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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Titus 1:16 “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”
Titus 2:1 “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:”
Paul was the bomb!
December
B e present.
L et each day flow with grace.
E xpect joy. Be positive.
S erve with compassion.
S peak only kindness.
I mpart only love.
N ever forget you are not alone.
G ive thanks for everything.
S ee goodness others.
Take the first letter in each line above, and this spells out what I pray for each resident in each branch of this beautiful tree, with hopes those just passing through will stay a while.
With thanks to Mary Davis whose beautiful words these are, wherever she may be…🙏🌲
Good afternoon Bet! And beautiful words they are! Yesterday was a day of blessing for me and my bride. Our oldest son had just alerted us about a beautiful drive west of Medina. It’s a very popular biker route known as Three Twisted Sisters. So we took the day off and drove it. It’s less than 2 hours from home. Normally on weekends it’s packed with motorcycles but yesterday there was no traffic at all. Narrow roads with a lot of hairpin turns and switchbacks, and steep grades. Loved it. Had lunch at a biker grill and even had time to spare for a stop at Lost Maples and a mile walk through the forest. The colors are fantastic. ❤️😘
How wonderful!!! And how fortunate, and it seems unusual to have no bikers. And to get what will probably be the last of the beautiful autumn colours? Bonus!! A day out like that with your beloved bride no doubt did you both a power of good. I am so glad.🤗 Glorious…that’s given me a big ole smile😁💕
Fleetwood Mac icon Christine McVie passed away at age 79 Wednesday after a short illness according to an announcement by her family.
McVie’s most famous Fleetwood Mac song is probably Don’t Stop from the band’s 1977 Rumours album; others by McVie include Over My Head, You Make Loving Fun, Say You Love Me, Songbird and Everywhere. McVie shared songwriting credits on hits Hold Me, Little Lies and The Chain. McVie had a top ten solo hit in 1984 with Got a Hold on Me.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/fleetwood-mac-icon-christine-mcvie-passes-away-79/
Don’t Stop
Over My Head
You Make Loving Fun
Say You Love Me
Eva singing Christie – a tune for this moment and forever
Lost Eva. lost Christine.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 😎
Good mid morning, Garrison💕…one of those “engine won’t start” days…stay warm!
Know them things well. Story of my life, in fact. My little black kitty ‘Tink poked her nose out this morning, then turned right around to went back to her warm space. Smart kitty. Since she no longer has an older brother to show her things, she hasn’t quite decided bed is the warmest space . . . yet.
💕….she’s no fool. She gets it. A moggy of discretion. But no worries, my friend 😉…she’ll get there …guaranteed!!
Doo wop, may those street-corner harmonies be heard forever!
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Good to see you here on this thread, Yinzer. “Jonesy” 😉
……and the smell of when gasoline was gasoline. sigh
Some stations had a pump with 105 or 115 leaded 😁😁
Good morning Patience! ❤️
Morning, G😘 I am so so late this morning. See my greeting to Patience for an explanation…
Had a lovely few hours with our lot here with pizza and Father Brown yesterday. They continue to get taller, and I think I am at basement level now or lower. At any rate they have to bend double to give me a hug. When did THAT happen?!?
It was so good to see them after a month of not, such are their work/school schedules. Their mom joined us after work in downtown Dallas but got stuck in hideous traffic and had to work out a route home off the the hideously sardine packed 635. But we got lots of catching up done and a few episodes of FB which the grands love so much… its “our thing” to do.
Hope all y’all are keeping warm and are well. Blessings to you, my brother on this first day of a month of joyous expectation🙏🌲🤗
That so good Bet! See my post above about my endeavors yesterday. 😍
Your post made my day, G!! Love ya!!💖
Good morning, Patience and Ma😘🌲😘…up at 3-5, cup of tea,then back to bed. I knew it would throw my time off, as indeed it did. You girls stay as warm as you can…
Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
Good morning, Mr jay. I am so late today. Blessings to you, dear sir😘
Maidin Mhaith Betsy Blessings upon your house family time is the best. 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
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If I may, I’d like to revisit a favorite Cursday video. It is a great remembrance statement about the love and loss of our loyal canine companions . . . Happy Cursday, Treepers . . . 🙂
Sweet….and touching.
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Good morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps ;-0
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😄Hahaha , that Pup’s Eyes ! He can’t believe somebody left that whole pie unattended 😄
Happy Dog 🐕😊
🙋♀️ Leon ! Thank You 🙂
Brings back a memory of the cute little ‘houndish’ puppy whom I found along a highway in Charleston, circa 1982 ish….
Around 1990, after our leg of lamb Easter dinner, I took the kids upstairs for their baths…left the leftovers on the counter…after tucking them in bed…the kids, not the leftovers…
came downstairs to deal with that…and was distracted…then I thought, oh, hubby took care of the lamb…
Then he asked what I did with the left overs…uh oh…found Katie, munching on it and the bone…in the dining room.
She was taller than I thought and could reach much farther…
Well , she Did take her lamb into the Dining Room , so there is That !
Good Story , Aggiegirl !
Sometimes our Pets just can’t help themselves even when they know better 😄😉😍
A Welsh barn cat who would occasionally visit us ate the entire top off a cooling cheesecake I made.
