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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Hebrews 12:1-2 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Moghrey mia ghrain Jay! 🌞 🙋♀️ Bendithion 🙏
Dia Duit stevie oh so beautiful 🇺🇸🙏🏻🤗😊🇺🇸
Morning, sis 💕 just like the chairs we used to sit in outside at my sister in law’s Welsh farmhouse in the summers by the fast flowing stream, drinking our tea whilst putting the world to rights. Good times, better times…thanks for the memories. Lovely 😌
So happy❣️
Morning, Mr jay 💕 Wow!!! And thank you!!
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Maidin Mhaith Betsy spring is here 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
I’ll say it is!!
We had these little chaps in the fields which surrounded us. Another fond memory of the arrival of Spring 😌💕
Morning, Garrison 💕☕ Praying so much you’re seeing less pain day by day, dear friend. Thank you for this beautiful music. Happy listening indeed!!
Good late afternoon, dear Bet. 🙂 I’m slowly getting better. The full body (really) pain is less, although my fractured rib is still painful. I past the point of “everything hurting” thankfully. I’m slowly working on resurrecting my everyday life —which took a huge hit. Took a long nap this afternoon. The first in a long time. It felt wonderful.
Be well, love. . .
And one for you…
“Les Deuxs Amis”
Ferdinand Sor
I hope it lifts your spirits, dear sir. It did mine 🤗😘
Fernando Sor is wonderful. Segovia published ” Sor’s 20 studies” which was some of the first classical guitar music I ever learned to play. Good stuff, love. 🙂
Good Morning Garrison and may each breath you take be filled with healing and Gods grace blanket you. Peace
Thanks for the kind words, Light. Slow going right now. But even slow going is an improvement.
Howdy Garrison!
An out-of-the-ordinary upbeat and enjoyable performance (so many classical guitar concerts include a preponderance of slow, mood pieces) … not to mention très artistique!
Cette dame peut jouer magnifiquement!
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You be the judge. Which was more soothing?
I am especially curious what Mr Hall and Miss Jones think.
The piano, always the piano.
Tho I gotta admit, that guitar sounds really lovely.
Good morning, 4Q2 😊 Both lovely. But for me this piece always lends itself more to the piano.
I have always thought the seemingly simpler works are always the most difficult to get right. A beautifully nuanced performance by this artist. I thoroughly enjoyed both but hers?
Much needed.
Ahhhhhhh🎶😌
Thank you!!
Thrilled you expressed your preference. Thank you for the response, it means a lot to me.
You are so welcome 🤗. Since I am passionate about classical music, it was an absolute pleasure to listen to one of my favourites played on different instruments. Thank you!!! 💕
I’m sure you know this adagio from Ravel’s Piano Concerto in. G major.
A perfect example of how a true artist comes into his or her own with an uncomplicated composition…well, at least with this second movement anyway. The rest of this concerto is quite rambunctious.
But for a moment of tranquility and peace, I’d be hard pressed to recommend d anything more soothing or exquisite than this….something I believe we all need more of. I know I do…
Alicia de Larrocha at the piano 🎶
4Q2 – I enjoyed Rémi Jousselme’s rendition of this piece and think he did a masterful interpretation on the 6-stringed guitar. That said, I have a particular fondness for some of Ravel’s works (not all) and IMHO, Alice Sara Ott’s piano performance displayed Ravel’s composition at its finest.
As to your question, however; both performances were soothing to me.
I really have to re-think cats.
Every cat I’ve ever “had” was part feral and would have gladly torn these babies up.
Cats are truly different animals when brought up inside, apparently.
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher, Jackie Wilson, 1967
That single was all over the radio in 1967-68 (at least around Baltimore) and very popular for big dance bands. Very few vocalists could emulate Jackie’s voice in this song, however and even fewer had the female backup voices so while many bands did it well, you always knew it wasn’t the original…
very uplifting
4/24/2024 – Through faith, indeed, we establish the law
Romans 3:31 “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: indeed, we establish the law.”
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
What substance? And what evidence? The substance of our character and integrity, and a course in life that is good before God. The evidence of knowledge and understanding, of the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, the eyes of our understanding being enlightened to the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. The substance of giving account of one’s self wholly upon trusting in the redemption and recovery of our souls to God, by the blood and richness of Christ.
The evidence of having been translated of God; the man whom we knew before in the flesh, not being found; for God took him by the cross of Christ. The evidence, in that of the testimony we have, (because we believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of all those who diligently seek Him,) preaching and warning of the coming cataclysm, and day of judgment upon the world of the ungodly. (Jude 14-16)
The evidence, we say, of God being well pleased in us, by the fact done of the New Birth From Above, and the New Creation after the image of Him who created it: a sign for instruction and warning, and for a witness to convict the world, and draw all into Christ; looking unto, and hastening the Day of the LORD.
