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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Good morning!
Morning, H&HC!
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ Jay . . . 🙂
Good morning jay!
Good morning to all, H&HC, Mr jay, Garrison, and G!! For some reason I’ve decided it is Friday…does not bode well for the rest of the week😊
Blessings as always to each of you, my friends in this Tree.
Good morning Bet! It’s another Saturday to me 😂. A semi busy one, too. Have to water the garden soon, then check on mom. Then about 1:30 head to San Antonio and stop on the way to have my truck’s oil changed. Tomorrow I have a couple of tests scheduled so I’ll spend the night so that I don’t have to get up too early. ❤️
Good morning, dear Betsy❣️
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Afternoon, Patience and Ma🤗🤗 Blessings all day long, girl. Thank you for the cuppa! 😊
It’s been a long ten days for you ; I know.
Oh bless…not as long as it was for the Royal family and all they undertook nonstop. I’m sure they’re still trying to take it in, as we are. We always knew it would happen eventually, but my goodness it was sudden. Seeing the Orb, Sceptre, and Crown…plus the Lord High Chamberlain break his wand in two …all of it removed and placed on the altar was stark and final.
It is being contemplated that her reign of 70 years be designated as The Age of Elizabeth the Faithful.
I think it would be appropriate. Her deep faith seemed to be a surprising revelation to so many commenters yesterday. It wasn’t for us. Yes….most appropriate.
Tests for you?? If so, G (and even if not) praying in earnest all is well, dear friend. God go with you🙏😘
Yes, for me dear sister. Post covid (and I had a pretty bad case of it) I developed a tremor in my right hand. So looks likely that it’s Parkinson’s. I’ve got a couple of the symptoms but not losing any sleep over it. God’s got this one, too. Got to stay physically active so that’s a good excuse to work out more. 😁❤️
The neurologist mentioned that there are theories, not confirmed yet, that covid can trigger Parkinson’s.
My prayers have now become more intense. I know that if one has had the vaxxxx, the possibilities of Parkinson’s are high. Does your family have any history of it?
The reason I ask is that both my grandfather and father developed it. Back in the day it was supposed there was no familial connection. I doubted that then, and more is being learned about it as time moves on.
For what is worth, I have seen a remarkable video of a man with Parkinson’s who was vaping CBD, and it was efficacious, as it is in other forms.
I won’t jump ahead. I will pray mightily and with my whole heart that all will be well, my brother in Christ. And yes, He will be with you ever step of the way🙏💕
No family history Bet, and of course, no vaxx. Just had a rough go of the disease topped with pneumonia. Interesting fact is that a loss of smell is a symptom of both. I had that for a very short time but for months I couldn’t smell my wine. Taste it yes, aroma no. OTOH, during that time I could smell everything else, including dog shit. 🤣
Why it couldn’t be the reverse, I don’t know.
😂😂😂…life is like that I’m afraid. And for what it is worth, I have lost my sense of smell as well, right after we moved into our house 15 years ago. However I suffered a severe bump on the front part of my head near my hairline when I tried to lower some blinds, and the whole of them fell from a great height. My husband had unscrewed them for a reason that I cannot remember, and it was after that that my sense of smell gradually disappeared. I did wonder given my familial history…but so far all is as it should be.
So I am hoping there is another reason for the loss of yours. The human body is a funny old thing. And what we anticipate very often doesn’t happen. Praying that there is a perfectly good other explanation🙏🙏🙏😘
Mornin’ Bet 🙂
Good afternoon, Garrison, my friend..All blessings to you, good sir.🙏
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Yes sir!! These eyes in Texas are definitely upon you😉
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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One more . . .
Howdy Garrison 🙂
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Nnniiiii ice!
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Morning Patience! ❤️
Hello there, Pa❣️❣️❣️
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Good morning Garrison!
🙂 Mornin’ Gramps!
Thanks Garrison–my fave alto guy
Vince Dao of American Virtue gave a very interesting take on the Trump-DeSantis saga tonight. In a nutshell:
1) DeSantis IS running in 2024, regardless of whether Trump runs.
2) DeSantis is running in 2024 not because he wants to stop Trump, but because he fears he won’t be viable in 2028 because by then the spotlight will have been taken from him by Lake and Mastriano.
3) Even if DeSantis runs in 2024, that would actually be a good thing because he’s in a better position than perhaps anyone else to nudge Trump to the right by pointing out the mistakes he made between 2017-21 during the debates.
4) If DeSantis runs against Trump, it will NOT be the end of his political career. This is because DeSantis isn’t as stupid as Ted Cruz and he won’t be using below-the-belt attacks that would destroy any chance of Trump forgiving him… oh, wait. Trump forgave Cruz, too. If he can do that then he can forgive DeSantis.***
***This assertion is made in the comments, not in the video itself.
My bad. I’m relatively new here. I’ll put it in the Presidential Politics thread.