While we never got to taste it, it must have been delicious, because when I caught him he was insolently sitting on the counter (a real picture of insouciance) licking his chops. Oh well…at least someone got to enjoy it.😡
The cream in the cream cheese must have been superb!! Welsh cream…something to that!
Kitties do know how to perfect “the pose” and “the look”…for the humanz to serve him…!
It is!! It was a thing to behold. “Was” being the operative word…😁 as for Buster? Butter wouldn’t melt (as we said)…cheeky!
Hahaha, looks like a beagle! Many years ago my sister in laws beagle mix dog was able to get a whole pound of sliced cheese off the table!! She did share it with the other dogs. They would not touch it on the table, but once on the floor it was fair game for all!
Thank you Leon for the many wonderful pictures and all the memories they bring back of all the kittens and hunting dogs we have had over the last forty plus years of our marriage.
The critter memories are so precious….and reminds me also of the passing of time…
Seems I’ve seen that look before!! Our wonderful little Schnauzer Lady one Christmas season managed to stretch her full length and extend her tongue enough to lick our candy dish I’d set waaaay back on a tall table. I couldn’t understand why the candy was all stuck together so I watched from another room and sure enough there she was up on the arm of the sofa stretched over licking the dish. Crazy little dog! We miss her.
Our Dalmatian Amos could take the bread off the top of almost 6 feet tall armoire. He also was a counter surfer. Loved pears, too. When the pears on our one tree were getting ripe he would go and check for fruit on the ground any time he was out. We spread his ashes under that tree.
What other place would you put his ashes, my friend? That has reached right down into my animal lover’s heart…my sister in law has had and still has many dalmations. They are such lovely dogs…wish they stayed with us longer than they do💔
Ole Amos outlive all his litter mates at 12.5. The lady that had the litter was very particular about who got a pup. Never thought I would get a Dalmatian but she didn’t have the funds for the first round of shots for the litter so I traded her shots for Amos. As a bit grown pup he’d stick his head under the coffee table and think that he was hiding. LOL!
Hahahaha!!! A fair (and sweet, generous) trade methinks. They are such beautiful dogs. Love his name. And I know you miss him. Bless his life, G. You’d have to do some pretty fast talking to convince me you won’t see him again…💕
His Twitter account is still suspended:
Miraculous Recovery of Hypoxemic COVID-19 Patients with Ivermectin (substack.com)
RIP Christine . . .
Two more . . . Hard to believe this was 43 years ago. Note Steevie Nicks very professional baton twirling exhibition . . . These “college kids” are now in their mid 60’s!
Isn’t it amazing how the musical heroes of our youth are now almost the same age as we are? And yet, in another way, they remain ageless and young on all manner of recordings (vinyl, video and tape) for us to enjoy seemingly endlessly. Their passing reminds us of our own mortality… yet their music lives on well beyond their earthly lives.. to thrill and inspire others, many of whom may not even be yet born.
Time warp. That’s what history does. 🙂
You’re spot-on here. My generation had the best music of all times. We even had to shame our adult kids to “get your own music” cause they listen to what we grew up with. It’s timeless.
I loved Fleetwood, and esp. Christine. Someone said in real life, she was so down to earth, never seeking the spotlight, yet the spotlight always found her. Such a great loss.
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Tusk: One of three songs played by the USC marching band. It used to get very tiresome at football games.
Who can we believe?
It’s an interesting yet deceitful time to be alive. We’ve come to accept and expect business’ lies to ‘sell us’ on their products [caveat emptor]. We see propaganda [lies] by manufacturers, retailers, print & online news, also the DNC, the RNC, …
Bureaucrats lie; e.g. DOE, FDA, EPA, FEC, …
Corporate media lie; e.g. ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC, PBS, …
Government 3-letter agencies lie; e.g. FBI, DOJ, CDC, EPA, …
Globalists lie; e.g. WEF, UN, WHO, IMF, …
Why do people lie? They believe it benefits them in some way, most often it does, at least in the short term. Nobody wants to be caught if there are legal consequences. More incentive can be derived from gaining financially. Perhaps the greatest perceived benefit is obtaining, or maintaining, power over others. The Godless crave that kind of power. Most of us don’t.
Let’s review what Paul stated in his 2nd letter to the Christians living in Thessalonica, Macedonia. [ 52/53 A.D. ]
2nd Thessalonians 2:1 “...we beseech you, by the coming of our Lord…and our gathering together unto Him.” – Subject: The gathering of Christians together with Christ. When will that occur? How will we know the time has arrived?
2nd Thessalonians 2:2 “…be not…shaken…or troubled…by spirit…by word…nor by letter as from us…” – Object: Don’t let anybody or anything confuse you on this topic [of gathering unto Jesus], not even the first letter we wrote to you.
Why might Paul [formerly Saul] be concerned his 1st letter to Thessalonica was causing confusion? He had long been a student of Scripture, and he knew what was written before. Jesus Himself had chosen Paul to teach His message:
Acts 9:15 “…he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name…” A ‘vessel’ full of knowledge to overflowing. Jesus demands His Truth be shared with others. Paul had heard from Christians living in Thessalonica, and he of course knew God had foretold through Scripture that confusion would arise on this very subject. Written over 500 years earlier:
Ezekiel 13:1 “…the word of the LORD…” [ 483 B.C.]