There was therefore nothing belonging to the very nature of righteousness with God, that was altered or annulled by the giving of the law; that upon the appearance of Christ, would necessitate its having to be taken away. But it was added on account of transgressions; to put in writing the statutes and judgments of Christ’s nature, to every aspect of this life; and answer every question concerning God’s will for us to do, in whatever we might encounter during our time here.
Christ constitutes the essence of the law: therefore we are counted righteous through faith in Jesus; the substance and evidence then being, that we, having been made free from sin, should bear witness of the grace of God by our keeping His commandments. Through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord, we indeed establish the law: because we are not hearers only, but doers of the work; and our faith not in word only, but in the power of God; the SUBSTANCE and EVIDENCE, and the earnest of our coming inheritance.
We can see then the absolutely wrong, and absurd notion, that many have been seduced and turned aside from the truth by; that Christians having been freed from the condemnation of the law through faith in Jesus, are somehow now released, from that which is essentially the nature, character, and conduct of Christ; written for the purpose of instructing us unto Christ. So that how we are to think and believe, how we are to walk in love and truth from the heart; as described in all the multitude of statutes and commandments and judgments in the law; through breaking the law we somehow now glorify God!
So truly then it is written in the law, how that if sins are committed through ignorance, or by accident; once it comes to knowledge, and confession and repentance are taken for seeking forgiveness and reconciliation with God; atonement and forgiveness and the remission of sins are justly granted: with of course, the expectation and view toward sinning no more, and from now on doing good and right in the eyes of the LORD. Ignorance and unbelief give the Lord room for having mercy. But for arrogance and insolence, presumption and provoking the Lord with a high hand, there is only God’s righteous indignation and wrath; for they are without excuse.
For the Lord’s part, He is still however willing that no man should perish, but all come to repentance; and so He gives time and chance for everyone to come to themselves, and seek to get right before they come to the Judge. For our part likewise; we have already proved, all to be under sin, none righteous, no, not one; none understanding, none seeking God, all like sheep gone astray, all gone out of the way; together we have become unprofitable, good for nothing, none doing good, no, not one; our throat has been an open tomb, with our tongue we have used deceit, and the poison of asps under our lips, our mouths full of cursing and bitterness; our feet swift to run to evil and shed blood, destruction and misery in our ways, and the way of peace we knew not; and no fear of God before our eyes. (Romans 3:10-18).
Which of us then are without sin, that we should have the Lord’s allowance, approval, and authorization, to throw the first stone? Has the Lord dealt so with us when we had nothing to pay for what we owed Him; He having heard our cry for mercy, and taking pity on us to frankly forgive us all, and release us from our debt: only to justify us taking our fellow servant and brother by the throat, demanding payment in full or else? For Jesus has given us an example, that we should do to each other, as He has done to us. And if He, who is essentially all that the law teaches and describes, has demonstrated what it is to keep the law from the heart, sincerely; He has done so for the very reason, that we should follow in His steps, and do no sin; but commit all our life, and all our righteousness with others, into the hands of our Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:13-20 “You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its savor, with what shall it be salted? It is from that place onward good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. You are the light of the world. A city that is situated on a mountain cannot be hid; neither do men light a lamp, to put it under the corn-measure, but on a lamp stand; and it gives light to all that are in the house. Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. *Think not (do not expect or suppose) that I am come to abolish the law, or the prophets: I am not come to abolish, but to *fulfill (accomplish, completely make full). For verily I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall *exceed (abound above) that of scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
To the Born Again Christian, having been forgiven and cleansed, and made every whit whole in God’s sight; the law is not a threat of doom, but a light for our path. Whomsoever the Son sets free, is really free; and now we are free to learn from the law all that which we were before held back from knowing, because of sin. I think it is then good advice, for Christians to wholly give themselves to the study of the word, in its entirety; that we may truly know and understand all that the Lord has to say to us. Faith comes by hearing; and hearing by the word of God. If we truly want to speak and do according to God’s word, and all His will for us; then we have to have that “rising up early to the task” desire in our heart towards Him: we have to put Jesus first every day, and dedicating time, first thing every day, to reading and studying the Scriptures: “reading them through, writing them down, praying them in, and working them out.”
Kitties playing
Protective puppie
Puppie attacks own tail
Israel Update:
-The IDF is predicted to start the Rafah operation any day. They are preparing. It will take some 2-4 weeks to evacuate the civilians. There are indications that lands are prepared in Khan Yunis for this purpose. It looks like Israel is intending on making “tent cities” with well organized humanitarian aide and Field Hospitals etc…. I already see large number of aide trucks entering daily. Israel had to deal with the bad image that was created in regard to the humanitarian crisis. I see now operational markets, chicken and bread production lines etc…
I think that Israel’s agreement to take it light with Iran also opened the doors for action in Rafah with less resistance from the West. I hope that Bibi didn’t succumb to the pressures and will do a sort of raids instead of full power. Anyways it is expected to see the IDF move into the center and dismantle the remaining Hamas battalions. Will go in the direction of the Leadership of Hamas. I predict that the area is very booby trapped and a lot of bombings will have to be done. I predict that the top elite units will be there because there are hostages in the area and it’s a critical to do well in this campaign.
