✝️ Weekly Devotional, August 26, 2024 Temporarily posting for WP

“How great is the LORD,
how deserving of praise,
in the city of our God,
which sits on his holy mountain!”
 
– Psalm 48:1
 
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling.
 God sets the lonely in families,
    he leads out the prisoners with singing…”

– Psalm 65:5-6a

“Great Are You Lord”

Morning Ya’ll 🙂

There 7 of these wonderful Leo Brower arrangments of Beatles music for guitar and orchestra. The link said they should play in sequence. Let’s home this actually happens. . . 🙂

Today … Today … Today

LIVE: TRUMP ADDRESSES THE NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES IN DETROIT – 8/26/24

45th President Donald J. Trump will address the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.

Watch LIVE on RSBN. The start time is unknown and will be updated as we receive more information.

RSBN will have their normal great coverage.

Congratulations to the Florida Little League team …. you know President Trump would be one of their fans.

Little League World Series: Florida wins extra-innings championship thriller over Taiwan on chaotic walk-off bunt ….

Gods power in His Law

Psalm 119:165
Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
(ESV)

To know Him and make Him known

Good morning all.

Let everyone know what she really is.

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I agree with this assessment.

Hillel Fuld

@HilzFuld

Something tells me we don’t know the extent of Israel’s preemptive attack on Hezbollah last night.

Something tells me that this was extremely significant and will be studied and analyzed for decades.

Something tells me that this was the first time Israel took off its gloves and introduced Nassrallah to the increased (not full) capabilities of the IDF and its willingness to use them to protect its innocent civilians in the north and beyond.

Something tells me they got the message and are now trying to scramble and do damage control but we know, they know, and the world knows that Hezbollah and its puppet master, Iran, were deeply humiliated by Israel tonight. Again.

Go, IDF. Thank you for protecting us all!

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Rednecks


Pitcher threw to a teammate at 1st base who was not there.


Washed cat


Learning to crawl


aspen trees
flagstaff, arizona

David Bowie – Definitely one very different kind of somebody

Heroes



Queen – We Are The Champions


Proof from this 2017 video (recently reinforced by further tests), that the Shroud of Turin is real and authentic. It is most interesting that we should be having this confirmed at these times

Good chance that the Minneapolis area is ground zero today. Not just for tornadoes but also for large hail and straight line winds up to 80 mph.

Anyone in or near the enhanced area should have all the loose stuff outside like trash cans, lawn furniture, trampolines, etc secured by early afternoon today. Get your vehicles in a covered area if possible.

Storm chasers from all over started heading towards your area a couple days ago. So a lot of people who know weather think this is the real deal.

Success God’s Way
The Lord has a wonderful plan for blessing
and fulfillment in your life.

We achieve success only by relying on Jesus
for guidance and strength

I watched yesterday an interesting interview with an expert to this old conflict. Something was very interesting.
She followed very closely after the history and realized that it is not “the desire for a state” that motivate the Palestinians but “the rejection of the existence of a sovereign state for the Jews”. Therefore when they were offered 98% of the West Bank they didn’t go for it. Therefore you see that prior to the Jewish state they never demanded a “Palestinian State”.
The West Bank was under Jordan until 1967 and so was Gaza. I never heard them demanding a state from the Jordanian and Egyptian occupiers.

The Great Mufti that was the leader of the Arabs in what was then called Palestine (Jews and Arabs were both “Palestinians”) was close to Hitler and was working with him on how to exterminate the Jews in the Palestine area.

Every pole and survey done in those lands shows that they don’t want a Two State Solution. Their desire is “to eliminate the Jewish State”. Some would say “Two State Solution” as a step to eliminating the Jewish state. So as I said before the only way to solve this conflict is through education. Until then we will live by the sword.

I really think that it’s a psychotic state of mind. The “psychotic” is defined as one who seeks destruction rather than construction.

So now they lost some 40,000 people and almost 100,000 injured. Gaza is in ruins and will take decades to restore, they live by handouts and homeless and yet no voices for peace are heard. They could have given back the hostages and end the war but they don’t and still consider it as a “great victory”.

They killed so far 1648 Israelis and are still existing as a force so they consider it a “victory”.

It’s hard for a Westerner to grasp this frame of mind. “Peace” is not a value in the Middle East, “honor” is at the top, and the greatest honor is to die in war and killing civilians is considered “war”. That is Jihad. The highest religious honorable thing one can do. I can post here a video of women celebrating the death of their children and hoping that the other children will also die like that. Not everyone is so extreme but they respect the most those extreme people. I can post here a video from 10/7 of the terrorist who is on the phone with his parents and he is exhilarated with joy and pride and telling his parents on the phone that “he killed some eight or ten Jews with his own hands”, referring to families. The parents praise God and him for the great “achievement”, he brought them “honor”. This is not unusual. It’s a representation of the frame of mind of this society.