This thread is open and can include politics.
20 September 2021 Sarah Dash, American pop, R&B, and disco singer (Patti LaBelle & Bluebirds; Labelle – “Lady Marmalade”), dies at 76
20 September 2010 Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at 77
20 September 1984 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter (“City O f New Orleans”; “Chicken Cordon Blues”), dies of leukemia at 36
Since they never mentioned the song he wrote that even the artist gave him credit for in the song, I will post it as a bonus.
20 September 1973 Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (“Time in a Bottle”; “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”), dies in a plane crash at 30
Steve Goodman
Bonus
Yep, Magic, this is the perfect country song. 😁
It definitely gets it turn in my Karaoke line up and usually with audience participation as it is a crowd favorite.
Thank you Magic, I love this song!!
F-16 Pilot Died Because His Ejection Seat May Have Been Counterfeit
First Lieutenant David Schmitz, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, passed away on June 30, 2020, as a result of an ejection seat malfunction while he was attempting to leave a failed nighttime landing. He was 32.
In the months after the disaster, the Air Force conducted an official investigation and discovered that the electronics inside the seat had been poorly constructed, with scratches, uneven sanding, and other flaws.
The Air Force concealed their suspicions that the seat’s components were fakes in a confidential section of its accident investigation report.
https://greatgameindia.com/f-16-ejection-seat-counterfeit/
Remember the many deaths of Americans’ pets? or the Panamanian citizens dying in a Panamanian hospital (from tainted things like mouthwash and toothpaste, or cough medicine)?
So much for our ‘global’ partners.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/09/13/an-f-16-pilot-died-when-his-ejection-seat-failed-was-it-counterfeit/
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/11/09/pilot-error-leadership-failures-and-faulty-ejection-seat-led-to-fatal-june-f-16-crash-at-shaw/
Dead men tell no tales.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.militarytimes.com/assets/pdfs/1663083139.pdf
And Lockheed Martin et al will not comment due to ongoing litigation, no doubt.
Made in Chy-na Deadly crap.
Democrats started working on stealing the midterms the day Biden stole the Presidency . I’m shocked that some people actually believed democrats were going to allow our side to vote them out in November .
There’s no way that was going to happen , the steal is a sure thing . The only reason democrats continue to do things that the overwhelming majority of Americans strongly appose is because they know the steal is a sure thing .
ABC NEWS slipped up and posted the below and then quickly deleted it .
I am of the opinion that the many articles abounding in the political realm is also an attempt to identify and “quantify the need” for cheating.
Or, how much they need to do to ‘secure’ the demonrat success.
We’ll find out soon, won’t we.
. . . 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)
Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Holy Martyr Sozon of Cilicia (+ 304)
Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Evodios, Bishop of Antioch (+ 66) and Onesiphoros, first Bishop of Colophonos in Asia Minor (+ 67)
Saint Cloud / Clodoald, Abbot and Founder of Monastery near Paris (+ 560)
Saint Cassiane the Hymnographer (+ 9th century)
Saint Macarios, Elder of Optina Monastery, Russia (+ 1860)
Saint Chrysostomos the New Confessor in Greece (+ 1955)
September 7th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
September 20th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Pray for peace in Ukraine.
September 20 Oswald Chambers
The Divine Commandment of Life
…be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. —Matthew 5:48
Our Lord’s exhortation to us in Matthew 5:38-48 is to be generous in our behavior toward everyone. Beware of living according to your natural affections in your spiritual life. Everyone has natural affections— some people we like and others we don’t like. Yet we must never let those likes and dislikes rule our Christian life. “If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another” (1 John 1:7), even those toward whom we have no affection.
The example our Lord gave us here is not that of a good person, or even of a good Christian, but of God Himself. “…be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” In other words, simply show to the other person what God has shown to you. And God will give you plenty of real life opportunities to prove whether or not you are “perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Being a disciple means deliberately identifying yourself with God’s interests in other people. Jesus says, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35).
The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing, but in God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will exhibit divine characteristics in your life, not just good human characteristics. God’s life in us expresses itself as God’s life, not as human life trying to be godly. The secret of a Christian’s life is that the supernatural becomes natural in him as a result of the grace of God, and the experience of this becomes evident in the practical, everyday details of life, not in times of intimate fellowship with God. And when we come in contact with things that create confusion and a flurry of activity, we find to our own amazement that we have the power to stay wonderfully poised even in the center of it all.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
To read the Bible according to God’s providential order in your circumstances is the only way to read it, viz., in the blood and passion of personal life.
https://utmost.org/
Good morning, Cat🤗
Good afternoon Cat! ❤️
“Leverage our discomfort”- that sounds like modern speak for “use our trials”.
