Rescue, Shelter

"Rescue, Shelter"

Love is not Mean

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. - Colossians 3:5-16

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. - Colossians 4:6

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. - Ephesians 4:31-32

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. - Jude 1:4-23

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, - 1 Corinthians 13:4

G3114

μακροθυμέω

makrothumeō

Thayer Definition:

1) to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart

1a) to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles

1b) to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others

1b1) to be mild and slow in avenging

1b2) to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish

Part of Speech: verb

A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from the same as G3116

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Be Patient

Lord, is there anything else I need to do?

"Be patient"

In your patience possess ye your souls.  - Luke 21:19

Patience, Endurance, Temptations, and Don't Worry

The Bible on how God Provides for His children
http://duanethebiblereader.blogspot.com/2012/07/gods-provision.html

Or, you could try Financial Contentment

http://duanethebiblereader.blogspot.com/2013/05/financial-contentment.html

Todays Scriptures

https://duanethebiblereader.blogspot.com/2020/07/patience-endurance-temptations-and-dont.html

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I will honor you

"I will honor you; honor Me"

You Will Suffer Many Things For Me

"You will suffer many things for Me..."

Rest

"Rest"

Trust Me

"Trust Me"...

Arise and Walk, Boy

"Arise and walk, boy"

Rejoice In That You Are Brought Low

"brought low... exalted"

"in due season"

Weather

Saturday December 1 evening - thunderstorm

Sunday December 2 - almost 70˚

Wednesday December 5 - SNOW!

Hilarious...

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Judge Jerry Springer?!

Oh, yes, this may be a reality.

Jerry Springer, the "host" of the ever famous (infamous) redneck, white trash,  we'll pay you to be stupid and fight on our show then have the cops waiting to arrest you when you leave... yep, that Jerry Springer.

Jerry Springer, the guy who as Mayor of Cincinnati, got busted for using prostitutes because he paid them with a check, that Jerry Springer.

Judge, Jerry...

This news came to me from a site that has info on broadcast TV channels

http://www.wvxu.org/post/springers-new-judge-jerry-likely-air-here-next-fall

All sorts of interesting Jerry facts are mentioned... very, VERY interesting.

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The Roar of a Heavy Shower

"...sound of abundance of rain."

Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower."  - 1 Kings 18:41

  

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October 2, 2016

A dose of humility...

Dwelling with the widow...

God's provision

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End of an Era

Today marks the end of an era.

I must push through the pain, and abstain from the temptations.

The realization that the old fears are now gone seems to bring bitterness instead of joy, but I trust that will pass in time.

I fight the urge for the evil thoughts towards those that who have always "minded my business for me" instead of offering a helping hand. I doubt they (the nosey ones) will ever change, but I must rise above.

Today, the end of an era...

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Mindless Parrot

Seriously people...

Stop it already! All you are doing is repeating mindless, inaccurate nonsense, or straight out lies about stuff that is only designed to be propoganda to push agendas for the upcoming elections.

SHUT OFF THE NEWS!

STOP BEING A DRONE PARROT REPEATING NONSENSE!

Did you know that a company launched a rocket today?

Into "space"?

Did you know that part of it crashed?

Part of a rocket CRASHED!!!

Isn't that exciting?!?!?!?!

Oh, that's right, it wasn't on the "news". Instead they are educating you on why no one needs firearms, but they themselves have no knowledge, training, education, authority, or permission to do any educating whatsoever...

Good luck with that...

Meanwhile I'll be bracing for repercussions over my insensitive remark about parrots...

Do they get to choose which paper they poop on, or...

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Don't Be A Tool

People, seriously...
Today people died, actually, they were killed. I hate to break it to you, but people die EVERY DAY. It's true.

But what is special about the people that died today?

You will hear words like "gay", "lesbian", "Islamist", "terrorist", "gun", "shooting", "democracrat", "president", "Trump"...

All of these words used with today's shooting are words that invoke a reaction from you. This is what the news is feeding you, propoganda if you will, to incite emotions to drag a designed response, or to train a future response to be drawn out later.

If you haven't noticed, (but you have because the media has been feeding it to you every minute of every day) there is an election coming up. The news outlets are feeding you what they need to get a desired result in the elections.

If you are in an uproar over what the media showed today, you are a tool. Or at least the media has turned you into a useful idiot... nah, I'll stick with tool...

Don't be a tool.

Turn off the news.

There are 500 other channels on the cable box. Try one.

Better yet, read a book.

Play with your kids.

Call your mother; she loves you.

Call your grandmother; she loves you too.

Don't be a tool; TURN OFF THE NEWS!!!

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Guard Your Heart

"Guard Your Heart"

Proverbs 4:20-27
(20)  My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words.
(21)  Don't lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart,
(22)  for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.
(23)  Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
(24)  Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech.
(25)  Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
(26)  Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.
(27)  Don't get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.

We Have This Confidence

"we have this confidence..."

1 John 3:20-22  For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.  (21)  Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.  (22)  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

1 John 5:14-15  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:  (15)  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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Apply Your Heart

"apply your heart"

Proverbs 23:12  Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:12  Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:12  Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge.

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