-Biden met with AOC, Sanders and Progressives. He made a comment that pissed off Israelis: he condemned “antisemitic protests” but also “those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”
The equivalence of antisemitism to things that happen in Gaza is very wrong.
Note: I did a bit of a research today about how many Muslims and Jews are in each US state and what would happen if he is taking a Pro Palestine line or Pro Israel or keep playing on both sides. I compared it to the electorate and the results of 2020 elections.
It was interesting to see that if he turns very strongly Pro Palestinians and therefore loses Jewish votes or if he takes a strong Pro Israel line, in both cases the electorate will balance and he is breaking even. But if he keeps walking in the middle and piss off both sides he is going to lose about 50 electorates in critical Staes. I only looked at critical states. Check out my next post with the tables that I did.
-Israeli Military Intel Chief resigned. Now the media is talking about the Commander of the North area and the Chief of Staff. But this man ignored an alert on the night before the 10/7 disaster. Now in my opinion there was also a miscalculation about Iran’s response after the assassination of their General. It’s not over for him. There will be a full investigation and recommendations. Not yet.
-Bibi said that after Hamas didn’t cooperate with the negotiations we are now going to intensify the pressure. He didn’t say Rafah but hopefully this is what he meant.
-IDF assassinated two High commanders in Lebanon (Hezbollah).
As a response there were some 30 attacks on Israel including drones into cities that are deeper than previously reached. The drones were intercepted. Hezbollah are suggesting that they are going to expand the depth of their attacks. Note: This is not good for them.
Because Israel will go deeper after them and Israel has means that are many times more powerful. But I have to mention here a Telegram letter from a Reservist from the north by Lebanon. He is saying that they are frustrated and are forced to hide and be carful not to go out. They feel like ducks. Note: I can understand. Soldiers want to fight not sit in hiding for months. I mentioned before. Bibi is acting “linear”: North Gaza, then Central Gaza, then Khan Yunis, next Rafah. Lebanon is kept to the next phase after Gaza situation is under better control. We have deserted cities and towns. It’s the responsibility of the Government and IDF to provide the residents security and get them back home. Whatever it takes.
-I see a lot of Hamas back in North Gaza. But I also see them being pounded pretty hard with air attacks and raids. I have videos with collapsing building in areas that the IDF already left and is now attacking. I guess this is the strategy. We get less casualties with the raids system rather than many soldiers sitting ducks. Very low casualty rate.
God Bless you!
Shalom.
It’s a shame that Napoleon Bonaparte, Atilla the Hun, Cyrus the Great, and Genghis Khan didn’t provide “humanitarian aide” and “housing” to their enemies! How very un-PC of them!
Pardon my snarkiness! I know innocent people are often endangered and made refugees in times of war; I feel bad for them, but since WHEN is it the place of the opposing country to provide them with food and housing? Let their own people provide it!
American government is STOOOPID! Israel, please, go kick butt and quit worrying about Biden!
(I know! I know! I’m not diplomat material!)
You’re right. Biden put 9.1 Billion in the aide package for Palestinians. They hate America. Arab nations are the richest in the world and America should pay?.
I went through the numbers to see how the war might affect the US elections. It was fascinating.
It was a huge table with numbers and I eliminated most of it to keep it simple for you.
It only shows Jews Vs Muslims in various states. Every State that doesn’t have enough Jews or Muslims to influence the next elections I took off. Places like Texas that has hundreds of thousands of Muslims were deleted because the GOP win with a larger margin than their number. Also Florida that has many Jews was taken out because the GOP won anyways and it will just get more of them. Also places like NY and CA can’t be statistically affected because of the huge margins if the DNC with or without the Jewish vote. If you have a question about any state or any other suggestion then let me know. I void it down to only a few states but I looked at all of them. Here we go:
Note: the “won by:” column means that Democrats won by a certain number of votes in 2020.
If it’s a small win and the state has many Jews and Muslims then Biden will lose that state because
most Jews and Muslims voted for him and now many will skip or flip.
The second chart shows what happens if he is Pro Israel, Pro Palestine or double faced.
Note that Biden will lose PA if he keeps the way he is. There is a large jewish population.
Many have family in Israel and some who fight.
