Isaiah
Chapter 61

1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

WATCH LIVE: Trump says Cuba 'going to fail' without oil from Venezuela
https://www.foxnews.com/?cmpid=Email_push%7CTopofEmail%7C&lid=r85dneiz3a7g

You can bet your last dollar that those people won't be "putting their bodies on the line", cowards that they are...

"And here’s where Jennings really exposed the rotten core of the Democrat machine: He directly linked this violence to inflammatory rhetoric from top Minnesota officials like Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and Governor Tim Walz.

Flanagan infamously urged activists to “put your bodies on the line” during a rally regarding Line 3 (an oil pipeline project), while Walz has been smearing ICE agents as “Gestapo” thugs.

“Political vigilantism is being encouraged by Democratic officials like the lieutenant governor of Minnesota, Peggy Flanagan, who earlier this year told people to ‘put your bodies on the line’ and Tim Walz calling these guys gestapo all year. What do you think happens when you radicalize a base of people about this?” Jennings demanded."

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/scott-jennings-schools-cnn-colleague-after-she-questions/

Trump, Venezuela Oil & CCP China
https://slantedright2.blogspot.com/2026/01/trump-venezuela-oil-ccp-china.html

SUMMARY: The Never-Trumpers, Dem-Marxists, RINOs and anti-Neocons in general; have been criticizing the Maduro-and-wife arrest-invasion of Venezuela as Trump imperialism for a regime change and an effort to steal Venezuela oil. … I’ve come across some very valid opinions related to Venezuelan oil. President Trump’s interest in Managing Venezuelan oil is NOT to ship the oil to the USA! RATHER the aim is keep the oil from America’s enemies. The big dog enemy is Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled China. The other Maduro allies interested in Venezuela oil are Russia and Iran. …MORE TO READ & WATCH!
#VenezuelaOil #EnemyCCPChina

Yeah, Seizing An #OilTanker That Had A #Russian Flag And That Was Protected By Russian Warships Is A Great Way To Make Peace With #Russia… #OIL https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/yeah-seizing-an-oil-tanker-that-had-a-russian-flag-and-that-was-protected-by-russian-warships-is-a-great-way-to-make-peace-with-russia/

Video: #GlennBeck "PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH": Why #DonaldTrump seized a "#Russian flagged" #oil tanker https://youtu.be/NewJ9ONfjrY?si=uF3-sUxqvymXQ_F5

#Oil, #Gold, and the End of the #Petrodollar: The Real #Venezuela Story https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-01-06/oil-gold-and-end-petrodollar-real-venezuela-story

#Venezuela to Give US 30 to 50 Million Barrels of #Oil, “Controlled by Me” #DonaldTrump Says - How much oil investment would that take? - https://mishtalk.com/economics/venezuela-to-give-us-30-to-50-million-barrels-of-oil-controlled-by-me-trump-says/

#AlexJones #AlexJonesNetwork who I host on #Radio America USA - US #Oil Blockade Of #Cuba Brings Dictatorship To Its Knees, #Communist Motorcycle Death Squads Hunt #DonaldTrump Supporters In Streets of #Caracas, & #Transgender Cultist Invades #VP #JDVance Home With Hammer! PLUS, #AshliBabbitt's J6 Assassin Lt. Michael Byrd & His Wife Received $190 Million Of Government Funds To Their At Home Daycare! FINALLY, Alex Jones Debates / Discusses The Widening #Venezuelan Crisis With #Maduro Insider Jackson Hinkle! https://madmaxworld.tv/watch?id=695dad024529363f2202bf65

Looking at ‘Venezuela List’ Attributed to Hugo Carvajal:
The List has been going viral on Social Media – The List is Probably Fake BUT the Letter is Legit
https://slantedright2.blogspot.com/2026/01/looking-at-venezuela-list-attributed-to.html

SUMMARY: To be clear, MOST of the (once) Free World is in rare agreement that Venezuela’s 2024 Election process was fraudulent. … The Venezuela List of U.S. Senators is probably fake… The Carvajal Letter to Trump is LEGITIMATE! … The Letter implicates Maduro-Venezuela Narco-Terrorism, Spying on American Soil, Exporting Manipulated Voting Machines & MORE…MORE DETAILS TO READ!
#MarxistVenezuela #EnemyAmerica #ElectionFraud

Believer, do you carry worries like a weight, pulling down on you, dragging you low? Why? What cares do you have that should burden you so?

