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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Just be chillin’ …
Personally, I think it is eyeballing that plant.
No, waiting for that empty space to get a bowl of nourishment suitable for one deserving of great reward. Look at the space long enough, and one of the slaves will fill it.
Well, there IS that!
They *KNOW*….
Gotta have something for the coffee to wash down!
“Can’t touch it until she brings the cream and sugar…”
Looking out the window
-waiting for the car to pull up with the week’s supply of catnip.
😁…late as usual.
Good morning Bet and Patience! Are you talking about me? 😂 I have an excuse for being tardy. Nipper was very insistent that I flip over one of the recliners an fix the foot rest mechanism. It turned out to be an easy fix. ❤️😍
You cool cat…
Good Sunday morning, Pa ❣
Hahaha!!! Excuse accepted! First things first, especially if a beloved grandson asks. Good Sunday morning, my brother. And of course a bear hug for Nipper from his incognito “Auntie Bet.”🤗
I did not know…today is
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GLOBAL CAT DAY
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BREAK TIME!
too darn cute!
God Bless America 🙂
Mornin’ Jay. Bedtime for old me . . . 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Bless-ed Sunday to you, Mr jay. Gentleman Jim’s voice just perfect, and I hadn’t heard it in so long. Wonderful.🙏🤗
Blessings upon your house Betsy.🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Good morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
A happy and blessed Sunday to you and the lil Nipper GrandpaM! Casco 🙂
Have a blessed Sunday, Treeper friends. May our Lord full our hearts with his love. . . .
Good morning, Garrison, my friend. Lots of love here in these beautiful branches…hope you can feel it…no words. These are just perfect. Thank you.😘🙏
Good morning, Bet. Thank you for your kind words. Be well . . . 🙂
😘!!!
Thank you, Garrison💖
May today be a new beginning of abundant blessings
of love, inner joy and desirable earthly experiences.
Happy Sunday, Garrison❣️
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Mornin’ Patience. Thanks and be well . . . 🙂
Morning Garrison!
One more . . .
Thanks Garrison. Best to you!
You, too . . . 🙂
For this guy it has to say it is shampoo and conditioner combined.
Assuming we all have any hair left to buy shampoo for.
Don’t think I have actually bought any in at least 15 years now.
Lol. I was thinking the same thing.At least Rah’s still got a full head of hair.I just buy the body wash…it works for everything.
Body wash?????
Soap…!!!!!
LAVA!
At age 67 I am blessed with a full head of curly hair and a trip to the barber is needed about every other week.
For me is every 4 or so, but I am getting all Clem Kadiddlehopper before I get there.
Wanna be a truck-drivin man 😎
I also have to keep the hair down that grows other places. Eyebrows, ears, nose, mustache. If I didn’t keep them knocked down I would start to look like those nonbathing, nonshaving, leftist academics I had the misfortune to have to deal with at IU.
😁
My husband retired 2 years ago, and refuses to cut his hair since then. He has also grown a goatee and mustache. Strangers ask him if he was a member of some old rock band. He loves it, but i find it embarrassing at times. It doesnt look too bad, though, if he puts it in a pony tail.
I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES
For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence. For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him, and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds, yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him, if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
Colossians 1:16-23, WEB
1 I know that my Redeemer lives; what comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead; He lives, my everliving head.
2 He lives triumphant from the grave; He lives eternally to save;
He lives all-grorious in the sky; He lives exalted there on high.
3 He lives to bless me with His love; He lives to plead for me above;
He lives my hungry soul to feed; He lives to help in time of need.
4 He lives to grant me rich supply; He lives to guide me with His eye;
He lives to comfort me when faint; He lives to hear my soul’s complaint.
5 He lives to silence all my fears; He lives to wipe away my tears;
He lives to calm my troubled heart; He lives all blessings to impart.
6 He lives, my kind, wise, heavenly friend; He lives and loves me to the end;
He lives, and while He lives, I’ll sing; He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King.
7 He lives and grants me daily breath; He lives and I shall conquer death;
He lives my mansion to prepare; He lives to bring me safely there.
