Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, November 7, 2022
Amen!
No better Friend…🙏
Good morning RG and Frank, no better friend indeed.
Amen, G!!🙏
That should have been Bet, not RG.
Autocorrect… Our arch enemy!!😁
Greetings old coot. 🤭
Good morning , Garrison
-wherever you are ❣️
“Live Up To Your Name” is a Korean time travel drama about an acupuncturist from Joseon times who is transported to the present by a mysterious needle case. His back and forth trips occur whenever he dies. As a doctor of extraordinary talent, he was desolate that his common birth kept him from high office and reveled in the riches he earned treating nobles. When offered a chance to treat the king, he ignores a dying girl and ends up with shaking hands, and a ruined reputation. Attacked and killed by royal guards, he wakes to find himself in modern Korea, where he learns to care for a heart surgeon dealing with her own traumas.
Live Up To Your Name – A Man Has Needs – Arrogant Worms – Lyrics
The drama can be seen on YouTube.
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That’s cute! Been there. Felt that.
*AM* here, feel that…..
There AIN’T enough coffee!
Love that saucy glare! 😍
I love cats!
My two cats 🐱 🐱 own me.
“Meow,” is my command!
Spoiled, spoiled, spoiled!
We have a small enclosed entry way for our front door. An ornamental security door outside and the main door 4 ft further in.
Both animals enjoy hanging out in that little space looking out through the security door or stretched out enjoying a sun beam in the afternoon.
Gabby the cat got shut out in that alcove Saturday night. Early yesterday morning when I had gotten up I heard pawing on the inside door. Knowing what it was I let her in.
She let me know about her displeasure at being locked out there.
Excellent description that lets me see Gabby clearly. Good writing. Love that sort of vignette.
You’ll pay for that, rah…at a time of her choosing.😂
I didn’t close her up in there. Sherry did!
Ruh-roh…
lol .. looks like she’s in a fitness class on a Monday morn during the “reach for your toes” routine … best effort ..
Hahaha
Yes??? May I help you?
“You talkin to me?”
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Le❤n , Yer killin me 😍!
~Have a really good day.
Morning Patience and Ma🤗🤗
Just perfect!! 😂😂😂
Good Monday morning, Betsy❣
~☕ (I was not in the fridge. You know who is playing hide the tea pot ~again)
Morning Patience! I feel like that kitty today, yet I have another full day.
Oh, Pa….
Hope yer giddie-up kicks in ( sigh) and that it turns out to be a really wonderful day for you❣️
Cough syrup n coffee are keeping me going ( head shake and grunt) .
A sip of bourbon or shine works wonders. 🥴😁❤️
Cleaning plant beds and moss from pavement cracks in the sun.
Perhaps a couple sips of 🍷 later (much later).
Ouch. 🙏…pwomiss.
Hello n thank you, Frank😎
I certainly do!!😁
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Mornin, 😽❣️
I like to ease into Mondays myself. (Leon, I don’t often post, but I start my mornings with you and your kitties. Thank you)
All my life I had cats, growing up I enjoyed them. Moved from New York to Texas then Oklahoma and people don’t like them much in the west, idk why. Later they figured out mice were not good pets and we were handing out kittens to our neighbors.
Country life in Oklahoma is brutal, ticks, chiggers (which are mites that burrow under your skin) and fleas. Dogs you just dipped in parasite repellent but cats there was nothing, because they groom. Those collars help, little. This is before those wonderful flea and tick chews came out.
I wanted a house cat when I was young and so I Found a kitten in the barn and started loving on it everyday. Orange tabby, little male. I bathed it in the sink everyday to keep it clean and free of parasites, eventually it loved the bathes. I approached my mom and dad with the cat and they gave me the ok for a trial run. Well, everyone loved him. My brothers took him places in their cars, my sister named him Mehitable, from the cartoon, we didn’t know he was a male. Later I see the name is a variant of Old Testament “God benefits” and he does.
Many awesome stories about that cat. I have tried since then to replace him to no avail. Now, cane Corsos’s. I still love cats and hate mice but my son is extremely allergic to them so cats are out.
Love that story, Palerider. They are certainly their own”people” as I always say, and it is up to us to fit in to their lives as best we can. My goodness, what a wonderful little fellow he was. We miss all ours who have let us in. I know you miss him.
There ARE non-allergic cats, but the ones I’ve seen were not pretty, though they felt great as you pet them. Like velvet. Very much enjoyed your Mehitable story. Thank you.
wonderful story! Impressed with your ability to bathe a cat and convince him he liked it (do you work in marketing?)
Great stories.
My husband thought he was allergic to cats and after 30 years of marriage, I was in a rescue situation with two Siamese, a mama and kitten. Found out he had no allergy problem with these cats. Very perplexing but happy ending for all.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
A place to reflect.