There is no situation in this life you must endure alone. The Lord has promised that He will never leave nor forsake us (Heb. 13:5). Why then worry?

Instead, as Peter exhorted, cast “all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you” (1 Pet. 5:7). Humble yourself before the Lord; He will exalt you when it is your time (1 Pet. 5:6).

Do not allow “the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word” in you so that you are unfruitful (Mt. 13:22). Jesus left us His peace, telling His disciples not to let their hearts be troubled nor fearful (Jn. 14:27).

Do not let the world or your circumstances drag you down. Instead, heed Paul’s encouragement and “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:6-7).

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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Morning, January 6

"Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7

It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel- "HE careth for me." Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You are staggering beneath a weight which your Father would not feel. What seems to you a crushing burden, would be to Him but as the small dust of the balance. Nothing is so sweet as to

"Lie passive in God's hands, And know no will but His."

O child of suffering, be thou patient; God has not passed thee over in His providence. He who is the feeder of sparrows, will also furnish you with what you need. Sit not down in despair; hope on, hope ever. Take up the arms of faith against a sea of trouble, and your opposition shall yet end your distresses. There is One who careth for you. His eye is fixed on you, His heart beats with pity for your woe, and his hand omnipotent shall yet bring you the needed help. The darkest cloud shall scatter itself in showers of mercy. The blackest gloom shall give place to the morning. He, if thou art one of His family, will bind up thy wounds, and heal thy broken heart. Doubt not His grace because of thy tribulation, but believe that He loveth thee as much in seasons of trouble as in times of happiness. What a serene and quiet life might you lead if you would leave providing to the God of providence! With a little oil in the cruse, and a handful of meal in the barrel, Elijah outlived the famine, and you will do the same. If God cares for you, why need you care too? Can you trust Him for your soul, and not for your body? He has never refused to bear your burdens, He has never fainted under their weight. Come, then, soul! have done with fretful care, and leave all thy concerns in the hand of a gracious God.

The Bond Between Sisters

The bond between sisters is more than blood
It’s a glance that understands without words.
A hand reaching out when storms roll in,
A shared warmth in the coldest nights.

Sisters are songs sung deep within the heart.
Whispers of protection in a world that forgets to be kind.
When one falls, the other doesn't ask why
She simply sits beside her,
Waiting quietly for strength to return.

They grow together,
Sharing scars and small dreams,
Lighting hope in one another
And learning to be strong without losing softness.

Some love has no name
The love between sisters is one of those things.
Like wind and wing,
Like soil and root,
Wherever they are, they are woven together.

For a woman's heart knows how to hold,
And sisterhood
It is the thread that never breaks.

Art by Serin Alar
Poem: Piahn

Isaiah
Chapter 53

1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6 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.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

#DonaldTrump's New #Energy Doctrine: Regime Change, Then Drill - #Trump has embarked on his own regime-change mission. And this time the United States intends to keep the #oil. https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/trumps-new-energy-doctrine-regime-change-then-drill

#AlexJones #Infowars #AJNetwork
Learn Why #DonaldTrump Really Invaded #Venezuela and What Comes Next! Spoiler Alert: #TRUMP just decapitated the #UN #UnitedNations world government system - After reading this America, what say you? https://www.infowars.com/posts/exclusive-learn-why-trump-really-invaded-venezuela-and-what-comes-next

