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Living in arizona.. synthetic fabrics are just nasty. I feel like I can't breathe in them. Cotton is cooler in the heat

Go to regular sites like jc penneys. If you look at something there it will tell you the fabric content. I have worn only cotton for decades now. I have found cotton in regular stores and online without having to find specialty places.

Do you sew at all?

I found colorful nice cotton clothes. It's fairly easy to find.

Am I misunderstanding you? Are you saying belief in the Trinity of God is a so what, not a big deal, not important?

Psa 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. The Lord shall preserve thou going out and thy coming in - Preserve one in going out and coming in; in going from home and coming back; that is, everywhere, and at all times. Night and day in all business and undertakings; and this through the whole course of life: for evermore. From this time forth, and even forevermore - Through this life and forever. This is the gracious assurance which is made to all who put their trust in God. At home and abroad; in the house, in the field, and by the way; on the land and on the ocean; in their native country and in climes remote; on earth, in the grave, and in the eternal world, they are always safe. No evil that will endanger their salvation can befall them; nothing can happen to them here but what God shall see to be conducive to their ultimate good; and in the heavenly world they shall be safe forever from every kind of evil, for in that world there will be no sin, and consequently no need of discipline to prepare them for the future.

Psa 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil - Spiritual and physical, natural and moral. This is a continuation of the thought the psalmist had in the previous verses. Previously, he specified some particular evils from which he says God would keep those who put their trust in Him. He now makes the remark general, and says that God would not only preserve them from these particular evils, but would keep those who trusted in Him from all evil: He would be their Protector in all the perils of life. He shall preserve thy soul - Psa 41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. Psa 97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil - from the evil of sin; not from the being or commission of it; but from its dominion and condemning power, or from a final and total falling away by it: and from the evil of the world; not from tribulation in it, nor from the reproach or persecution of it; but from the wickedness and lusts that are in it, and from the wicked men of it, their power, rage, and fury: and from the evil one, satan; not from his temptations, but from sinking under them, and perishing by them; he shall preserve thy soul - He preserves their souls, the redemption and salvation of which He undertook, and has effected; and which are preserved by Him safe to his coming, kingdom, and glory.

Psa 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The sun shall not smite thee by day – Psalms 121:6 The sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night. (Septuagint) The Hebrew word nakah Strong’s H5221, means to smite, to strike, as with a rod or staff, or with the plague or pestilence; and then, to kill, to slay. The allusion here may be to a sunstroke or heat exhaustion - the effect of the burning sun on the body. Such effects of the sun are often fatal. nor the moon by night — poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides. Nor the moon by night – The night has its own dangers, not only from the drastic change in temperature at night in desert climates, plunging into cold temperatures after the intense heat of the day, Gen 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. but also the dangers from animals and people. Some scholars think it can refer to the belief of some cultures back then that the moon was responsible for various ailments both physical and mental. The meaning of this verse is that God would be a Protector alike in the dangers of the day and of the night, neither sunstroke by day, nor frost-bite by night.

Psa 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The Lord is thy keeper - Thy Preserver; thy Defender. He will keep you from danger; He will keep you from sin; He will keep you unto salvation. The Lord is thy keeper - This explains more fully who it is that keeps Israel and particular believers, and confirms the same; not a creature, but the Lord. Jesus Christ who is the keeper of His people by the designation of His Father, who has put them into His hands to be kept by Him; and by their full will and consent, who commit the keeping of their souls to Him; He keeps them as they are His flock, made His care and charge; in the covenant of grace; in an estate of grace; and in His own ways, safe to His kingdom and glory; Joh 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Joh 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. The Lord is thy shade - The Lord is as a shadow: as the shadow of a rock, a house, or a tree, in the intense rays of the burning sun both to refresh you and keep you from the burning heat of the sun, as it is expressed in the next verse, and to protect you by His power from all your enemies; for which reason God is often called a shadow in Scripture Psa 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Upon thy right hand - the place of a protector. He would thus be at hand, or would be ready to interpose in defense of him whom he was to guard. Compare to Psa 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psa 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. Psa 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. Also note that Jesus is referred to as being on the right hand of the Lord. Act 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Psa 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Behold, he that keepeth Israel - The psalmist here passes from his own particular case to a general truth - a truth to him full of consolation. That the people of God must always be safe; that the Lord never slumbers; and that he, as one of his people, might, therefore, confidently look for His protecting care. He that keepeth Israel - The Lord is represented as a watchman, who takes care of the city and its inhabitants during the night-watches; and who is never overtaken with slumbering or sleepiness. Shall neither slumber nor sleep - Never slumbers, never ceases to be watchful. Man sleeps; but God is never exhausted, is never weary, is never inattentive. He never closes his eyes on the condition of His people, on the needs of the world. Shall neither slumber nor sleep - He that kept Israel or Jacob, when asleep, and appeared to him in a dream, and promised to keep him in all places, and did; Gen 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. who found his posterity in the wilderness, and kept them as the apple of His eye: He keeps his spiritual Israel, whom He has chosen, redeemed, and calls; and He that is in general their keeper, is the keeper of every particular believer, who may promise themselves the utmost safety under His care; since, though He may sometimes seem to sleep, when He withdraws His gracious presence, defers help, and does not arise so soon to the assistance of His people as they wish for and expect; yet does not in reality sleep, nor is any ways negligent of them; no, not so much as slumber, nor is in the least indifferent about them, and careless of them.