8 He lives, all glory to His name! He lives, my Jesus, still the same;
Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives; I know that my Redeemer lives.
Thank you Mr. 1530.Amen.
Just a closer walk with Thee.Grant it Jesus ,is my plea;
Daily walking close to Thee,let it be,dear Lord,let it be.
I am weak,but Thou art strong;Jesus keep me from all wrong,
I’ll be satisfied as long As I walk,let me walk close to Thee.
Through this world of toil and snares,If I falter ,Lord,who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?None but Thee,dear Lord,none but Thee.
When my feeble life is o’er,time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently,safely o’er to Thy kingdom shore,
To Thy shore.
This was one of my wife and mine’s favorite hymns to sing at mass.A blessed Lord’s day to all…Amen.
Good Bless-ed Sunday morning, my friend. Memories like yours with this lovely hymn really are a benediction, aren’t they. There is such comfort in them I always find for myself. I am certain it’s the same for you.😘🙏
Great Sunday morning to you as well Bet! I love the hymns we sang.There definitely is comfort and joy in them for me as well.Blessings for you and yours amiga.Casco 🙂
😘!!!
Thank you, Mr. CBB.
And thanks for the thanks up-thread.
Hope this is a good week for you!
And you as well my friend.God bless… Casco 🙂
Amen and amen, 1530.
Good Morning all. Hope you all have a blessed Sunday.
JFK 1962 on the occasion of a gathering of 49 Nobel Prize recipients at the White House”
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House-with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
An honest observation, Thomas Jefferson could’ve written a book titled
Critical Thinking Theory.
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Jefferson could read and write, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian. He was a naturalist and in his time was recognized as an expert in architecture, civil engineering, physics, meteorology, anotomy, and botany. He kept accurate logs of the weather he observed. The night Washington crossed the Delaware to attack the Hessians at Trenton Jefferson noted that 8 inches of snow fell at Monticello home in Virginia. Besides commissioning the Corps of Discovery he also commissioned William Clark to explore and collect samples from the fossil beds at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky.
He was among the first to come to believe that species do go extinct. Now we know that about 99.9% of all species that ever existed on this planet are extinct. But back then the concept of extinction was just emerging as the bones from Mammoths and Mastodons were being uncovered and studied in comparison to African and Indian elephants.
Can’t wait for ‘progressives’ to be put on that extinction list.
Everyone living in America today is very fortunate to have had the intelligent wise God-fearing founding fathers who created this country although most of them are oblivious to the fact of how great these men were🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
In reading Proofs of the Real Existence + Dangerous Tendencies of Illuminism (early-19th century), I am at the point of the French Revolution + the key role of Masonic Lodges that had been taken over by the historical Illuminati. In this quote, he is talking about how – after failing to destroy Christianity via open debate – the Illuminated went to subterfuge by coating the poison of Atheism with a sugary message of Liberty + Enlightenment via Reason. See if any of these notes ring bells about our period of history in the US/West:
[Q]
Imagine an illuminated Insinuator attacking a youth of talents and principle, in whom the moral sense of right and wrong is yet vigorous ; for it is for the seduction of such, more particularly, that the artful process of Illumination is designed.
From this Insinuator he hears, as by accident, however, that these are schools of wisdom, seats of Science, in which the wise and good are uniting for the important end of secretly ruling mankind, and thus delivering them from those calamities, for which all other means are found to be ineffectual.
If, by such suggestions, he is led to express a desire to become a member of this society, the Insinuator promises his utmost assistance; but he is told, that this is the reward only of long approved merit.
[EQ]
Technocracy?
Fauci?
Science is a god?
To be Religious is to be backward + dangerous?
Think about recent news about how Wealthy Fauci has become – by not just being the highest paid person in Government – but because of the patents + other arrangements made possible by the positions he was placed in to carry out the desires of the Davos Crew…
[Q]
To increase his ardor to become a member, the Insinuator expatiates frequently on the supreme pleasure of secretly reigning; and remarks, that it is easy for one man of parts to lead thousands, if he but knew his own advantages. That he may be led to consider the interests of the order as his own, he is told of its readiness and power to protect him, and secure his success in all the pursuits of life.
[EQ]
History rhymes…
[Q]
He is placed in situations where he hears the most artful sophistry used to prove, that patriotism and private affections are narrow-minded prejudices; that the bonds of marriage and parental authority are encroachments on the natural rights of man; that suicide is lawful; that sensual pleasures correspond with the law of nature, and that it is proper to employ, for a good purpose, those means which wicked men use for evil purposes.
[EQ]
Brave New World and 1984 were not innovative. They were travelling well-trod ground that had been laid in secret about 150 years earlier….
[Q]
While every art is thus employed to undermine the principles of morality and religion, his fears are lulled by constant declamations on the excellence of virtue, and the highly honorable, and most useful and benevolent intentions of the superiors of the order.
It is one of the prime arts of Illuminism to extol the name of virtue, in general, and at the same time, to sap its foundation in every particular.
The object is continually varying, and the mind, led by new invented systems and explanations, in a thousand different directions, is at length totally bewildered, and all clear distinction between truth and error is lost.
How can the unwary youth escape these snares so artfully spread, and sufficient, indeed, “if it were possible to deceive the very elect…”
[EQ]
Males can get pregnant.
Children need to be sexualized.
2 + 2 = 4 only because some White Male said so.
Did you read my comment yesterday on what Yuri Bezemenov said about De-Moral-izing a target society to destroy it…?
I am seeing more clearly now —- Marxism also wasn’t new — not Fabianism or Marxism — because we can see in the quotes above, their messages + methods were echoes of this movement in the late-1700s…
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A Cosmopolitan, then, is a citizen of the world, or one who has banished from his bread all partial private affections. One who loves his country, his family, his friends, and benefactors, only as they are parts of the whole, and can sacrifice them without remorse, whenever he conceives it will be promotive of the general good.
[EQ]
I am going back in history to remember + show others – the evil that is so clearly out at work today — and being so successful publicly — is – not – new. Is not disconnected from the past. And Bible-believers should see, I believe, that there is far more behind it than just a Joe Biden or a Bill Gates…
We wrestle against the powers of darkness on high.
That has been brought home to me very much since late-2019….
…..and the degeneracy is accelerating….
Tried to quickly find one of those short vids of teachers who push transgenderism + gender fluidity saying that the kids “belong to me when they are in my classroom” but failed…. I’m sure most of you have seen it…
[Q]
Proclamation Against Edom
11 The burden against Dumah.
He calls to me out of Seir,
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”
12 The watchman said,
“The morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”
(Isiaha 21 NKJV)
[EQ]
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Always, Sepp. Bless-ed Sunday to you, good sir.
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)
It seems to me that the vast majority of the wacko self proclaimed “environmentalists” are pasty faced city types that never once in their life spent a day alone in a wilderness and would not consider doing so overnight. They never lived out of a rucksack at any time in their lives unless it was in a line waiting overnight to get concert tickets or a Black Friday sale.
I believe you are onto something.
It is getting worse. They used to get their nourishment in the drive-thru. Now they have it delivered by Door Dash. 24 hours without cell service will cause their destruction, but the ones that use them will still exist to destroy us by other means.
Sorry, but today is shaping up to be one of dark thoughts. It happens from time to time.
It happens for me as well, Vibeman. I just have to give them right of way so they exit faster. These aren’t easy times, my friend. God bless you, and all of us.🙏
I think truth be told,that it happens to all of us,to varying degrees.My latest annoyance has been the Trump/DeSantis thing.I basically just pass it on by and try to not let it bother me that much,while mumbling profanities under my breath.
Yes…I agree with that. A lot can happen,and definitely will, between now and 2024. One day at a time has become my mantra. You know..sufficient unto the day…
Or as someone wise said once…
“Worry is the down payment we make today on something that might never happen.”
Indeed.I do not know who that quote is from,but I like it.
With the whole Trump/DeSantis thing,I like them both.While I think Mr. Trump is the best president of my lifetime (with the possible exception of my first presidential vote – President Reagan),I am not yet 100% convinced that he will run again in 2024 (if we make it that far),and I wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t.I don’t think that anybody can say for sure either.
In case he doesn’t,I think that Gov. DeSantis would have the best shot of regaining the Whitehouse for us.I will admit to being selfish though,and wanting him to remain as my governor.
The only problem with that is,I think Gov.DeSantis is much more susceptible to the ‘slings and arrows’ that will be tossed his way.
Right now,as Mr. Sundance has noted,RDS has shown the need to kowtow to ‘the powers that be’,and I appreciate his informing me of such matters.To me,this is not surprising because,IN MY OPINION,he doesn’t have Mr.Trump’s F.U. money.As a result,he doesn’t have the ability to go full bore Ultra Maga,and consequently I don’t expect him to.
Now,if RDS decides to run AGAINST Mr. Trump,my ‘contempt meter’ would be pegged all the way in the red.But I don’t think he will do that.
I am a ‘Trump man’ all the way,but as Rush used to say…’don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater’,or ‘don’t let the perfect be the enemy of good’.
Until then,I keep my powder dry so to speak,and try to ignore all the ‘keyboard warrior’ speculation on what will happen until…it does.Like you said,’one day at a time’.
Meanwhile,after having edged,weed whacked,cut and blown off the lawn,I’m going to take a dip in the pool,BBQ some country style ribs,and enjoy having fixed my ‘landline problems’,and feel thankfully blessed for all the Lord has provided for me.
I am thankful also for you Bet,and our dear friends here who make a house a home.Cheers my friend,Casco. 🙂
RiNO, former speacker, and machine politician Ryan’s endorsement of De Santes confirmed the warning that Sundance has been giving for me. MAGA baby.
Yep,Agreed…MAGA ALL THE WAY! for me also.Just curious though,if I may…one question…IF TRUMP DOESN’T RUN,who do you think would be a good candidate for us ‘deplorables’ in 2024? Would be interested to know YOUR opinion…who would be a good candidate sir?
I felt a definite twinge of annoyance when I saw a photo of the governor’s wife dolled up in an outfit that looks like a rather fuzzy imitation of lovely Melania on Inauguration Day 2017.
Better to be aware and contemplate..than to keep head in sand…I join with you in those “dark thoughts”.. 🤔…
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Oddly, I find comfort in knowing “at least I’m not the only one” when speaking of dark thoughts in these not-easy times 🙁
thanks to all of you here for each others’ supporting thoughts and caring remarks…they truly are helpful. So thankful and grateful we have each other, inc. sundance and all ad rems.
when I have combined visions of the movies ‘mad max’, ‘escape from new york’, and ‘soylent green’ as our future, they do prove to be “dark thoughts”.
I pray to our Lord Jesus every day for this country and its patriot people.
No, slowcobra…alone you most definitely are not🤗
Thanks betsy
fight fire with fire.. ..become their dark thought..
Excellent point
Agreed.I knew some when I lived out west that were the real deal though.Lived out in the woods,chewing their cuds with whatever fern they just picked and snorting tree bark for breakfast.Could easily find them by the stench they omitted.
16 October 2021 Ron Tutt, American session and touring drummer (Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris; Jerry Garcia; Neil Diamond), dies at 83
16 October 2020 Johnny Bush, American country singer, dies at 85
16 October 1987 Dana Suesse, American musician and songwriter (“You Ought To Be In Pictures”), dies at 77
October 16 Oswald Chambers
The Key to the Master’s Orders
Pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. —Matthew 9:38
The key to the missionary’s difficult task is in the hand of God, and that key is prayer, not work— that is, not work as the word is commonly used today, which often results in the shifting of our focus away from God. The key to the missionary’s difficult task is also not the key of common sense, nor is it the key of medicine, civilization, education, or even evangelization. The key is in following the Master’s orders— the key is prayer. “Pray the Lord of the harvest….” In the natural realm, prayer is not practical but absurd. We have to realize that prayer is foolish from the commonsense point of view.
From Jesus Christ’s perspective, there are no nations, but only the world. How many of us pray without regard to the persons, but with regard to only one Person— Jesus Christ? He owns the harvest that is produced through distress and through conviction of sin. This is the harvest for which we have to pray that laborers be sent out to reap. We stay busy at work, while people all around us are ripe and ready to be harvested; we do not reap even one of them, but simply waste our Lord’s time in over-energized activities and programs. Suppose a crisis were to come into your father’s or your brother’s life— are you there as a laborer to reap the harvest for Jesus Christ? Is your response, “Oh, but I have a special work to do!” No Christian has a special work to do. A Christian is called to be Jesus Christ’s own, “a servant [who] is not greater than his master” (John 13:16), and someone who does not dictate to Jesus Christ what he intends to do. Our Lord calls us to no special work— He calls us to Himself. “Pray the Lord of the harvest,” and He will engineer your circumstances to send you out as His laborer.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Our danger is to water down God’s word to suit ourselves. God never fits His word to suit me; He fits me to suit His word.
https://utmost.org/
Good Sunday morning, dear Cat. Yes, I think it’s that simple. A most welcome demon for these times from Chambers.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
Joseph Goebbels
That right there that I made bold is why the democrats are going to get their butts kicked next month unless they can cheat their way out of it. And this of course.
Eddie Zipperer
@EddieZipperer
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20h
Most important issues facing the country:
37% Inflation
29% Economy
23% Immigration
What issues do you think GOP is focused on?
37% Immigration
24% Inflation
21% Economy
What issues are Dems focused on?
27% Jan 6
25% Women’s rights
23% Climate Change
They are not focused on “Women’s rights”.
They are focused on “Abortion” under the guise of that being women’s rights. The moment we start using their terms, messages, we lose.
I prefer the phrase “baby-killing” because that’s what abortion IS.
Agree and it’s not “Their body” that is at risk, it’s the baby’s body.
So how did he keep the truth from freeing the people from his lies. Their sons, brothers and fathers were dying en masse in the east. Can’t hide that from the people. Bombs were destroying their cities day and night. Can’t hide that. And every day the ‘victories’ were getting closer to their homes. Even people who are lied to can see that.
So why isn’t that jerk mocked like Baghdad Bob? And why did the people stay true to the lies? Seriously, they even kept up the lies, pretending to know nothing about the atrocities.
And how do we break our people free from today’s fascist lies?
It became a matter of saving the father land and the families from the nasty invaders. Most understood of course that it would be better to fall into the hands of the Armies in the west instead of the Russians coming from the east but the Nazi officials refused to allow them to leave even as the Russians approached their cities.
Some of the fighting the last two months of the war was more savage than any that came before.
The Hurtgen and Battle of the Bulge were worse than any that came before for US troops. Even worse than the hedgerows of Normandy. Far more Americans and Germans were killed and wounded when the Americans started fighting to take back what had been lost in the Belgium and the Ardennes than were killed and wounded during the German offensive to take that territory.
And even if German civilians did make it west the US and Brits were turning them back at the Elbe river where the dividing line between the Russians and Allies to the west agreed was the boundary where they would meet.
A little US aviation history. This is the WW I fighter that the first American squadrons under American command flew into combat during WW I.
flight of Nieuport 28, America’s oldest fighter airplane – YouTube
The “t” is silent when pronouncing the name. Phonetically pronounced Newpor.
Start up is at 6 min
Take off at 9 min
Landing at 15 min.
The US produced no battle worthy fighters of it is own during that war and relied on the French to supply them.
By the time the US squadrons of the Army air service started combat operations flying this aircraft it had already been replaced by the Spad in almost all French squadrons. Eddie Rickenbacker, Americas #1 ace of that war, flew and got his first few victories in a Nieuport 28.
The Nieuport 28 had excellent maneuverability and had a faster rate of climb than almost all of the German fighters. But its ceiling was limited and it could not fly high enough to reach the altitude that many of the two seater types the Germans used for photographic reconnaissance could fly at. Most of the aircraft were fitted out with only one machine gun. It had a bad tendency to shed the fabric from its wings if the pilot got too fast in a dive and could be overstressed so its wing structure would fail.
Eventually the American squadrons got the French made Spad XIII which was one of the most successful fighter aircraft of the war and the one that Eddie and most American pilots got the majority of their kills in.
During WW I the German fighters generally only passed over into Allied territory when escorting their own low flying reconnaissance aircraft or to occasionally go after an Allied observation balloon. Their primary mission was to control the airspace over their own territory and they were prohibited from flying over into allied airspace unless the specific mission they were on demanded it.
Thus most dogfights occurred over German occupied territory. Since the Allied fighters would cross over into the German airspace to find the enemy and because the prevailing winds were from west to east, far more Allied fighters fell over German territory than German fighters fell over Allied territory.
Late in the war the Germans started using primitive parachutes to try and preserve their pilots. The allies denied the use of parachutes to their pilots declaring that it would damage the fighting spirit of the pilots. Thus many an allied pilot died that could have been saved in the last few months of the war.
I want one of the little vehicles they were using to tend the aircraft. (14 min)
October 16
MORNING
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. Rom. 12:11
Whatsoever thy band 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
Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Col. 3:23, 24
Whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord. Eph. 6:8
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. John 9:4
Wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business? Luke 2:49
The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. John 2:17
Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shalt never fall. II Pet. 1:10
We desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Heb. 6:11, 12
So run, that ye may obtain. I Cor. 9:24
EVENING
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Matt. 6:13
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Prov. 28:26
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. James 1:13, 14
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. II Cor. 6:17
Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where…. even as the garden of the LORD. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; but the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. Gen. 13:10, 11, 13
[The Lord] delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations. II Pet. 2:7, 9
Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. Rom. 14:4
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/10/1016.html
I have finished Isaiah and now move to Jeremiah. The plan is to teach through verse by verse, just like I did Isaiah, unless God has other plans for me. I am going to start with Lamentations and use it to introduce Jeremiah. It is five fairly short chapters lamenting the judgement of Jerusalem and Judah, the remnant of what was once the nation of Israel.
The first chapter uses the metaphor of the grieving widow to describe the anguish of that the nation is enduring in its punishment for its sins. This is Lamentations 1:10,
11 All her people groan
as they search for bread;
they trade their treasures for food
to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and see,
for I am despised.”
Some people have wondered if our nation would eventually be judged by God or if God would show grace. It may be that the judgement is happening. If it is, we will know before it long before is over, and in our lamenting over what we have lost, we may be given an opportunity turn back to God. It took Israel 70 years to start its restoration. Only God knows the course we currently must endure.
At some point, God’s judgements become the one in which there is that final reckoning. The world will come under a judgement unlike any it has ever seen and it will end by God taking His people in for eternity and God’s enemies sent to destruction. People have thought for centuries that the hard time they were enduring might be that final act of God. This time they may be right. Or maybe not. Only God knows if the creation gets another chance.
It is, for me, impossible to watch (as I do in horror every day) what is happening to the western world, and not wonder how an unholy madness, which is rampant and seemingly more infectious than any virus, has managed to take a death grip on so many, and so easily as well.
I am left feeling as if I am an observer to all that is happening, standing outside the perimeter, looking for the “plug” to pull to make it stop. It feels as if I am watching a rerun of those terrible times long ago, when Almighty God issued His judgment on those offending nations. I ask myself the question you ask yourself.
Surely, Vibeman , it is no coincidence that your next Bible studies are Lamentations and Jeremiah. God go with you. 🙏
“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope; Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
~~Lamentations 3:21-23~~
Such wonderful, life sustaining hope in these beautiful words.🙏
Massive unrest in Iran not being covered by US media? Scroll through this thread last covering a fire at a prison. Wonder if it has anything to do with the 7k+ arrests of protesters.
Time was it would have been. Not now. MSM is the propaganda arm of our now Stalinist overlords. I suspect those Iranians conducting their own revolution understand they are on their own.
“The revolution will not be televised”.
Keith Emerson’s first band, The NIce, from 1967, America
Mornin’ all!
Mornin Wee Weed❣️
…theirs.
Ramirez is a national treasure.
The great Sheriff Grady Judd had a few thoughts on the verdict…..
Verse of the Day for Sunday, October 16, 2022
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“For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;”
Hebrews 3:14 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL
Sung by Acapeldridge
When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to know[b]
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Refrain
It is well, (it is well),
With my soul, (with my soul)
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
But Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
A song in the night, oh my soul!
1873 – Horatio Spafford
Melody – “Ville du Havre” by Philip Bliss
Story – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Well_with_My_Soul
In the records of motorsport, Rico Abreu, stands out as the little man with a big heart for racing, Rico swept BOTH nights of of an epic weekend of west coast sprint car racing. Pure talent…
In the records of motorsport, Rico Abreau, stands out as the little man with a big heart for racing, Rico swept BOTH nights of of an epic weekend of west coast sprint car racing. Pure talent…
“Happy Talk”
Brings back some good memories here. After the movie came out in 1958, (the Broadway musical came out in ’49), I’d bet half the high school music teachers across the country used the Rogers & Hammerstein music in their school shows and choral performances. I know mine did.
Who among us baby boomers doesn’t remember songs from this musical such as
“Bali Ha’i”
“Some Enchanted Evening”
“I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair”
“Younger Than Springtime”
It was a different era…..different attitudes.
Comprehensive postmortem analysis of hurricane Ian data. This author is saying the same thing I did. That in real power, Ian was a top end CAT III or low end CAT IV upon landfall and not a top end CAT IV as NOAA claims.
Is Global Warming Responsible for Hurricane Ian? The Evidence Says No – Watts Up With That?
15 million views, 27,000 comments…………..
I have no idea what they are saying; but I love this number…my foot is tapping and my head is bobbing………a whole lot of good scat and picking.
Awesome interp of an old 1940 Django Reinhardt tune.
Here are the lyrics with English translation added:
Thanks GB………
UC you are very welcome! I recognized that old tune from somewhere in the past and HAD to look it up. Marion & Sobo really honored Reinhardt with their excellent cover…
Rooftop wind energy innovation claims 50% more energy than solar at same cost
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/10/14/rooftop-wind-energy-innovation-claims-50-more-energy-than-solar-at-same-cost/
Bet is has a much longer service life too. But I would bet for most of us, the wind does not blow steady enough to make it a viable investment.
Correct. I investigated a small windmill generator for my location over a decade ago and concluded from my research that the center of the vanes would need to be about 110 feet off the ground to catch more than 20% of the prevailing breezes in my location. Although I am on a hill, I am surrounded by tall trees on land that rises gradually to the north and west of my house. As such the topography forms an effective wind break that blocks all but the hard downdraft winds that precede an east-moving front. If the tower was ever blown over by a storm wind, it would breech my neighbor’s property line which is illegal here. No thanks. I went solar.
This is interesting; apparently in some cities people can be evicted from their homes if a relative, one that doesn’t even live with them, commits a crime! Lehto’s Law you tube video, about 14 minutes long:
On October 7, Biden signed an executive order erasing the Fourth Amendment. He is setting up a special court to issue warrants without reasonable cause.
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Just went to see the movie, “Amsterdam”.
Essentially to see why the movie was dead panned by corporate media right out of the gate.
It is not surprising why corporate media reviews took this position after watching the movie.
For these reviews are on face value everything critically reviewed about the movie anti-wokery
Suburb A-List screen performances and masterful camera work. The Imax frame format of the movie did a highly refined job of keeping the actors and actresses in the frontal frame of presentation while allowing the background set to have just as powerful on screen presence. There is very little panning in the dialogue delivery. My bet is there are many Easter eggs in these background sets.
That said, yes the movie took its time. This is not an action cut and paste CGI dumb down to the least common denominator of Hollywood movie making demographics.
These actors and actresses wanted to be in on this project and given the little over two hour run time. With the theater cooled down to near mid 50ish temperatures.
I was never watching my minds watch.
Was I on the seat of my pants in anticipation?
No, the dynamics of Brady, Washington and Robbie’s performance most definitely disarmed me of any and all inclinations of anything other than to allow the story THEY and DAVID RUSSELL want to tell.
So Bravo to them.
To recap and return to the corporate media dead panning of this movie.
IMHO, the reason is multifold. First and formost, is given the film noir subjective back story.
Russell, never breaks that fourth wall with the audience and goes all wokery.
The film stands on its on feet, there is never even a hint of wokeness. It stays in the the time period. That is until you ask why not?
Certainly this time period affords this wokiness opportunity.
He does in fact go quite in the opposite direction.
It is very sublime and is in truth his actual sin.
Hence Russell’s sin in the eyes of these corporate shrills and their dead on arrival reviews.
Nor do the Amsterdam Trio do so either. Everything appears genuine about their bonds.
So, what is Russell’s point? Well, first you have to watch the movie to allow this sin to come to the forefront.
However this is one of those sublime movies of story telling that requires a deep drive into these critical reviews before watching the movie.
So, armed with this review and the corporate media dead on arrival reviews.
Just go and watch the movie.
Then after watching the movie ask yourself…
Was Russell’s sin more about not going all wokery with a modern contemporary political wokery contexts on Fascism. But, in fact goes in the opposite direction with an portrayal of America where racism is the least important consideration on the screen towards telling the story.
Now, that is a very sublime and very much a modern reflection on our where our society has arrived though the experiences of multidutes; and is reflected through Robbie’s art metaphor.
That is we are all broken parts of a shared generational experience.
So, that is one aspect of cinemaphotograhy interpretation.
The other interrelated interpretation involves the identifying the boogymen. The anti heroes, the moral bad guys of the cinema.
Russell, once again pushes them to the background in the story. We all know they are there! The story being told does not hing on anything else. They are always going to be ever present. Who, they are? what they about? does not every become the central story. Why?
Russell’s treatment of regulating them to the background serves two purposes.
First, it very much becomes a question of unasked questions….
In essence even in the context of a film noir of a period price. These sinister faces are already a force on society able to insulate their true nature. That is to hide behind ‘le jour’.
My meaning is even through Russell relegates them to the back ground tapestry. Their sinister on screen presence treatment all the more highlights that their nature is something more and that they hide behind a false pretext of presentation.
AKA Fascists
Which is a rich juxtaposition given Hollywood’s alignment with the occult from this film’s time period.
My meaning, is much like the film never spells out the fascism equations.
The boogymen that hides hides in the room behind something more. That is never fleshed out. Much like the entire history of multi national global corporate concerns.
Just who are these people???
These sin
Just who are these people???
This is about the nature of humanity’s sins and about something more than what we are as we strive towards our better nature.
My question does David Russell put that on screen?
And, is it the reason of fear… to pronounce his film dead on arrival.
The tendency to see things through the lens of the now, the lens of control.
Is your hubris to own.
It is not my fear.
I am just just a guy from Elmira.
The more crickets I earn the more I know I am nothing but over the target.
https://www.lonesomelands.com/new-blog/2021/1/24/americas-family-owned-farms-now-face-the-greatest-threat-to-their-existance
My Mom and I discovered this guy today on youtube, discussing what cattlemen are experiencing in America, regarding getting their beef processed by meat packers, the USDA, the efforts to allow foreign beef into the country and being identified as American, meat packing companies that have animal rights nuts running things, investing in fake beef, the stranglehold of Tyson and Cargill and the monopolies being built that are against the family farms and ranches.
He spoke of one cattle raising family operation in Missouri that built their own packing house and then were succeeding in selling their beef through a local chain of supermarkets . . . but then out of the blue their products were taken off the shelves and they were not given a reason why, what was wrong.
Another story about the Holcomb meat-packing plant.
We are now subscribed to his youtube channel, “Lonesome Lands”
The tendency to see things through the lens of the now, the lens of control.
Is your hubris to own.
It is not my fear.
I am just just a guy from Elmira.
Sorry wrong thread of reply.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.