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On this day and every day –
God is in Control
. . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . .
Keep Looking Up
Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God;
do not mourn nor weep.” . . .
“Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared;
for this day is holy to our Lord.
Do not sorrow,
for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Hope is our Anchor
In Hebrews 6:16–20, the biblical writer intends to instill steadfast hope in his readers to keep them from drifting about aimlessly through the Christian life. He does so by identifying three wholly reliable sources of hope as an anchor for the soul: God’s Word, God’s character, and God’s Son.
The Lord not only gives us the promise of salvation and eternal life (John 3:16), but He reinforces it by binding Himself with an oath “so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that He would never change His mind” (Hebrews 6:17, NLT). God’s Word and nature are rock solid. He is trustworthy, and “it is impossible for God to lie” (Hebrews 6:18). The dependability of God’s promise and His character bolster our faith so that we can “take hold of the hope set before us” and “be greatly encouraged” (verse 18).
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 6:19–20). God’s Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, is a powerful and dependable anchor for our souls.
Our hope-inspired encouragement is based on the finished work of Christ. As our high priest, Jesus “has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven. . . . With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever” (Hebrews 9:11–12, NLT). Through his life, death, and resurrection, Jesus Christ has won the ultimate victory over sin and death for us (Colossians 2:14–15; Romans 6:9; 1 John 5:4). Because of Him, we have the promise of eternal life (1 John 2:25).
The anchor has been a symbol of hope among Christians since the days of the early church. (A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, Vol. I, W. Smith & S. Cheetham, ed., London: John Murray, 1875, p. 81). The anchor metaphor emphasizes the stability and safety of Christ as our hope. The writer describes this hope as an anchor that is “firm and secure” (NIV), “sure and steadfast” (ESV), “strong and trustworthy” (NLT). A ship’s anchor allows the vessel to remain fixed and unmoving regardless of the conditions at sea. Our faith in Jesus Christ keeps us from becoming “like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind” (James 1:6).
Just as an anchor stops a ship from drifting with the winds and currents, keeping our eyes on the hope of heaven (2 Corinthians 4:16–18) and the “pioneer and perfector of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2), who is Jesus Christ, will prevent our souls from wavering and wandering in times of pressure and turmoil. God has “caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials” (1 Peter 1:3–6, ESV).
As believers, we have “a living hope” and “hope as an anchor” that holds secure because it is tethered to the steadfast Word of God and the unchanging, reliable character of God. He is faithful, and His promises are true (Joshua 21:45; Psalm 33:4; Hebrews 10:23). One commentator imagines the anchor’s rope extending “from heaven’s heights back down to earth, where faithful people can ‘seize the hope set before us.’ Like rock climbers scaling an imposing height, Christians steady themselves by trusting God’s promises, holding on for dear life to this cord of hope” (Long, T., Hebrews, John Knox Press, 1997, p. 78). With Jesus Christ as our anchor, no power of darkness and no earthly opposition can harm us (Romans 8:31–34).
We live with hope because we possess the Holy Spirit inside us as a guarantee of our redemption and full adoption as sons and daughters of God (Romans 8:23–25; Ephesians 1:11–14). When this “earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling . . . so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come” (2 Corinthians 5:1–5).
The hope set before us as an anchor of our soul is that Jesus Christ has already gone before us into the holy of holies where God dwells in glory. God’s Word promises that we will be with Him there one day. That future reality is already secured by the finished work of Jesus, our High Priest. He is also our Great Shepherd who “through the blood of the eternal covenant” equips us “with everything good for doing his will” while we are on earth (Hebrews 13:20–21; see also Ephesians 2:8–10). This hope as an anchor holds us steady in this life and secure in the future because it is firmly attached to the eternal throne of God.
https://www.gotquestions.org/hope-as-an-anchor.html
Tatonka Woman, where are you? 😆 😍
In Car 54?
Car 54…where are you?
53rd Precinct, The Bronx, of course.
“Clint Trial”:
Very cool.
Dem Fate
Fake ballots in hand, the Dems are now set
To take from the people all they can get
They’re robbers in suits, a clever disguise
Who speak to the people, nothing but lies
They steal our money and send it away
Then levy more taxes to make us pay
They send our money to all their Dem friends
To spend to promote their traitorous ends
“We don’t need audits”, well that’s what they said
As billions vanished. They think we’re brain dead
As they steal our money all in plain sight
And take big kickbacks in the dark of night
They’re drenched in foul sweat with the stench of fear
As the election looms and justice comes near
A cell in GITMO awaits as their fate
For their crimes, their lies, their vindictive hate
To good men and true our country belongs
To protect our freedoms and stand up strong
To mete out justice where justice is due
To worship our God and live life anew
Amen!
