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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✝️ Weekly Devotional, Monday May 25, 2026
Thank you ❤️🙏🫂🦅🇺🇸✝️
Thank you, Dan 🕊
Amen 💕
Luke 22:20 In the same way, after the supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you. [Some manuscripts do not have …given for you … poured out for you.]
Psalm 88:7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Revelation 13:8b All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.
Hebrews 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us.
Thank you, Donna. Blessings on you for faithfully doing this.
Thank you Dan. I send your Weekly Devotional to my grand daughter out in Colorado every week. She really appreciates them.
Have a great day.
Marti
Blessings Marti, that’s wonderful to know.
As the years pass, the focus is being lifted from myself and increasingly, indescribably placed upon my Substitute. I am less than nothing without Him.
✝️ 🇺🇸 🙏 Make America GOSPEL’d Again! 👍 🙏
✝️ Posting for WP
AMEN !!
“I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.” – Psalm 104:33
“Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.” – Psalm 103:1
The Weekly Remembrance:
“Amen”
“Same God”
“How Can They Live Without Jesus?”
J
Good to see you back. I missed your fellowship 🙂
I try to visit the site everyday, though sometimes I don’t have as much time as I’d like. All of you from the Treehouse are like distant family and until our grand reunion, when Christ returns, I look forward to coming here. 🙂 Thanks Dan!
J
Thank you, we feel the same!
Looking forward to our eternal treehouse reunion in God’s time ✝️🙏😇🦅🫂❤️
“Eternal Treehouse reunion,” well said! 🙂
J
Moghrey Mie Ya’ll 🙂
Howdy jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Jay 1776,
I can barely move. I’ll take about a dump truck of that coffee, my friend.
Almost all done packing. Just have to move incidentals… litter boxes and linens to the garage.
With all this effort, I doubt I’ll unpack it all again. My heart was wrung as I gave away my daughter’s unfinished crafts for other children to use them through the summer. My heart wrung as I packed her things in boxes wondering if she will ever touch them again.
satan is a horrible horrible criminal. Please protect yourselves accordingly. No one wants this level of grief and hurt. No one.
Heavenly father, I pray strength 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸 for JWoo
Thanks, Jay. Love you, bro.
Amen 🕊
Thank you, Donna. Prayers are appreciated and they are the most powerful help.
JWoo, I’m joining jay this morning in a prayer for you. 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you, M. Love you, Elizabeth, and your family. I deeply appreciate your prayers – I need them.
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🥓🇺🇸
Mornin’ Dear Woo
My heart aches for you. I had a very similar experience with my daughter many years ago. The almost constant anguish is indescribable. Many people, even in my family, offered her support, encouragement, false expectations, and of course it made a bad situation even worse if that were possible.
Her life was very negatively affected for years on end.
Thankfully, she is back in our lives. We freely express our love for one another, but the lost years and experiences are inevitably “there.”
I feel great gratitude and sadness at the same time.
Love and prayers to you.
Burro,
My heart is broken. As in – not sure I am ever going to be able to love another again. Even if she were to regain her senses, come back into my life… I’m not sure I could ever trust her again. I trusted her over and over and it put us both in great danger.
We were so close – almost like twins. She could literally read my mind. Now, I feel like – I carry and feel her pain. The nightmares are debilitating. I don’t want to be one of those who “could write a book about this some day” or as one former friend put it – I “can’t tell the story – because no one would believe it”. It is out of a horror movie.
I often think – what if I had acted differently and allowed the vagrants to stay? I felt my life – and hers – was in jeopardy, but I couldn’t leave her alone – else she would open the door to them. She is completely brain washed. We would have lost the apartment and been driven, justifiably, from the neighborhood. I regret saving myself. I regret so much. I regret putting her back on that smart phone where the predators got to her. She even stated that she felt safer with the flip phone – but her job at Hershey’s demanded her use an app for time in and time out functions. I thought she had realized – I thought she had broken free. I thought the police and fire department counsels were enough for her to “finally get it”.
I was wrong.
Then, I think – what if I would have died? The vagrants – even Savannah under their control – could have killed me in my sleep. I was so outnumbered. I wanted to help and I could not help any of them. I have the heart, hands, and mind to be a helper.
Truly, I think death would have been better for me. For this is no life at all. Savannah will carry heavy wounds from this – and it’s impossible to know how to help her and what infrastructure would be needed to aide in her recovery. No one has clear answers.
I joined the heart180.com ministries group for estranged families. I am being connected slowly to victims of human trafficking. I want to go full deep dive and work within the groups and the homeless encampments trying to help these kids – but I could not do that and do my job too. It’s an all or nothing thing. You can’t think of anything else. I could give two figs about bookkeeping anymore. I only look at it from the Biblical stewardship perspective – and I keep marching.
If someone wants to tell me how our country is on the right track – I point to social media and the mental illness overtaking our children. No one will convince me – things are getting better. They just don’t have to see the collateral damage until their cage is fully enclosed around them.
Sorry friend – I love your heart. I’m doing my best, but I’m trying to wake up from a really bad dream – and its my reality.
What a beautiful young woman.
I pray God will surround her with guardian Angels and bring her home.
Estrangement from ones children is heartbreaking.
I know all too well.
I’m sorry you went through such, Truli. It is a terrible, terrible thing. Especially with all the fear and uncertainty of our society – then throw a vulnerable kid into it surrounded by predators hell bent on keeping her theirs. It’s cultish. Elon Musk said it and people ridiculed him for it – but it really is a “mind virus”. I empathize with him totally and stand with him against it.
So beautiful, Woo
Recounting my interminable experiences about my child will not ease your mind, but testifying that there is light at the end of the tunnel might – and there is.
Is it a beacon? No, but it does shine and becomes brighter over time. ❤️
I thank you for your stories, Burro lady. They are hopeful. We must pray.
She was beautiful inside and out. She took up for the weak. Fought against evil. She was a prize for satan and God, nor her mother, will ever forget it.
Such a beautiful young woman – and she looks so much like her lovely mom.
“I often think – what if I had acted differently and allowed the vagrants to stay?”
A good friend’s relative did this very thing, dear ‘Woo. They brought their street “friends” in until there were 12 people crammed into a one-bedroom apartment . . . One of the scumbags kicked her autistic son out of his own bed and made him sleep on the floor! She was at her wits end . . . Then her “boyfriend” got busted and sent to prison. This scared his buddies and finally caused them to leave. These kinds of folks are really bad people, ‘Woo—they are not at all like us.
We are living in very dangerous times, especially for us folks who are of a certain age . . . For this reason I always keep my gun handy. I didn’t used to do this. But I sure do now. I never advertise that I have it but it is always there.
Please stay armed. And look after yourself, dear ‘Woo. Be safe and be well, love.
Praying for you and Samantha. Please Lord, give them strength to get thru all this grief and hurt.
Special prayers for you J as you have to deal with all this upheaval. Wish we from the tree house could come and help you with all the packing and moving. Even if it was just some fellowship and a cup of tea and prayers. We are all there with you.
Thank you, Marti. My daughter’s name is Savannah. I’ve posted a picture of her from her 19th birthday. She’s 20 now. We’ve missed her 20th birthday together.
I would like that fellowship very much. In our Heavenly neighborhood. I am looking forward to it and the relief away from here. Much love, friend.
I cannot imagine your heartbreak. I lost my daughter to cancer but we saw it coming and had time to accept it. But losing a living child may even be more painful. The only recompense is the hope that she comes to her senses and returns to those that truly Love her. I will pray for that outcome for you.
We walked with you through Niki’s death, Rob. We couldn’t be with you there in person – but certainly were in Spirit. Prayed so hard for her for the tide against her to turn. She is in His Care now and my prayers for your family are towards you, Sherry, and her daughter left behind. May God grant you peace and wisdom in the days ahead. Thank you for remembering Savannah. She’s my whole heart.
Dearest JWoo, I have come to the Open thread late today and am just know reading your posts and the responses. I have no words to raise you up being as I am myself am dealing with the loses in my life and am very grateful for your kind words expressed to me earlier on the other thread.
We here at the Treehouse are without a doubt a very special group of people in these times of strife and worry and be heartened that as individuals we are strengthened by others love and prayers.
Tomorrow will bring new hopes and opportunities and as you promised me that I will one day I will be with the one who is missing from my life I too pray that you will one day, on this earth , be reunited with yours.
With all my heart and soul, I LOVE YOU. DG ❤️
Love is stronger than hate. Truth comes through. You hang on to those precious objects of hers. They mean a lot to you, but they mean more to her — and they will be even more precious to her in the years to come.
I have seen this one played out so many times … and it is completely tragic. Do not move. Stay who you are and stay close to the Truth. She will come to see The Lie for what it is, and she will figure it out her own way, in her own time.
God Bless all of you.
On this Memorial Day
REQUIEM FOR A WARRIOR
Howdy benzy 🙂
Morning, Garrison
Hey benzy 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Hey, Jay… good morning
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Mornin’ Dear Garrison and Tink
Watching the President speak at Arlington. Then it’s out to the orchard to check out your offerings for today. Thank you, as always.❤️
Have a wonderful day, dear friend. Little ‘Tink sends you her best afternoon ‘purr . . . 🙂
Lol
25 May
Madam C. J. Walker
(1867-1919)
African American entrepreneur (First American self-made female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company), dies of kidney failure complications at 51
Biography: Developed a successful line of beauty and hair products for black women that made her the first self-made female millionaire in America.
The daughter of slaves Walker became one of the wealthiest African Americans in the country, “the world’s most successful female entrepreneur of her time,” and one of the most successful African-American business owners ever.
Walker was also known for her philanthropy and civil rights activism.
Passed her theater all the time going to trade school just N up the street, was rear ended @ a stoplight there in a 70 Duster.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Madam+Walker+Legacy+Center/@39.7760842,-86.1676592,81m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x886b50c85212a949:0x40d9ec076acf6781!8m2!3d39.776207!4d-86.1671883!16s%2Fm%2F02ps8pp?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDUyMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
25 May
Richard Morton Sherman
June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024
was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, “The Sherman Brothers were responsible for more motion picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history.”
Some of the Sherman Brothers’ best known songs were incorporated into live action and animation musical films including Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Snoopy Come Home, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Slipper and the Rose, and Charlotte’s Web.
Their best known work is “It’s a Small World”, written for the theme park attraction of the same name. According to Time, it may be the most publicly performed song in history.
Walt Disney/Sherman Bros.
25 May 2013 Marshall Lytle, American rock bassist (Bill Haley, 1951-55), dies from lung cancer at 79
Shake Rattle & Roll
25 May 2005 Ruth Laredo, American concert pianist, dies of ovarian cancer at 67
Rochmaninoff: Prelude in G major
25 May 1994 Eric Gale, American jazz, R&B, session and touring guitarist (Negril; Stuff; Paul Simon’s One-Trick Pony; Bob James; Grover Washington, Jr.), dies of lung cancer at 55
One Trick Pony
25 May 1981 Roy Brown, American R&B singer, songwriter (“Good Rockin’ Tonight”), dies of a heart attack at 55
Good Rockin’ Tonight
UPCOMING PRIMARY ELECTIONS
These are only the initial election dates. You will need to check the runoff date, if needed, for your state.
Example: The Texas primary runoff election is on Tuesday, May 26 – when we will give cornyn and chippy roy the final kick out of Texas politics.
With the recent supreme court decision on redistricting, there will be some states who will be changing their redistricting maps …. which will require new elections. Be alert incase you have to have another primary election in your state.
The democrat / RINO trolls will be trying to discourage MAGA / America First voters from voting for MAGA candidates. Don’t fall for their tricks. Have your MAGA list prepared to go into the voting both on your voting day. MAGA voters are turning out ……. do your part on your day.
We vote RINOs out in the primary elections, we vote democrats out in the general elections in the fall.
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Primary Elections on May 16, 2026 –
Louisiana has changed its primary election date for U.S. House seats, which were originally scheduled for May 16, 2026, and are now suspended until July 15, 2026, or a later date set by the legislature.
Primary Elections held on May 19, 2026
KENTUCKY — The MAGA voters turned out and replaced turtle mc connell and manic massey with MAGA candidates. Thanks!
Primary runoff election on May 26, 2026 ——— TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK.
TEXAS ….. The Texas primary runoff election is on Tuesday, May 26 – when we will give cornyn and chippy roy the final kick out of Texas politics.
Vote for Ken Paxton for Senator. Do not vote for John Cornyn.
Vote for Mayes Middleton Attorney General Do not vote for Chip Roy
Vote for Jim Wright for Railroad Commissioner Do not vote for Bo French
Primary Elections on June 2, 2026
California
Iowa
Montana
New Jersey
New Mexico
South Dakota
Primary Elections on June 9, 2026
Maine
Nevada
North Dakota
South Carolina
Primary Elections on June 30, 2026
Colorado
Primary Elections on July 21, 2026
Arizona
Primary Elections on Aug. 11, 2026
Connecticut
Primary Elections on Aug 18, 2026
Alaska
Florida
Primary Elections on September 15, 2026
Delaware
Here is a link that shows all of the states primary election dates.
https://ballotpedia.org/2026_election_and_voting_dates
One of my favorite songs about veterans. Deeply personal song written by Emmy Lou and Guy Clark about her father who was a Corsair pilot.
Beautiful song. Another of hers that is good is “Gold watch and Chain”
My favorite veteran song is by the Statlers. “More than a name on the Wall”
DD
Two Vietnam War era songs that stood out to me.
Bob Seger System. 2+2
Eric Burdon and The Animals. Sky Pilot. (Original full version)
Kris Kristofferson; Sky King
Scientists Discover Tea Tastes Best When Dumped Out And Replaced With Coffee
U.S. – A team of beverage scientists released a report on Tuesday that details an incredible discovery: tea tastes best when dumped out and replaced with coffee. – babylonbee
Agreed!
Here’s a Promise… none in Heaven are like you and me. They are all new Creations, blameless, honest, gentle, and True.
New bodies. Even new names that only God Knows. Healed. Restored. In the best shape we’ve ever been in that will never decompose or grow weary, sick, or insane.
And that’s why we should all want to go there… because we are sick to death of you and me.
Blessings Jake. Can’t wait to have you all in my Heavenly neighborhood.
So well said Woo! 🙂
J
Father God,
There are too few who know Your Word. You Gave it to us so we could know, so we could grow in knowledge and confidence… and that we would be able to recognize the schemes of the devil. And the devil is often dressed in sheep’s clothing and claims knowledge of You and can even recite Your Word to lead astray.
Father, more and more the mockingbirds crow. People can’t see the digital fencing… the proverbial forest through the trees. The theater, the distractions.
Father, as I mourn and lament for my captive daughter… so too do I mourn for Your captive Creation. I pray them FREE from manipulation and slavery.
Draw them, Lord. Draw them to Your Holy Word and cleanse them blameless through it. For if they only knew….
You Are removing our idols for it will only be in and through You… that we will Truly be Free.
Comfort the hearts and minds of the honest as they are persecuted… for as they are persecuted for honestly speaking Your Name and Ways… so too Your own Son was persecuted and hung on a cross. There is nothing new under the sun.
Come, Lord Jesus, come. Make all things new and cast out evil, liars, misleading, and pride. Destroy the wicked and raise the meak and equip them in Your Strength and Holy Mind.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
You are a blessing, JW-
The Lord bless you!
It comes with burn and skid marks, Art2deau. No one gets to know Jesus this intimately without clinging to Him quite tightly. Much love and blessings to you, as well.
We try to make other peoples’ journeys easier by sharing wisdom from our trials. Only for their own good and always for His Glory.
Father, hear our prayer!
J
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Saint Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza in Palestine (+ 420)
and
Saint George the Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer (+ 303)
please pray for and protect the remaining original Christians in the Holy Land and the Levant, especially the villagers of Taybeh in the West Bank, from the Evil One and his servants.
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Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Possibly the greatest Eulogy ever given.
Beautiful.
Truly the Greatest Generation.
I am moved to tears.
Thank you, rah.
I watch it every Memorial day. Your very welcome.
Yes, thank you rah.
Watching the wreath laying ceremony at Arlington. The Gold Star parent speakers brought tears. Such grace and dignity.
Today on this Memorial Day,Lord, we think of our lost warriors residing in Your peace and Your rest.
Yes. In my world it is a solemn day of reflection. Not a day for shopping.
If you look closely this flag is composed of dog tags.
Under the Tree by Catherine Swenson
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The Our Father
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.
Amen.
Birds of a Feather by Catherine Swenson
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Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them
Mornin Treepers
look see
Treepers
in a tree
I like the lil yellow one
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Heading Home by Catherine Swenson
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1 John 4:7-9
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Mo, I love all of these!
If you ever lack for material ck out Alice Ravenel Huger Smith.
I love her marsh paintings.
Mornin’ Mo
Heading Home brings a welcome smile.
Broadening my horizons!
Toby Keith at Trump Inauguration. American Soldier:
Last Summer Sun by Max Rive
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Psalm 87:1-3, 5-7
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Glorious things are said of you, O city of God.
His foundation upon the holy mountains
the Lord loves:
The gates of Zion,
more than any dwelling of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you, O city of God.
Glorious things are said of you,
O city of God!
And of Zion they shall say:
“One and all were born in her;
And he who has established her
is the Most High Lord.”
Glorious things are said of you, O city of God.
They shall note, when the peoples are enrolled:
“This man was born there.”
And all shall sing, in their festive dance:
“My home is within you.”
Glorious things are said of you, O city of God.
Patagonian Summer by Max Rive
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Alleluia, alleluia.
O joyful Virgin, who gave birth to the Lord;
O blessed Mother of the Church,
who nurture in us the Spirit of your Son Jesus Christ!
Alleluia, alleluia.
Rondane by Max Rive
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John 19:25-34
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Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.” There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.
Now since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for the sabbath day of that week was a solemn one, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken and they be taken down. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately Blood and water flowed out.
Mornin’ Idaho
A respectful Memorial Day to All in our Treehouse.
And a Glorious Memorial Day to you too, Soaz.
I can hear lots of twittering in our Treehouse this morning
Respectfully Yours (from Idaho)
I was in D.C. for a business meeting not long after the Vietnam Memorial was dedicated. I got up early for a morning run and decided to go to the memorial. I was all alone as I walked down into that “valley of death”. It was one of the most emotional experiences of my life which I shall never forget. Too many in my generation were lost.
Yes. An emotionally wrenching experience indeed. I lost several friends in VN. One was there less than a month when he was struck down.
My husband served in that era as a hospital corpsman. He was never sent overseas and has felt regret, because he thought he could have contributed. He mostly worked at naval hospitals and with a marine unit stateside.
Became an RN and worked at the VA hospital for 17 years. In those days, male nurses were rare, and many of our vets appreciated his advocacy. We all have our place.
My husband served in the reserves, but was never sent. One of his duties stateside was unloading body bags at the end of a runway on the west coast in the dark. What a blight that war was.
Oh Lord. Bless him.
My husband was also an RN in the Air Force. He was trusted and had the key for the narcotics drawer for the ICU in the base hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi. He saved some lives but also never went overseas since he was an only son. He worked as an RN for a few years but quit. I met him after all that, when he had gone back to college for a master’s degree. He passed 22 years ago on June 4, a veteran suicide. Hug your husband close.
FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ALL IN NEED OF PRAYER
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
QUIETLY WITH GOD | Soaking Worship Piano with Scriptures & Beautiful Nature for Deep Prayer
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Papa bluebird fetching mealwoms for littles back at the nest.
The best part of birding is to see the fledglings come full circle. Makes walking uphill in the snow every morning to refill feeders worthwhile 😍
A fledged red bellied and downy woodpecker have found the buffet.
I’ve been watching the Downy parents feeding their young at my suet feeder. So fun!!
EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE
Verse of the Day for Monday, May 25, 2026
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“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 (KJV)
COMMENTARY FOR ACTS 1:8
This book unites the Gospels to the Epistles. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Christian church from the ascension of our Saviour to the arrival of St. Paul at Rome, a space of about thirty years. St. Luke was the writer of this book; he was present at many of the events he relates, and attended Paul to Rome. But the narrative does not afford a complete history of the church during the time to which it refers, nor even of St. Paul’s life. The object of the book has been considered to be, 1. To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the miracles performed by the apostles, to confirm the truth of Christianity, as showing that Christ’s declarations were really fulfilled. 2. To prove the claim of the Gentiles to be admitted into the church of Christ. This is shown by much of the contents of the book. A large portion of the Acts is occupied by the discourses or sermons of various persons, the language and manner of which differ, and all of which will be found according to the persons by whom they were delivered, and the occasions on which they were spoken. It seems that most of these discourses are only the substance of what was actually delivered. They relate nevertheless fully to Jesus as the Christ, the anointed Messiah.Proofs of Christ’s resurrection. (1-5) Christ’s ascension. (6-11) The apostles unite in prayer. (12-14) Matthias chosen in the place of Judas. (15-26)
1-5 Our Lord told the disciples the work they were to do. The apostles met together at Jerusalem; Christ having ordered them not to depart thence, but to wait for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. This would be a baptism by the Holy Ghost, giving them power to work miracles, and enlightening and sanctifying their souls. This confirms the Divine promise, and encourages us to depend upon it, that we have heard it from Christ; for in Him all the promises of God are yea and amen.
6-11 They were earnest in asking about that which their Master never had directed or encouraged them to seek. Our Lord knew that his ascension and the teaching of the Holy Spirit would soon end these expectations, and therefore only gave them a rebuke; but it is a caution to his church in all ages, to take heed of a desire of forbidden knowledge. He had given his disciples instructions for the discharge of their duty, both before his death and since his resurrection, and this knowledge is enough for a Christian. It is enough that He has engaged to give believers strength equal to their trials and services; that under the influence of the Holy Spirit they may, in one way or other, be witnesses for Christ on earth, while in heaven he manages their concerns with perfect wisdom, truth, and love. When we stand gazing and trifling, the thoughts of our Master’s second coming should quicken and awaken us: when we stand gazing and trembling, they should comfort and encourage us. May our expectation of it be stedfast and joyful, giving diligence to be found of him blameless.
Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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God’s Comfort for Broken Heart | Verse of the Day – May 25, 2026 (Morning Prayer)
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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN
BE MY VOICE
CHILD NOT CHOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
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
MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN
THE HEART UNDERSTANDS
Poking and prodding the bear rarely works
He just lingers and shrugs and simply smirks
He curls up and cuddles in his lair alone
Where it is safe from prying eyes full-blown
How can they possibly see me for me
I have revealed little of who I be
Without a good-bye quickly left the nest
Under duress I simply failed to attest
They reached out to me when I needed help
I could hardly move or let out a yelp
The pain of the loss was fresh in my mind
I could barely sleep let alone unwind
And now it has been too long to explain
What happens to me over and over again
With what I must grapple day in and out
They have no idea what it’s all about
I could make excuses but that will not fly
I could explain the what where when and why
But that will not cut it a single bit
I just needed some time to deal with it
Ask anyone who has grieved a great loss
There are ups and downs a simple coin toss
There are ins and outs with nowhere to go
Let it all out – stop the back/forth to/fro
You have been patient with me this I know
As I struggle to find a path to forward go
While I come to grips with whom I can be
Without the love of my life tis hard you see
D01: 02/18/2024
THE HURTING HEART
From your heart a secret will be revealed
A proclamation that will be unsealed
Are you ready to live and love again
Or are you still stuck in paralyzing pain
Is your heart so broken it cannot heal
Are you guided greatly by what you feel
Are you frustrated or fearful to try
To break out of your prison and just fly
When you reach out to another do you
Cautiously contact in auspicious ado
While thinking inside it will lead nowhere
Impossible for anyone to care
Until you are willing to take a leap
Your hurting heart you are bound to keep
Forget all the feelings of days gone by
And quit driving yourself dizzy asking why
Over time the heart has mended and healed
You need not put up a protective shield
The past is gone you can never change it
No matter what you do to rearrange it
What is new can’t be compared to the old
Your experience now cannot be foretold
With each revelation comes enticement
With each step forward the excitement
So if you are coddling a hurting heart
You’ve defeated God’s purpose from the start
His Word says it’s not good to be alone
Nor is it right for love to be unknown
D01: 07/07/2023
A BROKEN HEART
Refreshing rain falls at dawn;
Pulsating pain throbs thereon;
Devouring dark woebegone;
Reliving rift cast upon!
Emptiness is – at best;
Openness to – be blessed;
Loneliness to fill the void;
Peacefulness to be enjoyed!
Knowing not just how to proceed;
Gasping; grappling to fill the need;
Betraying all so carefully taught;
Warbling woe – dolefully distraught!
Broken bastion defiled with sorrow;
Token turmoil signals the morrow;
Desperately dangling by a thread;
Covetously clinging to the dread!
Beckoning God a cry aloud;
Hearkening the Spirit avowed;
Awakening awe to exhume;
Allowing angels sweet perfume!
Attending attention to prayer;
Prostrating prevention to despair;
Lifting listlessness up on high;
Loving lowliness with a sigh!
Repenting; relinquishing all to Him;
Releasing; replenishing to the brim;
Lovingly laying the burden aside;
Securely saving a place to reside!
Reasonably realizing the vanity;
Bordering; basking on insanity;
Refusing reproving dangerously;
Anguishing; angering anxiously!
Lovingly, knowingly His Spirit He sent;
Imposing, imploring the need to repent;
Rebuking, relinquishing the control;
Disarming, disavowing His console!
Freely forgiving the fool heartedness;
Allowing His Love to replace distress;
Remembering love can conquer all;
Without love we are destined to fall!
Love of neighbor begins within you;
Loving yourself is critical, too;
Emotionally even and adept;
Protectively proper the heart is kept!
A heart that is broken can be repaired;
By His suffering and death; Jesus cared;
For all who are hurting and feeling reviled;
For all Jesus had compassion complied!
Suffering senselessly, He gave His all;
So you must do so that you do not fall;
The deception of evil is so perverse;
Resist all temptation; reverse the curse!
Feelings are not facts, but do cloud your mind;
No rational thought will you ever find;
With your feelings rampant out of control;
There’s no turning back; no way to console!
Give all your love and honor to Jesus;
He died on the tree to save and ease us;
When you are weak; it is He who is strong;
In His loving care is where you belong!
D01: 04/12/2013
Blessings, Duchess
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
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
#faith #god #psalms
prayeveryday777
https://rumble.com/v57jvfg-sleep-well-with-psalms.-psalm-91-psalm-121-psalm-3-psalm-4-psalm-139.faith-.html
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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️❤️❤️
♥️.❤️.♥️ Oh! Menagerie . . . This one reaches all the way into my heart and soul every time I listen to it.
I miss your separate post that accompanied this for a number of years.
Having come from a very-far-left family where this was nowhere to be found or heard, you’ve opened me up in precious and ever-so-patriotic ways.
🇺🇸☀️ God Bless you, Menagerie! ❤️🇺🇸
Evolution Hilariously Mocked and Debunked in Just Five Minutes
https://rumble.com/v7ac3q4-evolution-hilariously-mocked-and-debunked-in-just-five-minutes.html
I would suppose that the most avid evolutionists are now also evolved into a political class that believes supplanting their “higher” intelligence, (although sadly, somewhat “devolved” bodies) with what (some would argue) is exactly the opposite. In simple terms you’re willingly “devolving” into your ancestors from way back. With the aim of turning them into you – blue hair, piercings, scary tattoos, fat asses, and wild eyes. Gee, guys they left that behind 200 years ago. Where’s your evo???
“Gee guys” obviously meant – for “them” with the blue hair n stuff
From Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/references/75946-memorial-day?mailing_id=9964&subscription_uuid=0370124c-8f70-4763-b115-a22f500135e7
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Has anyone gotten a warning message when clicking on the Last Refuge site?
It looks like it’s coming from Google but we use duck duck go.
Switch to Brave.
I’ll give it a try. Thank you.
I’m going in through the main site, instead of email and getting on ok.
Thank you, that works!
I want to get a baseball cap celebrating the 250th birthday of the greatest nation on earth ever! But I would like to support a veteran or a veteran owned company that supports President Trump? Any suggestions? TIA
Hi – You may want to try nineline or gruntstyle. There are others as well, but they may be a good place to start. Don’t know if they specifically support President Trump.. Thank you.
At Eutaw Spring by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
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Justin Moore – The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home
What a great tribute.
J
Landscape by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
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Billy Ray Cyrus – Some Gave All
Great White Egrets in a July Shower by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
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Toby Keith ~ American Soldier
TEXANS ………… TUESDAY, MAY 26 …………..TOMORROW
Time for the Texas primary runoff election – when we will give the two RINOs, cornyn and chippy roy, the final kick out of Texas politics.
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Vote for Ken Paxton for US Senator ……………………………….Do not vote for John Cornyn.
Vote for Mayes Middleton for Attorney General …………..Do not vote for Chip Roy.
Vote for Jim Wright for Railroad Commissioner …………..Do not vote for Bo French.
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MAGA / America First isn’t just our motto, it is our duty!
Well, Biscuit and her sibs…welcome to Monday…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j9PKDxOcAJU
The best Cursday videos always come before or after Thursdays…
For the guys:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Nf9mjM-oHkE
My 21 year old uncle was KIA in WWII ……. tail gunner on a bomber in the mid-east and Europe.
I researched and received the “declassified” unit’s morning report that described the mission on which he died.
“January 14, 1944 – Target: Pontecorvo Bridge, Italy (9 planes)
S-2 report: Ship 6-H was seen to go down over target. Ship was burning and one wing was seen to come off.” All the men are Missing in Action.
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Non-military followup notes: As fate would have it, my uncle’s cousin just happened to be in the U.S. Army unit in the area and was on the “graves recovery” unit that went to the crash site ………. and recovered the bodies …. he later wrote to my grandparents and gave them the details of his death.
A few years after the end of WWII, his remains were sent back to the USA and I attended a service for his burial with my mother, his older sister.
We will never forget the sacrifice that he made.
I had two other uncles who served overseas in WWII and made it back.
Thank God for those who sacrificed so that we could live under our Constitutional Republic.
EVENING PRAYERS
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 night’s 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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Prayer Of Reflection On The Past Day
Loving Lord, as the day is coming to an end, I want to thank You for being with me in all that has taken place today. I also want to lay the whole day before You, asking that you would show me if there is anything that I have done to hurt or harm another person unknowingly, or if I have done anything that is displeasing in Your sight, or quenched the work of the Spirit in me, so that I may turn away from such things in the days that lie ahead.
Lord, I desire to do Your will in all things. I pray that You would cleanse me of any wrong thoughts or attitudes that may have surfaced in my heart today. Wash me in Your cleansing flood, I pray.
Thank You, that You are a God who forgives our transgressions when we are willing to confess them to You, knowing that such cleansing before You immediately draws us back into sweet fellowship with Yourself.
Give me a good night’s rest I pray, and may I rest quietly in Your loving arms in the knowledge that in Christ, I am eternally secure, due to Your amazing grace, for which I praise You. In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Evening-Prayers
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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
KEEP PRAYING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
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Father, hear our prayer!
J
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With extra prayers for Tina Peters
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Yes, we all dislike Hannity … but today in his time slot they’re running what looks like a scripted, put-together show that they probably run on their subscription side
… about recent mass shooters and attempted Trump assassins
They covered the Butler PA attempted assassination of PresTrump in which there were civilian casualties, one dead and two injured, I think
Then they profiled that midwest church shooter, the red-haired guy with the horse face — Robin Westman?
Worth a watch, if anyone can track down a clip later and post it here
Today’s Hannity show, May 25