Ezekiel 13:2 “…prophesy against…that prophesy out of their own hearts…” All of Chapter 13 is against false teachers!
Ezekiel 13:7 “Have ye not seen a vain vision…a lying divination…albeit I have not spoken?’ You misrepresent My Words?!
Ezekiel 13:20 “...I am against…ye hunt…souls to make them fly…” I NEVER said anyone would ‘fly’ away.
Ezekiel 13:22 “...with lies ye have…strengthened the hands of the wicked…” You help Satan through false teachings!
Ezekiel 13:23 “Therefore…I will deliver My People out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”
Knowing all this, Paul continues clarifying his 1st letter via his 2nd letter:
2nd Thessalonians 2:3 “Let no man deceive you…that day shall not come, except…be revealed, the son of perdition.” ‘Perdition’ means destined to die. The only entity that has already been judged and named is Satan. – Object: We will not gather to Jesus until Satan has been revealed, meaning everyone alive [the whole world] knows who and where he is.
2nd Thessalonians 2:4 “Who opposeth and exhalteth himself above…God…sitteth in the Temple of God…” Paul identifies Satan as the one who calls himself God, and is in the Temple in Jerusalem claiming he is God. No one is ‘flying away’ before Satan gets here, although any number may pass on before that day arrives. People living when he arrives, may want to fly away with Satan, if they believe he is the true Jesus, since he endorses the rapture message.
Many have been falsely taught that this is exactly what Jesus is coming back for, to take them with Him literally in the ‘clouds’, before Satan arrives on earth. God often used allegories in teaching [i.e. parables]. People use allegories as well. If one were to say we’re going to “paint the town red”, no one would take that as literal [except maybe Clint in High Plains Drifter].
Hosea 12:10 “I have spoken by the prophets…and used similitudes…” – Father aids us in visualizing His thoughts.
Paul makes his Divinely inspired choice of words clearer in his Epistle to the Hebrews.
Hebrews 12:1 “…we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses…” ‘cloud’ = a throng, of great number. This clearly describes the huge quantity of people who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and why we would join in the ‘clouds’ of believers already passed on before us. Matthew, Mark, & Luke all recorded Jesus’ explanation of simlitudes. [e.g.] Matthew 13:13 “...I speak to them in parables: because…hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.”
Read of yet another commonly misunderstood [mistaught, or lied about?] similitude.
Revelation 13:11 “...I beheld another beast…”
Revelation 13:13 “...he doeth great wonders…maketh fire come down…in the sight of men.”
Revelation 13:16 “…he causeth all…to receive a mark…in their foreheads.” [Bold emphasis added.]
Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom…his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” [666]
His number is “666”? What Christian wouldn’t know who that is? And yet when we read a very similar thought ‘pictured’ for us to visualize the intent, no one believes we need a tattoo or chip implanted in our skin to confirm our Christianity.
Revelation 22:4 “...they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.” What’s in ones forehead? A brain, a mind, hopefully the Word & the Truth. Those who have taken the time to learn of course know to wait for Jesus the true Christ, and not accept the 1st christ Satan, aka antichrist.
Paul tried to make things clear in his first letter, but only our Heavenly Father could have known so many years in advance the words written by Paul would confuse many.
1st Corinthians 3:1 “…I…could not speak unto you…but as unto babes…”
1st Corinthians 3:2 “I have fed you with milk…not with meat…ye were not able to bear it...” Getting deep into the Word is more than many can handle early on. Bringing them along slowly allows them to catch up at their own pace.
Helping even one of our friends, acquaintances, family members, or even a stranger could be the greatest thing we do in our whole life! With so many misled, falsely taught, or just unaware, they will easily fall prey to the deception of Satan and his supernatural abilities. We should all make time to try to help as many as possible, and for our Father’s joy, at least help one. With Jesus as our Shepherd, we learn of His thoughts and deep feelings of love towards all His children:
Matthew 18:12 “...if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray...”
Matthew 18:13 “…if…he find it…he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.”
Co-opting three quotes taken from CTH in just the last week, as all are applicable to the topic of ‘Who can we believe?’;
1. “Too many licensed folks
practicing medicinewithout true knowledge.” [ Insert: teaching God’s Word. ]2. “It’s sad so many seemingly intelligent people buy into the
climate hoax. And refuse to listen to anything that refutes the nonsense.” [ Insert: Rapture theory. ]3. “You were not born with a requirement to believe everything you are told; rather, you were born with a God-given brain that allows you to process the information you receive and make independent decisions.” – Sundance [ Perfect. ]
Surely Pastors, Ministers, Preachers, Priests, Teachers, Rabbis, et al. tell the truth as they believe it. They would have to, since God is their judge, they wouldn’t deceive anyone intentionally would they? We certainly hope not, yet…
It is commonly taught [and believed by millions] that the ‘mark of the beast’ is a tattoo placed on the skin, or even a chip placed under the skin, and those millions can’t wait to jump into the arms of Satan to be ‘raptured’ away.
1st Peter 4:17 “...judgment must begin at the house of God…” What is the house of God, but the place where people go to be taught God’s Word. The judging all begins with the ‘teachers’. That’s fair, God is always fair. If they taught Truth, they shall reap great reward. If they taught falsehoods and misled even 1 of God’s children through deception? Well, let Father be the Judge, we should just use our discernment as to what and who we believe.
