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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Not Ashamed
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
The Apostle Paul uses three wonderful phrases in Romans One: “I am debtor” (Ver.14), “I am ready” (Ver.15), and “I am not ashamed” (Ver.16).
As God’s appointed Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul declared: “I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise”.
The gospel now was no longer to be confined to Israel, but was to go to all nations, and Paul felt himself a debtor to proclaim it, first because God had appointed him to do so, and second, because he held in his hands that which would save the lost. He was morallyobligated — and so are Christians today.
Notice: the Apostle did not say, “I am debtor, but” and then begin to give a thousand excuses, as so many Christians do. He said: “I am debtor…SO…” and his fidelity to his call is seen as he adds: “So, as much as in me is,I am ready to preach the gospel” (Rom.1:15).
Oh, that the millions of Christians today would join Paul and say: “I AM READY to preach the gospel with all that is in me”.
But in Verse 16, the Apostle explains why he was ready to put his all into proclaiming the gospel to the Gentiles:
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; unto the Jew first and also to the Greek [Gentile or Nations]” (Rom.1:16).
Many thousands of Jews had already come to trust Christ as Saviour, but the good news of Christ’s finished work of redemption was — and is — “the power of God unto salvation to EVERY ONE that believeth”.
Surely there is no other way. None of the pagan religions can give the assurance of salvation. They all represent efforts to find or earn salvation. Only the gospel, the good news of our Lord’s payment for sin can give us the knowledge, the assurance and the joy of salvation from sin.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/not-ashamed/
Romans 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Have wonderful and blessed Sunday, Treepers. To find our Lord all you have to do is open your heart and reach out. He’s always there, waiting. But you have to make the first move. My advice is this: if you are hurting and in need—just do it. He will be there for you. Promise.
What a beautiful rendition! Thank you for sharing. I love this song and I want it to be played at my funeral, or celebration of life as they call it these days. I’ll Fly Away, and Peace in the Valley.
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On this day ~
June 6, 1844
✝️ Twelve men created the Young Men’s Christian Association. A strong argument can be made that Christians in voluntary associations have done more good for the world than all its governments put together. One such association was the YMCA. The era was one of evangelical advance. Associations to deal with the dreadful social and moral consequences of the Industrial Revolution were springing up everywhere in Protestant countries. The YMCA hired a hall and assumed the task of reclaiming men through lectures, sermons, exercise and wholesome amusements. The organization caught on like wildfire. Before the turn of the century it had achieved a membership of 150,000 in Britain and half a million in America, with thousands of branches worldwide. Today the YMCA does not have the evangelical impulse it once did. Though now largely forgotten, its early Christian ideals gave rise to an organization which bettered the lives of millions.
Like far too many churches, the YMCA and YWCA have forgotten Christian Bible doctrine and became a social organization.
There are many many social organizations competing for membership. Lots of choices…
But there is only one Bible, one God, one Jesus. Is your church teaching accurate doctrine through the week or is it a social club with a sermon on Sunday?
What is the fruit?
If that doesn’t scare you then your dead inside.
D-Day
June 6, 1944, is known most commonly by the term D-Day and refers to the landing of Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy, France. Troops staged one of the most pivotal attacks against Germany during World War II.
The codename Operation Overlord became known as the beginning of the end of World War II. Following the Battle of Normandy along a 50 mile stretch of beaches, including Utah and Omaha Beach, the attack became known as D-Day. While many explanations exist for the name, one reason may be due to the military countdown. The countdown designated the day and hour of the assault. D represented Day and H represented Hour in the military.
The battle liberated Northern France. Britain, the United States and Canada sent more than 160,000 Allied troops under the leadership of General Dwight Eisenhower. The troops manned more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft the day of the initial landing.
After nearly five years of war, D-Day represents a vital turn in the war. During World War II, much of the world faced tragedy and hardships. D-Day continues to be a significant point in the war.
About 9000 killed that day.
Just read a local French ? artist draws stencils on the sand with volenteers to make a profound sight of just how many fell.
Never gets covered by US press
The Longest Day
Have a link by handy? If not, I will look it up. Sounds pretty amazing.
sorry not sure where I saw it
Peut-etre ici?
https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/374713631472208200/
The US dead that day was about the same number as those that laid dead on the Wheat Field at Gettysburg at the end of the 2nd days battles. According to contemporary accounts, one could walk from one side to the other of that field without their feet touching the ground the bodies were so thick.