Saved to the Poetry Tree!
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1355350
JD Vance handles the leftist media beautifully.
Gunther Eagleman:
Oh, this man is WONDERFUL. That is a brilliant statement of the truth.
Abraham Lincoln’s famous quote, “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live for all time, or die by suicide.”
This is really WOW.
Pure evil. And she laughed about the effects of her policies. Having a group of men highlight them is very effective.
Yes!
The one thing I do have to ask, is whether it was edited unfairly, but I believe it’s all part of the same discussion, about when she went after parents of truant kids.
So if it’s NOT – if they spliced and diced things to make them look worse, that’s not good. But if those were all part of the same discussion, then it’s fair game to edit it so that we realize this – that she was being her valley girl self about jailing parents. I have seen some of the clips out of any context. If context is being added back here, that is totally devastating.
NOW – here is an interesting point. There were allegations of an ABC whistleblower saying that one of Kakula’s conditions for her ABC interview was that she not be asked about her time as DA in San Francisco. THAT would make tons of sense, if the Dems were very fearful about this issue – the arrest of parents. But at the same time, we find that the guy who released that – meaning Black Insurrectionist – became unreliable when he went after that Tim Walz pedo story.
My hunch is that he was baited into bullshit on Walz pedo, as a way of disarming both scandals.
The question of whether that ABC whistleblower exists, is potentially independent of any question about the legitimacy or veracity of Black Insurrectionist. All I can say is that I have strong suspicions that Black Insurrectionist was “taken down” by the Demmunists, and the ABC whistleblower stuff, real or fake, may or may not be part of that.
The water is muddied, unfortunately. Just as the Dems want it.
Meanwhile, JD Vance is tearing them up on legitimate performance weakness.
I agree that editing should not be used to skew things a certain way.
By the same token, IMO, if BI was skewing things at all, then he deserved to be taken down. If there is a whistleblower for either or both of his stories, that person/those people could still come forward. I have lost all trust in BI, and that started with his representing himself as someone he was not.
YES! Calling himself “Black Insurrectionist” was just the beginning (“what a tangled web we weave….”), and the identified person’s allegation that his black friend used the account strikes me as simply more lies, unless that friend actually does a press conference and proves that HE is Black Insurrectionist.
BTW, the Demmunists do look for such openings (where they don’t have to project something non-existent onto their opposition) to then jump in and execute malicious plans. We saw this in our political work. If any Republican would break a rule in doing something, the Demmunists would break the same rule ten times as badly. They just wait for a “GO” signal of the GOP doing something sketchy, and then they go all out with it. That’s one reason to police our own side vigorously for honesty. It really hurts the Dems ten times as much as ourselves.
Well, here you go:
I don’t watch TV.
Do these ads actually get played, anywhere, except on Twitter or Youtube?
Yes! I’ve seen Trump ads on both normal TV and (more often) on OAN. But by far the most often on X, but typically being cited – NOT as ads per se.
Kakala IS Evil.
Mario Nawfal:
Elon is a true patriot! He put TEETH into one of my favorite Gab memes, from Torba and his friends.
Have used that meme several times, in other forums. One I am now banned from, a gun blog. Banned over Covidiot truths.
Well done, patriot!
What’s really the problem here is that one party is literally against those things – meaning against the Constitution, the First Amendment, and the Second Amendment.
And that’s why they ALINSKY against Musk.
They’re COMMUNISTS NOW. They’re COMMUNISTS.
The Democrat Party is now extra-Constitutional (meaning outside the Constitution). They view the Constitution as a PROBLEM.
They take an oath to uphold the Constitution.
They violate their oaths and work to tear it down.
Nothing is done about it.
That’s how we end up like this, with traitors and Communists within.
Agreed. YES.
Good point to insert this link. It has been a long slog to this point. Informative and nearing its conclusion. Some may want to go back to the start of the series. Others may want to cut to the chase of more current events we are experiencing today that are included in this part.
https://prussiagate.substack.com/p/when-decades-happen-part-vii
IIRC, at one point Elon tried to back out of the deal. The Court, made Elon go through with the deal. Thankfully.
Wow, I had not seen this. It’s a Trump entrance like none I’ve ever seen. Black coat, black MAGA hat, music with a somber tone.
“Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives”
That’s actually very cool. He has a special Dark MAGA hat with GOLD lettering and a gold flag on the side! Went very nicely with the gold tie and black coat!
Apparently, Vance wore a silver tie last night.
Well now maybe there’s a message there.
I’d like to think so anyhow.
I believe the music was the Chopin Funeral Durge.
It is really beautiful.
PS Very few people can play Chopin well. This is well presented.
Powerful entrance with meaning, directed to controllers of the Dem communist. IMO.
This is a long list of comments about the Rogan/Trump interview from people all over the world. People know what’s up.
Excellent! Those are great! Thank you!
YW!
James O’Keefe:
I wonder where all it’s legal.
Van Jones is one of those Dems who speak truth every now and then.
Amen, brother! Speak the truth your side needs to hear!
Van be having a ‘Come to Jesus’ moment’?
This is real.
LOL! OMG. Are white guys TRENDY? *facepalm*
Almost impossible to believe.
That reminds me of when Reagan got elected, though. There was a weird sense of “it’s OK” about a lot of “conservative” things (culture, politics, religion) in that moment, and we may be seeing it here, too.
People are sick of communism.
🔥😂
Catturd is quite insightful there.
Yes he is.
“…Washington Post, owned by Big Tech Amazon…”
🤔
Who had the Alexa endorsement? House Judiciary investigates…
House Judiciary investigation of Amazon Alexa, October 24, 2024:
Did Robert Kagan cancel his Amazon global book sale account in protest?
“Alexa, show me how Robert Kagan profits from his Amazon partnerships:”
(Not buying the Kagan resigns in indignant protest schtick.)
Here kitty, kitty!
So, Wolf, did you see https://www.theqtree.com/2024/10/26/2024%c2%b710%c2%b726-joe-biden-didnt-win-daily-thread/#comment-1355047 ?
That’s why I think the blog’s clock is off.
That’s why I think your clock is off. Every time I post, it comes through with the same time.
Here is Apple and Linux time, 1:40 AM
First approximation (what I’m chasing) — system gets time on boot from router, then firewalls itself away from NIST. Looking to make sure firewall doesn’t block NIST.
After fiddling with firewall, it struck me that maybe I didn’t have ntp installed (I used to, where did it go?).
Now let’s see how we do….
This was posted at 23:06.
DING!
Got it! Excellent! Good job tracking it down!
Now I need to decide whether to try to put the firewall back up. It’s ports 13, 37, and 123. Looks like ntpd is only using 123, so I’ll shut 13 and 37 again.
“Cockpit error,” was my first thought when I read the 9:54 post.
The guy who tinkers with multiple computers had to un-tinker something. Good ya like puzzles, AND tinkering.
What I don’t get, is why you come in two minutes early. Last time, you were late.
LMAO!!!
That is awesome! Absolutely awesome!
Let’s GO New York!
Looking forward to Madison Square Garden rally. Tonight, IIRC.
And PDJT will still lose NY, in the rigged system in place in NY.
Free stickers from Sticker Mule…the Amsterdam NY business that fought successfully in court to light their factory political sign:
https://x.com/stickermule/status/1836992448242868640
I’m almost six minutes into the Rogan interview and I want to deck him.
Trump keeps trying to answer the question and Rogan feels the need to chip in, over and over again. Trump keeps having to back up and repeat himself because of the constant interruptions.
Let him talk, you flaming asshat!!!
OK so then he finally shut up and Trump is rambling about the Lincoln bedroom.
I give up.
LOL! “That’s life!”
Wait for the last hour. Trump interviews Rogan!
LOL!
Piling on
My daughter was sharing with me about her Web Toons “adventures”. She told me about their commenting system & it allows her to keep track of the comments she’s made, including her favorite one, “Jesus Loves You!” She said it had had 2 down votes & no up votes. She checked again & now it has 2 up votes & 6 down votes. Huh?
Who gets offended by “Jesus Loves You!”??? I could see people down voting “you’re a sinner headed straight to Hell if you don’t accept Jesus as Lord & Savior” but not “Jesus Loves You!”
Help me understand this phenomenon please…
Some people simply assume the first means the second.
Which, technically, it does.
Excellent video. Nicole Shanahan nails it again.
Besides RFK Jr running mate, I know nothing about Nicole Shanahan. That said, I do hope she gets a role working in the MAHA movement.
Yes, RFK Jr and Nicole may be also looking at 2028. JDs performance over the next four years can handle it.
RFK Jr.’s Vice Presidential Candidate Nicole Shanahan Releases Another Jaw-Dropping Ad on Election Fraud: “THE BIG CHEAT”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/ex-vice-presidential-candidate-nicole-shanahan-releases-another/