Niiiiiice
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Oh bless, Mr jay….Bench Monday returns.😘
Maidin Mhaith Betsy I found a bunch of them so Mondays are in. 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Hooray!!! I suppose there are loads of beautiful scenic pictures in which there is a bench that at first isn’t seen, until we look closer… Wonderful!!😘
I may wonder off to that bench. Dropped off Nipper to his mama. Still not in school, she’s playing phone tag with the nurse. Told her it won’t get done until she parks her ass in front of the school. Now working out, then driving my SIL to San Antonio and back. Then small group at 6 and Admin Council at church at 7. Got to be there as we are trying to get the financing for our security training approved. ❤️😘
Morning, G. This is criminal. And who suffers?? Nipper…he and his mum don’t need this sort of civil servant abuse. And she hasn’t found that misplaced document, I’m guessing…can she procure another??
So you are hitting the ground running this Monday. Don’t wear yourself out, my brother. Hoping that financing gets sorted. I’m sure it’s not cheap…😘🙏
Oh, she found it last week. Trying to make sure to cross off the right squares. I’ll just text her with an advice to cross them all.
And insurance already covered the treatments. Today is number 6 of 11. Got one more driver duty on Friday. 😘
It won’t hurt. I don’t know why bureaucracy has to make lives harder to navigate, especially when life’s roads get so bumpy. Over half way there…🙏
Thought you were retired mister!?!
Retired my eye! ✝️
Dittos!!! great to see it
It really has unexpectedly lifted my heart, Joe. It’s always the little things, isn’t it?😊
I had completely forgotten Hooked on a Feeling. What a great song. Many thanks for the memory.
BJ Thomas had a good version also! 🙂 😉
Hooked on a Feeling – B J Thomas – with lyrics – 1968
Used to race husband’s Corvette with my Fiat Spyder on California mountain roads to songs like that back when that was on the radio. Great memories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfVTwJuwzFE
I had a Fiat spider!
Unlike the MGB, the Fiat wouldn’t break loose on the corners. Which is why it wasn’t as good for racing. And it was much stabler at high speeds, as seen by the fact you could recognize objects in the rear view mirror. Trying to replicate the MGB, I asked the Fiat to be delivered with racing harnesses. They didn’t mention they didn’t know what that meant, and first put in plain American seatbelts. And left a hole when I made them replace them. Then, I stupidly asked for air conditioning in a convertible. They proudly showed me their first attempt at doing such a thing. They had to drop the screws out of one side of the radio to make the air conditioner hold. And it never worked. Not once! But I so loved that car.
Great story.
While in the USN and stationed at 32nd street in SD, I had a 73 MGB Roadster. I HATED the dual carb system.
Back then I had no Governor in my life and risked it many times on the windy roads near Otay Lake. Not high speed but high stake turns jumped my adrenal glands.
First try at a picture. If this doesn’t work, could someone tell me how to do it correctly? Thx.
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I was a Chicago girl enjoying a year of LA life in apartments on a cliff overlooking the ocean, opposite a flower farm from Marineland. You’d go to sleep listening to “Talk to the Animals.” There were days that you talked excitedly about, when you could see Catalina Island, or see the mountains in the distance. Driving to work was exercising your car. You just had to hold your breath as you passed the oil refineries.
I remember catching bonito in Long Beach, I think near the Edison Power Plant. I was 9,10,11. That was 69,70,71ish. We lived in Tustin.
The thought of going to Catalina was terrifying to me.
What wonderful childhood memories! Long Beach, to me, was the Queen Mary.
You were living in Palos Verdes near the road that is rapidly falling into the ocean. I know the area well.
We were married in the Wayfarers Chapel there. A small glass walled chapel overlooking the ocean.
Torrance Beach is my favorite Socal beach.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g32944-d156268-Reviews-Wayfarers_Chapel-Rancho_Palos_Verdes_California.html
Exactly! That road was where I learned the meaning of the words, “I feel the earth move under my feet.” It was constantly under repair and rarely did I drive to the grocery at the top of the hills but I saw a car playing turtle on its back.
I loved Wayfarers Chapel. It was built by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son and I used to live next door to Robie House in Chicago. First time it rained I RAN to watch the waterfall off the roofs. Which is how I learned about rain gutters.
I wasn’t into beaches. I was into the Redondo Beach Pier where they had slot car racing. I remember a PHENOMENAL meat market nearby that made their hamburger in the shape of a pig’s head with a tomato in its mouth. And a Volkwagon dealership that had a clear plastic Volkwagon so you could see the motor. LOVED that year in LA.
Oh, and deep congratulations on your marriage and the memories of that day. You chose the perfect place to make your pledges. The glass let the entire world watch.
Mornin’ jay 🙂
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Good morning, Garrison…comments here to start Mondays I’ve noticed are thin on the ground. They pick up later as the day goes on.
But not this Monday. Wow! We’ve started out with a full congregation! Joy!!😘
Oh, there you are.
-Helli, Garrison.😎
Everyone has heard the famous song Funk #49. but before that, there was a Funk #48 from the James Gang
Remember it well I’m sure there’s a couple of eight tracks out in the shop from James Gang how are combination cassette a track turntable lube from the house to the shop mini mini mini years ago and it’s still working
Not sure why they call these things smart phones they can’t translate talk to text very well at all
Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Only 3% of people in the world own a suitcase.
The average American is doing pretty well, or is perhaps rich materially.
Was talking with a food bank worker last week trying to figure out how they operate. (I’ve got more firewood than I can sell). He told me there is an uptick in giving to the various food banks in the area and a much larger demand. People who were never “takers” are reaching out for help.
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
Jim Elliot…Martyr
May I add “uh” to your clever list?
Thanks for making my stomach turn Flyover!
Yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaww!✝️
and “mm” in between 😏
“For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his soul?”
~~Mark 8:36 KJV~~
cc: Larry Fink
Bill Gates
Fauci
All grifting Congress creatures
All the rest of the “you know who you are” crowd
Preach it!
Doing my best👍
Two more . . .
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Another memory revived… My beloved in-laws, now with God, were huge fans of songs that had wonderful lyrics, and knew them all. Once a year, every year in their small Texas town, they would host a party under the auspices of the club my mother in law, her two sisters, and cousin pulled together called the “Not So Great Book Foundation”… shortened to ” The Not Sos”.
This party was always held in an antebellum house which was hired out for gatherings, and it had a grand piano. A pianist was hired, copies of songs passed out…and, with drink in hand, the huge number of guests would gather round and sing their hearts out for hours.
One of the songs much loved was “Besame Mucho”. They loved that one. It never appealed to me, but I was younger then.
Then, one year we took a trip by car through Mexico by the little known byways, hitting all sorts of unknown towns, staying in small hotels…and in one of the beautiful open air restaurants there were some Mariachis, going from table to table.
They played Besame Mucho, and I will never forget how stunningly beautiful it was. I had to stop eating and simply marvel at how “it never appealed to me”. It became a favourite right then, and has remained so ever since.
Thank you, my friend, for another reviving of a very precious memory. Those memories always involve music…that most universal language everyone knows.😘
Also…that peaceful 10 day drive to Mexico City and back? A trip we’d never dare take today….no, we would not…
Mornin’ Bet . . . 🙂
Blessings to you, Garrison, all day long💕
Great story.
They were amazing people, Frank. A wonderful sense of humour, clever…oh so clever…and a marvelous sense of the ridiculous. Loved them more than I can ever express.💕
I’m going to go out on a limb and declare that the Alice Cooper song is probably not going to make the top 100 list for the trans community hot 100!! LOL
🙂 And I’m not at all unsympathetic to trans folks. I think you get to be who you want to be . . .
Morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps! 🙂
November 7 Oswald Chambers
The Undetected Sacredness Of Circumstances
All things work together for good to them that love God. —Romans 8:28
The circumstances of a saint’s life are ordained of God. In the life of a saint there is no such thing as chance. God by His providence brings you into circumstances that you cannot understand at all, but the Spirit of God understands. God is bringing you into places and among people and into conditions in order that the intercession of the Spirit in you may take a particular line. Never put your hand in front of the circumstances and say— “I am going to be my own providence here; I must watch this, and guard that.” All your circumstances are in the hand of God, therefore never think it strange concerning the circumstances you are in. Your part in intercessory prayer is not to enter into the agony of intercession, but to utilize the commonsense circumstances God puts you in, and the commonsense people He puts you amongst by His providence, to bring them before God’s throne and give the Spirit in you a chance to intercede for them. In this way God is going to sweep the whole world with His saints.
Am I making the Holy Spirit’s work difficult by being indefinite, or by trying to do His work for Him? I must do the human side of intercession, and the human side is the circumstances I am in and the people I am in contact with. I have to keep my conscious life as a shrine of the Holy Ghost, then as I bring the different ones before God, the Holy Spirit makes intercession for them.
Your intercessions can never be mine, and my intercessions can never be yours, but the Holy Ghost makes intercession in our particular lives, without which intercession someone will be impoverished.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Jesus Christ is always unyielding to my claim to my right to myself. The one essential element in all our Lord’s teaching about discipleship is abandon, no calculation, no trace of self-interest.
https://utmost.org/classic/the-undetected-sacredness-of-circumstances-classic/
Good morning, Cat. How much does this one speak to me! And if I may presume, to all of us who gather here…a circumstance most wonderful…🙏💕
Good morning Betsy!!
😘
07 November 2017 Pentti “Whitey” Glan, Finnish-Canadian touring and session drummer (Lou Reed; Alice Cooper – “Welcome To My Nightmare”), dies if cancer at 71
07 November 2016 Leonard Norman Cohen(September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Québec, a poet, and a novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships.
Hallelujah
07 November 2012 Cleve Duncan, American rocker (The Penguins – “Earth Angel”), dies at 78
Thank you magic!!
I’m reading the book Modern Alchemy. You see how the Occult gurus not only ripped off better known religions, they also appropriated terminology + ideas from the Sciences.
But at times, the line becomes blurred. If you have read some about Hinduism + read some about modern ideas in Quantum Physics — you might notice the echoes from each other…
Like I wrote before – I’ve only read a little in Hinduism + that was years ago, but I can see why Cern was given a statue of Shiva to put on display…
Anyone who really knows the Bible can spot the appropriations + distortions — how the guru creates a deception by misusing items from it.
But – if you don’t know the Bible — or know this or that field of Science — it is easier to get taken in.
But, I also wonder — how many of the scientists were also readings of the Occult or Hinduism or other tradition…? This book so far gets into this question – noting the convergence between Science + the Occult at the turn of he 20th century.
https://parler.com/feed/f6dccca3-2b47-4372-b250-4e00065a9dfc
It’s amazing how much of this can be found in the Garden of Eden story… The same old Luciferian Deception:
Reading this book made me remember a good documentary you can watch on Amazon Prime called Third Eye Spies.
The Bible doesn’t really say that certain practices of the Occult are 100% fraudulent/fakes.
It does prohibit them, because we are susceptible to fall for deceptions.
Like in the Garden of Eden. When Eve took a bit of the forbidden fruit, did she become more like God like Lucifer promised? Yes, she + Adam gained knowledge of the difference between Good + Evil —- but that also meant they became vulnerable to doing the Evil… In fact, they found they were incapable of maintaining only the Good… (and needed a Redeemer).
Once innocence is lost….
Yes, once a person has reached an age of accountability.
1973 :
2004 :
. . . 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 (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Monday of the 22nd Week of the Epistles
Saint Tabitha of Joppa, the widow who was raised from the dead by the Holy Apostle Peter (+ 1st century)
and several other Saints and Holy Martyrs
October 25th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
November 7th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
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)
Good morning all.
I have been asked to comment on if I believe the diesel fuel shortage is real.
This driver has had no problem procuring fuel so far.
From my personal perspective the only evidence of the shortage is in the high price of fuel.
However I haven’t been driving much in the areas where the shortages are said to be occurring.
But since fuel oil is being rationed in the New England states where a considerable number of homes use it for heating there is obviously a problem.
Hey! Flatlander! I have a daughter in Tulsa.
She scares me. It takes me six hours to get there. Takes her 5. 💪🙌🤟👍
PS…isn’t it a joy giving joy to your beloved? Honey dooz are never a waste. ✝️
Good morning, Frank…I never make one of lists…never had to. My “honey” sees before I do, and has always said he is looking for things or projects that he knows will make me happy. But then, he has always been that way with everybody. The joy of giving…
I don’t always do the best I can.
He sets a high bar and you deserve it! 😎✝️😎
How kind and I thank you..that it so humbling, my friend🤗
Last night we were watching Midsommer Murders from Britain.
After the many we’ve seen, I said to him that I wasn’t sure if he thought the same, but the preponderance of murderers seemed to be women.
He said, “Why do you think I’m so nice to you?”
😂😂😂!!! I howled.
Glad I circled back. I don’t regularly.
I chuckled! Grace to you sis 🙌
Glad you did…😘 and to you…see you when the sun comes up manana.
Intercessors For AMERICA Prayer Tonight in All 50 States!
Did you know that 85% of all state elected officials are up for re-election? That means that there is potential for a great sweep of godly leadership in our statehouses! In all 50 IFA prayer groups across the nation, intercessors will be gathered tonight, on the eve of Election Day, to pray for candidates and election integrity in their state.
Don’t miss this critical time of prayer for your state!
Groups will pray at 8:00pm local time, using the state prayer conference call lines listed on our IFA state page — also listed here: Click here to find your state’s conference call line and access code.
Election Prayer Calls by State
Monday, November 7th
8:00pm Local Time
God is on the move! We are praying for a God-sized answer for our nation that is in desperate need of Him. Your role as intercessor is critical! If you haven’t joined your state’s regular prayer call, we encourage you to make time to join in–you can find the regular day and time of your state’s prayer call by visiting our State Prayer Group page here.
Visit your state page
I invite you to also join me in more prayer for the election tomorrow, November 8, 2022 at 12:15pm ET for a special edition of Pray with Others Live. Watch at IFApray.org or call in at (667) 771-7910 (access code 2452#).
Honored and grateful to be praying with you!
DAVE KUBAL, PRESIDENT/CEO
I’ll be on it
Monday, November 7, 2022
The book of Hebrews illustrates that the writer had many things to say, but he writes that the recipients of his letter have grown dull of hearing, as they’re not bearing the fruit of God in their lives. There is no difference between the one that cannot hear and the one who hears but does not respond to it. If you hear the Word of God and do not respond by acting on it, you are spiritually deaf. When you are not hearing God, you are spiritually dead; you hear the words but cannot discern the meaning and cannot respond to the instructions or commands. In the world there are so many voices which cause deafness, but in God lack of responding has the same effect. How is your spiritually hearing of God’s voice? Are you in danger of going deaf? Would you like to hear the voice of the Lord and improve your hearing? Just do what the Word says to do, and you will hear His voice more and more. God will lead and encourage you. Those who hear are those who do the will of God.
From Message #1092 – The Anti-Backsliding Kit II
Scripture: Hebrews 5:11-12
Today’s Mission – Dwell in the presence of God today. Dwell in the Word. Listen for His voice and His Word specifically for you. Then do it.
The Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) Rule is ruffling feathers throughout the food system. Called “too weak” by some and draconian by others, this rule will profoundly impact the market, whether or not it passes.
As quoted in Food Safety News, Cornucopia Board Chair and organic poultry producer Cameron Molberg says, “We need animal welfare improvements immediately. This rule has been 20 years in the making, and we cannot miss this opportunity.”
Make no mistake, the proposed rule will not enshrine the kind of animal welfare we find at top-rated farms from Cornucopia’s Organic Egg Scorecard. But it will create a needed foundation for improved organic animal welfare rules to come.
Most of the chickens raised for organically certified meat and eggs are crowded inside barns, looking out over mowed grass through a screen. Without this rule, this cut-rate, industrial organic production will be all that is left on grocery shelves.
Watch this video on why this rule is worth a closer look, then tell the USDA that we need animal welfare standards in organic farming. Comments are due November 10.
I’m probably an outlier, but I’m not wired to interface with the guv except for my straight shooting sheriff.
I’d rather let the free market sort itself out. The sorting out includes the lazy “organic”, uninformed consumers who don’t inspect what they expect.
I generally hate guv.
Hope I don’t offend you dear Treeper! ✝️
Farming for the Future
Image courtesy of the Rodale Institute
Farmers in California’s Oxnard Plain have been asked to reduce water consumption by 40% over 20 years. Phil McGrath is looking to nature and to the soil for solutions.
By responding to changes in the climate with proactive measures, McGrath Family Farm can continue to provide local certified organic produce for its community and a way forward for future generations of farmers.
Read the full story
The National Organic Standards Board met on October 25-27. For nine years The Cornucopia Institute has been the only organization to cover these proceedings, and we continue to make this vital information about organic food production available to you.
Celebrating Co-ops
Congratulations to Bridget Wilson, who shared her love for Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op and has been selected as the winner of a $50 gift card to the store for National Co-op Month: “They do their due diligence when selecting products for the store to ensure they align with the co-op values and principles. I’ve known them to pull items off the shelf if later discovered they are not in alignment with values and principles.”
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op will be featured in a spotlight article this fall. Watch this space for the link.
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In his new book, “Wild Plant Culture,” restoration ecologist Jared Rosenbaum says something provocative about gardening with native plants.
“It’s time to expand our vision past supporting birds, butterflies, and bees, and fully integrate the most challenging animal of all, the human being, into our native plant gardens,” he writes.
So what all would that mean, and how do we do that?
Jared Rosenbaum is a botanist and restoration ecologist, and he’s also co-owner with his wife, Rachel Mackow, of Wild Ridge Plants mail-order nursery in New Jersey. His new book, “Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities,” is out this month.
Plus: Enter to win a copy of “Wild Plant Culture”
Elders, Overseers, Bishops, Pastors, Deacons1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 2
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
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You look at a Bible text on the screen. You listen to John Piper. You watch his pen “draw out” meaning. You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. And (we pray!) all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love.
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Hey! I love Piper. Thank you!
I’m a “layman” but I’ve been to Minneapolis several times to his pastor conferences. Back then I had hair past my shoulders and drew some skeptical looks…kinda funny.
His written work is wonderful as are his sermons.
I met a stranger there who told me his older brother lived with the Piper family in a spare room as he worked his way through seminary there.
I split hairs with some of his positions but I love that man and his ministry.
http://www.desiringgod.org
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Watched it. Wonderful. Thanks! 🔥✝️🔥
Heavenly Father,
we ask in Jesus’ name that you would hear our heart today; and that we would be 2 Chronicles 7:14 people—that we would humble ourselves and turn from our wicked ways that You might heal our land. Lord, we repent for the way that we have neglected the training and the teaching of our children and our children’s children. We repent for the way that we have outsourced it to the secular hands of a godless system that has turned their hearts away from You.