Psa 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved - He will enable you to stand firm. You are safe in his protection. This, with the remainder of the psalm, seems to be of the nature of an answer to the anxious question in Psa_121:1 - an answer which the author of the psalm, in danger and trouble, makes to his own soul, imparting confidence to himself. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved - The foundation, God’s infinite power and goodness, on which one stands, cannot be moved; and while one stands on this basis, the foot cannot be moved. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved - This is either an address of the psalmist to his own soul; or to anyone else, assuring of stability, and of final perseverance in grace to glory. The Lord keeps the feet of His saints from falling: He will not suffer them to be moved out of the spiritual estate in which they stand; nor off of the Foundation and Rock of ages, on which their feet are set, and their goings established; nor out of the house of God, where they are as pillars; nor out of His ways, where He upholds their goings; moved in some sense they may be, yet not "greatly moved"; their feet may be "almost" gone, and their steps "well nigh" slipped, and yet shall not fall finally and totally, or so as to perish; Psa 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. He that keepeth thee will not slumber - He will be ever watchful and wakeful. All creatures sleep; God never sleeps. His eyes are upon us by day, and in the darkness of the night - the night literally; and also the night of calamity, woe, and sorrow. He that keepeth thee will not slumber - The Lord is the keeper of every individual saint, of every regenerate person, of every one of His sheep, of every member of His church; He keeps them by His power, He preserves them by His grace, He holds them with His right hand; guides them by His counsel, keeps their feet from falling, and brings them safe to glory: and a watchful keeper He is, He does not so much as slumber; He keeps them night and day, lest any harm them. Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. He who keeps you - six times in this psalm that the Hebrew word shamar is used. God will watch over His people as a watchman watches over the city. The word shamar is Strong’s H8104, a verb meaning to watch, to keep, to preserve, to guard, to be careful, to watch over, to watch carefully over, to be on one's guard. The verb means to watch, to guard, to care for. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved - God would help His people by establishing them in a firm place. Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Psa 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. My help cometh from the Lord - This is the answer to the anxious inquiry in Psa_121:1. It indicates an awareness and belief that help could come only from God; it is a confident yet humble reliance on Him. Which made heaven and earth - The great Creator of the universe. He must, therefore, be able to protect me. The Creator of all can defend all.

Psa 121:1 A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. I will lift up mine eyes - The expression would properly denote a condition where there was danger; when no help or aid was visible; and when the eyes were turned to the quarter from which help might be expected to come. What the danger was cannot now be ascertained. I will lift up mine eyes - His first words describe the earnest look of longing. He will lift his eyes from all the coil of troubles and perils to the heights. I will lift up mine eyes — expresses desire mingled with expectation. Compare to Psa 25:1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. I will lift up mine eyes - The lifting up of the eyes is a prayer gesture, Joh 11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. ; and is expressive of boldness and confidence in prayer, and of hope and expectation of help and salvation, Job 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: ; when, on the contrary, persons abashed and ashamed, hopeless and helpless, cannot look up, or lift up their eyes or face to God, Ezr 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. unto the hills - Not to the hills and mountains in Judea, looking about to see if the inhabitants of them, or any bodies of men, appeared upon them to his help in distress; rather to the hills of Moriah and Zion, where the ark of God, the symbol of His presence, was, and to whom he looked for assistance and deliverance: or to heaven, the holy hill of the Lord, and to Him that dwelleth there. Unto the hills - Jerusalem was built upon a mountain; and Judea was a mountainous country; and the Jews, in their several dispersions, turned towards Jerusalem when they offered up their prayers to God. Unto the hills - Hebrew, the mountains. To the quarter from where the psalmist looked for assistance. This may refer to (1) the mountains from where one in danger expected help; or (2) heaven, considered as high, and as the abode of God; or (3) the hills on which Jerusalem was built, as the place where God dwelt, and from where aid was expected. The third of these is the most probable. The first would be applicable to a state of war only, and the second is forced and unnatural. Adopting the third interpretation, the language is natural, and makes it proper to be used at all times, since it indicates a proper looking to God as he manifests himself to people, particularly in the church. From whence cometh my help - not from hills and mountains; not from men, for vain is the help of man; not from kings and princes, the great men of the earth, nor from the most powerful nations; but from the Lord. From whence cometh my help - A more literal rendering would be, “Whence cometh my help?” This accords best with the usage of the Hebrew word, and agrees well with the connection. It indicates a troubled and anxious state of mind - a mind that asks, Where shall I look for help? The answer is found in the following verse.

Introduction The occasion for which it was composed is uncertain, as is its author. It is one of the series of Songs of Degrees (or Ascents) in the book of Psalms. Composition The resolution of a godly man, Psa_121:1, Psa_121:2. The safety and prosperity of such, as they and theirs shall be under the continual protection of God, Psa_121:3-8. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. The person who worships God speaks the two first verses, “I will lift up mine eyes-my help cometh,” - Psa_121:1, Psa_121:2. The ministering priest answers him, “He will not suffer thy foot to be moved.” “He that keepeth thee will not slumber,” Psa_121:3. To which the worshipper answers, that he knows that “he who keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep,” Psa_121:4; but he seems to express a doubt whether he shall be an object of the Divine attention. The priest resumes; Psa_121:5-8 and, to the conclusion of the Psalm, gives him the most positive assurances of God’s favor and protection. There are three points here. I. The look of longing. I will lift up mine eyes II The question of weakness. From whence cometh my help? III. The assurance of faith. My help cometh from the Lord Six times in these few verses does the thought recur that the Lord is the Keeper of Israel or of the single soul. The quietness that comes of confidence is the singer’s strength. Psa_121:1 and Psa_121:2 stand apart from the remainder, in so far as in them the psalmist speaks in the first person, while in the rest of the psalm he is spoken to in the second. But this does not necessarily involve the supposition of an antiphonal song. The two first verses may have been sung by a single voice, and the assurances of the following ones by a chorus or second singer. But it is quite as likely that, as in other psalms, the singer is in Psa_121:3-8 himself the speaker of the assurances which confirm his own faith. The remainder of the psalm expands the one thought of God the Keeper, with sweet reiteration, and yet comprehensive variation. First, the thought of the last clause of the preceding verse is caught up again. God is the keeper of the community, over which He watches with unslumbering care. He keeps Israel so long as Israel keeps His law; for the word so frequently used here is the same as is continually employed for observance of the commandments. He had seemed to slumber while Israel was in exile, and had been prayed to awake, in many a cry from the captives. Now they have learned that He never slumbers: His power is unwearied, and needs no recuperation; His watchfulness is never at fault. But universal as is His care it does not overlook the single defenseless suppliant. He is "thy Keeper," and will stand at thy right hand, where helpers stand, to shield thee from all dangers. Men lose sight of the individual in the multitude, and the wider their benevolence or beneficence, the less it takes account of units; but God loves all because He loves each, and the aggregate is kept because each member of it is. The light which floods the universe gently illumines every eye. The notion of shelter from evils predominates in the remainder of the psalm. It is applied in Psa_121:6 to possible perils from physical causes. The same antithesis of day and night, work and rest, which is found in Psa_121:3 appears again here. The promise is widened out in Psa_121:7 so as to be all-inclusive. "All evil" will be averted from him who has the Lord for his keeper. We should apply the assurances of the psalm to the interpretation of life, as well as take them for the antidote of fearful anticipations. Equally comprehensive is the designation of that which is to be kept. It is "thy soul," the life or personal being. Whatever may be shorn away by the sharp shears of loss, that will be safe; and if it is, nothing else matters very much. The individual soul is of large account in God’s sight: He keeps it as a deposit entrusted to Him by faith. Much may go; but His hand closes round us when we commit ourselves into it, and none is able to pluck us thence. In the final verse, the psalmist recurs to his favorite antithesis of external toil and repose in the home and in the assurance that the Lord will always be there, and all will be well. Whether or not he looked to the last "going out," our exodus from earth, (Luk_9:31; 2Pe_1:15) or to that abundant entrance (2Pe_1:11) into the true home which crowns the pilgrimage here; we cannot but read into his indefinite words their largest meaning, and rejoice that we have One who "is able to keep that which we have committed to Him against that day." The keynote of this psalm is the word keep, which occurs in one form or another six times. In Psa_121:1 and Psa_121:2 the soloist suggests that in hours of trial we should look beyond mountains and hills to the Lord who made them all. In Psa_121:3-8 the chorus endorses and commends the choice. All the saints of every dispensation add their cumulative testimony to the wisdom of entrusting the keeping of soul and body to our faithful Creator. Notice the exquisite sequence of phrases: neither slumber nor sleep; by day, by night; thy going out, and thy coming in; thee and. thy soul; this time forth and for evermore. The meshes are woven very closely. This part is the same in all of the bible studies I have posted on the Psalms of Degrees (Psalms 120-134). Song of Degrees or Song of Ascent - Also called Song of Steps. A title given to 15 psalms (Psalms 120-134). There are several interpretations of what it refers to. One such view suggests they were sung as one went up a set of stairs in the temple, unlikely, as at least four were written before there was a temple with steps. Tourists today often read the 15 psalms as they climb the Southern Steps of the Second Temple. Rabbinic tradition does not associate these stairs with the Songs of Degrees. Another unlikely view is that it refers to the step-like progressive rhythm of their thoughts. Other scholars suppose that the title is a musical term, and that the reference is to something special in the rhythm, which in the East would be called “steps” or “ascents.” Some early church fathers suggested they are traveling songs of the returning exiles, although many of them indicate they are meant for the temple. The prevailing view is that the hymns were sung by pilgrim bands on their way to the three great festivals of the Jewish year. The journey to Jerusalem was called a “going up,” regardless of which direction they came from. Exodus 34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 1 Kings 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. Psalm 122:1 A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Many scholars refer to this collection of psalms as Pilgrim Psalms. All of the songs of degrees fit these annual pilgrimages. In reality, it is impossible to say for sure which is the correct meaning behind the phrase “Song of Degrees.”

The Holy Spirit is not an it. The Holy Spirit is He. He can be grieved.

Where is it that pharaohs people predicted the birth of moses? I missed that one.

Looking forward to your reply.

Didn't pharaohs magicians perform some magic at the time of moses?

Posting to "win," to get that one up feeling is definitely not cool and is of the flesh not the Spirit.

Isn't that a heavily Muslim area? A case in AZ a few years ago. Kid was told to get rid of his Christian themed notebook at school. Kid argued he should be allowed to keep it since others could keep their religious themed notebooks. Kid won. If other religious t-shirts are permitted this man could fight the ban.

The devil, knowing God, rebelled against Him and consistently tries to destroy whom God loves. Man did not. The devil is unredeemable. Man isnt.

Please do not assume calvinists think it does not matter to share the gospel. We are told in scripture to do so.

From an article I found online, 5 New Age beliefs that have bled into the church 1. Law of Attraction (I know at least one member here believes in that one) 2. Follow your heart - relying on emotions 3. We are little or mini gods 4. Oneness - being righteous by being sinless, not by faith in the Lord 5. All roads lead to heaven https://dailyshepursues.com/common-new-age-beliefs-church/

Interesting and rather sad article on it. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/01/new-age-beliefs-common-among-both-religious-and-nonreligious-americans/#:~:text=But many Christians also hold,unaffiliated also have these beliefs.

I was heavily into I guess it would be called new age stuff before I got saved. Not the crystal healing nonsense though. When I got saved, there was instant awareness that new age was garbage. I still react strongly against it when I encounter it, or encounter people who believe in it. I think those who try and blend it into Christianity are just not mature enough in faith to realize its bad. Not everyone got that instant awareness of that its wrong like I did.