Very interesting David
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David, what a great analysis. While I live in California now, I grew up in Las Vegas and my High School had a significant number of Jewish students. Almost all of them were great people and I am looking forward to seeing many of them next month at our 50th reunion. Many of them were very musical and worked in the hotel’s entertainment venus. Others were actively involved in the Hotels ownership and management. I was in Las Vegas last week at a conservative political convention and again many of the participants were Jews. I met and talked to Sigal Chattah one of the Republican senior officers. She is great person and leader. As much as I hate the heat I may have to move back there. Count on Nevada voting for Trump because of the leadership of the Jews who live there.
Jeff
It’s way overdue. Jewish voters should end with the DNC. I believe that this is going to be the big surprise of the next elections. I hope.
David: I doubt that progressive liberal Jews will ever leave the Democrat Party. The socialist and Bolshevik streak is in the blood, going back to the great Russian Jewish migration to America, from the 1880s to the WWI. All the serious Zionists from Russia and Eastern Europe during that period went to Palestine (the real one at the time, not the current fake Palestine). All the left-leaning, Yiddish speaking Jews went to America. The American-born descendants of the Yiddish-speakers hung on to their mythical, “Fiddler on the Roof” view of Judaism in the world, and felt that “being too Jewish” was a hindrance to assimilation and success in American society. Today, America’s progressive Jews see supporting Israel as “being too Jewish.”
Hi Billra. I took into consideration that the Progressives will not change.
Yet the vast majority are not Progressives. I believe that 2/3 or 3/4 are not from the Progressive stream
and are pissed off from the antisemitism that they see and some are having families in Israel and are worried about the steps that Biden is taking against Israel. I know that there are voices to walk off from Biden, people like Prof. Darshowitz, even Bill Maher is pissed off.
As to the “Yodish speaking”. All of East Europe spoke Yiddish in clouding my parents.
I personally hated this language because they used it when they wanted me to not understand something they say. Also it sounded German. My father had on his plan to come to Israel before World War 2. He was from the Right wing Jabotinski stream of Zionism. Some came to the US. Some founded modern Israel.
In Israel the left wing socialist founded the nation (would be said on their behalf), their views didn’t work for more than a few decades and Israel kicked their ideology away. But they are still holding the Courts and Media. So Israel moved from Socialism to the right and the US is in the opposite direction unfortunately. A typical life in Israel includes Military and more difficult survival so there is no luxury of experimenting radical left ideologies. If you do the wrong direction the nation can stop to exist.
In the US their typical route includes the Left leaning University education and a much more spoiled existence. But you see, in Israel the direction even of those people is to the right and I am optimistic to see a change in the US too. Some will not vote as a protest. I think it will be the big surprise if 2024 elections.
Hi david, thanks for doing the comparison chart.
I have a question.
I am in the state of michigan (MI), which has the highest muslim population in the country (in the city of dearborn, mostly).
the 242,000 muslim listing for MI cannot be accurate, so is there a multiplication that has to be done to these numbers? Or is the proportion already factored in to the result?
just checking in case the full table has a footnote or some other reference for these numbers.
thanks again!
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I used the below source. You made me look again and I see that it’s worse than I thought. He must keep his Muslim vote. It may be off but close enough to give the idea that Biden will lose MI if he keeps going the way he is or gravitate to support Israel. I find a more updated review on MI in the second link. My estimation may be off depending on how many Muslims he loses if he is pro Israel. If he is pro Palestine he wins. If it’s 250,000 Muslims or 300,000 it’s the same. He just needs to make those who voted for him to attend again. If he is pro Israel then it’s depends on how many he loses. If he loses 150,000 Muslims and gains a few Jews he still wins. So it’s worse than I thought because he is likely to lose more than 150,000 Muslims in such a case.
For MI it looks like he must satisfy the Muslims to win and therefore he is gravitating to Palestine. I am afraid that his advisors will persuade him to allow the formation of the Palestinian State in the UN to make an effective move to gain the Muslims.
But, that would be a mistake because he will lose many Christians in the US who voted for him and are pro-Israel. Also will lose PA and NV and many seats in many States including states that he will overall win. He will win NY by a small margin for example rather than the huge majority that he had.
Again it’s theory because there are other populations which are not mentioned.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/muslim-population-by-state
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/poll-shows-biden-support-slumping-michigan-muslims-rcna123732
I see why he is trying to end the war. This all thing is not good for him.
David: I realized a few days ago that Biden has to push hard, now, for a two-state solution, before the election, and this is feeding the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel “movement,” because the people who are behind the movement know that if Biden does not stay in the White House, the two-state solution will be dead for at least another four years.
In Gaza, Hamas will do everything to hold on, because they also know that, without a continued Biden presidency, support for Hamas will evaporate.
Biden is giving the “Palestinians” hope, which, we know from Jabotinsky, is the lifeblood of the “Palestinians”in their “struggle” against Israel.
I agree. 100%. I will not be surprised if he gets a declaration of a Palestinian state in the UN before elections. But it’s disconnected from the reality on the grounds. Obviously after 10/7 Israelis are less sympathetic to the Palestinian demands.
