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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Wow, how pretty!
God used all the leftover paints in his paint box for this one…and isn’t he a beauty??
Or is this lovely a she…hmmmm…
I see one in the window everyday of a house where I walk by.
Picture the same coloring….but under where the brown is on the face…paint a black mask! It is one gorgeous cat.
It is a stop and admire how beautiful it is! I call it mask.
Oh how lovely, gypsybreeze. They are such gorgeous cats. Most I’ve seen are long haired. I would be stopping as well.
Good morning, Leon.
Thank you for the beautiful tail-photos and ~~choice words…..; telling some of your tale.
I hope for December 💞
Good morning, Patience and Ma😘😘. We had a calico decades ago. What a sweetie she was. Marched right up to our door in an older complex of many doors. She chose ours. We struggled to name her and finally came up with the most original of all names…Kitty! It suited her😉. I loved that cat.
We’re moving on to a colder December than we have had in quite some time. All the signs are there:
the MJO (Madden Julian Oscillation) is moving from phase 6 which is a warmer phase towards phases 7,8, and 1, which are cold phases. Specifically says that phase 8 “sets off triggers”.
Plus the AO (Arctic Oscillation), EPO (East Pacific Oscillation) and NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) are all going negative just as they did in the analog years showing similar weather patterns.
The one significant difference between the weather indications now and those during the cold years in the 70’s is that the AMO (Atlantic Multi decadal Oscillation) was in the negative back then and is in the positive now. But we are now going into our third La Nina winter in a row.
BTW Australia is having a darn cold spring. Coldest Spring in the last 30 years in Malborne.
The last winter in S. America they had more snow cover than ever recorded.
Weather news you probably won’t hear on the weather channel or the “news”.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
YES!!!! jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
Here’s Robert Gordon w/Danny Gatton on guitar
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Nice set of songs to start the day…. thanks
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Good morning to you, Mr jay.💕
Maidin Mhaith Betsy 🇺🇸🥶🇺🇸
Mornin’ Bet. 🙂
Morning again, my friend. Two greetings today. An embarrassment of riches…which is so nice.😘
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Cat hid the teapot again
Well honestly!!!! Probably somewhere with its feet up enjoying a cuppa😁
…. yay (sigh) , having something hot n spicy.
Oh that goes without saying!💕
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Hmm… so Cat swiped it and passed it on to you.
Did you make those cupcakes or are they of feral????
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I made them and still following grandma’s recipe using lard. I make everything from scratch 😇
I love Heb. 7:25 because I seem to always be in need of that “uttermost”…
From the documentary Heartworn Highways. Highly recommended.
One more . . .
Here’s a little about the background of this video . . .
This post is a very late tribute to Uncle Seymour Washington, affectionately called Unk. No, not my “real” uncle, but a treasure of a man who adopted, like family, a whole lot of folks in Austin during a time in the late 60’s-mid 70’s.
A retired blacksmith, Unk had worked on many ranches in South Texas including the famous King Ranch. He was a simple but wise, peaceful, Christian man who opened his front yard and home to a motley crew of people–hippies, musicians, elderly neighbors, and more. I’m not sure how it all started. I am sure he did not understand many of us, but accepted us into his life and his heart with kindness and some of the best smoked chicken and sausage I ever ate.
Unk came by his home in the Clarksville area of Austin, just off West Lynn, by way of his ancestors. Clarksville was land originally deeded to freed plantation slaves after the Civil War. Most of the people who lived there were actually descendants of those slaves. The streets were unpaved and many did not have indoor plumbing.
?w=272&h=273Unk’s front yard consisted of a few wooden benches under a tree, a big wash tub for icing down the beer, a really big Bar-B-Q smoker, and an outhouse. There was frequently something cooking, guitars playing, kids chasing each other and the dogs–we were all feeling the love. Unk would hang out with us until he got tired or it just got too rowdy and then he would go in his little house and take a nap. His neighbors didn’t know what to think about all these white kids hanging around, but they finally warmed up and joined the gatherings when they saw we were helping take care of Unk.
?w=241&h=241Townes Van Zandt & Rex Bell
Besides musicians like Joe Ely and Jessie “Guitar” Taylor, Townes Van Zandt always came by when he was playing in or around Austin. Heartworn Highways, a music documentary, includes the late, great Townes sitting in the Uncle Seymour’s kitchen singing “Waitin’ Around to Die” tears running down Unk‘s face.
When Unk passed, his “adopted” family, along with his one nephew, packed the Sweet Home Baptist Church for his funeral.
So, what
Great story G!
Magic. You kinda had to be there . . . But it was all so real. So amazingly real. 🙂
Very beautiful story…real American story of the way things were in many places .. so sad the way power’s to be have split us up to where we are now…☹️
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A real human tragedy, Jim.