So below you see the video of the ruins left in a neighborhood in West Rafah after some fierce fightings. They still finisher it a “victory” so long as they are able to hold the hostages and fight.
Following I am posting two videos of random interviews in the streets of the West Bank. it’s very educational.
When they say “no right of Israel to exist” they mean a “genocide” like the 10/7 attack. So don’t be misled by the smiles. Maybe a few mean expulsion but in reality it means genocide. When they can they will commit another 10/7 in a huge scale.
This is also one of the reasons that Israel wouldn’t lose a war. It can’t. The last video is the Israeli view.

Global Accumulated Cyclone Energy at 72% of normal YTD.

Notice that the ONLY basin running above normal YTD is the North Atlantic. 

Global tropical cyclone activity has been trending down since 1997.

Once again it’s almost a sure thing it will be another bumper crop year for corn and soy beans in the US

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@SteveLovesAmmo

Tim Walz – “There is no guarantee on free speech.”
Joe Biden – “No amendment (in the Constitution) is absolute.”
Kamala Harris – “It is time to ban assault weapons.”

Donald Trump is correct. November 5th is the most important election in American history.

In recent days, much has been made of RFK Jnr’s voice. I saw his sister interviewed today and it seems that she has the same condition.

That condition is called Spasmodic Dysphonia.

It’s a real bastard!

I also suffer from it. My specialist in Australia has studied and practised in America and I think he has previously been RFK’s attending physician. I saw earlier threads on here that surmised that RFK Jnr drinks honey based concoctions to help him speak better. I can tell you that I never had to do that. Rather, I had to have 2 Botox injections directly into the vocal chords every 3 months. This only brings temporary improvement and only at about 70% full capacity.

The condition is inoperable, there is no known failsafe remedy for the condition and perhaps RFK Jnr’s stance on foodstuffs and vaccines has shaped his opinion on whether or not to have the injections. I once watched the procedure on a monitor as the doctor’s needle passed through my neck, into my throat and into each vocal chord. The mere thought of it is nauseating. After watching it ‘live’, I fainted while approaching the reception desk on my way out.

I moved interstate 8 years ago and no-one else in Australia has the expertise to carry out the procedure, so I no longer get injections. After a brief 2 year period of vocal strength, which I put down to an improved diet and daily 4km walks, my voice has steadily fallen off a cliff. Nowadays, I barely talk and avoid the telephone at all costs. It’s difficult to communicate as part of everyday normal life and I have lost numerous old friends because of it. People think I’m aloof or rude.

I say to those who try to interpret anything about RFK Jnr’s motivations for endorsing Trump, based solely on his voice and speech difficulties: find something else to hone in on!

The color of meteorites. Seen blue, green. and red. But never orange or purple best I can recall.

Greetings Treepers!

We lost another chicken to a raccoon 🦝 yesterday. Constant vigilance is impossible and doesn’t always pay off.

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Thank you Heavenly Father for another chance to do the right thing, In Jesus Name, Amen.

Lady,

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August 26

MORNING

Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Exo. 28:36

Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Heb. 12:14

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Isa. 64:6

I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. Lev. 10:3

This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Ezek. 43:12

Holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. Psa. 93:5

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. John 17:19

Seeing … that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us . . . come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Heb. 4:14, 16

EVENING

My cup runneth over. Psa. 23:5

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. Psa. 34:8-10

His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lam. 3:22, 23

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. Psa. 16:5, 6

Whether … the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your’s. I Cor. 3:22

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Eph. 1:3

I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Phil. 4:11

Godliness with contentment is great gain. I Tim. 6:6

My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:19

 Bagster
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He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.      –   Titus 1:9

 
Standards are essential—everyone needs them. Cooks rely on a teaspoon of baking soda being truly a teaspoon, just as truckers trust that a gallon of diesel fuel is actually a gallon. The necessity for accuracy in weights and measures was observed by John Quincy Adams in the early 1800s at a time when they lacked uniformity. He said, “Weights and measures may be ranked among the necessaries of life, to every individual of human society. They enter into the economical arrangements and daily concerns of every family. They are necessary to every occupation of human industry; to the distribution and security of every species of property; to every transaction of trade and commerce…” 

Imagine the chaos that would exist if every person had his or her own “truth” about the size of a pound of ground beef. You would not accept that. Yet, many followers of Christ have become accepting of others’ beliefs about moral issues, the worldview, and what the Bible has to say. There are deep divisions in America, and many of them center on moral issues—issues about which the Bible has set clear standards. 

President Ulysses S. Grant said, “Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of our liberties; write its precepts on your hearts and practice them in your lives. To the influence of this book we are indebted for the progress made in true civilization, and to this we must look for our guide in the future.”

In today’s verse, Paul tells Titus this is especially true for leaders and teachers in the church. However, every believer should cling to God’s standards, without apology, being ready to defend them when challenged. “Rebuke those” who contradict the Word, today’s verse says. Theologian Dr. G. Campbell Morgan said, “There are forms of evil which require the surgeon’s knife. The reason for the severity is that the highest purposes of love may be realized.” Stand for what is true and do not waver. Pray for pastors, teachers, elders, and others who are held to this high standard. 

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How singing popular Christian hymn Amazing Grace for ten minutes can reverse the effects of heart disease


US researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin studied the impact of singing a variety of different songs on the blood vessels of older people with heart disease.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13779209/singing-popular-Christian-hymn-Amazing-Grace-reverse-effects-heart-disease.html

A story by an Israeli female sniper who survived a suicide bombing where her whole family was killed

She was left mute due to shrapnel damage to her vocal cords

“It’s been 15 years since that day, and it’s now more relevant than ever. 
I’m not the young girl I was then. 
Now, I’m absolutely ready to do whatever needs to be done, this time in the North. 

A Poem about Hamed:

 Hamed was just nineteen years old, 
She was just twenty-three, 
That Israeli soldier who would write Hamed’s destiny. 

Hamed was just a boy, But with a promising future that he could have had. 
Then, a teacher filled with hatred Turned Hamed bitter and somewhat mad. 

He lived in a small apartment. 
In Jabalya in Gaza, it was in, 
His mother would tell him stories of old, 
About parts of the Levant that Hamed had never been. 

One day his evil teacher gave Hamed his suicide belt. 
She told him what he needed to do 
And only hatred Hamed felt. 

The soldier was with her unit. To find munitions they knew were there. 
They got close to Jabalya. Where Hamed’s destiny she would share. 

She took her place atop a building 
Looking down upon the street,
When a group of kids were throwing stones that landed in front of the soldiers’ feet. 

Hamed was among them. Throwing stones to draw the soldiers in. 
The soldier watched from the sight of her rifle 
As Hamed’s destiny would begin.

 As Hamed began to move forward 
Closer to the soldiers he would get, 
The next action he would then take, 
A chain of tragedy it would set. 

He raised his arms to throw another rock, 
The soldier glimpsed the hidden belt, 
She froze with fear as she caught sight of it 
Because of her worst fear it had dealt. 

It flooded her with memories of the day her family died, 
She took a breath and wiped away her tears, 
She watched Hamed’s every movement 
The reality of the moment hit her before she cried. 

She knew exactly what she had to do, 
Hamed had no idea she was there. 
From 300 yards away, she watched him 
He closed his eyes, he now did not care. 

“Allahu Akbar” he began to shout, 
Then he whispered, “mother, goodbye”, 
That’s when the soldier pulled the trigger And shot Hamed straight through his left eye. 

She just lay frozen, gripping onto her rifle, 
As Hamed dropped dead to the ground, 
She felt any joy or satisfaction, 
She was just shaking, she didn’t make a single sound. 

Many lives were saved in that single instant, 
Not just the soldiers but a dozen Gazan young, 
Hamed’s destiny was to die that day, 
But her destiny had just begun.

She felt pain and anguish only, 
She had never, until that moment, had to take a life. 
The sorrow she felt before and after, 
Cut through this young soldier like an unforgiving knife.

She couldn’t speak a word or make a sound 
Her mind was flooded with what she just had to do. 
Her team embraced her and kept telling her she’d saved them, 
She was still shaken, but they knew. 

Hamed could have chosen differently, 
He was just a boy yet this was his choice. 
She was shaking as she signed to them all of her heartbreak, 
It was not a moment she would rejoice.

This may have been the first time she had to take a life, 
But her people’s enemies made sure it wasn’t her last. 
Each time was that little bit less harrowing 
As she learned to let go of her painful past.

 Over time, she lost a bit of her humanity 
As she realized the necessity of what she did. 
Her mortal enemies would never stop unless they were stopped, 
And into a cold, emotionless heart, the soldier slid. 

Now, the story here is sadly true, 
It’s a story of a pre-chosen destiny, 
You see that young Israeli soldier… 
Well, that soldier was me.” ~ Cheryl
CherylWroteIt

https://nitter.poast.org/ImtiazMadmood/status/1827629681824153875#m

From my neck of the woods…

“We have seen parents across the state who are so tired of people, young people, being told to hate their country or not be proud of their country,” Walters said. “We want our young people to be proud of our country. Sounds like a lot of patriotic students at the school, and we want to encourage them to show love for the country.”

– Ryan Walters, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction

https://www.news9.com/story/66cc49d2bb609e89fca2cba5/protest-planned-at-edmond-north-high-school-after-student-told-to-remove-us-flag-from-vehicle

The same Ryan Walters under fire for encouraging bibles back into the classroom.

Verse of the Day for Monday, August 26, 2024

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“But our God is in the heavens:

he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.”

Psalm 115:3 – KJV

Thank You, Jssus, 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

JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

CHILD NOT CHOICE



PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing 

#psalm91 #psalms #prayer

Pray Everyday

https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html

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Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.

#faith #god #psalms

Pray Everyday

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!!  ❤️❤️❤️



Just because! Cheer you up and make ya chuckle video

26 August 2022 Mable John, American blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist (Tamla-Motown; Ray Charles; “Your Good Thing (Is About to End)”), and minister, dies at 91

Your Good Thing

26 August

William James
(1842-1910)

American psychologist (The Principles of Psychology) and philosopher (Pragmatism), dies at 68

Biography: The first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States, he was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century and is believed by many to be one of the most influential philosophers in American history.

He was the mind behind Pragmatism, America’s most important philosophical school.