More on Venezuela Operation Absolute Resolve
https://johnhouk.substack.com/p/more-on-venezuela-operation-absolute

SUMMARY: Yesterday I posted, “21st Century Monroe Doctrine Exerted as Trump Military Arrests Maduro & Wife in Venezuela”. It was an off-the-cuff post where I also shared how the CCP-China & Putin-Russia (Maduro Allies) were impotent to do anything but whine in their tea and/or vodka. … I’m cross posting below Jonathan Turley’s thoughts on removing Maduro is more than the Narcoterrorism crimes. Narcoterrorism was the key that opened the U.S. Constitutional door, but oil and keeping the CCP out was the end game. …TAKE A LOOK!
#OperationAbsoluteResove

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Venezuela unilaterally seized and stole American oil, American assets, and American platforms, costing us billions and billions of dollars... This constituted one of the largest thefts of American property in the history of our country."
https://gettr.com/post/p3vtn8t0a45

Mish Shedlock says: #Venezuela Invasion, It’s The #Oil Stupid! How Much Can We Steal? https://mishtalk.com/economics/venezuela-invasion-its-the-oil-stupid-how-much-can-we-steal/

Video; Dr. Eric Berg DC – This #Food Is Destroying Your Body – #SeedOil #SeedOils – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3BJQ5DSz1Nc

Isaiah
Chapter 41

1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Brethren, how often do we feel alone, abandoned by God, or suffer through trials and tribulations? Life abounds with difficulties, especially for the Christian, but this does not mean God is not present.

Consider your past, all through which you’ve come. Ask yourself, did you truly get through it on your own? No! In the darkest of times, when likely you felt all hope gone, these are the times the Lord carried you. You would not be who you are now had you not endured such ordeals.

And whether you recognize it or not, “thus far the LORD has helped us” (1 Sam. 7:12).

Never forget that He knows the beginning from the end, for He has declared them (Isa. 46:10), and He is the beginning and the end (Rev. 21:6). He knows every hair on your head (Mt. 10:30). He has determined when and where you would live (Acts 17:26). Nothing happens without His knowledge or involvement, not even the fall of a sparrow (Mt. 10:29).

God is always there, helping, guiding, carrying us, whether we recognize it or not. Therefore, let us strive to see Him in all circumstances, to rely on Him, to cast our anxiety on Him (1 Pet. 5:7), and to rest in Him. If He has helped us thus far, surely He will continue to help us throughout all our days.
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Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

Morning, December 29

"Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." 1 Samuel 7:12

The word "hitherto" seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet, "hitherto the Lord hath helped!" Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through health, at home, abroad, on the land, on the sea, in honour, in dishonour, in perplexity, in joy, in trial, in triumph, in prayer, in temptation, "hitherto hath the Lord helped us!" We delight to look down a long avenue of trees. It is delightful to gaze from end to end of the long vista, a sort of verdant temple, with its branching pillars and its arches of leaves; even so look down the long aisles of your years, at the green boughs of mercy overhead, and the strong pillars of lovingkindness and faithfulness which bear up your joys. Are there no birds in yonder branches singing? Surely there must be many, and they all sing of mercy received "hitherto."

But the word also points forward. For when a man gets up to a certain mark and writes "hitherto," he is not yet at the end, there is still a distance to be traversed. More trials, more joys; more temptations, more triumphs; more prayers, more answers; more toils, more strength; more fights, more victories; and then come sickness, old age, disease, death. Is it over now? No! there is more yet-awakening in Jesu's likeness, thrones, harps, songs, psalms, white raiment, the face of Jesus, the society of saints, the glory of God, the fulness of eternity, the infinity of bliss. O be of good courage, believer, and with grateful confidence raise thy "Ebenezer," for:

He who hath helped thee hitherto
Will help thee all thy journey through.

When read in heaven's light how glorious and marvellous a prospect will thy "hitherto" unfold to thy grateful eye!