Good morning, my man Garrison😎
Who’s the baby?
Dunno. Period photo from 50 years ago . . . Buncha’ hippies . . . 🙂
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Good morning, Garrison. His Book of Life was so full, I’ll bet, there must have been writing in the margins as well as on the pages. Thank you for the story, and for the pictures which add so much.
Mornin’ Bet. If you get a chance, watch Heartworn Highways. It should be available on one of the streaming services. i bought a DVD on Amazon for a few bucks about a year ago. The documentary, especially the Townes portion with his neighbor uncle Seymore in Clarksville, has a real time-machine feel to it. What a time that was. Hard to believe it was almost a half century ago . . .
Townes and Guy Clark were very close friends. Both considered themselves to be poets who made a living writing songs and playing guitar.
Oh thank you, dear sir. I will certainly do that.😘
…and really, they were not wrong about being poets, were they?
Guy once told a story about spending afternoons with Townes reading and having long conversations about Dylan Thomas (Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night). Both were very well educated. What they could do did not come to them by accident.
I thought immediately of Dylan Thomas…a Welshman’s Welshman if there ever was one. But of course I would😉
Townes may not be the most famous or well known of the Texas singer/songwriters, but he is certainly among the most accomplished. His songs have a reality about them… almost as if the listener had been there for the event(s) being memorialized. Thank you for highlighting at least some of his body of work
There’s a great recording of a famous Townes performance at the Old Quarter bar in Houston . . .
Something uplifting. No matter where you stand….
Look up hersonenot
It’s on YouTube and tiktok and Telegram probably other places too..
When in Kherson a raccoon was abandoned. He was tame. A young man saw him and felt sorry for him being all alone and abandoned.
The raccoon is now the very popular mascot of the unit. The guy posts about enot (raccoon) pretty frequently and says that enot is very mischievous that they wake up in the morning and enot has trashed the place, getting into everyone’s backpacks and stuff. Cute. Typical raccoon.
Children in schools make pictures of Enot and some really nice artwork has been done of the soldier and Enot. Even TV interviews!
Enot travels and is carried in a backpack…guess that’s his bed..
I think it is very touching story to follow.
Alfie
Eric Clapton – Layla
That was such a great album!
Here’s the whole album at the link.
Thorn Tree in the Garden
And a few decades later… a softer, more passionate version of the same song, by the same master musician.. Eric Clapton
Dog meets puppy
30 November 2017 Jim Nabors, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, USMC), and singer (“Back Home Again in Indiana”), dies from health complications at 87
30 November 2000 Scott Smith, Canadian rock bassist (Loverboy – “Working for the Weekend”), drowns in sailing accident near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at 45 (missing presumed dead)
30 November 1996 Tiny Tim [Herbert Khaury], American musician (“Tiptoe Through The Tulips”), dies of a heart attack at 71
30 November 2022 – Singer songwriter Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac passes away; aged 79
Thanks, added.
Luke Chapter 17-2: It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
PREACH PREACH PREACH!!!! So grateful for my brothers from other mothers.
AMEN, brother…. amen!
Standing ovation!!
“The statue of Liberty is kaput ” – Klaus Schwab
Interesting, copper seems to have a much longer shelf life… then say a “Klaus Schwab”. Waiting for some of these ejits to cycle through life can seem like forever… but it is not forever.
No one better try to tear that statue down.
November 30 Oswald Chambers
By The Grace Of God I Am What I Am
His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. — 1 Corinthians 15:10
The way we continually talk about our own inability is an insult to the Creator. The deploring of our own incompetence is a slander against God for having overlooked us. Get into the habit of examining in the sight of God the things that sound humble before men, and you will be amazed at how staggeringly impertinent they are. “Oh, I shouldn’t like to say I am sanctified; I’m not a saint.” Say that before God; and it means – “No, Lord, it is impossible for You to save and sanctify me; there are chances I have not had; so many imperfections in my brain and body; no, Lord, it isn’t possible.” That may sound wonderfully humble before men, but before God it is an attitude of defiance.
Again, the things that sound humble before God may sound the opposite before men. To say – “Thank God, I know I am saved and sanctified,” is in the sight of God the acme of humility, it means you have so completely abandoned yourself to God that you know He is true. Never bother your head as to whether what you say sounds humble before men or not, but always be humble before God, and let Him be all in all.
There is only one relationship that matters, and that is your personal relationship to a personal Redeemer and Lord. Let everything else go, but maintain that at all costs, and God will fulfil His purpose through your life. One individual life may be of priceless value to God’s purposes, and yours may be that life.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The Bible is the only Book that gives us any indication of the true nature of sin, and where it came from.
https://utmost.org/classic/by-the-grace-of-god-i-am-what-i-am-classic/
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My wife and I went on a Globus 10 country Euro Tour Bus trip decades ago including Paris and this kind of daylight group theft would have seemed unbelievable then. But not in 2022.
However, heavily armed police did stop and enter our tour bus in Germany. They checked passports as they were looking for members of the terrorist Baader-Meinhof Group that had just murdered a bank executive at his Frankfurt home. That was the only “glitch” on our 3 week tour. It was also a busy time for airline hijackings.
Those aren’t “thugs”, Arlan. They are now called “culture enrichers”, just showing off their boyish exuberance. Mind, it looks as if the driver didn’t lock his side locker…
…said my husband who used to drive for for Globus. That’s how we met. I was a passenger on his coach for 10 day tour of the British Isles.
But this is Paris now. He watched this and said he would have pulled his coach tight to the cars parked on the side of the road so he could “check” the side lockers, pinning these happy chappies between the cars and the coach.
The gendarmes are, according to my once professional driver husband, a bunch of worthless deleted, deleted deleted…
I guarantee the gendarmes will not do a thing about those culture enrichers.
A short story….
Once my husband had to pull over in Paris to wait for a lost student who had not returned to the coach on a school trip from Britain. One child.
The gendarmes approached him and told him to move. He wouldn’t. Whereupon the gendarme put his hand on his sidearm in a threatening manner and barked his orders again.
My husband stood his ground and told him in a forceful manner he would not be moving until they had found this student, that he could do his worst but he was staying put.
Guess who won that battle?
Good story.
Betsy:
Your meeting with your husband on the tour bus is similar to the 1969 movie, “If it’s Tuesday, This Must be Belgium” but if I recall correctly tourist Samantha played by (IMO) the great Suzanne Pleshette didn’t marry her driver Charlie played by Ian McShane. He was a cad however.
Your husband’s name isn’t Manfred is it. He was our Globus driver for the entire Continental tour except Greece and the UK.
Toby Mac…Move (keep walking)
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Same God feat. Jonsal Barrientes
Elevation Worship
We are not police bashers!
If schools placate every special interest, we can become a special interest too. No sex, no violence, no foul language, no asking daughter’s pronouns. Violates our religion. Noted on communications “in writing for legal purposes”.
Now, they have to ask me when they want to use “The Hate U Give” for school. No. Alternative assignment. I counter offered a paper on Corie ten Boom’s “The Hiding Place” and mentioned it is chock full of hate and racism.
No response.
Guess it’s not the kind of hate and racism they wanted. (I chuckled to myself the proselytizing my daughter would do to the teacher with the report she would be forced to grade if they allowed “The Hiding Place”. Alas, they don’t seem to want to allow this book, so teacher is forced to create another assignment and run that one by me for approval. Okay. Play it your way.)
Exhaust them using their own game. Can you imagine the size of the notebooks on their desks listing each student’s preferences?
On a side note, they are going to fail my daughter. They will attempt to prevent her from attending college. My daughter wants to be a Judge and she will be an excellent one, too. Courses with quantitative grades she is doing well in. She’s failing the subjective courses, such as Art. They want to make sure I know “they” are in control.
Well, GOD IS IN CONTROL. If the LORD decides that law is the path in her life, then there will be nothing anyone can do to stop her! Hold the line.
1 Peter 4:12-19
New International Version
Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
17 For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
18 And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”[a]
19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Oh amen, J Woo. This persecution began a while back and is now intensifying under the colour of “law”. I can see it as you no doubt can.
What was unthinkable not so long ago will now be “legal”… and I am reminded of this…
“The law is not a moral compass. The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
The people who killed here were following it.”
We are going to be tested in ways I believe none understand the harshness of. We will have to muster all our faith and courage to stand unmovable and resolute in the face of it. We will not be alone. Of this I am certain.
Blessings always to you and your beloved daughter🙏💕
Sending love and hugs to you, Betsy. We will fight in whatever way we can, as The Lord equips us. We won’t recant. After the Project Veritas video posted on the Tree… the tears are flowing.
Oh bless, JWoo…I am with you, my friend. I saw your reply to me on the Project Verified page and answered you there as well.
Christmas music of all sorts is illicit ing unbidden emotions in me this year. Suddenly but especially in the early morning.
In particular, Andre Bocelli, hos son Matteo and his daughter Virginia have recorded a version of Away in a Manger, which at first I was ambivalent about.
But about halfway through it grabbed hold of me and wouldn’t let go…and by the end I couldn’t stop weeping. They played it again this morning with the same effect. Especially having been on the PV thread.
I would link but this Kindle of mine seems to cherry pick what it will let me link to. I will try once more, but warning there is every chance it won’t work. Ugly Cuss the other day was kind enough to post it here.
If it doesn’t work, it is easily found using your search engine. It is sweet and emotional….😘
“A Family Christmas – Away in a Manger”
(Thereare are many links for this…will post below in hopes it works)
Well, alas, undoable with my device….please search for it, JWoo. It really is the sweetest version I have ever heard…🌲
Here it is:
How can one not fall deeply in love with The Lord? Deep, abiding, warm and comfortable love. So grateful to have Him. Couldn’t handle this world and the fate of my daughter in it without Him.
Amen.
Oh bless you, GB!! You and Ugly Cuss who posted it the other night are both gentlemen of old. Thank you so much, dear sir😘
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I found the “Away In A Manger” rendition. So very sweet. From the mouths of babes.
We have tix to see Andrea Bocelli next week! We were delighted to purchase them and then a few months ago, saw him in the news with Nancy Pelosi and her husband at Bocelli’s Italian resort. We were disheartened. Trying to believe that he was being a businessman escorting a VIP through the resort.
It is so sad when someone’s incredible talent is jaded by the political. Let’s hope he doesn’t exert any negative views for the performance next week. He has a real gift. Could listen to “Con Ti Partiro” forever.
I try to separate a performer from his or her politics. I don’t care to know what they, and feel it would behoove performers to keep their politics to themselves. It’s enough for me to appreciate the gifts they were born with through God’s grace.
While my tastes tend to run to classical singers, this lovely performance is on a Christmas album being played on my Sirius XM Holiday “Pops” channel, and I was much surprised to fall completely in love with it. It was the simplicity and slight country and western flavour perhaps. The orchestration was so well done I thought.
I do hope you enjoy your concert, and try to put away the thoughts of him with that most wicked woman. I am sure once you’re seated and the lights are down and the music starts, it will become an evening to remember. I truly hope so. Perhaps you’d be so kind to give us a review after? I would really enjoy hearing about it!😘
. . . 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.
Amen. Amin.
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)
November 30
MORNING
The Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. II Thess. 3:16
Peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come. Rev. 1:4
The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:7
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. Luke 24:36
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
The Comforter … even the Spirit of truth. John 15:26
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace. Gal. 5:22
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. Rom. 8:16
My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? Exo. 33:14-16
EVENING
We glory in tribulations. Rom. 5:3
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. I Cor. 15:19
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. I Pet. 4:12, 13
Sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing. II Cor. 6:10
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, rejoice. Phil. 4:4
They departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. Acts 5:41
The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. Rom. 15:13
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab. 3:17, 18
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/11/1130.html
1960’s One Hit Wonders
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The first act of the American Government took place in 1789. President Washington, the House of Representatives, and the Senate, were together for the inauguration of the President. After he made his speech, they all proceeded to a church, went inside, prayed and committed America into God’s hands. The first initial act of the American Government was to pray. That same day, Washington gave a warning that if America departed from God, it would lose the blessings and favor of God. Pray for America. It’s easy for a nation to forget its foundation when prayer is often banned.
When we talk about the nation and say, how America has gone away from its roots – what about you? Have you gone away from your first love, prayer, the Word, your foundation? It’s easy to do so.
Get back to your foundation, because everything else in your life will only be as good and strong as your foundation on which it rests. Like America, get back to your foundation in God, for that’s where your blessing is.
From Message #1120 – The Mystery Ground
Scripture: Revelation 2:4
Today’s Mission – Dedicate this day to God and His will for you today before you do anything else. Set a good solid foundation and build on it.
Hope of the World Ministries:
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For young and old: Uncle Scrooge McDuck, whose nephew is Donald Duck and grand-nephews are Huey, Dewey, and Louie, first appeared in the late 1940’s in a story called Christmas on Bear Mountain.
His creator and the creator of his stories, along with 600 + other comic stories about Donald and what is now known as “The Duckburg Universe,” was named Carl Barks. (NOT Walt Disney.) Carl Barks lived for nearly a century (1900-1999) and began his career as one of Walt Disney’s original “Duck Men.” Itching for something new, and tired of “collaborating with others,” he was offered the job of creating comic books.
Although his name rhymes with Karl Marx, the cartoonist and story -teller was a great American.
For his many tales are not “just” comic-book stories, they are great stories! For over 20 years, Barks wrote and drew nearly 700 stories for comic books featuring Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck and the nephews, and many other characters of his own invention.
Avoiding didactic methods, Barks told tales about his characters which were funny, dramatic (!), and fully connected to Life.
I grew up reading these stories over 70 years ago: in fact, I was reading on my own c. age 4 because of them!
One of the greatest Christmas stories which Barks created is called A Christmas for Shacktown! It has everything that I mentioned above: it can be smilingly funny to very laugh-out-loud funny, as well as dramatic, pathetic, ironic, and thought-provoking.
Someone has kindly scanned an original copy: it has a “soundtrack” which I find unnecessary and at times annoying, but one can mute it and just read along.
All of the Carl Barks stories are now available in refurbished, hardbound editions (The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library).
This volume has A Christmas for Shacktown and many others: a marvelous present for anyone (in my opinion). These are not just great stories for kids: they are great stories…period! (Or “exclamation mark” ! 🙂 )
If you do not like Amazon, I am sure Barnes and Noble or an independent book store can order the book for you.
In the 1980’s, almost 20 years after he had retired, a successor to Carl Barks arose named Don Rosa: his stories are also wonderful, and he developed The Duckburg Universe with some back-stories and other such things.
Here is an example of a Don Rosa story – much in the vein of Carl Barks – from YouTube complete with voice acting! His stories are also now collected in hardbound volumes: he retired c. 20 years ago because of vision problems. He had not produced as many stories as Carl Barks, but they are all worth your while!
Whoever acts as Donald Duck does an amazing job! Uncle Scrooge is given a smooth, mild Scottish accent, like Alan Young’s in the Duck Tales TV show, which I should mention outright stole many of its plots from Carl Barks and never gave him any credit, typical of Disney Inc. even in the 1980’s.
Don Rosa’s The Money Pit
Thank you, Ausonius. I can only think if our dear Levi were still with us, he’d grab a bowl of cereal and really enjoy these.
Blessings to you.
Many thanks for the reply!
Interesting: I often read my comic books while chowing down on cereal in the morning! 🙂
He has told you, O man, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? – Micah 6:8
How many times have you wondered what God’s will is for you as a believer in Christ? Or maybe you have heard someone else expressing their frustration about not knowing what God wants. Today’s verse reveals a trifecta of pleasing God: justice, kindness, and humility. Sometimes it is not your exact actions that concern God, but how and why you do them.
When you wonder what God wants, ask yourself, am I doing what is just, kind, and humble? Oxford Languages defines “just” as “based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.” You can evaluate your actions and behavior and ask the Lord to show you where they are not morally right and fair. Kindness is “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.”
As you consider your choices, think about the effects they have on others and ask God to help you in any areas you are not reflecting His compassion.
Humility, according to Miriam Webster, means “freedom from pride or arrogance.” In context, this is an awareness of who you are with respect to who God is. Everything that is good, including the ability to do good, comes from God’s grace and not from yourself. As you go about daily life and make decisions, are you aware of His greatness and your dependence upon Him?
Whether you are deciding where to live, if you need a career change, or whether or not you should step into a new adventure, make justice, kindness, and humility your goal. Commit your plans to the Lord. In Proverbs 3:5-6, He promises, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Intercede on behalf of citizens and public officials today, that their hearts be turned to the Lord and for the values of true justice, kindness, and humility to be replenished in the United States.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing/?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Tasha Layton // Into The Sea (It’s Gonna Be Ok)
This little media darling hasn’t been around much lately?
Sundance, I LOVE the sunlight you are bringing us but how in the world do we get that info out there while everybody else is ignoring what is actually happening? This evil is everywhere!
The 10 rule (forget its exact name).
you tell 10 people, and tell each of them to tell 10 people
and so on…
God Bless you all here at CTH! I just watched this interview with Jan Jekielek of American Thought Leaders Epoch Times, he is interviewing a wonderful God loving man, Dr. James Thorp.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/dr-james-thorp-what-pfizers-internal-data-reveals-about-vaccines-and-pregnancy_4886318.html?utm_source=ai&utm_medium=search
Thank you for this, heather. There is no hiding the terrifying effects of these poisons anymore. I will not call such effects “adverse”. They are exactly what was intended. Is there a hot enough place in hell for those who have manufactured, lied about, injected, stayed quiet about, mandated them knowing exactly what they are?
Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord…
The voices of those speaking truth are getting more numerous and louder. Surely a sign that God is working His mysterious ways.🙏
Second quarter of the game going to commence??
“There is a real danger,” Jean-Michel Claverie, a member of the team that recently revived the 48,500-year-old virus said, adding that “there are bacteria and viruses coming out [of the permasfrost] every day.” However, it is impossible to precisely determine the level of potential danger so far, he added.
This danger is not simply theoretical. In 2016 an anthrax outbreak in Siberia was traced to an exposed reindeer carcass that emerged from melting permafrost.
https://andmagazine.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
May heaven help us 🙏
Thinking of rah
Depicts a Career in Trucking, Semi Trucks of the 1950’s, family life, different shifts, layovers and shipping documents involved with the career. Examines the life of a Trucker working for Norwalk Trucking Lines out of Chicago in the 1950’s.
Mornin’ y’all!
One of the better Branco illustrations!
One can hope there is a day of reckoning coming. But unfortunately a whole lot of people are going to have to suffer before it comes.
How election fraud was accomplished in “real time”:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/11/heres_how_they_did_it_realtime_election_fraud.html
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More people need to read this. And read slowly to absorb what the author reveals….
When people talk about “Gothic architecture” we tend to think of cathedrals and churches.
But the Middle Ages were also full of beautiful town halls, universities, hospitals, and bridges.
So here is a journey through the world of secular Gothic architecture…
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1597766110308278272.html
How magnificent, Larry! Having lived in Britain for so long we were able to see so much of this architecture on the continent. And there are no words to express how truly awe inspiring it is to stand there and understand that when these stunning edifices were built, they were built with no modern machinery…all by craftsmen with extraordinary God given gifts.
Even more breathtaking is being in one of these cathedrals while choral singing is ongoing. If one is so fortunate to do so, one leaves a completely different person.
I happened to visit York Cathedral while Evensong was being sung in a different part of that stunning House of God. I couldn’t see the choir, but I didn’t need to…their voices filled every square inch in praise of Almighty God.
I remember holding on to one of the massive gates within the Cathedral, shutting my eyes, and thinking that surely this is what heaven is like. An experience I would not trade for anything. The Angels in Heaven would certainly have wept for the beauty of those voices.
Stunning pictures. Again, thank you for them.
While I realize the book is a novel, Ken Follett’s “The Pillars of the Earth”, was a historical page turner. It takes one back to the construction and all that that entailed….the human toll…etc…for the construction of such works of beauty….
Greetings Treepers!
Cold snap. Love it. East Texas colors of Fall. They won’t last long. Beautiful. Love it. We turn a few degrees into seasonal work. Change of pace. Love it.
I tremble. Not with the chill of the air. But with the stark naked reminders…
One life. Passing soooo fast. Only what’s done for Jesus will last.
Coram Deo! 🔥✝️🔥
It’s 🥶🥶🥶and wet up here in the NW🌧
Fast moving bitter winds here last night, Mr jay, after a mild and warm day. This morning brrrrrrr cold, and a yard full of leaves.
NW TX?
Good morning, Frank. It has taken only a week to go from green leaves to full throated autumn, soon to be winter. And yes…time is flying it seems. Blessings always, my dear friend.
Chicagoland went from 50 degrees yesterday to about 28 today with lots of wind. The puppy is finishing day 4 in his new home. He went crazy this morning, in the cold and wind, running around…chasing leaves!
He found the leaf pile I saved for him…and played in that for a bit! It was too cold for his human!
Leaves have been falling here for at least a month. Finally tally, 65 bags of leaves dumped to the curb for the leaf sweeper…4 mixed with grass cuttings for Waste Management.
The magnificence of nature…can only come from the Lord our God, the Creator….Creator of all that is good and beautiful….
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, dear duchess🙏
Where is an update on this important case???
http://ralandbrunson.com/History/History.html
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/11/is_this_the_supreme_court_case_that_will_drain_the_swamp.html
Watching…seeing nothing.
To Bet (NM!) and others…
Enjoyed meeting Gramps. He beams with clear eyed intelligence and a rare fierce gentleness. His love for the Savior and family is evident and the most important.
But also I like that he loves our republic. Precision things that go boom. Fast driving. 🕶️
Now you are making me blush, bro.
Father, we pray that You would point the youth of our nation back to You. As they struggle with identity, Lord, help them to find their identities in You.
Analysis. The latest midterm election showed that younger people broke hard for liberal politicians and liberal policies like abortion and LGBT.
This political shift coincides with a steady decline in church attendance nationwide. Fewer than half of Millennials and Gen Z attend church weekly, and Gen Z is the least religious generation in America.
Meanwhile, many are embracing liberalism with religious zeal.
Why are younger people departing from a Biblical worldview?
How did this happen?
This is a complex, tragic problem with many layers, but there is at least one lesson we can take away to do better with the next generation.
See, the Enemy had a strategic plan to disciple an entire generation in his ways:
Satan had a plan. What was the church’s plan to combat all this?
Youth group once a week.
For most kids, it wasn’t enough.
Parents have discipled their kids in character: how to be kind and generous and humble and hardworking, etc. They have disciplined their kids in life skills like keeping a clean room and working hard at school and being polite. But when it came to spiritual matters and the biblical worldview, too many parents outsourced that job to a youth group or a pastor.
But parents are called to teach their kids how to think biblically.
Discipleship must be daily, and not just in life skills, but apologetics, theology, prayer, the power of God, and missions. If kids were taken by their Dad to volunteer at the pregnancy crisis center, they would think differently on abortion. If they had been taught how to walk someone through freedom from same-sex attraction, instead of just avoiding the topic, they would have more conviction on the LGBT issue. If they had been taken on a family mission trip to a country ravaged by communism or socialism, they would have first-hand evidence of how socialism kills and impoverishes.
And while fathers must take the lead, too often mothers are alone in their discipleship efforts.
I have a very close friend whose father led the family in an extended Bible study every night during dinner. This blew my mind when I heard it, but I see the fruit. This woman is one of the most biblically-rooted, mature Christians I know.
Sadly, I hear most fathers speaking more passionately about sports than the Bible. Were their dinner tables any different?
I hope I don’t say this in arrogance. I was an eldest brother who did little in this regard. Now, I humbly hope I can heed my own advice.
For this column, I asked a member of Gen Z to provide some insight into this question: why is the younger generation departing from church and a biblical worldview?
The answer:
The first thing that came to mind…why Gen Z is embracing liberalism and abandoning biblical values is… it is easier. The narrow road is really hard, especially in a world where social media and so much sin is so readily available. In a lot of liberal ideals, a lot of those sins are normalized, and in the Christian world, it’s a sin. It’s a lot easier, and it’s a lot more accepting. All people want to be accepted.
She went on to say people want to have an identity, and when they don’t have it in Christ, liberalism gives them that identity and acceptance. I asked how we could be praying for Gen Z:
For prayer, just true revelation that our generation can’t ignore, true encounters with the Lord, whatever that looks like. And that they would realize that life devoted to the Lord is genuinely so much better than anything this world can offer. Whatever it takes. Ask the Lord to revive us back to Him, to show our generation our true first love.
This is a good point. Ultimately, children are responsible for their decisions and relationship with God. Parents do not take the full blame, nor do I intend to blame them, only to learn what we can do better going forward. To me, parents are the answer, not the problem.
Thankfully, God will bring many of these kids home to Him, but let’s not make the same mistake again. Let us not be ignorant of the Enemy’s schemes. Let’s not outsource discipleship to a weekly church event.
There was a time in American when culture helped parents disciple their kids, but that time ended with the sexual revolution. Now, culture is working full-time to disciple the next generation into the ways of the Enemy.
If the Enemy is discipling full-time, let’s not have our discipleship be part-time.
We can do this.
With that in mind, let us pray:
-Father, bring the next generation into a biblical worldview. Bring home the prodigals, and let your Word take its proper place in society again.
-Father, don’t let us lose this next generation! Release grace for true discipleship in our churches, especially for the youth.
-Father, empower and embolden Christian fathers to train up their children in your ways and your Word.
Verses to press into as you intercede on this issue:
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matt. 28:19-20).
“and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also” (2 Tim. 2:2).
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it (Prov. 22:6)
How are you praying for gen Z? Please share this article with someone who will pray for the next generation.Casey Harper is a writer in the Washington, D.C., area who covers national politics. He has worked for The Daily Caller, The Hill, and Sinclair Broadcast Group. Casey’s work has appeared also on Fox News and Fox Business, and in Washington Examiner and USA Today. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College. Follow him on Twitter: @CaseyHarper33. Photo Credit: Simon Maage on Unsplash)
https://ifapray.org/blog/d-c-insider-satans-strategy-to-seduce-gen-z/
Tragically, Poyeema the same is true in the UK per a recent survey. Christianity there is declining and as here is in the crosshairs of the abominable state.
When the falsely named “Respect for Marriage Act” passes, all faith based entities here will be persecuted and prosecuted by the government. Churches, adoption agencies, schools, small private businesses…all.
Christ Jesus told us it would be so. And so it will be.
My day is joy at the handle of a splitting maul, a wonderful place to be. My most favorite Christmas gift was a splitting maul, I love it. Next favorite………husky chain saw 20”, sounds and smells of cutting up trees. If splitting wood could make me wealthy, I’d be set.
I can’t even imagine sitting at a desk or in a cubicle for any length of time, I’m spoiled.
There is reference in the manual of working with your hands, God says it is good for a man. Good from God means way more than “good” from us. “And he saw it was good”, that’s in genesis, it’s actually the steps of our transformation from fallen to quickened. We all read it as creating of earth. Earth is representing man in Gods word, and also man represents earth, but man is the one God transforms.
In that context, working with your hands, manual labor is Godly. Add a couple of dudes, a burger maybe a beer and you have communion. Say it ain’t so.
Myself, believe these simple things would solve a lot of issues that become problems.
As for women, I’ll not tread to deep but, when a woman is cherished, and valuable to a man, her role is obvious and important. Most men see a bud, not a flower of what a woman is. The flower is the true delicate beauty that blooms in the safest places. Where it is appreciated and valued. Men never see that, women never experience that and all that potential and beauty are never realized.
Ever see a flower on the lapel of a mans suit? Depiction of a beautiful woman on his arm.
Where do you live? Good post. 🙌✝️🙌
Oklahoma, Tulsa area.
Stihl’s, Husky’s, even an old Homelite are run by my men. I do have a hydraulic chainsaw. Every time I needed a tree pruned I used to have to ask for help. so, my husband got me the hydraulic chainsaw attached to a Kubota RTV XT 900 4X4. All I do is raise lever and squeeze. bzzz and off come the limb. am I spoiled? oh, yeah.
How many old ladies get their own chainsaws?
Merry! I bought a chainsaw because I also wanted to get my woods under control, but returned it the next day after reading the instructions. Lacked confidence.
One of my brothers chainsaws whatever he likes but he also oils the chains etc and does the maintenance. I thought I maybe should draw the line and delegate this important task
But I am filled with admiration. Respect!
hydraulic chainsaws do run out of fluid once in a while so I fill the hydraulic tank. One time when RTV parked sideways on a hill in the orchard and I was pruning a limb broken half way off by a fat bear, saw seemed to run out of fluid. It was just the rtv parked at too steep an angle.
As far as maintenance, I let the men do it while I make bread or pies or…
I suspect quit a few…..but the saw is attached to a husband, son, nephew, uncle. Not many undertake that “fun” and rightfully so.
I have not seen this contraption you speak of, I will definitely look that up.
My next request from Santa is a dozer, I hear dozer operators have lots of fun, contentment.
Yeah, my husband wants a D-9 cat.
My excellent son-in-law had a fireplace insert with a blower installed at their home. We the chronically freezing can luxuriate around that fireplace. It’s the best!
And when our Treeper rah wrote about putting in a fireplace insert for his wife, i already respected rah but that just launched my respect to the skies. NOTHING beats a cozy hearth. It’s way up there among life’s greatest delights
The house we live in now, one of the reasons we live here, insert with blower.
although we have pex pipes in the floors and can switch on hot water to circulate and make the floors radiate heat we don’t use it often. We have a 48 year old Jotul in green with moose picture and camp that heats most of the house very well. My bedroom is on the northwest side of house and I have a smaller Jotul in the corner. Nothing better than wood heat.
The Saskatchewan Legislature voted 43-0 supporting the 2nd reading of the Saskatchewan First Act.
… “We see criticism from the Opposition members on the Saskatchewan First Act, (but) when it comes time, they vote for it,” Premier Scott Moe quipped during question period at the Saskatchewan legislature…
https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/sask-politics/sask-ndp-face-heat-over-vote-on-saskatchewan-first-act
In related matters, Jagmeet Singh (Federal NDP Leader) had best get his butt in gear and bring down the Lieberal Federal Government of Canada, or face the consequences…
Me, I would look towards Erin Weir.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Weir
In related news, Jason Kenney has quit politics in Alberta. His message is that somebody’s crappy political leadership has caused him to step away from herding the deplorables…
https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/former-premier-jason-kenney-resigns-from-alberta-legislature-expresses-concern-over-political-polarization/wcm/64cad851-2aa6-4a98-b0fc-be18912a29c3
Did my run up to Carol Stream and way up north of Arlington Heights. Walked back in the door here at about 02:00 this morning. Got 4 1/2 hours sleep but for some reason having trouble getting more. Josh hasn’t called yet.
I remember those days of coming home exhausted barely keep my eyes open then once in the house wide awake, frustrating for sure.Sometimes spending so much time out that crawling into the pickup felt like I was scraping my rear on the pavement 😁
Got more sleep but no call. Randy is up before me and he hasn’t been called either. Perhaps things are slowing down?
One grain of sand on the AlGoreLurch Beach. Famous Amos supposedly brought maritime petroleum peace between Lebanon and Israel? Bull.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/bidens-energy-advisor-amos-hochstein-eventually-going-phasing-use-oil-video/
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/White-House-Changes-Plan-To-Refill-SPR-At-70-Per-Barrel.amp.html
Someone who brought some marked joy and meaning into my life went home to the Lord today. Rest in Peace Christine.
🙏🏻🙏🏻
My guess is that there are few soccer or “football” fans here, but yesterday was a good day. It proved that there is a God. A “Christian” (Pulisic) and his teammates defeated and sent packing the Islamic Republic of “I-ran”, not “ear-ron”. Oh, the sweet irony!
I don’t get this. I am quite happy that the US team won. But I did not need them to win to believe in God. That is not logical at all. If the US team had lost would you have questioned if there is a God? I doubt it.
This isn’t about saving the Earth. A scheme for elites to make more money off of propaganda guilt trip. Taxing cars?
https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/shipping/113022-eus-ets-for-shipping-to-start-from-2024-include-methane-in-emissions-accounting
https://www.euractiv.com/section/shipping/news/in-world-first-eu-legislators-agree-to-price-shipping-emissions/
This muzzie is slicker than snake oil.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/just-democrats-elect-election-denier-hakeem-jeffries-leader/
The beginning!
Stratospheric warming at 50 mb over the Arctic.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi1WLs1XEAMFpBS?format=png&name=small
Amen
Amen.
Amen…
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.