Lucifer [aka the antichrist, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the greek tongue hath his name Apollyon, the great dragon, the accuser of our brethen, the destroyer, Beelzebub the prince of devils, the abomination of desolation, the beast, the false prophet, the desolator, the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, a murderer from the beginning, a liar, the father of it ], is a dead-man-walking. Only liars, chthonians, the unlearned, and the evil, worship him. Christians know to only worship our Heavenly Father and His only begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, the True Jesus Christ.
Zephaniah 3:8 “Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord…for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.” He is jealous, even angry, that many will be deceived by false teachers, and worship Satan instead of Him!
So, Who can we believe? Believe God, study His written Word. Believe our Lord when He told us to wait for Him.
Matthew 11:15 “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.” Not everyone does, do you?
After they retired they decided to open a horse hospice…
Merry Christmas
Another democrat congressman leaving DC?
Humans Could Live On The Moon “This Decade”: NASA Official
In an interview with the BBC, NASA official Howard Hu said humans might live on the moon this decade if the present Artemis mission was successful.
“I mean, we are going back to the Moon, we’re working towards a sustainable program and this is the vehicle that will carry the people that will land us back on the Moon again.”
Hu claimed that if the present Artemis mission was successful, the following one would be manned and the third would involve a moon landing.
https://greatgameindia.com/humans-live-moon/
So it’s been 50 years since we landed humans on the moon… WHY?
Do I get to submit a list of potential moon citizens??
I can come up with a large list of people who’ve earned a trip to either Mercury or Pluto.
from the facebooks, an Italian named Claudio Mauro posts interesting photos
this one, posted Nov 2 was captioned
“Last veteran of his WWII battle group marching alone in Memorial Day Parade.”
What on earth???
No way I could stand aside and watch him walk alone.
No way.
Yes, JWoo…I understand your sentiment and feel it too…however…consider this…:
He now stands alone, an honor, too…in a small way, left with only memories…his memories…
a quiet and noble man…the last…
symbolic of our times moving on in age and the generations today, have no comprehension of it.
I hear you Aggiegirl… but he’s crying and there is no way in hell I am standing aside and watching this grown man cry. Nope, nope, no… can… do. It’s almost symbolic of what happens to our veterans now. (They get abandoned.)
I’m from a military family (career MP Army father) and a military intel ex-husband (Army) who made the service his career as well. Father is long gone and of course, ex… is well, ex… but this woman and my daughter are hard core military supporters. Will be until we die.
The flag doesn’t get dragged and no one gets left behind.
I have seen this photo long ago…and it caused so many emotions in me I couldn’t untangle them.
I wouldn’t dare presume to know the memories going on inside him…but I can imagine they were overwhelming and indescribable. His face says everything.
And as the first time I saw it, here come my own tears….
Kari Lake defending Harmeet Dhillon? Independent, Republican, Democrat. Lake doesn’t seem to be able to make up her mind. Starting to wonder if Kari Lake is MAGA’s Bernie Sanders….
Unless they already know to what instance you are referring, readers have no context from which to assess your post.
Can you post a link to the video wherein Kari Lake defends Dhillon? Thanks in advance.
R.I.P. CHRISTINE MCVIE
01 December 2013 Richard Coughlan, British progressive rock drummer and percussionist (Caravan – “In the Land of Grey and Pink”), dies of pneumonia at 66
01 December 1986 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, American pop and R&B singer (Working in the Coal Mine), dies at 61
December 1 Oswald Chambers
The Law And The Gospel
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. — James 2:10
The moral law does not consider us as weak human beings at all, it takes no account of our heredity and infirmities, it demands that we be absolutely moral. The moral law never alters, either for the noblest or for the weakest, it is eternally and abidingly the same. The moral law ordained by God does not make itself weak to the weak, it does not palliate our shortcomings, it remains absolute for all time and eternity. If we do not realize this, it is because we are less than alive; immediately we are alive, life becomes a tragedy. “I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.” When we realize this, then the Spirit of God convicts us of sin. Until a man gets there and sees that there is no hope, the Cross of Jesus Christ is a farce to him. Conviction of sin always brings a fearful binding sense of the law, it makes a man hopeless — “sold under sin.” I, a guilty sinner, can never get right with God, it is impossible. There is only one way in which I can get right with God, and that is by the Death of Jesus Christ. I must get rid of the lurking idea that I can ever be right with God because of my obedience — which of us could ever obey God to absolute perfection!
We only realize the power of the moral law when it comes with an “if.” God never coerces us. In one mood we wish He would make us do the thing, and in another mood we wish He would leave us alone. Whenever God’s will is in the ascendant, all compulsion is gone. When we choose deliberately to obey Him, then He will tax the remotest star and the last grain of sand to assist us.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We are not to preach the doing of good things; good deeds are not to be preached, they are to be performed.
https://utmost.org/classic/the-law-and-the-gospel-classic/
Thank you for posting these good words. You’ve been doing so for a while and I look for them regularly. It’s always nice to see you and your good inspirational contributions here.
Suggest you locate a copy of Chambers’ “My Utmost For His Highest”. Readily available used online, sometimes found in throft shops. Every page is a worthy and inspiring read.
Yes, I agree! Been reading Oswald Chambers messages for many years. Every January, I just start over with same material. It never gets old. It’s easy access online. https://utmost.org/
We’ve reached December 2022!
Just a warm reminder that you can binge watch Secret Santa videos all this month. Lots of good cheer spreading hope and hugs and a helping of happiness. Hope you enjoy!
https://www.eastidahonews.com/secret-santa/
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Fill my cup…Andrew ripp 🎶
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Perhaps now is not a bad time to remember that winning against impossible odds can be done if enough sacrifice to make it happen. A great example of just that. The whole movie:
Mornin’ y’all!
Bag man Biden
Cursday…pupdate….
The little furball is less timid now, was slightly bullied for a day or so, but both have adapted to each other…adjusting nicely, learning his name…a real cuddle buddy…
He found their toy box…
Both get the zoomies outside…something about it being 20 degrees I think…runs thru my leaf pile, chasing leaves and sometimes catching one…
Doing well with housebreaking…considering its only been4 full days in my home…and barks to let me know its time to go out!
The ‘welcome home barking’ after I returned from work, brought me to tears….haven’t heard that level of excitement since March….
I have not had a puppy since 2000…this is new all over again!
It wasn’t that long ago that we decided we had one more puppy in our future. We decided we could screw up stuff as well as anyone else. Jack is now 4, best decision we made.
So so happy for you, Aggiegirl. I can feel your joy. As Charles Schultz wrote…
“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
Ain’t it the most bless-ed truth? 💕
Congratulations!!!! Puppers are the best!
December 1
MORNING
A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest. Isa. 32:2
Forasmuch … as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same. Heb. 2:14
The man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts. Zech. 13:7
I and my Father are one. John 10:30
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psa. 91:1
There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. Isa. 4:6
The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Psa. 121:5, 6
When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psa. 61:2
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble. Psa. 32:7
Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Isa. 25:4
EVENING
Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. Isa. 65:17
The new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me…. so shall your seed and your name remain. Isa. 66:22
We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. II Pet. 3:13
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. Rev. 21:1-5
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/12/1201.html
When it comes to resisting temptations to sin, there’s no one-size-fits-all strategy. Temptations arrive in many ways at many times, and the Bible gives many different strategies to defeat them.
But we can notice one fundamental similarity in all the temptations we face, a dimension that’s always present in satanic deception. Remembering this similarity will help us in the fight, whatever resistance strategy we implement.
To help us see this unifying theme in temptation, let’s examine history’s most remarkable example — the devil’s temptation of Jesus. This scene illustrates Satan’s core strategy, how Jesus kept his head clear, and how we can imitate Jesus’s example.
Anatomy of Temptation
Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record Jesus being tempted by the devil at the beginning of his ministry, but Matthew’s account provides the most details. He describes three specific temptations and Jesus’s response to each (Matthew 4:1–11).
Theologians down through history have pointed out that there’s a lot going in this particular temptation from historical and theological standpoints, but I’m not going to address those topics here. Instead, my goal is simply to identify a specific dimension common in all of Satan’s temptations.
Dialogue with the Devil
To begin, after Jesus fasts for forty days, the devil seeks to take advantage of his physical weakness and severe hunger.
Then, from the pinnacle of the temple, the devil seeks to take advantage of Jesus’s faith in a scriptural promise.
Finally, after showing Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world and their glory” (verse 8), the devil seeks to take advantage of Jesus’s promised exaltation.
Three Essential Elements
Notice that the three temptations have three elements in common.
First, the devil sought to narrow Jesus’s focus specifically on each tempting proposition, so that Jesus would view each in a distorted context and therefore experience them as disproportionately compelling. More on this in a moment.
Second, each temptation promises both explicit and implicit rewards. I will paraphrase some that I discern, as if spoken by the tempter:
Third, each tempting proposition makes implicit threats. Again, I’ll paraphrase some that I discern:
Satan’s Core Strategy
This dissection of Jesus’s temptation experience helps us examine not only the devil’s specific strategy with Jesus, but the core strategy he employs in every temptation.
What was the devil trying to do? Essentially, he was seeking to do with Jesus what he did with Adam and Eve and what he does with each of us: disorient Jesus’s perception of reality, so he could distort Jesus’s perception of reality and deceive Jesus into believing a false story about reality.
See if this doesn’t sound familiar. Satan comes when Jesus is in a weakened state — we humans are more easily disoriented when we’re physically, emotionally, psychologically weak. Think about how differently you’re prone to respond to various pressures when you’re weak, rather than when you’re strong and refreshed.
Then he poses to Jesus propositions that put a distorted twist on truth. The devil wove plenty of truth into his presentation of a false reality. Was it inherently sinful for Jesus to desire to satisfy his hunger? No. Was it inherently sinful for Jesus to demonstrate his sonship through miraculously making bread? No — he did this very thing later when he fed the five thousand (Matthew 14:13–21). Was it inherently sinful for Jesus to put his faith in a specific promise of Scripture? No. Was it inherently sinful for Jesus (in particular) to long to be highly exalted and for every knee to bow and tongue to confess his lordship? No (see Philippians 2:9–11).
All of these, given the right context, were good and righteous. What made the devil’s propositions evil was their distorted context. And I think it required more resolve from Jesus’s human nature to resist than we might at first assume.
Jesus Resists
But resist he did. How? One way to describe it is that he skillfully used the armor of God against the schemes of the devil (Ephesians 6:11). In Jesus’s responses, we see him lifting the “shield of faith” and wielding the “sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:16–17).
Another way to describe it is that Jesus was “not ignorant of [Satan’s] designs” and therefore refused to be “outwitted” by him (2 Corinthians 2:11). Jesus was not ignorant of the universal diabolical dimension of temptation: to disorient, distort, and deceive. So he had his antennae up; he was anticipating it. And when it came, he expected it to sound appealing and appear life-giving, when in reality “its end is the way the death” (Proverbs 14:12).
The devil tempted Jesus to see himself in a different story, one he implied would be better if Jesus took matters into his own hands. Jesus discerned the insidious temptations by remembering the Real Story he was in, which is what his Scripture quotes reveal. He had come to undo the curse of the fall — the catastrophic result of the first Adam believing a perverted story — by doing only what he saw his Father doing (John 5:19).
Remember the Story You’re In
That is the crucial application point I want to draw from Jesus’s temptation: remember the story you’re in. All of us tend to respond to tempting desires or fears based on the narrative of reality we believe (or want to believe) at the moment. What will lead to more joy or less misery, according to the story we’re believing? If we allow ourselves to be disoriented and sold a distorted bill of goods, and if we then take the bait of a deceptively appealing false story, we will be “lured and enticed by [our] own desire,” which when “conceived gives birth to sin, and sin . . . [eventually] brings forth death” (James 1:14–15).
Many different strategies for fighting different kinds of temptations exist. But all of them require that we not be outwitted by Satan due to ignorance of his designs to disorient, distort, and deceive. God calls us, like Jesus, to “be sober-minded [and] watchful,” since our “adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). So, like Jesus, we anticipate what temptation will be like, and when it arrives we resist the devil by first remembering the story we’re in.
Jon Bloom (@Bloom_Jon) serves as teacher and cofounder of Desiring God. He is author of three books, Not by Sight, Things Not Seen, and Don’t Follow Your Heart. He and his wife have five children and make their home in the Twin Cities.
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For further consideration:
Mr Bloom’s analysis is interesting, but it seems to highlight by omission a much larger point. Satan’s primary tool against Christians [he already has everyone else] is taking advantage of their Biblical ignorance [not intended as an insult, just an observation]. To wit:
Matthew 4:6 “…He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone.” [ Emphasis added. ]
Psalms 91:12 “…They shall bear Thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
Satan was making a mockery of Scripture, thereby mocking God. Jesus knew Satan had added to the Word with falsehood [lest at any time] and He called him out on it.
Matthew 4:7 “Jesus said unto him, “It is written again, ‘Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’ ”
God never said, act like a fool and I’ll take care of everything, to ANYONE! Our Heavenly Father will not be mocked, and Jesus was acknowledging Satan was trying to mock God by putting on a circus side show. Father gave us all brains, expects us to use them, avoid trouble ‘if it be possible‘, and that which we can’t take care of by ourselves, THEN He will assist where needed.
A lay person [Christian] that isn’t steeped in the Word would rarely discover this on their own, which demonstrates the need for ‘teachers’ that have taken the time to assess Scripture as it’s intended. To do so, as english speakers, one needs to be ble to cross reference their Bible against a Concordance. Much like understanding the definition of words, without a Dictionary handy, it’s unlikely someone will get every definition accurate.
The only Bible accurately cross referenced to a Concordance is the KJV, and the best Concordance is the ‘Strong’s Exhaustive’. If a teacher is going to teach from a translation that has no corresponding [dictionary] Concordance, they should probably explain, the student should, ‘do their own study on the topic to verify my analysis’ before drawing any conclusions.
There is still much more to cover here, but the main point is: Satan relies on the lack of understanding through the lack of in depth teachers, in particular, in the final days of the Fig Tree Generation.
How many students of Scripture are aware Satan is going to change the intent of the words they believe they know when he arrives, ensuring they will believe his lies? That’s the primary message of:
2nd Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed...”
Revelation 12:9 “...Satan, which deciveth the whole world...”
Amos 8:11 “...not a famine of bread…but of hearing the words of the LORD:”
This ‘on the fly analysis’ is only inteded to drive folks deeper into the Word, not to mock the author. If the reader wants to be in the group that, needeth not to be ashamed.. , they need to understand it requires a little more work than just a 1 hour sermon, once a week…
Food for thought.
KP, you present many valid points but I am unsure what you mean by – “The only Bible accurately cross referenced to a Concordance is the KJV.”
I have and use Logos software (an app I downloaded onto my PC); I also subscribe to BlueLetterBible.com. In either software, any version of the Bible you choose to use (I prefer NASB-1995) has the text all coded to Strong’s Concordance if you turn on that feature. Very thorough definitions, pronunciations, usages, and list of scriptures where the same word was used.
GB, mea culpa. Awesome, thank you! Shouldn’t paint with such a wide brush when finer points need clarity.
Perhaps a fixation on all the ‘hard copies’ and constant attempts by those [printers/ authors/Satan?] who would [change/hide/omit?] highly relevant information has caused ‘tunnel vision’.
e.g. ‘hunt souls’ changed to ‘ensnare people like birds’ [Ezekiel 13:20] in NIV, NKJV, NASB, NAS, etc. really loses a little something from God’s intended message. /sarc
cont: ‘Lucifer’ changed to ‘day star’ [Isaiah 14:12] NIV, ASV, or to ‘star of the morning’ in NASB, NAS. Again, hardly seems accidental or even subtle in the attempt to deceive. /sarc
cont: ‘He appeared first to Mary…’ [Mark 16:9-20] added as a footnote NIV, as if the physical appearance of Jesus in the flesh were merely an interesting tidbit for “you know, those ‘believers“. Major /sarc.
This can go on & on, but hopefully the concept of, “If a teacher is going to teach...” more clarity, or perhaps a disclaimer, or something, to indicate it’s not necessarily complete or accurate is in order. You undoubtedly can site your own examples of intent to deceive Christians.
None of that justifies the broad brush and inaccurate use of the phrase you called out. Again, mea culpa.
sidebar: Software used here ‘Biblesoft’, helps with some of this, though yet to find a complete and accurate [100%] digitized Scripture to trust. Unable to find BLB.com, have found references to BLB.org, all links reach: “This site can’t be reached’ ” etc. Can you offer more info for further research. Very passionate about proving/disproving ‘information offered up as God’s Word’.
Cheers!
p.s. Throwing out all the ‘broad’ brushes! 🙂 Just not certain people will bother to read if we document [fine point brushes] each provable failure of translations outside the KJV tied to the Strong’s Exhaustive.
KP – Oops. Try blueletterbible.org . This time it’s my turn- Mea Culpa…..
God Help us all! God bless CTH!
https://eljasib.com/one-world-religion-headquarters-set-to-open-in-2022/
I’ve been reading about this, heather. Bergoglio has been busy betraying Almighty God. This nothing more than apostasy. See Archbishop Vigano’s spoken and written words on this.
Thanks Betsy,
I’ll check this out, I just stumbled on it and thought it so amazing that it is very prophetic and the Bible is true and Jesus is coming so soon.
Thank you for saying something!
Oh my goll. I had not heard about this.
yet another ‘in our face’ and not even hiding anything.
thank you for posting.
. . . 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)
Thursday of the 25th Week of the Epistles
Nativity Fast (or St. Phillip’s Fast)
Holy Great Martyr Platon of Ancyra (+ ca. 302)
Holy Martyr Romanos the Deacon of Cæsarea in Palestine (+ 303)
Holy Martyr Barulas the Youth of Cæsarea (+ 303)
Saint Mawes, Bishop in Cornwall and Brittany (+ 5th century)
Saint Mabyn, Abbess in Cornwall (+ 5th century)
Holy New Martyr Anastasios of Paramythia in Epiros (+ 1750)
November 18th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
December 1st – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the Miracle-worker (+ 343)
This link to the Saint Nicholas Center is filled with a vast abundance of respectful information from around the world.
Feast Day of Saint Nicholas
December 6th Church Calendar / December 19th civil calendar
http://www.stnicholascenter.org
In you shall all the families of the earth be blessed. – Genesis 12:3
Some have called it the Grand Canyon of the Bible… the division between Genesis chapters 11 and 12. On one side of the canyon are four major events in God’s dealing with humankind over a period of roughly 2,000 years – Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. Chapter twelve begins on the other side with one man, Abraham, and time slows down (chapters 12-50 cover about 350 years). God’s dealings with human beings become very personal.
Abraham is called from his homeland to another land. Leaving his family and their idol worship, he journeys to some unknown destination known only to the Lord. “Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness” (Romans 4:3). Abraham’s faith brought an extraordinary blessing from God. In Genesis 12:1-2, God promised to lead him to a new land, make him into a great nation, and make his name great.
But there was much more… through him, all families of the earth would be blessed (Genesis 12:3). This blessing points to the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who was to come from the lineage of Abraham. The blessings would extend from the nation of Israel to all peoples of the world.
In your preparation for the celebration of Christ’s birth, may you continually remember that God’s promise of a Savior was from the beginning with Adam and Eve, then through Abraham, and it extends to you. Believe in Jesus and enjoy His blessings in this life and sweet communion with your Messiah for eternity.
Pray now for those in this nation who do not know Jesus as their Savior. May they come now in faith and receive the blessings He has promised.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing/?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
Beautiful…hopeful… reassuring…hallelujah!!
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 Thursday, December 1, 2022
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“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen.
For years my fireplace sat unused and the living room where it is located remained relatively unused because it was farthest away from the central heat and as a result, chilly and damp feeling.
This year, the chimney was cleaned and the fireplace insert restored with firebrick and a new refractory cement floor. I found someone who supplied firewood. I also bought a fun tool – a log splitter – that could further split the wood into smaller pieces. Now, each cold evening, I build a fire and bask in the warmth which also helps heat the whole house.
I was thinking last night: Warmth encourages. Cold discourages. But warmth in winter requires effort – if nothing else, paying the heating bill and maintenance of the system. Warmth of friendship, the warmth of faith, and the warmth of God’s presence in our lives require building and maintaining, too, most specially when faced with the cold of human evil, greed, hardship, loss, and denigration.
Dear God, keep us in Your warmth and under Your blessing this day. Amen
Fireplace insert has a fire going and is doing its job. High today at my central Indiana home is forecasted to be 35 F, low tonight 18 F. Sun is shining but it is still a bit bitter out there.
I started the fire this morning and it will take a couple hours before the heat in the living room migrates down the hall into the Kitchen and dining room.
Today, if Josh does not call, I’m going to buy a pedestal fan and see if it will move the warm air into this bedroom where my desk and computer is. This bedroom is the furthest removed from the insert and thus stays the coldest when we turn the thermostat down on the furnace.
And now it is time for an egg salad sandwich. Sherry made it last night.
A pedestal fan might help. I have the same situation with a bedroom on the far end of the house. I ended up getting a mini-split for that bedroom so I can keep the room warmer or cooler than the central system as needed. Another benefit of the mini-split is that it will dehumidify. It was a luxury, but these bones get cold in winter.
Tip #1 to rah: The small ‘corner’ fans that mount inside the door frames between rooms really help circulate warmth from the ‘fire’ room. They take up no floor space. Tip #2. We hang a tapestry-like curtain in the stairwell to the 2nd floor (on a spring rod). Keep the upstairs cool for sleeping and prevents heat loss upwards. cheers to egg salad!
Thanks
So I went out. First I went to the BMV and transferred the plates from my old truck to the new one and applied for a new title.
Then I stopped and filled up the FJ for Sherry.
Then I went to Meijers to get TP and Kleenex and ended up buying a few other groceries.
Then I went to Menards which has a sale on pedestal fans but instead I did a bunch of Christmas shopping getting battery powered tools for my son and Granddaughters husband and got bird seed blocks and spent almost $500.00 but forgot what I originally went in there for. No matter the fans and the sale will be there tomorrow.
Menards, my FAVORITE store! Gotta love the 11% back! Blessings, Rah!
Not going on now. Ended a week ago. Guess they have to do that to finish paying off before tax time rolls around. Will come back after the New Year I’m told.
I’ve found that many people are not familiar with egg salad sandwich; I love it.
This takes me down memory lane, again… a visit to my Grandma’s house at lunchtime always involved an egg salad sandwich – or tuna salad. She’d consistently say, I don’t have any lunch meat.
Lunch was rounded out with potato chips and a coca-cola in glass bottle. Not healthy I know, but sooo good.
And she lived to 96.
Della, my Brit husband loved the egg salad sandwiches I would make for him to take to work. One time I made two for him and he shared one with his immediate boss, who loved them so much that he kept asking if I were making any more in Tue near future.
From that time on every time I made these we sandwiches for my husband, I made certain to include one for him as well. He became a very dear friend to my husband and me. This lovely man made the decision to become a deacon in the Catholic Church and we watched the service when he was ordained on our computer because of the wretched lockdown. I’m not certain it was the egg salad sandwich that contributed to his friendship, but I’d like to think so…
Now that’s a sweet story, Betsy. Of course that sandwich opened the door! Both of you extended the gracious offer of friendship – thru an egg – and he reciprocated! That’s all it takes sometimes, a simple gesture of kindness with what we have. Amazing …
That’s right! A simple egg. And a blessing….
An eggcellent story! Ba dump bump 🙂
On toast 😋
yes! I can see one of those in near future…
One of my favorites. Wheat bread with thick not runny egg salad, swiss cheese, sprouts, and tomato.
Yum — that sounds really good! Need to try your added ingredients! Yes, to thick and not runny, too.
For those seeking a way to fight back, this is how I’m doing it. No personal character assassinations – just researching and posing questions:
https://ersatzsobriquet.substack.com/
Beautiful, Flyover… But then that is Spurgeon.
He was given the gift of writing in such a hopeful way even unto the uncomfortable things we endure. Is it any wonder I am so drawn to his devotionals…
(20) I Just Want To Thank You, Lord – YouTube
“The Real Control Freaks”
Good verse where Paul shows that God has warned the liars and they know they are committing evil sin against God. Woe be unto them.
Romans 1:18-19 – 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.
These verses in Romans are encouraging to those who are “in Christ” and covered by His righteousness. The wickedness in our nation seems to grow each passing day. But there is a limit to it, and God will put a stop to it – in His time and His way.
He won’t be getting any sweetener in the oatmeal tomorrow. Refried Obama has opened the door for the ’23 House to squeeze through and implode it. ‘Rats yesterday in Politico were saying untouchable.
‘Biden tells Macron that Inflation Reduction Act can be ‘tweaked’ to include Europe allies
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221201-live-emmanuel-macron-meets-with-joe-biden-at-the-white-house
‘Biden says he’s open to meeting with Putin ‘if he is looking for way to end the war’
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1999594.html
😂😂😂😂😂!!!
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall. Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
And prayers up for all political prisoners. Prayers up for Julian Assange and for all the protesters of January 6 who were or are entrapped in DC. And, thank you, Lord, for restoring Pastor Pawlowski.
Thank you Father, for Your love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Amen.
Sorry. Total dereliction of duty. I was on the phone. 🙁
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.
Gospel music from the great Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir