Ruth Graham's Joy

-Decision magazine, 6/25

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You are My Favorite

-Pickles 

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Put on the Full Armor of God!

-Alistair Begg pic

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Ephesians 6:10-20

From Paul:

..."Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."...

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The Beauty of Yellowstone...

-Yellowstone FB

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"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. 

All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them."

-Erasmus, 1509

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Never Ending Sorrows

 -Kinsman

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"Pain is a process, 

and God never wastes our sorrows."

-Joe Stowell

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Just so You Know...

-Bison in Yellowstone

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..."It was Thomas Edison who brought us electricity, not the Sierra Club. 

It was the Wright brothers who got us off the ground, not the Federal Aviation Administration. 

It was Henry Ford who ended the isolation of millions of Americans by making the automobile affordable, not Ralph Nader.

Those who have helped the poor the most have not been those who have gone around loudly expressing "compassion" for the poor, but those who found ways to make industry more productive and distribution more efficient, so that the poor of today can afford things that the affluent of yesterday could only dream about."...

-Thomas Sowell

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The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

-Kinsman

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 James 5:13-20

..."Is anyone among you suffering?

Then he must pray. 

Is anyone cheerful? 

He is to sing praises.

Is anyone among you sick? 

Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. 

The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins."

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Search for the Real Truth

 -C-130 Hercules

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"There have always been ignorant people, but they haven't always had college degrees to make them unaware of their ignorance. 

Some people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitude."

-Thomas Sowell

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John 14:1-6

“Do not let your heart be troubled; 

believe in God, believe also in Me.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; 

if it were not so, I would have told you; 

for I go to prepare a place for you.

If I go and prepare a place for you, 

I will come again and receive you to Myself, 

that where I am, there you may be also.

And you know the way where I am going.”

Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” 

Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."...

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Psalm 119:159-160

..."Consider how I love Your precepts;


Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.

The sum of Your word is truth,


And every one of Your righteous 

ordinances is everlasting."...

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John 17:1a, 13-19

"Jesus spoke these things...

..."But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth."...

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Snoopy fondly remembers his father

 Happy Father's Day! Thanks for being you!

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"Social Problems", Righteousness, and Sinning

-Scottish gravestone:

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"Much of what are called 'social problems' consists of the fact that intellectuals have theories that do not fit the real world. 

From this they conclude that it is the real world which is wrong and needs changing."

-Thomas Sowell

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People are more than they know.  People just need to seek the One who knows them intimately. 

Each person makes choices: to follow God or not to follow Him.

God planned on having real people with their lives and choices.

The first couple, Adam and Eve, chose to break God's a rule (eat from the tree He told them not to eat; when the Garden was full of wonderful food)

Each of us has choices every day. 

Live righteously for God or not.

Romans 8:26-28

..."...Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."...

2 Corinthians 3:18

..."But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit."...

Hebrews 11:6

..."And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

2 Peter 1:1-11

To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

*  Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

* For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

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Let Your Life Slow Down a Bit...

-internet Meme

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Remembering a More Elegant and Graceful Time

-internet meme 

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Evil is in the World when Cult Dynamics Rule

~Yellowstone FB

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Beware of Indoctrination

"When an opponent declares, 

“I will not come over to your side, and you will not get me on your side,” 

I calmly say, 

“Your child belongs to me already. A people lives forever. What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.”

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Yes, Cults of all Kinds have been around since the Fall...

and this quote is from none other than 

Adolf Hitler, 11/6/33, Elbing, East Prussia.

Be Aware of Falsehoods and 

Warn Others!

My Bible Study is in Romans. It is quite serious...

-internet meme

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Romans 2:1-16

..."Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.

But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each person according to his deeds: to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek [everybody else], but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For there is no partiality with God.

For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.

For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus."...

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Lest we Forget: D-Day

 -meme

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A debt we can never repay...so let us live our lives as a free citizens... thankful for their defense of our freedom.

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Very Important Advice

-Internet meme

"Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future."

-Ulysses S. Grant

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Prepare Daily with the WORD of God

-C130 Herky 

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Ephesians 6:10-18

..."Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints"...

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Don't Just be One of the Gang

~Yellowstone FB 

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"When Satan appears 

to stop up our path

And fills us with fears, 

we triumph by faith;

He cannot take from us, 

though oft he has tried,

The heart-cheering promise, 

“The Lord will provide.” 

-John Newton

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Let's ALL Begin to Sing OUR National ANTHEM! PATRIOTS!!! Sing Just like we ALL use to do!

 -Small Town MId-West

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, 

What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, 

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight

O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? 

And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,

 

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, 

O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave 

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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PATRIOTS!!! 

LET'S ALL BEGIN TO SING OUR VERY OWN ANTHEM! 

Self-Righteousness Compared to Humbleness

-Meme

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Mark 9:35

Jesus said:   ...“If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” ...

James 3:13

...“Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.”...

Micah 6:8

..."He has told you, O man, what is good;

    and what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

    and to walk humbly with your God?"...

Mathew 18:1-4

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, 

‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ 

And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, 

‘Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.’”...

Proverbs 11:2-3

..."When pride comes, then comes disgrace,

    but with the humble is wisdom.

The integrity of the upright guides them,

    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them."...

Romans 12:3,16

3 ..."For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

16 ..."Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight."...

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*Self-righteousness is an ugly state of mind*

Just Who Gave YOU your FREEDOM?

Patriotism is in our Blood

internet memes

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*Thankful for all those who have served and who are serving*

*Thankful for all those who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice for our Freedom*

Memorial Day, 2025

-PLUGGERS 

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Need Refueling? Psalm 91, please :o)

Psalm 91

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

    will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,

    my God, in whom I trust”

 

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

    and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his pinions,

    and under his wings you will find refuge;

  his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

You will not fear the terror of the night,

    nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

    nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side,

    ten thousand at your right hand,

   but it will not come near you.

You will only look with your eyes

    and see the recompense of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord 

  your dwelling place—

    the Most High, who is my refuge—

no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

    no plague come near your tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you

    to guard you in all your ways.

On their hands they will bear you up,

    lest you strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread on the lion and the adder;

    the young lion and the serpent 

you will trample underfoot.

“Because he holds fast to me in love, 

  I will deliver him;

    I will protect him, 

   because he knows my name.

When he calls to me, I will answer him;

    I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

  With long life I will satisfy him

    and show him my salvation.”

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I want to tell you, I love you...

-meme

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Our Spring Flowers Burst Forth with the Glory of the LORD!

Our Spring has been a perfect one. 

Sun and rain and cool temperatures gave us a long blooming of every plant so far.

It has been a gift from the LORD!  I've made bouquets to give to others, but for us...I hesitate! I want the bloom to stay in the yard!

This was silly- so I begin to bring our own bouquets inside. What joy!

One flower fades and another matures so we have constant beauty all around us. It brings my joy in the LORD and I praise Him!

There are no more feral kitties here...so the bunnies run rampant! The excitement in the screen porch everyday as they watch the rabbits brings a smile to my face...but the veggie garden must be protected!  And so now...my transplanted hostas are on the new menu! (now protected!)

Isaiah 40:6c-8

..."All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flower fades,

When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;

Surely the people are grass.

The grass withers, the flower fades,

But the word of our God stands forever."...

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I once was a baby in Christ ---sheltered and pruned I grew up...not a baby in Christ any longer...

 -Kinsman Company

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Just as a plant begins as a seedling and then it grows...fed, sheltered, pruned, tethered....kept from predators!!! 

...we also grow...with parents we are fed and sheltered, pruned by learning what is right or wrong, hopefully tethered by God's Word...and then there are the "predators" who come into our lives...

...teachers, friends, media, your front door visitors, false churches, employers, fellow employees, pamphlets, others...

Finally "grown up" in the LORD we can learn to recognize falsehoods and be concerned with this or that teaching; we enjoy new friends, but "something" isn't right about some of them. 

We continue our friendship for quite a while -discounting their "quirks" and wondering about their walk with the LORD. They seem like "solid" Believers with only: "Quirks" in their lives.

Well, we realize we really aren't like them at all!; we are very different in our walk with the LORD. We are open, loving, caring, helpful...they- are not...

As time continues we begin to see the real person in them; bossy, secretive, arrogant, self-centered, controlling, manipulating... 

It is time to pull back from them...but our family ties are already woven into them.  Now it is only time to recover from their sinful attachments...

But--can we ever be the same free people?...

In the LORD He can heal us, but what has been taken from us can never be returned.  We only look to the LORD for our tomorrows. 

Hebrews 13:5-6

..."God has said, “Never will I leave you;
    

never will I forsake you.” 

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    

What can mere mortals do to me?” "...

Psalm 37:7-9

..."Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

For evildoers will be cut off,

But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land."...

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Sweet Companionship

-PLUGGERS

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Make Something Beautiful for the LORD!

 "In an age of ugliness, 

a work of beauty is an act of defiance. 

- Paul Joseph Watson

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An Informative Thought -Provoking Program...

-Garfield

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Happy Mother's Day from the Good Old Days!

Praising the LORD!

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Mother's Day can be everyday! Love her up!

 -meme

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A Beautiful Gift From God

-meme

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Mother's Day lasts a week here!

 

Mother's Day Continues...

 -Mary Engelbreit

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Continuing to Honor Mothers

-Commemorative Air Force 

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Happy Mother's Day from Yellowstone. :o)

 

Happy Mother's Day to all you Precious Ladies

 -homemade card from a friend years ago

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Proverbs 1:7-9

..."The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;


Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction


and do not forsake your mother’s teaching;


Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head


and ornaments about your neck."...

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Some Grown Children Do Not Know...

-Mary Engelbreit

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