Do you know thyself?
The questions that should not or cannot be answered with words! They are “self” and only you can answer those questions, most cannot.
Why is it important to know thyself? It is your heart where all “loves” emit or reside. Many are selfish and that is why we turn away and do not want to know, “it is a terrible thing to be in the presence of the almighty” HEB 10:31
It is our motives and perspective projected to the world.
This body and world is our prison to use as rehabilitation of oneself. Jesus received a new body, an eternal body, he lived without separation from his father. He was pure without blemish, he embodies truth, love, wisdom, peace, perfection.
Who are you? A question that cannot be answered with words.
There are a multitude of just such questions, you ask within and need to answer in truth. They are not limited to our self, but to those we find in our lives. Id say know, but that is relative. We only know what a person knows about themselves, and again it is limited by selfish desires.
The cross!

Portrait of the Artist’s Children: Tadeusz, Helena and Beata,  Jan Matejko
Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Ozzy now Hulk Hogan. I’m gonna need a minute.

RIP The Hulkster

Adam Taggart’s Thoughtful Money you tube channel this morning had on both Darius Dale and Luke Gromen and it was an enjoyable discussion as they cover the One Big Beautiful Bill, the Fourth Turning, and how they approach guiding their financial clients through this period of change, so wanted to share as they do make some good points to be aware of.

It’s 1 hr 27 minutes, titled “Why Money Printer Go Brrrr is our inescapable fate”.

Love’s Jewelled Fetter,  Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
American Bandstand 1967 – Gimme Some Lovin’, The Spencer Davis Group

The Love Letter, 1750 Francois Boucher
Box Tops – The Letter 

Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875 Claude Monet
Oliver! (1968) – I’d Do Anything Scene

RIP

Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/24/jazz-legend-chuck-mangione-dead-at-84/

Pleasures of the Ball, c.1715/17 Jean Antoine Watteau
Johann Strauss – An der schonen blauen Donau

Swans in the Reeds-Caspar David Friedrich
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – The Kirov Ballet

The Rehearsal, c.1873/78 Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas 
Grand Pas de Deux – Adagio’ – NUTCRACKER (Tchaikovsky)

Evening Prayer For Forgiveness

Heavenly Father, thank You for bringing me through this day and Lord, forgive me for the times when I have wandered outside Your best will for me, instead of trusting You implicitly.
 
Thank You, that You are such a gracious Shepherd to me and that You come and rescue me even when I lose my way and stray from the path that You have laid out for me.
 
As I look back over today, I know Lord that there were things that I should have said and done differently, and times when I reacted in a manner that was not honouring Your holy name. Forgive me I pray, but thank You, Father, that You always faithfully prepared to gently bring me back to Yourself.
 
Give me a good night’s sleep I pray, knowing that there is no condemnation because I am in Christ, and may I wake up in the morning refreshed and ready to do Your will. In Jesus’ name I pray,
 
Amen.

Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Evening-Prayers
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Evening Prayer For Future Guidance

Heavenly Father, as I lie down to sleep tonight, I pray that You would guard my sleeping and protect my mind from wandering thoughts and unnecessary planning. Teach me to wait for Your perfect timing and not to try to plan my future in my own strength.
 
Lord, I know that You have scheduled every day of my life. Help me to trust You in all things and rely on You to lead me along the straight path and guide me in the direction that You would have me to go.
 
Give me patience to wait for Your perfect timing, and may I not trust in my own abilities and scheming, but rather rest in Your love and trust my future into Your hands.
 
And so now Lord, I commit this night to you, asking that I would rest soundly and wake refreshed and strong to do Your bidding. This I ask in Jesus’ precious name,
 
Amen.

Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Evening-Prayers
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Prayer Of Thanksgiving In The Evening

Praise Your holy name Heavenly Father, for granting yet another day in my life and for being with me every step of the way. Thank You for the many blessings that You have provided and the love and fellowship that I have with the friends and family that in Your grace You have placed in my life.
 
My heart is so thankful for all the many blessings that I enjoy day by day, and today I am once again reminded that Your mercies are new every morning and Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation.
 
Thank You, that I have been brought into Your family and have been made a child of God and a citizen of heaven. Words cannot express my love and devotion to You Lord
 
I pray that You would watch over me as I rest tonight, and that You would give me a restful nights sleep so that I may wake up in the morning refreshed in body and spirit and ready to do Your will. Guard all those that I love and may we all grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ in the days that lie ahead. This I ask in His precious name,
 
Amen.

Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Evening-Prayers
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For followers of Gates of Vienna, the site is back up after technical repair

For Americans considering a trip to Europe, this article seems pertinent

I won’t post the photograph of the American victim

An American Tourist Gets Culturally Enriched in Milan

Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk

Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly Full Movie | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) | Classic Musical

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Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly Full Movie | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) | Classic Musical

Three Hollywood legends in one delightful musical! Join Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Esther Williams for this fun-filled story of baseball, romance, and vaudeville.

About the movie:

In the early 1900s, two members of the “Wolves” baseball team, Eddie O’Brien (Gene Kelly) and Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra), are also talented song-and-dance men in the off-season. Their world is turned upside down when the team is inherited by a new owner, the beautiful K.C. Higgins (Esther Williams). Romance and rivalries bloom as the two players vie for their new boss’s attention, all while trying to win the pennant and fend off a crooked gambler. The film is packed with wonderful songs and spectacular dance numbers.

Starring: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett
Director: Busby Berkeley
Genre: Musical, Comedy, Romance
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10

Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly – Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Hulk Hogan

Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight

Goodnight Friends
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Amen

On behalf of auscittizenmom.
KEEP PRAYING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP

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.

Thank you Father, for Your love and the gift of Life.

A prayer for members of the CTH that they remain strong and clear thinking and that the site remain a bastion of freedom and continue to spread the facts of our current dilemma to millions in this country and across the globe. That the light of freedom inspired by our Creator and enshrined in our founding never be extinguished by acts of man.

In Jesus Name me Pray.

Laughed so hard when this tune came out. I was red pilled before it was cool. Nice video from Miami Vice.

sunset
skaket beach
massachusetts

✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.