September 20
MORNING
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. Prov. 3:13
Whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. Prov. 8:35
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might: … but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD. Jer. 9:23, 24
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Prov. 9:10
What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. Phil. 3:7, 8
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Col. 2:3
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. Prov. 8:14
Christ Jesus, . . . is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. I Cor. 1:30
He that winneth souls is wise. Prov. 11:30
EVENING
Poor, yet making many rich. II Cor. 6:10
Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. II Cor. 8:9
Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. John 1:16
My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:19
God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. II Cor. 9:8
Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? James 2:5
Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. I Cor. 1:26, 27
We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. II Cor. 4:7
J. BAGSTER
https://dailylightdevotional.org/09/0920.html
Mornin’ comrade banana republic infidel fascists.
Good morning Treepers.
An interesting article speaks to the clean up in London areas, after the crowds and funeral. I guess, our fellow Brits have a tendency to sloppiness? The article speaks to one area having 7 tons of garbage, or just the accumulation in strategically placed garbage cans… I think near queuing areas…BBC s the equivalent of our NPR, I think…anyway…
The period of mourning, gives their new King time to plot his green agenda, no doubt. They, the royals, will spend another week in mourning, I guess.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62964166
I am not surprised, Aggiegirl. Hundreds of thousands of people in London, Scotland, Wales…everywhere…for 10 days? It surely would have been expected.
Charles will have to personally set aside his advocacy for the lunatic Green policies. Unfortunately, the whole country has been infected with that disease. There seems to be no cure.
Bet, the new PM seems to realize that the Green policies are a disaster. We’ll see, if they stick to the lunacy then blackouts will cure some. Others seem to are so much wedded to satan that they are already under the strong delusion that 2 Thessalonians 2:11 speaks about.
She said that Britain would start fracking. She seemed quite insistent and ran on it. But that’s not going to help in the short run.
I noticed that the UN she said Britain would not let up on their foolish Ukraine policy and that people back home would just have to deal with the hardships caused by continuing.
She’s talking north and walking south, G. I’m not sure what to make of her, but at this point we in this house are not liking what we are seeing. Will withhold judgement for a bit.
Though as we watched her yesterday we both felt she simply does not have the gravitas for the job. Hope she gets a grip soon.
And yes. It seems to me that these moronic lunatics are satan controlled. They want the power they believe is due them. They have no belief in God but style themselves as gods. I pray His mysterious ways will make themselves known before the consequences of their evil takes hold abroad and here.🙏
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 Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”
Hebrews 6:10 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Here is a link to the pix of Queen’s mare, Emma Scroll down a bit for the Corgi’s…my apologies if I already posted this…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11230065/Queens-head-groom-72-voices-pride-taking-monarchs-favourite-horse-say-goodbye.html
My curiosity, as an older equestrian (who now knows if she falls off she will break something, so no longer rides)….
The Queen seems to use an unusually longer stirrup leather…than we are accustomed to here across the pond.
We weren’t able on live telly able to see that one of her signature headscarves was draped on the saddle. Makes an already poignant picture more so.
Reminds me of that wonderful movie Mrs Brown, with Sir Billy Connolly and Dame Judy Dench…about Queen Victoria and her c!owe relationship with her Scots e query that caused such a stir back then amongst Royal and political circles.
If you’ve not seen it, Aggiegirl, I urge you to make an effort to do so.
All yesterday I was remembering a scene from that most wonderful movie when John Brown stood with Victoria’s horse outside the castle at Balmoral just waiting for her to ride.
Just for the energy and excitment
It worked 👻😜
A bit of truth which was extremely helpful to me to understand “the world” we battle each day. Not a curse, for all good comes from God and can only come from God. If you think about it evil cannot produce, it can only bend or twist love, truth, or any of Gods attributes. Kill, steal, destroy, not create, it cannot. God only holds creation. All power is stolen from us.
The truth is this; remnant or survivors. (As in biblical terms) It is a knowledge of truth and goodness, which can NEVER emerge into the light until our outer nature has been DEVASTATED.
I myself refer to our outer self as the lie we present to this world as ourselves or our EGO.
when there is darkness we have chosen our ego over Gods word or plan.
Ego is selfish love, moving outside of that can be achieved but only through God, and his salvation. And, ultimately is the choice of heaven or hell.
Also to find argument there is no God is nothing, it is folly or lack of reason, opinion. As a dog who chases his tail to find it was never anything but his own to begin with.
To find what is hidden is achievement. You cannot know of something that is not there, for God is everywhere and finding him is to seek him. Faith is what moves us, actually in any and all instances.
‘Occupant’. Paragraph 1.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1672022/joe-biden-liz-truss-meeting-tax-cuts-trickle-down-economics
Lift cap on bankers’ bonuses to boost economic growth.
Strike one, Liz, for the moronic reason you say you’re doing it.
windy.com now has a major hurricane striking Tampa, Florida on September 29th.
We shall see.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen🙏
Amen.
Amen.