That was done on Peace Day in September 2013 to honor the D-Day fallen soldiers.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2429903/Peace-Day-Reminder-millions-lives-lost-war-artists-stencil-9-000-bodies-Normandy-beach.html
A friend of mine was on the first wave on Omaha, he passed a few years ago and I miss him so much. I called him or went to visit him every single D-Day. My heart will always be filled w/gratitude that he could and would tell his stories, he had a wall of medals to back them up. Whenever I would ask how he was doing, his answer would always be the same, “I am doing all right, I am above ground”, just one of those sayings that hold significant meaning that most would not understand in the ways that he understood it.
I grew up around WWII vets. I remember when I was very small sitting under our kitchen table while my dad and our neighbor talked about the war. My neighbor had been a navy chief in a PT boat squadron in the battle of Guadalcanal . I remember him, describing how the the Japanese navy come down “the slot” every night to shell Henderson Field. All we had to oppose them was this one squadron of plywood hulled PT boats. They went out every night to oppose Japanese destroyers which mounted 5in guns and were every bit as fast as our PT boats.
Amazing as a little kid how those stories stick w/you. I think in some ways by hearing and knowing their stories as children it made us, our generation, better people. Maybe it was just their fortitude and attitude that rubbed off on us, it is part of our DNA.
Yep.
“All the great milestone events in military history have a strategic element, a logistical element, and an operational element.”
Most people know the code name Overlord. It was the code name for the actual invasion of the beaches. But everything that came before it and after it to sustain the troops ashore, to make it logistically possible to hold and grow the lodgment, came under the code name Neptune.
The fact is that the key restraint that forced the allied political leaders and strategic planners to realistically base their decisions on what they could do, instead of what they wanted to do, was shipping. This was even a factor in determining what day would be “D-Day” when Ike put back the invasion by a month because he did not have the minimum number of LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) his planners determined were needed to carry out the invasion in May as originally planned.
Neptune is a joint British-United States Operation, the object of which is to secure a lodgment on the Continent from which further offensive operations can be developed. It is part of a large strategic plan designed to bring about the total defeat of Germany by means of heavy and concentrated assaults upon German occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, the Mediteranean, and Russia.
Top-secret Neptune operation order no. BB-44, May 20, 1944.
It is fitting that we mark this day every year when the youth of multiple free nations demonstrated to all, except maybe Hitler, that they were up to the task of defeating an enemy who’s young people had been brought up under a highly disciplined totalitarian regime which from the beginning groomed it’s population for war.
But there is far more to the story than that. The effort of the allies to get to the point where they could successfully invade occupied France was a long and torturous one. Nothing like that alliance which fought it’s way ashore on that day had ever even be attempted. “It is better to have a known enemy than a forced ally” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Many of the superlatives so often noted for D-Day which give an idea of the scale and complexity of the operations are those of Neptune. Over six thousand vessels, more than a million men, PLUTO (Pipe Line Under the Ocean), Mulberries, etc.
It is one thing to get ashore. It is quite another to stay there and expand your bridgehead in order to have the room needed to maneuver and built a base of supply. It can be argued that the key objective of Neptune “to secure a lodgment on the Continent from which further offensive operations can be developed” was met on June 6th. But I find that argument to be dead wrong. Most of the planners never doubted that they would get ashore. The doubt was in their ability to stay ashore. And that doubt was based on the difficult logistic realities.
The invasion of Normandy was in essence an amphibious Blitzkrieg. The Allies were invading a defended shore in an developed occupied nation having extensive road and railroad nets. High speed Avenues of Approach which provide the defenders a substantial advantage as they can quickly move their forces to counter the threat and supply such forces using the same avenues. The invaders on the other hand had to bring everything ashore by ship or aircraft. Everything! And all of it would all have to come over those same beaches the troops were coming ashore on. And the ability to do that. To sustain an effort where the logistical requirement of the forces on shore would only grow as their numbers grew, was the big question.
So mark this day as the great victory on the battlefields that it is. But don’t then forget abut it until next year because without the massive effort to sustain it would have ended in defeat and what occurred in the next 6 weeks afterwards is when the larger battle was won.
Thank you for this history!! We are blessed to have had such strong men!!
we don’t tell you often enough how much we appreciate your posts – especially the history ones
Thank you
The French had Commando Kieffer there… crack outfit!
Kieffer was from that area. Before the war he had lost plenty of Francs, much 0f his family’s fortune in that Casino he led the attack on.
My grandfather crossed Utah beach with 79th infantry division.
I remember every day as his helmet hangs on the living room wall next to mine.
And to think that I played with it growing up and didn’t even know where it had been
Of all his stuff that is the most treasured of the possessions.
My late father was in the 82nd Airborne glider unit that was part of this D-Day operation.
NATIONAL APPLESAUCE CAKE DAY
Each year on June 6th, National Applesauce Cake Day recognizes a delicious and easy treat. This tasty applesauce cake offers an opportunity to share a slice (or two) of a cake that comes in a variety of recipes.
I have a recipe for applesauce cake, except it is called Jewish Mother Cake. It is a mighty fine cake that gets gobbled up.
Please share the recipe! It sounds great. We love applesauce.
Give me a few days, will be happy to post it.
Thank You. I would really appreciate it.
My grandmother made the best but my wife makes excellent applesauce bars.
I have a 2 CD set of the Linda Ronstadt /Nelson Riddle recordings. It was raining here in Texas so I spent the afternoon listening to these wonderful performances. I hadn’t listened to the CD’s for quite some time so I was immediately impressed with how much better the performances sounded.
Even though my computer is getting old, it has some good components. About two decades ago I bought a pair of Klipsch computer speakers. Although small, being Klipsch, they have horn tweeters. They actually sound great.
These have served me well over the years and, listening to them today, the CD’s sounded lot’s better than what I hear over the internet. Peter Asher produced the Ronstadt and Riddle performances. They are now regarded as music history recordings. Listening to them today on a pretty good sound system showed me why that’s true.
If you’re interested, I think the Ronstadt/Riddle CD’s are still available. They really do sound better.
list=PLoDH1jJDcQEQPeTVsuoAz1UbN84LVs4pC&index=26
Geeze! Great! I’m discovering this… thanks!
Gotta re-post this. I’ve never seen a bird like this one:
Did he do an “R2D2” impression in the middle of that clip?? Quite a talker….
I thought I heard that!
June 6, 1944
Thanks to all the service personnel who were part of this great invasion of France to defeat the nazis.
May the ones who lost their lives RIP. They made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms.
I knew European Theater and Pacific Theater WWII combat veterans. Great guys ……. they never forgot their friends and unit members who never came back.
WORK OUT WHAT GOD WORKS IN
“Work out your own salvation.” Phil. ii. 12-13
Your will agrees with God, but in your flesh there is a disposition which renders you powerless to do what you know you ought to do. When the Lord is presented to the conscience, the first thing conscience does is to rouse the will, and the will always agrees with God. You say – “But I do not know whether my will is in agreement with God.” Look to Jesus and you will find that your will and your conscience are in agreement with Him every time. The thing in you which makes you say “I shan’t” is something less profound than your will; it is perversity, or obstinacy, and they are never in agreement with God. The profound thing in man is his will, not sin. Will is the essential element in God’s creation of man: sin is a perverse disposition which entered into man. In a regenerated man the source of will is almighty. “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” You have to work out with concentration and care what God works in; not WORK your own salvation, but WORK IT OUT, while you base resolutely in unshaken faith on the complete and perfect Redemption of the Lord. As you do this, you do not bring an opposed will to God’s will, God’s will is your will, and your natural choices are along the line of God’s will, and the life is as natural as breathing. God is the source of your will, therefore you are able to work out His will. Obstinacy is an unintelligent ‘wadge’ that refuses to be enlightened; the only thing is for it to be blown up with dynamite, and the dynamite is obedience to the Holy Spirit.
Do I believe that Almighty God is the source of my will? God not only expects me to do His will, but He is in me to do it.
Oswald Chambers
June 6th Devotional
Romans 7:15-20
‘The will’
June 6, 1944. American heroes stood up for Freedom. We thank those men and women. We will Never Forget. We thank their families and friends. We must not let this and other events be in vain.
And may Our Lord’s perpetual light shine upon them and through the Mercy of God, may they rest in peace.
Mornin’ infidels.
Mornin’ WeeWeed
Made me think of Mel Brooks as the Jewish Indian Chief in ‘Blazing Saddles’.
If I recall reading correctly in my book I have that was the last that he needed to do in order to do what is known as counting coup when he came home.
I will have to look it up and see what the specific Acts were but I know there were several of them he had to complete.
I went back and I looked in my book which is titled warriors and uniform the legacy of American Indian heroism.
Joseph medicine Crow actually counted four coups for specific war deeds. Which earned him the standing of Chief within his nation.
He was also awarded a bronze Star and French legion of Honor medal for his courage during world war ii.
Verse of the Day for Sunday, June 6, 2021
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“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
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.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm – Septuagint (Psalm 51 – KJV)
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia. (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!
Sixth Sunday of Pascha
Sunday of the Blind Man
May 24th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and June 6th on the civil or commercial calendar.
Acts of the Holy Apostles 16: 16 – 34
Holy Gospel according to Saint John 9: 1 – 38
Holy Martyr Meletios Stratelates with 1218 soldiers and their wives and children who suffered at Galatia (ca. 218)
Saint Simeon of the Wondrous Mountain (+ 592)
Saint Vincent of Lerins (+ ca. 450)
and many other Saints and Holy Martyrs who are commemorated today.
The Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life.
(sung thrice)
Sunday of the Blind Man
From the Synaxaria:
“On this day, the sixth Sunday of Pascha, we commemorate the miracle wrought by our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ upon the man who was blind from his birth.”
Saint Theophylact wrote an explanation of the Holy Gospel according to Saint John.
http://www.cpress.orthodoxws.com/c_sixth_pascha
Sunday of the Blind Man
Kontakion. Fourth Tone.
Blinded in the eyes of my soul, I draw nigh unto Thee, O Christ, like the man blind from his birth; and in repentance I cry to Thee: Thou art the exceeding radiant Light of those in darkness.
Has the Evil Empire struck while the Pandemic caused a loss of sensibility? Nuremberg Trials? Pray God is on speed dial.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/worse-thought-fauci-top-us-doctors-caught-conspired-disquality-hydroxychloroquine-covid-treatment-millions-dead-result/
June 6, 1944. Lest we forget.
Thank you to my Dad and all of the greatest generation
Yes thank you …all Good man..fought for our country against tyrants!!
It looks like development of a storm is going to occur further south in the Caribbean moving up into the Gulf. Tropical wave moving into the Caribbean now but we’re talking more than weak before it may track north as a TS or Hurricane into the Gulf. The east coast is not out of the woods yet by far as conditions will remain very conducive to storm formation tracking inland.
The west is starting to cool down as forecasted. We in the east are going to continue to be wet except down in Florida where it has been exceptionally dry over much of the state. Temps will remain warm for the week for most of us before we see a bit of a cool down.
Think of this concept if you are one of those who dell among the stars and galaxies and wonder what our little place in it is.
Imagine there exists simultaneously a predetermined chaos (that alone should have the wheels spinning) – that exists at every point at all time scales (more grinding), and EACH and every “point” has two SIMULTANEOUS “realities” (there not there – ala Schrodinger’s Cat. OK if you grinned your way through that or chucked it away – no matter, your choice – and THIS is where WE (consciousness) comes in – WE, WE, both create and reflect the energy of the “reality” by the one thing no other animal has been given – CHOICE
Another way of thinking is – God is almost showing off in creating a consciousness able to look, see, share and KNOW His Creation.
Please watch this presentation by Dr. Richard Fleming on Covid, treatments, and vaccines. He is exposing the lies we have been told about this virus and the people behind the lies. I’ve been a nurse for 26 years and none of Fauci’s BS has made sense to me. Dr. Fleming makes sense (also Frontline MDs).
https://thehighwire.com/videos/live-from-event-2021-in-dallas-tx/
Also, see this page for links to references, research, slide show, petitions:
https://www.flemingmethod.com/event-2021
Irish eyes aren’t smiling over what JoeBama is pushing https://www.irishtimes.com/business/global-tax-rate-ireland-could-lose-2bn-a-year-under-proposed-reforms-says-donohoe-1.4585661 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1446285/ireland-news-g7-tech-tax-impact-london-meeting-dublin-apple-microsoft-google-facebook-spt
Is baseball season over yet?
For many people it ended after the All-Star Game fiasco.
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.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
WokeP.C. taxpayer funded Aussie outlet settles for publishing story alleging rape by former AG https://www.escape.com.au/escape-travel/abc-says-porter-tried-to-settle-twice-before-mediation-settlement-cost-780000/news-story/f7417775f220d0a297334f1d93c478a3
Winnie just wants a hug https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/china-president-xi-jinping-says-nation-needs-to-be-more-loveable-and-make-friends/news-story/a6666aa506e71c78e01bb9504843c722
Embrace World War Xi!
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.