙏 Please let us (me) know when you find out he’s all right physically. I am sure you are in touch with him….awful. Sending prayers💕
Thank you for the prayers betsy.
There is nobody to check on him, unless the idiot son told his n’bor (the son’s nbor) to drive to miami (very doubtful).
I am not near. I am in MI and work full time (and dont fly).
I am having sincere doubts that he will make it through this. I am going to try to call his room (if I can figure out which VA in miami he is) but he is probably on his death bed (weak, exhausted, deteriorating).
he flew to FL all alone, because his idiot son is an idiot and just made him do it. And his son told him, “wear your mask, and dont eat or drink anything while you’re traveling”.
my friend has been telling me for months how exhausted he is, and he hopes the cruise will perk him up.
Insurance is driving almost all medical decisions, especially at hospitals.
You know how your car insurers will “total” an older vehicle if cost of repairs exceeds about 60-70% of its book value? This happens regardless of the vehicles’s condition pre-accident. And that includes circumstances where the vehicle was in very good operational condition before the accident.
I think us older folks are being “totaled” by medical insurance providers when their “statistics” say its cheaper to give us palliative care than make us whole again.
I am almost at the end of teaching through Isaiah. This week is Chapter 65. One more after today.
Verse 5a:
who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
In the list of the accusations against those that have rejected God is this accusation of those that consider themselves more holy than God. We see this a lot. Many today feel their morality and is superior to that of God. They make excuses for sin saying they know what is right and wrong. Some things really do not change.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable”
― H.L. Mencken
That Mencken quote gets truer.every.day.
Mornin’ comrade banana republic infidel fascists.
Looks like we’re in for a good 6 hour slow soaker. The kind of rain that does the most good and also makes the grass grow like spring time. Thursday when I got in I felt like crap and spent most of the day in bed watching TV or dozing. I ended up getting 12 hours of sleep which I guess I needed.
Friday I went out to mow the lawn. I use the string trimmer first then use my mulching push mower to get the places I can’t get with the zero turn. Then, usually with cold beer in a sippy cup in the cup holder of the zero turn I mow. Steve has two mowers. A 48″ deck air cooled X-Mart and a 72″ deck water cooled X-mart. Both are the industrial heavy duty models. Betty gets on the big one and does the back field while Steve does the string trimming and then gets on the smaller one and does his yard and Phillis’s yard.
Friday the starter/generator on the big mow went out on the big mower. Betty got on the small mower and did the back field, their back yard and Phillis’s back yard. Steve did string trimming. I did my yard, Phillis’s front yard and Steve and Bettys front and side yards. This worked out well. I can all of our front yards at once going crossways.
Got my wife a 54″ X-Mark. Great mower.
Steve and Betty have been running theirs for over 10 years now and that includes the first couple years mowing the Churches property to pay for the mowers.
I bought a Cub. Though I was never a fan of cub tractors, once I looked at their zero turns and saw how they were built, I was sold and so far after three years have had great service out of it.
Two of the things one should look for in buying one is the thickness of the mower deck and the design of the spindles to which the blades attach. Minimum 3/16 steel thickness on the mower deck even for the lowest grade with is standard residential. Blades should attach to spindles with a short shaft. If you see long shafts like I saw on John Deer and Skaggs, stay away!
I think Dixie Choppers are the best that money can buy with X-Mark a close 2nd and my Cub in there at third. But I bought my mower for exactly what I intended to do and to last as long as my mowing days continue.
Also sounds like you have a great wife!
For those interested…
This morning, the Queen’s coffin is being moved to Holyrood House in Edinburgh so the public can pay their respects.
It is a 6 hour journey from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh. The Princess Royal, her daughter Anne (the no nonsense, hardest working Royal) is accompanying her mother on her final journey from the home which the Queen loved with her whole heart.
All along the way through every town, people are waiting, throwing flowers in front of the hearse which bears her coffin, covered by her Royal Standard.
It is quite moving to see as we here watch it travelling that long way among some of the most beautiful scenery that one could ever see. An historical moment no one there will forget. And a very poignant one.
Correction…she will lie in state at the High Kirk of St Giles.
Bet, will try to take a look when I get home after church, although it will be evening there. Maybe they’ll show scenes from earlier in the day.
G, if you stream, SkyNews on YouTube is what we are watching. Continuous coverage. So much going on, including look backs over her life. She will be resting in St Giles as of tomorrow.
The funeral will start on Monday, September 19, at 5 am Central, 4 am Eastern time. We will be up to watch.
Thanks Bet, right now they have some environmentalist talking about Charles. I’ll pass.
Ugh…UGH times a million
Your timing has to be good when watching. Our mute button is getting a pretty good workout when inappropriate interviews like that go on.
Incidentally, don’t know if you’ve seen the interview on RT which consisted of one overwrought climate cult interviewer speaking to the environmentally knowledgeable brother of Jeremy Corbyn, last Labour leader but one, who said the only part man played in “climate change” was that he lived on this planet while nature was doing what it does.
The interviewer (a man btw) became hysterical and asked him why so many “scientists” disagreed with that statement. And Corbyn said, “Well they would, wouldn’t they? They’re on the gravy train.”
BRILLIANT!!! Truth will out.😂
No, I didn’t see that one. Great!
It really was…the interviewer was apoplectic and turning all shades of red…not green😉. Worth the price of admission I’d say.
Shawn Mullins…………………….enjoy.
GREAT free movie on YT
CARAVANS 1978 Anthony Quinn
Looks like my firearms and ammo purchases will be done in cash from now on.
Visa Caves, Will Recategorize Gun Purchases as Democrats Requested (breitbart.com)
Yours, my son’s and everybody else’s.
I would think there is a way around this for the larger on-line ammo sellers?
What on earth has happened to us??
We were lulled into a comfortable “sleep” by the news media over a 60+ year time span while our government gradually descended into bureaucratic tyranny, then further into a leftwing globalist totalitarian tyranny… their descent interrupted only slightly and briefly by PDJT.
We trusted, GB. Trust betrayed is trust never to be given again. No more.
No more trust in media or unproven politicians.
That’s guaranteed.
Climate change, Obama Care, gun grabbing, changes in finances, are just different fronts in the same war.
Summing up the history of the UN IPPC:
Make predictions of catastrophic results from climate change/global warming. Predictions are not only wrong but the exact opposite occurs. Ignore that fact and make the same predictions of catastrophe again moving the timeline back. Ad infintitum.
Australia Skiing Doomed | Real Climate Science
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If I remember correctly, our ms Idaho is having her eye surgery tomorrow.
I hope she knows we all offer our prayers for her and her doctors, that they may be able to halt her progressive blindness, or miraculously restore some of her sight. I ask in the Bless-ed Name of Christ Jesus,and in the Name of the Great Healer Almighty God. Amen🙏
Amen.
Good afternoon, my friend. I’ve been missing you and I do hope you are well. 🤗
Prayers up for ms idaho.
Amen
The statistical peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season is Sept 10th. And here is what is happening:
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Very strange things going on…and not going on…this year with nature.
For the first time ever, neither of my oak trees has a single acorn on them. Don’t ask why I feel disturbed by this, but I am.
Looks as if we will have to compensate this winter with extra nuts for our squirrels. I won’t see an animal go hungry if I can help it.
Tropical cyclones are a way of transporting thermal energy from the tropics towards the temperate zone and then eventually on to the poles. The atmosphere is thinnest at the poles and that is where energy is most easily transmitted out into space. Now this year we’re into a triple dip La Nina in the pacific which means lower than usual sea surface temps in the tropical band have persisted for longer than usual and for whatever reason, which is beyond my base of knowledge to be able to understand or explain, the Atlantic tropics also have cooler than usual sea surface temperatures.
Afternoon Bet! Maybe it has something to do with lack of water…IDK.All I do know is the squirrels,bluejays and woodpeckers here are fat and happy.My wife feeds them raw peanuts (she gets alot of enjoyment watching them,and I get alot of enjoyment watching her be happy).So many peanuts in fact,I should own stock in the peanut company!
They’re great entertainment for our furry four legged boys…we call the squirrels “the babysitters” when we take them out for walkabouts,as they keep their undivided attention on them,and not as inclined to wander.
A blessed Patriot Day to you my friend. Casco. 🙂
Good, I’m so glad! I found a source of peanuts…pricey but no matter. I’ll stay on top of it. I have started now but will continue through the winter. So as with your jays and squirrels, ours here are well fed. It’s just so peculiar to see nothing on the oak trees,and perhaps a lack of water may be the cause, though somehow I think not.
Babtsitters!! 😂😂😂…and you pay them peanuts!! Whereas you or wouldn’t be happy, I’ll bet they are (in British lingo) cock-a-hoop. Don’t ask me to define that…for me its enough to know that means “ecstatic”. Blessings as always, Casco. Stay well,my friend.
Lol!!! “Pay them peanuts”…I never thought of it that way!You’re too funny Bet…I guess cock-a-hoop it is.Casco 🙂
Evening, Casco! Is that raw or boiled peanuts? LOL!
Raw my friend…I’m still laughing at Bet’s comment.It was great comedic joy and a tension reliever for a kinda tough week and such a solemn day.Blessings amigo! Casco 🙂
Quite right!!!😘
Your the best Bet.I spent 20 min. after that comment looking up “cock-a-hoop”… 🙂
I think it’s the drought Bet. Went this afternoon and looked around. Some of the trees have acorns but definitely not a bumper crop. The squirrels here pig out on the bird seed. And so does one doe. The deer seem to enjoy the newly grown green grass. They didn’t even show up for the corn tonight. And the white tail generally aren’t much of a grass eaters.
Here’s another thing. All the man trees around us are green…every one. Except for our neighbour’s huge whatever type it os, I can’t tell. All of a sudden every leave has turned yellow, ready to drop. I know trees protect themselves in droughts. But his one among so so many…it really is unusual, especially with the 3-4 hard and long rains we had the other week…. T’will have to remain a mystery.
Too many narratives omit that Todd Beamer’s final words included an appeal to heaven:
God help me…Jesus help me…
Are you guys ready?……..
Let’s Roll
https://freedomfaithandfamily.org/flight-93-voice-recording-on-9-11-2001-lets-roll/
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/07/an_appeal_to_heaven.html
He addresses exactly what has occupied my thinking for so long. Where are our churches? Where WERE our churches during these past 3 terrible years when people need the solace which can be given only by God? Too many bowed to the state. They failed the flocks entrusted to their pastoral care.
Have they realized this? Will they return to God themselves, as we as a country must do?
I pray for this every single night. I pray He will hear all of us who pray the same. I fervently hope in His mercy and grace He will hear us and show us the way to redemption and salvation, back to a righteous path, with our Father firmly at the centre of all our lives.
Oh my heart……🙏
Off to bed. Work days starts early tomorrow. Night all.
Blessings to you, rah. Be safe🤗
In advance of Cursday….a quote from Robert Lacey, the Queen;s historian:
“The queen’s best friends were corgis, these short-legged, ill tempered beasts with a yap that doesn’t appeal to many people in Britain, but was absolutely crucial to the Queen.”
For Mr. Lacey, like for Mr. Bribem, might I suggest a basset hound? I suspect the corgi’s did not like him.
and a T shirt I have, says “If my dog does not like you, chances are, I won’t either”. I have yet to meet an ill tempered corgi…or sheltie.
And: “One of the intriguing things people are wondering about at the funeral is whether a corgi is going to be present,”
If the corgi is there, then she is not dead!
Sweet, Aggie.
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Amen. And extra prayer for Colton McAbee who had tried to help Rosanne Boyland as she was dying January 6. Also prayers for Colton’s wife and friends
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✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.