We ask, Heavenly Father, that You would forgive us, cleanse us, and restore what the enemy has tried to destroy in the lives of our sons and daughters and our grandsons and granddaughters. Lord, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” If this nation is going to be righteous in the next generation, then it has to begin in our homes in the training of our sons and our daughters. Help us return to righteousness as a people. Help us to educate them in the truths of God’s Word; Who you are; and how You created them, the heavens and the earth, and all that is in it. Let every deceptive lie that has been woven into our curriculum by extracted and let truth prevail.
Heavenly Father, Your Word is truth and knowledge begins when we fear You. Re-establish the fear of God not only in our schools but in our churches, in our homes, and in our government. Do that through our sons and our daughters. Father, let this nation be revived today as You indeed hear our prayer and heal our land. Let that revival start with our children and grandchildren. Let Your hand, Your promise, and Your Word come alive in their eyes, their lives, and their hearts. In Jesus’ mighty name, we pray. Amen.
https://www.jhm.org/sermons
Amen,amen.🙏
I need prayers, Treepers!
After 35 months around the ‘Rona, working in Jails, and ‘safety net hospitals’ intensive care units…with the hugely poor and homeless, drug addicts, those susceptible to it…
I finally caught it. Its been cooking for a week, I thought it was allergies…first sniffles…then aches and pains, low grade fever and cough, so I finally tested…haha…I thought I was invincible.
Am thinking I have one week under my belt…so far, am praying, it does not get worse….it is mild right now.
Thanks all and God Bless!
🙏🙏🙏 Prayers Up – God Bless. ❤️ 🧚
Ivermectin horse paste dose for your weight!
I’ve used it Jay. Apple was alright by me.
I used straight out of the tube, my buddy mixed a little jelly on a cracker. Got a bunch of the little pills from my Aunt from Mexico
It works! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Straight outa the tube for me too.
Niiiiiice
Prayers for a speedy recovery! Just got over it myself – felt like crap for about 1 week, but now much better.
Please stay hydrated & take vitamin supplements & rest.
✝ , ❤ Aggiegirl.
Mine are offered for you, my friend.
I’m sure you know the drill…1000 mg Quercetin 1000 mg C, 50 mg zinc, 50 mg D, and stay hydrated!!! And as Mr jay says, if you can’t get Ivermectin, Amazon sells the horse paste (in flavours as well I believe).
That you think you have probably had this for about a week (bet you are correct) means you are headed out of it…bless, Aggiegirl. Don’t forget chicken broth!
Prayers up for your recovery. The Ivermectin horse paste does work.
🙏. Bank on it.
Prayers up! Ivermectin works great against the rona.
November 7
MORNING
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men Psa. 107:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Psa. 34:8
How great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! Psa. 31:19
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Isa. 43:21
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. Eph. 1:5, 6, 12
How great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Zech. 9:17
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Psa. 145:9-12
EVENING
Behold, we count them happy which endure. James 5:11
We glory in tribulations: . . . knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Rom. 5:3-5
No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Heb. 12:11
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:2-4
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For when I am weak, then am I strong. II Cor. 12:9, 10
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/11/1107.html
Amen 🙏
Especially fond of today’s evening prayer..
Thanks poyeema and to all… a most blessed day ✝️
U2 🐈⬛
Mornin’ all! Tips for tomorrow…
Best advice I’ve seen in years.
Thanks!
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
Amen🙏
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Monday, November 7, 2022
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“Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 1:13 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Blessings always to you, duchess🙏💕
And to you as well, Bet!!! 💖🧚
Thank you from my heart🤗
Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaww!
Well then!?!
I needed no encouragement this morning, and yet, found some!
My cup is running…well, you get the idea…
Greetings Treepers!
We have the following chickens:
2 Orpington’s
2 Barred rock
2 Barnevelder
2 Wellsummer
3 Easter Egger
2 Dark Brahma
2 Silkie mix
My better half has found a recipe for inexpensive, healthy chicken food. Ours free range but still require food…Hollar if you want the link.
Hi, Frank. My sister in law in Wales has definitely free range chickens of all sorts on her large property. The trick is to keep the foxes away. The other trick is finding the eggs they lay, here, there, and everywhere😊 There is absolutely nothing to beat the taste of those eggs. Blessings, my generous brother, for your week upcoming. BetNM😘
I’m not generous enough. Period.
But thank you sis. 👀
No, you are wrong, if I may say.
I remember too many of your past posts that tell me you live your life with Christ at the centre of it. And that you are a giving man, one I’m so glad to have made the acquaintance of and so blessed to call you my brother… I’ll brook no dissent on that! So let it be written…🙏😘
I’ll second that Betsy!! 😘
Frank’s a nice guy!! I remember too!!!
Hard to forget them, Cat.
I remember the first one that caught my attention.
And one phrase…”But God.”
I think my first long post followed his long one…
Won’t forget it…😘
I am looking for a recommendation of doctors to contact who understand and are treating covid vaccine injury. I have a friend and her husband who took the vaccine early because (a) they wanted to fly and (b) their son and his wife said they could not see the grandkids if they were unvaxxed. I tried to talk her out of it but she went ahead.
Now a year+ after the shots, she has developed symptoms that, according to my reading, are indicative of vaccine injury, including very high blood pressure spikes that have sent her to the emergency room multiple times. Her husband is also having issues with blood clots but he had previously had some issues prior to getting vaxxed. Their doctors have run a whole littany of tests on them. My friend’s doctors cannot find a cause for the debilitating and dangerous blood pressure spikes. None of them are bringing up vaccine injury as a possible cause.
So she would like to contact a doctor or doctors who have experience in identifying and treating vaccine injury. Right now they are treating her with anti-anxiety drugs although she has no overt anxiety.
I thought possibly some of you may have recommendations other than pulling a name off a list. My friend is in Kentucky and would travel out of state if necessary.
Thank you in advance for any guidance.
Liberty Counsel has an extensive collection of resources by categories or topics related to Wuhan Flu.
http://www.lcaction.org/vaccine
This is a complicated request. Forgive me for breaking it down. It’s the best way I can think of to address your concerns.
First off, vaccine injury isn’t a medical specialty. This is because it is too rare statistically to sustain a practice. If you were a doctor who wished to treat vaccine injuries primarily, you might have to wait years to encounter any patients. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. I’m saying if you do find a clinic that is advertising treatment for COVID vaccine injury as a specialty up front, they are pretty likely to be bogus.
The reason why it shouldn’t really matter is that acute blood pressure spikes would be treated with the same medications and therapies whether it is a vaccine injury or not. Doctors are trained to diagnose by going down the list from most likely to least likely causes, but even if a cause is unknown, you still treat the symptom first. Anti-anxiety medication could be helpful because that class of drugs acts partly by stabilizing blood pressure, and they are safe to take for that purpose.
You didn’t explain beyond the word “doctors”, but the normal approach would be for a primary care provider to refer out to specialists in the body systems they believe are behind the complaint. BP spikes can stem from cardiac issues, dietary reactions, kidney function problems or various kinds of psychological stress. So the patient might need to consult a Cardiologist, Dietitian, Nephrologist, Endocrinologist and/or a counselor. These things can have multiple causes too. Here are the most likely causes of BP spikes:
https://www.durhamnephrology.com/top-ten-common-causes-for-sudden-blood-pressure-spikes/
Overall, I would recommend going to a large group medical center or group practice, one that would have all the specialties on hand so they could share data more easily. The larger practices will also accept more types of insurance, and they are more amenable to payment plans. This is just an example, in central KY:
https://www.lexingtonclinic.com/directory/locations/jessamine-medical-and-diagnostics-center
Regards to your friends.
She has been to the specialists. I know that FLCCC has some recommendations for combatting the spike protein. But a knowledgeable doctor has to be willing to recognize the spike protein as a potential target and to tailor which treatments and dosages to try. Her doctors have not mentioned potential effects from the spike protein.
And she doesn’t like the anxiety treatment due to the way it makes her feel all of the time even though it appeared to moderate the symptoms. Moderating the symptons, however, doesn’t even attempt to counteract the damage caused by the spike protein which might be ongoing.
I agree that I don’t want to pick someone without knowledge of their practice. That’s why I thought another poster might have experience with a doctor or group that might be able to guide some mitigation treatment for her. I told her I would ask.
Dr Robert Malone has started an ethical health service. Includes many things, and offering virtual doctors’ appointments. Do have a look. I would seriously recommend looking at this.
THE WELLNESS COMPANY
https://www.twc.health/
With prayers that this might be the answer to their worries.🙏
Thank you. Will check it out.
So glad you saw this link. There are other well known ethical doctors involved, tktk. All have put out suggestions for reducing or eliminating the spike protein, which is the toxic ingredient, plus SM-102, another qualified by the FD itself as a huge no for humans and animals. They knew that was in the dreadful beastly jab “recipe”, and yet approved that it all the same.
Praying that one or all of this avenues suggested will be more helpful than the curiously ignorant doctors they may have seen…blessings to all of you.
“…curiously ignorant doctors…”
Head wag with clenched teeth and…
Not as clenched as mine I’ll bet….cold anger. They aren’t doctors, Frank.
Depends on whether you consider DR in front of Frankenstein valid.
Had a few of them in my 30’s, either they thought I was a hypochondriac or just insane, finally labeling me as a xyz “syndrome” meaning they are clueless.
Eventually, body heal thyself.
It should do, Magic. Well stated.
I am glad yours healed. I think we are only realizing all those “cures” and “preventatives” were neither, doing more long-term damage than anything they were purported to do.
🙏 Please keep us posted. 🙏
Yes, please do, tktk
Dr. Pierre Kory, one of the physicians that worked to help create the FLCCC protocol has now rearranged his medical practice to focus on patients with long haul and vaccine injured from the vaccines. Here is a link to his FLCCC page, it should have links on that page for contacting physicians that work in your friend’s area who are working with the vaccine injured;
prayers for your friend’s successful healing:
https://covid19criticalcare.com/experts/pierre-kory/
One more
I must say I have never seen this as originally released, only as karaoke version by the under 12 crowd and usually every kid in attendance had to do it……. once or twice. (wince)
😂 I like a good fight so it got my attention!!!
Thank you, Flyover🙏 Surely this is all the assurance we need, Dr Spurgeon’s God directed words. A promise so full of His love for us. It doesn’t get any more clear than this beautiful sermon.
HIS HEALING HANDS
Lord – on our knees – we humbly adore You;
Lord – on our knees – we humbly implore You;
Help us – we pray – to meet needs and demands;
Touch us tenderly with Your Healing Hands!
For Barb, David, Tex and families/friends;
Our hearts are burdened; the need never ends;
For the lost, lonely, and troubled – we pray;
That they may be relieved of turmoil today!
There are so many, Lord – You know their names;
Who suffer – some who – the devil reclaims;
Help us, Lord – bring them back – into the fold;
Release them, Lord, from the evil one’s hold!
There is anger – there is strife – all around;
No peace anywhere – no peace can be found;
Electromagnetic – chemical hacks;
Through food, water, air – and mental attacks!
Military – who have returned – come home;
Are plagued by technology and syndrome;
Chips in the pills – and chemicals in drugs;
Wreak havoc on health – and the body slugs!
Sometimes, we wonder why You allow this;
Why You let him win – and us you dismiss;
Sometimes – at every turn – we dismay;
We can’t understand why he has his way!
Help us, Lord – to persevere and hold on;
Help us help others know where they belong;
Help us minister – leave all up to You;
Your will not ours – we accept and pursue!
Though we may suffer along with our friends;
Though our petition – our prayer never ends;
We trust in Your Love and Your Healing Hands;
We trust in Your Promise and Your Commands!
We pray fervently – In His Name, we pray;
The Blood of the Lamb protects us each day;
Through His Mercy and Kindness – we heal;
Our souls – we are confident – He will seal!
Touch us, Dear Lord, with your Healing Hands;
Help us keep up with the prayers and demands;
Help us – through Faith – be a blessing to all;
Through divine appointments – answer Your call!
Heavenly Physician – We implore You;
Lay Your Healing Hands – on those before You;
Shine Your Light on us all so that we may see;
The Glory and Honor that belongs to Thee!
D01: 5/28/2013
Amen 🙏
Amen, dear duchess🙏
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2022-november-8
Re the “Blood Moon” Eclipse tomorrow AM:
Enter your location to see the information about the eclipse tomorrow – if you have a clear sky, you should be able to see it, looking south.
Thank you!
In today’s Federal Register, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has reopened for additional comments on the topic where the agency had questions to six large technology companies payment processing systems practices.
It’s open for the public to make their comments so new rules can get instigated! Wondering if one of those big tech companies is Pay Pal.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/07/2022-24214/notice-and-request-for-comment-regarding-the-cfpbs-inquiry-into-big-tech-payment-platforms
There is only one criteria for tomorrow’s vote. Not inflation. Not abortion. Not the border. Not Ukraine. Not China. One only, the detection of which can be identified by the questions: “Does this {candidate | bill | etc.} explicitly NOT represent the other side? Does it explicitly EXCLUDE the other side? Does it mean victory for one side DEFINED IN TERMS OF defeat of the other? Does a winning vote make me right and the other wrong, or demoralized, or marginalized?”
At least, for right now, this is the question before us.
Conservatism and Progressivism need each other. They are evolution and revolution. Structure and meaningfulness. Tradition and renewal. As a Principle, and in practice, they depend on each other, and we cannot thrive as society without honoring that principle with what we do socially to and for and with each other.
Brief contact with Mungrel – lots of rain and flooding not reported
Chuckle – he hates time changes as much as I do
Sure miss his Aussie reports
Be well Mungrel – and don’t float away
Hey! Cool. Tell him Frank said “FIST BUMP!”
Prayers as always sent by boomerang to Down Under…LBT. Thank you, ms Idaho…
Amen.
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✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.
Amen 🙏