Eventually they will get a State but Israel can’t let them be militarized.
This is a real tangle.
Thank you david!
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David: Very interesting electoral analysis. I expect Biden to continue dancing around. The worse things look for Hamas, the more Biden will pressure Israel. I also expect the Democrats to incite more pro-Hamas demonstrations, because the Democrats thrive on chaos, division, and false controversy about “injustice.”
It reminds me the 2020 elections. At some point the BLM and riots started to look too bad and all of a sudden
the riots subsided. I think that it will get worse because the pressure in Gaza will increase.
Eventually they will have to stop it. But America is about to watch some of the worst of humankind in action in universities and more.
I hope Trump will he wise enough to manage it to his advantage.
In a recent rally people in the crowd yelled “Genocide Joe” and he said “they are not wrong”.
This kind of thing was a mistake which I hope is a one time slip.
He has an opportunity to win the elections just based on the disappointment of people with Biden. Both sides.
ARAB IRON DOME.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
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
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CHILD NOT CHOICE
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
STRENGTHEN MY HEART
Have mercy on me, my Lord and my God;
For I am distressed – in chains I am shod;
My tears flow like rivers – raging from strain;
My heart is pierced – my throat aches in pain!
My life spent in sorrow – and in deep regret;
My sins are before me – I cannot forget;
In repentance I seek You – for right relief;
Your loving kindness is – my refuge – belief!
Lord – affliction – has broken down my strength;
From helplessness, stress – I suffer at length;
My foes have encompassed me – all around;
They ravage me daily – destruction bound!
I trust in You, Lord – take comfort in You;
Come to my aid – Lord – Refresh me anew;
My life is in Your hands – if it be Your Will;
Calm the waters – from their raging – be still!
Feed me – knead me – with Your nourishing grace;
Through faith without fear – my weakness erase;
Infuse me with courage – and strengthen me;
Help me be steadfast – a stronghold like Thee!
Let me be glad and rejoice in Your love;
Assured in Your goodness sent from above;
Let me not – for one moment – be fearful;
Keep me far from unsure – doubtful – tearful!
Free me from distress – of body and mind;
Help me walk self-assured – no longer blind;
With my life in Your hands – deliver me;
From the throes of my foes – let me be free!
Strengthen My Heart – as only You know how;
Pour forth Your knowledge – understanding now;
Send in Your angels – with reinforcements;
Lift up my spirit – in inch increments!
Send forth Your Spirit – to enlighten me;
With knowledge – understanding – wisdom be;
A tower of strength – instilled in my heart;
Let not Your Spirit – from me nere depart!
Strengthen My Heart – my Lord and my King;
Let the indwelling Spirit – His power bring;
Your justice – Oh Lord – from on high rain down;
Let Your Heavenly Grace – be forever my crown!
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Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
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Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
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Reposted from April 23
22 April
Patrick Daniel Tillman Jr.
(November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004)
was an American professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. His service in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as his subsequent death, were the subject of national attention. This increased after it was revealed that he was killed by friendly fire.
The American Legion has a Post there in Phoenix. If you live or visit it is a great place to visit. I liked it so much I bought a Tillman shirt.
MMW
Sadly, I only have time to scroll through the Treehouse this am, but I wanted to extend my sincere thanks for this great presentation for a real patriot who gave it all. Ask and Ye shall receive!
24 April 2020 Harold Reid, American country bass vocalist (Statler Brothers – “Bed Of Rose’s”), dies of kidney failure at 80
Flowers On The Wall
24 April 2016 Billy Paul [Paul Williams], American soul singer (“Me & Mrs Jones”), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81
Billy Paul – Me and Mrs. Jones (Official Soul Train Video)
24 April 2016 Jan Henrik Kayser, Norwegian concert pianist (Grieg Prize, 1978), dies at 83
Harald Sæverud (1897-1992): Selected works for piano, perf. by Jan Henrik Kayser(orig. on BIS LP-73)
24 April 2014 Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, jazz and classical composer, and orchestra leader (State Estrada (Pops) Orchestra), dies at 85
Armenian State Jazz Orchestra 1974 Konstantin Orbelyan
24 April 2009 Rev. Timothy Wright, American gospel singer (Been There Done That), and pastor, dies from injuries sustained in a car crash at 61
Trouble Don’t Last
24 April 2001 Al Hibbler, American singer (“Unchained Melody”), dies at 85
While his wiki page skips any mention of a grammy, looks like he has 3 anyway
AL HIBBLER – UNCHAINED MELODY
24 April 1975 Pete Ham, Welsh rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Badfinger – “Without You”; “No Matter What”; Day After Day”), takes his own life at 27
Without You
Day After Day
No Matter What
Are you sure that’s not Duke Ellington?
Al Hibbler was blind.
Yes that’s Duke E. I posted a photo of Hibbler.
It is posted under his profile: that all I have to go by on these old ones.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/317856-Al-Hibbler
No problem MMW. Only us moldy oldies and/or big swing band aficionados would recognize the Duke from a photo.
Al Hibbler
Thanks GB.
24 April
Eugene Stoner
(1922-1997)
American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, dies of cancer at 74
Biography: Eugene Stoner was an American firearms designer, best known for developing the AR-15 rifle, which was later adapted into the military M16 and M4 Carbine rifles. His work has had a significant impact on the design of modern infantry weapons, particularly in the United States, where his designs have been widely adopted by both military and civilian firearms users.
Stoner’s career in firearms design began after World War II, when he started working in the aviation industry. His knowledge of lightweight aircraft materials would later be instrumental in his firearms designs, which often utilized alloys and plastics to reduce weight without sacrificing strength.
His first significant design was the AR-10 battle rifle in the late 1950s, a lightweight, gas-operated rifle that used advanced materials and manufacturing techniques. While the AR-10 did not achieve commercial success, it laid the groundwork for the AR-15. Introduced in the early 1960s, the AR-15 was lighter and smaller than its predecessor, firing a new, smaller caliber .223 round. The rifle was ultimately adopted by the U.S. military as the M16, which has remained in service in various forms to the present day.
After the success of the AR-15/M16, Stoner continued his work in firearms design, contributing to several other notable projects including the Stoner 63 weapons system and the Future Assault Rifle Concept (FARC). He worked in the firearms industry up until his death in 1997.
THE WARNING AGAINST WANTONING
“Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you.” Luke x. 20
As Christian workers, worldliness is not our snare, sin is not our snare, but spiritual wantoning is, viz.: taking the pattern and print of the religious age we live in, making eyes at spiritual success. Never court anything other than the approval of God, go “without the camp, bearing His reproach.” Jesus told the disciples not to rejoice in successful service, and yet this seems to be the one thing in which most of us do rejoice. We have the commercial view – so many souls saved and sanctified, thank God, now it is all right. Our work begins where God’s grace has laid the foundation; we are not to save souls, but to disciple them. Salvation and sanctification are the work of God’s sovereign grace; our work as His disciples is to disciple lives until they are wholly yielded to God. One life wholly devoted to God is of more value to God than one hundred lives simply awakened by His Spirit. As workers for God we must reproduce our own kind spiritually, and that will be God’s witness to us as workers. God brings us to a standard of life by His grace, and we are responsible for reproducing that standard in others.
Unless the worker lives a life hidden with Christ in God, he is apt to become an irritating dictator instead of an indwelling disciple. Many of us are dictators, we dictate to people and to meetings. Jesus never dictates to us in that way. Whenever Our Lord talked about discipleship, He always prefaced it with an “IF,” never with an emphatic assertion – “You must.” Discipleship carries an option with it.
Oswald Chambers
April 24th Devotional
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🛡🗡WARRIOR WEDNESDAY🏹⚔
Dreamboat Annie ,
To answer from last night ,
Yes , I have see Tom also 😊💘
Concerts were kinda my thing growing up . Little mini vacations 😊
Happy Week to You , Annie 🌻
oh good , ryder ♥️
and thank you for the reply..
(i’m usually not very good at that )
Good morning. I was going through some older pics and remembered this pic of my daughter on a horse.
Kinda reminded me of warrior Wednesday.
Stay well! Fight the good fight.
DD
Beautiful, Dan!
Love the “light” above …
And you do the same!
Mornin’ all.
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I’m assuming that was fake…
but man oh man!
A few days ago, this powerful message “spoke” to me.
Always appreciate the Godly wisdom of Spurgeon.
Daily reminder for self: Them: 10,000. Me: 20,000.
(Lord, Have mercy on me, a sinner.)
(LORD God)
“ … for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 3:19.b
Here’s a bit of meaningless trivia about Southern culture from days gone by.
When I was growing up, most Southern women always kept a pound cake in the house.
A staple, it fulfilled several needs – an unexpected visitor, celebrations, dessert, afternoon tea, or a slice (hunk) for breakfast with coffee.
I’ve gathered a number of recipes for this unadorned cake from family members, neighbors, friends.
Everyone seems to have “their” secret ingredient to make it special. 🤗
Whether it’s served plain, with whipped cream/berries, ice cream or icing, this simple cake fits the bill.
Hubs has been asking (pestering) me to make one, so I’ll ramble through the recipe box soon.
And my grandpa loved his pound cake with grandma’s chocolate icing.
Mmmmmm…
Uh oh
….. Ma’s left over fried pound cake comes to mind
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Why “uh oh” P?
Never had pound cake this way – but it must be good if it’s fried!
In butter, right?!
Yes; butter.
Here’s proof! 😂
http://comfyinthekitchen.com/2014/05/pan-fried-pound-cake/
I like blueberry sauce; easy on the sugar
-poured over a scoop of plain yogurt
-sprinkle some fresh blueberries
Danderously better than French toast
Sounds good, P! I like all those things, especially blueberries!
Gonna have to try this!
Thanks!
Love this MissDella keep those past memories present for we Elders are the gatekeepers. Peace
Thank you, Light …
Some of us are older with more time to tell our stories, and the younger ones don’t have time or interest to hear them!
Sad, but I remember it was that way when I was younger, too.
Now?
Would give anything to talk with my older family members, now departed.
Oh, the tales some of them had!
Good afternoon Miss Della,
Wish I had some of my grandmother’s lost recipes. Being a grandson I didn’t really appreciate how great her cooking and baking was until years later. She made the best fried apple pies and apple pies for example and you don’t appreciate it until you can’t buy it and cannot duplicate it.
Her daughter’s saved some but lost a few of her best desserts. She baked a homemade icing old style glazed cake that no one can repeat.
Hi Monti – that’s hard when we realize the blessings we once had with our loved ones are gone forever.
And, as you mentioned – no one can replicate their special touch. No matter how hard we try.
I’ve followed every step in my grandma’s handwritten recipes, and still cannot master her baking.
I can imagine those delicious apple pies, Monti.
We’ve had some long ago, in a mom/pop store in N. Ga mountains, and they were out of this world!
Well, Monti, we can remember them and thank the Lord for those memories and people He gave.
And one day we shall see them again.
I’m sure they’ll be waiting at the pearly gate to welcome us home …
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing well. – James 2:8
In his book Twelve Unlikely Heroes, theologian John MacArthur includes James, the half-brother of Jesus, as one of the unlikeliest. He asks, “What would it have been like to live in the same house and grow up in the same family as the Lord Jesus? What was it like for His brothers and sisters?”He asks you to imagine the daily reality of living with the incarnate God.
Mary and Joseph certainly knew all of Who Jesus was, but his siblings did not. Even his neighbors had no realization of Who was among them (Matthew 13:55-56). No mention is made in the Gospels of when Jesus’ family members came to recognize Him for all He is. But, by Acts 1:4, you see that James was counted among the apostles who were gathered together after Jesus ascended into Heaven.
James would become a pillar of the early church, the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem. At the end of his life, refusing to bow to the authority of the Sanhedrin, historians say James was accused of breaking the Mosaic law. Accordingly, he was sentenced to death, thrown off the edge of the temple, and then stoned to death by an angry mob.
This is the same James who wrote in today’s verse that the “royal law” is “to love your neighbor as yourself.” Many have questioned what James meant by the “royal law,” but the consensus acknowledges that for something to be royal, it has to have come from a king.
In calling the law of God and of Christ royal, James is saying that Christ indeed is King, and His command to love your neighbor is a royal decree.
If you keep the law of Christ by loving your neighbor, you are doing well, James says. Just a few verses later, he reminds you, “Whoever keeps the whole law but falls in one point has become guilty of all of it.”
Check your obedience quotient today.
Repent for those areas where you may have fallen short.
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you live according to the royal decree of King Jesus.
Pray for the many in America who deny the authority of the Lord, beginning with those in the highest positions of government.
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April 24
MORNING
The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. Gen. 21:1
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Psa. 62:8
David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. I Sam. 30:6
God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Gen. 50:24
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. Acts 7:34, 36
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. Josh. 21:45
He is faithful that promised. Heb. 10:23
Hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Num. 23:19
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matt. 24:35
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Isa. 40:8
EVENING
The eyes of all wait upon thee. Psa. 145:15
He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. Acts 17:25
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Psa. 145:9
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Matt. 6:26
The same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Rom. 10:12
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Psa. 121:1
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God. Psa. 123:2
The LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Isa. 30:18
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us:
this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Isa. 25:9
If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Rom. 8:25
Bagster
https://www.dailylightdevotional.org/04/0424.html
Good morning all.
Last night went over to Steve’s barn and we watched the winged sprint cars run down at West Memphis, AR on Flo TV. Envied those there in their T-shirts. Some good racing before a packed house. That dirt track was treacherous because it is only three miles from the Mississippi river and in it’s flood plain and after the sun went down water was bleeding up to the racing surface making some places in turns one and two slick and making the cushion of the high banked track sticky mud. The high line up against the cushion was fastest but if the driver got his right steer tire into the cushion it drug him into the wall. Several tore up the fence above the wall and one tumbled right over the wall and through the fence. Nobody was hurt.
This year Steve and I are going to try and make it to more races.
Yesterday here at my Indiana home it was an on again and off again all day soaker. Not a clap of thunder was heard and not much wind but we got enough rain for it to puddle up in the usual places in our yards. Glad we got the yards mowed Monday.
This morning it got down to 38 deg. F and now at 9 AM it is 40 F with wind at 10 mph out of the NW. Not a day for working outside.
Psalm 68. Powerful prayer for spiritual battles and triumph.
Pray Everyday
Thank you Duchess hearing sometime far outweighs reading. Peace
Texas power grid is already on the brink of failure.
LIVE: PRESIDENT TRUMP HOLDS A RALLY IN WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY – 5/11/24
President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a Rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
Watch LIVE on RSBN starting at 1:00 p.m. ET.
RSBN will have their excellent coverage, as usual.
The President Trump Train is rolling down the track to the huge win in November, 2024.
Calendar of all the remaining, republican primaries up to the convention in July.
Tuesday, May 7: Indiana primary
Tuesday, May 14: Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia primaries
Tuesday, May 21: Kentucky, Oregon primaries
Tuesday, May 21 California’s 20th Congressional District
Tuesday, June 4: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota primaries
Tuesday, June 11: Ohio’s 6th Congressional District
Monday, July 15: Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee
BREAKING: Candace Owens announces she has joined the Catholic Church
BREAKING: Candace Owens announces she has joined the Catholic Church (lifesitenews.com)
LIVE WITH JULIE – 04/24/2024
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
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TODAY’S SCRIPTURES:
Psalm 118:24
2 Kings 7:1-8, 16, 19-20
James 4:7
Deuteronomy 28:7
1 Samuel 30:1-8, 19
Ecclesiastes 1:9
Matthew 12:25
Luke 15:11-32
Philippians 4:13
James 4:2-3
Exodus 3:19-22
Proverbs 6:30-31
Ephesians 6:11-17
Galatians 5:1
Galatians 3:13-14
Galatians 4:7
Hosea 4:6
John 10:10
1 John 4:4
Deuteronomy 30:19
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DECLARATIONS, DECREES, AND DEFINITIONS:
Spend time with the Lord. He is with you wherever you go.
Speak God’s Words, declare them, and trust them.
Even when the enemy wants to turn up the heat, God is saying that the “heat” will not affect you.
God used Noah and so many others in the Bible to tell people about what was coming. He still uses people today to tell us what is coming to get us prepared.
God will always warn His people in advance.
The time is going to come when the warnings will cease.
Satan wants you to believe your feelings, thoughts, and what you see. He wants you to believe him and not God.
If you stay where you are, you will keep receiving the same things that you already have. God is telling you to get up and move forward.
Advance in the knowledge of God and start storming the enemy’s camp!
Stop being afraid of the enemies and take their camps by storm with the power of God.
The enemy always wants to intimidate right before he’s about to lose.
What should you do in the time of destruction? Encourage yourself in the Lord.
You’re in the Army of the Lord. You’re a child of the Most High God.
God loves you unconditionally!
You can’t fight a spiritual battle physically. You have to fight a spiritual battle with spiritual ability.
God wants you to get up, move forward, advance, and recover all.
God’s arms are always open for His Children to return to Him.
Break free, break forth, and break out from the chains that hold you.
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PROPHETIC WORD: ONE OF THREE – A TIME OF ADVANCEMENT –
A TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD – 04/21/2024 –
THIS IS A TIME TO BREAK FREE OF THE CHAINS THAT HAVE HELD YOU –
A TIME TO TRUST IN ME AND NOT IN YOURSELVES –
RECEIVE MY LOVE, PROTECTION, AND RESTORATION –
STOP LEANING ON YOUR FIVE PHYSICAL SENSES – LEAN ON ME –
I WILL GIVE YOU REST WHEN THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH UNREST –
I WILL TURN YOUR MOURNING INTO JOY – I AM ALL YOU NEED –
YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD –
IT IS TIME TO ADVANCE IN MY PRESENCE –
AND RECEIVE WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU !!!
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PRAYER FOR ALL !!!
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HIS GLORY WITH JULIE GREEN – 04/24/2024
PASTOR DAVE SCARLETT
https://hisglory.me/take-five/
Better today
than Caturday
hairball? lol
To be sure…
Talk about, poor taste🤪
Good Morning all, PSALMS 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
PSALM 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
PSALM 18:1 I love thee. O Lord my strength. KJV
EVENING PRAYERS
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Just got the quote for taking out the Chinese Elm that is too close to the NW corner of my house and the dead Spruce. $2,800.00. Told them to do it.
Will wait until late fall or early winter for the quote on trimming and thinning the other Chinese elm and the cotton wood.
Tomorrow:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL8qmWVb0AAkkcD?format=jpg&name=900×900
Excellent! Right on the money:
WHOA!! He has nailed the truth about a serious problem that hardly any in the MSM are even touching. He is correct about this crap starting in 2020 and accelerating in 2021 forward. Wife and I have been seeing this firsthand among our granddaughters’ generation (20-somethings)…..
The sad part is none of it had to happen.
It was all scripted, planned and agitated.
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen